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 - 04:49
2. Perfect Vision - 02:54
3. The Path of Vision and the Path of Transformation - 07:29
4. The Nature of Existence - 04:07
5. The Wheel of Life - 02:15
6. The Buddha - 01:03
7. The Path - 01:53
8. The Four Noble Truths - 01:59
9. The Three Characteristics of Conditioned Existence - 00:16
10. 1. Conditioned Existence is Suffering - 01:06
11. 2. Conditioned Existence is Impermanent - 01:04
12. 3. Conditioned Existence is Devoid of True Selfhood - 01:05
13. Karma and Rebirth - 01:32
14. The Four Sunyatas - 00:43
15. 1. Samskrta Sunyata – The Emptiness of the Conditioned - 01:19
16. 2. Asamskrta Sunyata – The Emptiness of the Unconditioned - 03:27
17. 3. Maha Sunyata – The Great Emptiness - 02:03
18. 4. Sunyata Sunyata – The Emptiness of Emptiness - 03:43
19. Chapter 2: Reason and Emotion in the Spiritual Life - 07:47
20. Samyak-samkalpa – Perfect Emotion - 05:10
21. The negative aspect of Perfect Emotion - 00:20
22. Naiskramya, or ‘non-desire' - 04:17
23. Avyapada or ‘non-hate' - 02:01
24. Avihimsa or ‘non-cruelty' - 05:30

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


1. The positive aspect of Perfect Emotion - 00:50
2. Dana, or giving - 05:17
3. Maitri, or love - 02:16
4. Karuna, or compassion - 03:38
5. ‘In the Mahayana form of Buddhism, that is to say...' - 05:43
6. Mudita, or Sympathetic Joy - 02:58
7. Upeksa, or tranquillity - 00:53
8. Sraddha, or faith and devotion - 01:04
9. The Sevenfold Puja - 00:31
10. ‘The first stage of the Sevenfold Puja is puja, or worship.' - 02:09
11. The second stage of the Sevenfold Puja is vandana...' - 01:19
12. The third stage of the Sevenfold Puja is Going for Refuge...' - 00:45
13. The Going for Refuge section of the Sevenfold Puja is followed... - 01:14
14. The fifth stage of the Sevenfold Puja is Rejoicing in Merits.' - 01:42
15. The sixth stage, Entreaty and Supplication...' - 01:01
16. The seventh and last stage of the Sevenfold Puja is Transference...' - 03:53
17. Chapter 3: The Ideal of Human Communication – Perfect Speech - 03:17
18. ‘Now we come to the third aspect of the Buddha's...' - 04:40
19. ‘There are three great phases in the historical development...' - 04:45
20. The four levels of Perfect Speech - 00:54
21. 1. The level of truthfulness - 04:20
22. ‘But then another question arises: do we really even know...' - 04:38
23. 2. The level of affectionateness - 05:51
24. 3. The level of helpfulness - 04:49
25. 4. The level of promoting concord, harmony, and unity - 04:14
26. ‘In this connection one may think of the examples... - 04:16

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 - 01:45
2. The ‘decline of morals' - 02:17
3. Judaeo-Christian ethics - 05:08
4. The Buddhist criterion - 03:35
5. Patterns of ethical behaviour - 05:14
6. The Five Silas and the Five Dharmas - 01:03
7. ‘The first of the Five Precepts is abstention from harming...' - 02:53
8. ‘The second of the Five Precepts is abstention from taking...' - 00:57
9. ‘The third Precept is abstention from sexual misconduct.' - 01:51
10. ‘The fourth Precept is abstention from false speech.' - 00:43
11. ‘The last of the Five Precepts is abstention from drink...' - 01:31
12. The Bhikkshu Samvarasila and Bodhisattva Samvarasila - 02:07
13. Total action - 03:30
14. Chapter 5: The Ideal Society – Perfect Livelihood - 03:44
15. ‘Buddhism too has its day-dreams.' - 04:52
16. ‘Our collective existence has three principal aspects...' - 00:14
17. ‘Buddhism has various social teachings...' - 00:57
18. ‘In the same way we find that in the political sphere...' - 04:15
19. ‘The third aspect of our collective existence...' - 03:07
20. ‘Having understood some of the main reasons for its inclusion...' - 06:11
21. Buddhists in the West have begun to realise...' - 06:58
22. Occupation - 01:30
23. Vocation - 01:16
24. Duration - 07:40

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 - 06:19
2. The Four Exertions - 05:46
3. 1. Preventing the arising of unarisen, unskilful mental states - 03:24
4. 2. Eradicating arisen, unskilful mental states - 00:30
5. (a) The hindrance of craving for material things - 00:44
6. (b) The hindrance of hatred - 01:53
7. (c) The hindrance of restlessness and anxiety - 01:27
8. (d) The hindrance of sloth and torpor - 00:52
9. (e) The hindrance of doubt and indecision - 00:48
10. ‘In Buddhism the mind or consciousness is often compared...' - 01:15
11. ‘But how is one to cleanse and purify the water?' - 00:19
12. ‘The first method consists in considering the consequences...' - 00:52
13. ‘The second method consists in cultivating the opposite.' - 00:45
14. ‘The third method is to allow the unskilful thoughts...' - 00:53
15. ‘If these three methods do not succeed there is a fourth...' - 01:56
16. 3. Developing unarisen skilful mental states - 01:08
17. ‘Progress in meditation – progress in the attainment...' - 01:31
18. ‘The simile for the first dhyana or higher meditative state...' - 01:03
19. ‘As the simile of the second dhyana the Buddha asks us...' - 00:30
20. ‘Waxing even more poetical, as the simile for the third dhyana.' - 00:41
21. ‘The Buddhist simile for the fourth dhyana is that of...' - 04:06
22. 4. Maintaining arisen, skilful mental states - 01:01
23. The Background of Perfect Effort - 05:37
24. Perfect Effort as conscious evolution - 02:43
25. Chapter 7: Levels of Awareness – Perfect Awareness - 07:45

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


1. Levels of Awareness - 00:47
2. 1. Awareness of things - 06:15
3. 2. Awareness of oneself - 00:18
4. (a) Awareness of the body and its movements - 04:02
5. (b) Awareness of feelings - 01:14
6. (c) Awareness of thought - 03:16
7. 3. Awareness of people - 04:32
8. 4. Awareness of reality - 05:10
9. Chapter 8: The Higher Consciousness – Perfect Samadhi - 07:05
10. Samatha, Samapatti, and Samadhi - 01:35
11. Samatha - 03:32
12. Samapatti - 06:29
13. Samadhi - 02:14
14. 1. The Imageless Samadhi - 00:59
15. 2. The Directionless Samadhi - 01:02
16. 3. The Samadhi of the Voidness - 05:24
17. The Noble Eightfold Path as a Cumulative Process - 07:49

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