Rare Buddhist Book: Travel Letters by Sangharakshita AKA Dennis Lingwood PB 1985

by Dennis Philip Edward Lingwood

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Dennis Philip Edward Lingwood (26 August 1925 – 30 October 2018), known more commonly as Sangharakshita, was a British spiritual teacher and writer. In 1967, he founded the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO), which was renamed the Triratna Buddhist Community in 2010.[1] Sangharakshita was and remains a highly controversial figure. For his supporters, he was a spiritual pioneer who introduced Eastern religious teachings to the West. For his detractors, he was a sexual predator who used his position to abuse vulnerable young men.[2][3][4][5] Life [edit] Early life [edit] Sangharakshita was born Dennis Philip Edward Lingwood on 26 August 1925 in Tooting, London.[1] After being diagnosed with a heart condition he spent much of his childhood confined to bed, and used the opportunity to read widely.[6] His first encounter with non-Christian thought was with Madame Helena Blavatsky's Isis Unveiled,[7] upon reading which, he later said, he realised that he had never been a Christian.[8] The following year he came across two Buddhist texts, the Diamond Sutra and the Platform Sutra, and concluded that he had always been a Buddhist.[8] As Dennis Lingwood, he joined the Buddhist Society at the age of 18,[9] and formally became a Buddhist in May 1949 by taking the Three Refuges and Five Precepts from the Burmese monk, U Thittila.[6] He was conscripted into the army in 1943, and served in India, Ceylon, now known as Sri Lanka, and Singapore as a radio engineer[10] in the Royal Co

• Publisher: Windhorse
• Year: 1985
• Condition: Very Good

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