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Author(s): Sangharakshita, Urgyen
Reader(s): Kulananda
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Religion
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: NA541612
Barcode: 9789626344163
Release Date: 08/2006
SANGHARAKSHITA: The Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path - An Introduction (Unabridged)
The Eightfold Path is the most widely known formulation of the Buddha’s teaching. It is ancient, reaching back to the Buddha’s very first discourse, and it is highly venerated as a unique treasury of wisdom and practical guidance. The teaching of The Eightfold Path challenges us to grasp the implications of that vision, and asks us to transform ourselves in its light. Like the teaching itself, this work covers every aspect of life.
Tracklist
Disc 1
Sangharakshita, Urgyen - Author
Kulananda (Reader)
|  | 1 | Chapter 1: The Nature of Existence : Perfect Vision | 04:49 |
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| | 2 | Perfect Vision | 02:54 |
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| | 3 | The Path of Vision and the Path of Transformation | 07:29 |
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| | 4 | The Nature of Existence | 04:07 |
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| | 5 | The Wheel of Life | 02:15 |
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| | 6 | The Buddha | 01:03 |
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| | 7 | The Path | 01:53 |
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| | 8 | The Four Noble Truths | 01:59 |
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| | 9 | The Three Characteristics of Conditioned Existence | 00:16 |
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| | 10 | 1. Conditioned Existence is Suffering | 01:06 |
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| | 11 | 2. Conditioned Existence is Impermanent | 01:04 |
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| | 12 | 3. Conditioned Existence is Devoid of True Selfhood | 01:05 |
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| | 13 | Karma and Rebirth | 01:32 |
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| | 14 | The Four Sunyatas | 00:43 |
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| | 15 | 1. Samskrta Sunyata – The Emptiness of the Conditioned | 01:19 |
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| | 16 | 2. Asamskrta Sunyata – The Emptiness of the Unconditioned | 03:27 |
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| | 17 | 3. Maha Sunyata – The Great Emptiness | 02:03 |
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| | 18 | 4. Sunyata Sunyata – The Emptiness of Emptiness | 03:43 |
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| | 19 | Chapter 2: Reason and Emotion in the Spiritual Life | 07:47 |
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| | 20 | Samyak-samkalpa – Perfect Emotion | 05:10 |
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| | 21 | The negative aspect of Perfect Emotion | 00:20 |
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| | 22 | Naiskramya, or ‘non-desire’ | 04:17 |
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| | 23 | Avyapada or ‘non-hate’ | 02:01 |
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| | 24 | Avihimsa or ‘non-cruelty’ | 05:30 |
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Disc 2
| | 1 | The positive aspect of Perfect Emotion | 00:50 |
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| | 2 | Dana, or giving | 05:17 |
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| | 3 | Maitri, or love | 02:16 |
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| | 4 | Karuna, or compassion | 03:38 |
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| | 5 | ‘In the Mahayana form of Buddhism, that is to say...’ | 05:43 |
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| | 6 | Mudita, or Sympathetic Joy | 02:58 |
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| | 7 | Upeksa, or tranquillity | 00:53 |
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| | 8 | Sraddha, or faith and devotion | 01:04 |
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| | 9 | The Sevenfold Puja | 00:31 |
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| | 10 | ‘The first stage of the Sevenfold Puja is puja, or worship.’ | 02:09 |
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| | 11 | The second stage of the Sevenfold Puja is vandana...’ | 01:19 |
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| | 12 | The third stage of the Sevenfold Puja is Going for Refuge...’ | 00:45 |
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| | 13 | The Going for Refuge section of the Sevenfold Puja is followed... | 01:14 |
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| | 14 | The fifth stage of the Sevenfold Puja is Rejoicing in Merits.’ | 01:42 |
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| | 15 | The sixth stage, Entreaty and Supplication...’ | 01:01 |
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| | 16 | The seventh and last stage of the Sevenfold Puja is Transference...’ | 03:53 |
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| | 17 | Chapter 3: The Ideal of Human Communication – Perfect Speech | 03:17 |
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| | 18 | ‘Now we come to the third aspect of the Buddha’s...’ | 04:40 |
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| | 19 | ‘There are three great phases in the historical development...’ | 04:45 |
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| | 20 | The four levels of Perfect Speech | 00:54 |
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| | 21 | 1. The level of truthfulness | 04:20 |
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| | 22 | ‘But then another question arises: do we really even know...’ | 04:38 |
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| | 23 | 2. The level of affectionateness | 05:51 |
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| | 24 | 3. The level of helpfulness | 04:49 |
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| | 25 | 4. The level of promoting concord, harmony, and unity | 04:14 |
