SANGHARAKSHITA: The Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path - An Introduction

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The Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path - An Introduction (more info)
Composed by: Urgyen Sangharakshita
Kulananda, reader


1. Chapter 1: The Nature of Existence : Perfect Vision - 4:49
2. Perfect Vision - 2:54
3. The Path of Vision and the Path of Transformation - 7:29
4. The Nature of Existence - 4:07
5. The Wheel of Life - 2:15
6. The Buddha - 1:03
7. The Path - 1:53
8. The Four Noble Truths - 1:59
9. The Three Characteristics of Conditioned Existence - 0:16
10. 1. Conditioned Existence is Suffering - 1:06
11. 2. Conditioned Existence is Impermanent - 1:04
12. 3. Conditioned Existence is Devoid of True Selfhood - 1:05
13. Karma and Rebirth - 1:32
14. The Four Sunyatas - 0:43
15. 1. Samskrta Sunyata – The Emptiness of the Conditioned - 1:19
16. 2. Asamskrta Sunyata – The Emptiness of the Unconditioned - 3:27
17. 3. Maha Sunyata – The Great Emptiness - 2:03
18. 4. Sunyata Sunyata – The Emptiness of Emptiness - 3:43
19. Chapter 2: Reason and Emotion in the Spiritual Life - 7:47
20. Samyak-samkalpa – Perfect Emotion - 5:10
21. The negative aspect of Perfect Emotion - 0:20
22. Naiskramya, or ‘non-desire’ - 4:17
23. Avyapada or ‘non-hate’ - 2:01
24. Avihimsa or ‘non-cruelty’ - 5:30

The Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path - An Introduction (more info)
Composed by: Urgyen Sangharakshita
Kulananda, reader


1. The positive aspect of Perfect Emotion - 0:50
2. Dana, or giving - 5:17
3. Maitri, or love - 2:16
4. Karuna, or compassion - 3:38
5. ‘In the Mahayana form of Buddhism, that is to say...’ - 5:43
6. Mudita, or Sympathetic Joy - 2:58
7. Upeksa, or tranquillity - 0:53
8. Sraddha, or faith and devotion - 1:04
9. The Sevenfold Puja - 0:31
10. ‘The first stage of the Sevenfold Puja is puja, or worship.’ - 2:09
11. The second stage of the Sevenfold Puja is vandana...’ - 1:19
12. The third stage of the Sevenfold Puja is Going for Refuge...’ - 0:45
13. The Going for Refuge section of the Sevenfold Puja is followed... - 1:14
14. The fifth stage of the Sevenfold Puja is Rejoicing in Merits.’ - 1:42
15. The sixth stage, Entreaty and Supplication...’ - 1:01
16. The seventh and last stage of the Sevenfold Puja is Transference...’ - 3:53
17. Chapter 3: The Ideal of Human Communication – Perfect Speech - 3:17
18. ‘Now we come to the third aspect of the Buddha’s...’ - 4:40
19. ‘There are three great phases in the historical development...’ - 4:45
20. The four levels of Perfect Speech - 0:54
21. 1. The level of truthfulness - 4:20
22. ‘But then another question arises: do we really even know...’ - 4:38
23. 2. The level of affectionateness - 5:51
24. 3. The level of helpfulness - 4:49
25. 4. The level of promoting concord, harmony, and unity - 4:14
26. ‘In this connection one may think of the examples... - 4:16

The Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path - An Introduction (more info)
Composed by: Urgyen Sangharakshita
Kulananda, reader


