Sangharakshita (1925-2018) was a Buddhist teacher who spent nearly twenty years in India before returning to the United Kingdom and founding the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community (originally the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order). He was an important translator of Buddhism into western culture in the latter half of the 20th century.Born in London as Dennis Lingwood, he became a Buddhist monk in India in 1949. He studied with Buddhist teachers from Theravada, Chinese and Tibetan traditions, and from 1957 spent several months each year teaching the dalit Buddhist followers of Dr B.R. Ambedkar. In 1964 he returned to the UK and established the FWBO (now Triratna) in 1967, drawing on the riches of the entire Buddhist universe, as well as helpful aspects of Western cultural traditions.Sangharakshita was a prolific author, from his first major work A Survey of Buddhism (1957), to edited lectures and seminars, to a series of memoirs of his time in India and the West. His Complete Works have now been published in 27 volumes by Windhorse Publications. The Triratna Buddhist Order and Community is a thriving worldwide movement, in which his teachings continue to inspire practitioners new and old.

• Introduction to the Classic Sangharakshita Series vSources and Publication History viiiForeword ix1 Milarepa’s World and Philosophy 1First Story: The Tale of Red Rock Jewel Valley 32 Finding the Sangha 9Second Story: The Song of a Yogi’s Joy 113 Beyond Fear 51Third Story: The Meeting at Silver Spring 534 A Man of the Beyond 735 Free from Ego 976 Pleasing the Guru 1457 Listening for the Teachings 1698 Laying Down Your Doubts 215Notes 265Index 273

Sangharakshita (1925-2018) was a Buddhist teacher who spent nearly twenty years in India before returning to the United Kingdom and founding the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community (originally the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order). He was an important translator of Buddhism into western culture in the latter half of the 20th century.Born in London as Dennis Lingwood, he became a Buddhist monk in India in 1949. He studied with Buddhist teachers from Theravada, Chinese and Tibetan traditions, and from 1957 spent several months each year teaching the dalit Buddhist followers of Dr B.R. Ambedkar. In 1964 he returned to the UK and established the FWBO (now Triratna) in 1967, drawing on the riches of the entire Buddhist universe, as well as helpful aspects of Western cultural traditions.Sangharakshita was a prolific author, from his first major work A Survey of Buddhism (1957), to edited lectures and seminars, to a series of memoirs of his time in India and the West. His Complete Works have now been published in 27 volumes by Windhorse Publications. The Triratna Buddhist Order and Community is a thriving worldwide movement, in which his teachings continue to inspire practitioners new and old.

• Introduction to the Classic Sangharakshita Series vSources and Publication History viiiForeword ix1 Milarepa’s World and Philosophy 1First Story: The Tale of Red Rock Jewel Valley 32 Finding the Sangha 9Second Story: The Song of a Yogi’s Joy 113 Beyond Fear 51Third Story: The Meeting at Silver Spring 534 A Man of the Beyond 735 Free from Ego 976 Pleasing the Guru 1457 Listening for the Teachings 1698 Laying Down Your Doubts 215Notes 265Index 273

Sangharakshita (1925-2018) was a Buddhist teacher who spent nearly twenty years in India before returning to the United Kingdom and founding the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community (originally the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order). He was an important translator of Buddhism into western culture in the latter half of the 20th century.Born in London as Dennis Lingwood, he became a Buddhist monk in India in 1949. He studied with Buddhist teachers from Theravada, Chinese and Tibetan traditions, and from 1957 spent several months each year teaching the dalit Buddhist followers of Dr B.R. Ambedkar. In 1964 he returned to the UK and established the FWBO (now Triratna) in 1967, drawing on the riches of the entire Buddhist universe, as well as helpful aspects of Western cultural traditions.Sangharakshita was a prolific author, from his first major work A Survey of Buddhism (1957), to edited lectures and seminars, to a series of memoirs of his time in India and the West. His Complete Works have now been published in 27 volumes by Windhorse Publications. The Triratna Buddhist Order and Community is a thriving worldwide movement, in which his teachings continue to inspire practitioners new and old.

• Introduction to the Classic Sangharakshita Series vSources and Publication History viiiForeword ix1 Milarepa’s World and Philosophy 1First Story: The Tale of Red Rock Jewel Valley 32 Finding the Sangha 9Second Story: The Song of a Yogi’s Joy 113 Beyond Fear 51Third Story: The Meeting at Silver Spring 534 A Man of the Beyond 735 Free from Ego 976 Pleasing the Guru 1457 Listening for the Teachings 1698 Laying Down Your Doubts 215Notes 265Index 273