1. Chapter 4: The Principles of Ethics – Perfect Action - 1:45
2. The ‘decline of morals’ - 2:17
3. Judaeo-Christian ethics - 5:08
4. The Buddhist criterion - 3:35
5. Patterns of ethical behaviour - 5:14
6. The Five Silas and the Five Dharmas - 1:03
7. ‘The first of the Five Precepts is abstention from harming...’ - 2:53
8. ‘The second of the Five Precepts is abstention from taking...’ - 0:57
9. ‘The third Precept is abstention from sexual misconduct.’ - 1:51
10. ‘The fourth Precept is abstention from false speech.’ - 0:43
11. ‘The last of the Five Precepts is abstention from drink...’ - 1:31
12. The Bhikkshu Samvarasila and Bodhisattva Samvarasila - 2:07
13. Total action - 3:30
14. Chapter 5: The Ideal Society – Perfect Livelihood - 3:44
15. ‘Buddhism too has its day-dreams.’ - 4:52
16. ‘Our collective existence has three principal aspects...’ - 0:14
17. ‘Buddhism has various social teachings...’ - 0:57
18. ‘In the same way we find that in the political sphere...’ - 4:15
19. ‘The third aspect of our collective existence...’ - 3:07
20. ‘Having understood some of the main reasons for its inclusion...’ - 6:11
21. Buddhists in the West have begun to realise...’ - 6:58
22. Occupation - 1:30
23. Vocation - 1:16
24. Duration - 7:40

The Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path - An Introduction (more info)
Composed by: Urgyen Sangharakshita
Kulananda, reader


1. Chapter 6: The Conscious Evolution of Man – Perfect Effort - 6:19
2. The Four Exertions - 5:46
3. 1. Preventing the arising of unarisen, unskilful mental states - 3:24
4. 2. Eradicating arisen, unskilful mental states - 0:30
5. (a) The hindrance of craving for material things - 0:44
6. (b) The hindrance of hatred - 1:53
7. (c) The hindrance of restlessness and anxiety - 1:27
8. (d) The hindrance of sloth and torpor - 0:52
9. (e) The hindrance of doubt and indecision - 0:48
10. ‘In Buddhism the mind or consciousness is often compared...’ - 1:15
11. ‘But how is one to cleanse and purify the water?’ - 0:19
12. ‘The first method consists in considering the consequences...’ - 0:52
13. ‘The second method consists in cultivating the opposite.’ - 0:45
14. ‘The third method is to allow the unskilful thoughts...’ - 0:53
15. ‘If these three methods do not succeed there is a fourth...’ - 1:56
16. 3. Developing unarisen skilful mental states - 1:08
17. ‘Progress in meditation – progress in the attainment...’ - 1:31
18. ‘The simile for the first dhyana or higher meditative state...’ - 1:03
19. ‘As the simile of the second dhyana the Buddha asks us...’ - 0:30
20. ‘Waxing even more poetical, as the simile for the third dhyana.’ - 0:41
21. ‘The Buddhist simile for the fourth dhyana is that of...’ - 4:06
22. 4. Maintaining arisen, skilful mental states - 1:01
23. The Background of Perfect Effort - 5:37
24. Perfect Effort as conscious evolution - 2:43
25. Chapter 7: Levels of Awareness – Perfect Awareness - 7:45

The Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path - An Introduction (more info)
Composed by: Urgyen Sangharakshita
Kulananda, reader


1. Levels of Awareness - 0:47
2. 1. Awareness of things - 6:15
3. 2. Awareness of oneself - 0:18
4. (a) Awareness of the body and its movements - 4:02
5. (b) Awareness of feelings - 1:14
6. (c) Awareness of thought - 3:16
7. 3. Awareness of people - 4:32
8. 4. Awareness of reality - 5:10
9. Chapter 8: The Higher Consciousness – Perfect Samadhi - 7:05
10. Samatha, Samapatti, and Samadhi - 1:35
11. Samatha - 3:32
12. Samapatti - 6:29
13. Samadhi - 2:14
14. 1. The Imageless Samadhi - 0:59
15. 2. The Directionless Samadhi - 1:02
16. 3. The Samadhi of the Voidness - 5:24
17. The Noble Eightfold Path as a Cumulative Process - 7:49

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