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| | 26 | ‘In this connection one may think of the examples... | 04:16 |
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Disc 3
| | 1 | Chapter 4: The Principles of Ethics – Perfect Action | 01:45 |
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| | 2 | The ‘decline of morals’ | 02:17 |
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| | 3 | Judaeo-Christian ethics | 05:08 |
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| | 4 | The Buddhist criterion | 03:35 |
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| | 5 | Patterns of ethical behaviour | 05:14 |
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| | 6 | The Five Silas and the Five Dharmas | 01:03 |
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| | 7 | ‘The first of the Five Precepts is abstention from harming...’ | 02:53 |
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| | 8 | ‘The second of the Five Precepts is abstention from taking...’ | 00:57 |
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| | 9 | ‘The third Precept is abstention from sexual misconduct.’ | 01:51 |
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| | 10 | ‘The fourth Precept is abstention from false speech.’ | 00:43 |
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| | 11 | ‘The last of the Five Precepts is abstention from drink...’ | 01:31 |
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| | 12 | The Bhikkshu Samvarasila and Bodhisattva Samvarasila | 02:07 |
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| | 13 | Total action | 03:30 |
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| | 14 | Chapter 5: The Ideal Society – Perfect Livelihood | 03:44 |
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| | 15 | ‘Buddhism too has its day-dreams.’ | 04:52 |
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| | 16 | ‘Our collective existence has three principal aspects...’ | 00:14 |
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| | 17 | ‘Buddhism has various social teachings...’ | 00:57 |
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| | 18 | ‘In the same way we find that in the political sphere...’ | 04:15 |
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| | 19 | ‘The third aspect of our collective existence...’ | 03:07 |
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| | 20 | ‘Having understood some of the main reasons for its inclusion...’ | 06:11 |
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| | 21 | Buddhists in the West have begun to realise...’ | 06:58 |
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| | 22 | Occupation | 01:30 |
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| | 23 | Vocation | 01:16 |
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| | 24 | Duration | 07:40 |
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Disc 4
| | 1 | Chapter 6: The Conscious Evolution of Man – Perfect Effort | 06:19 |
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| | 2 | The Four Exertions | 05:46 |
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| | 3 | 1. Preventing the arising of unarisen, unskilful mental states | 03:24 |
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| | 4 | 2. Eradicating arisen, unskilful mental states | 00:30 |
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| | 5 | (a) The hindrance of craving for material things | 00:44 |
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| | 6 | (b) The hindrance of hatred | 01:53 |
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| | 7 | (c) The hindrance of restlessness and anxiety | 01:27 |
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| | 8 | (d) The hindrance of sloth and torpor | 00:52 |
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| | 9 | (e) The hindrance of doubt and indecision | 00:48 |
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| | 10 | ‘In Buddhism the mind or consciousness is often compared...’ | 01:15 |
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| | 11 | ‘But how is one to cleanse and purify the water?’ | 00:19 |
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| | 12 | ‘The first method consists in considering the consequences...’ | 00:52 |
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| | 13 | ‘The second method consists in cultivating the opposite.’ | 00:45 |
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| | 14 | ‘The third method is to allow the unskilful thoughts...’ | 00:53 |
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| | 15 | ‘If these three methods do not succeed there is a fourth...’ | 01:56 |
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| | 16 | 3. Developing unarisen skilful mental states | 01:08 |
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| | 17 | ‘Progress in meditation – progress in the attainment...’ | 01:31 |
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| | 18 | ‘The simile for the first dhyana or higher meditative state...’ | 01:03 |
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| | 19 | ‘As the simile of the second dhyana the Buddha asks us...’ | 00:30 |
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| | 20 | ‘Waxing even more poetical, as the simile for the third dhyana.’ | 00:41 |
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| | 21 | ‘The Buddhist simile for the fourth dhyana is that of...’ | 04:06 |
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| | 22 | 4. Maintaining arisen, skilful mental states | 01:01 |
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| | 23 | The Background of Perfect Effort | 05:37 |
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| | 24 | Perfect Effort as conscious evolution | 02:43 |
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| | 25 | Chapter 7: Levels of Awareness – Perfect Awareness | 07:45 |
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Disc 5
| | 1 | Levels of Awareness | 00:47 |
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| | 2 | 1. Awareness of things | 06:15 |
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| | 3 | 2. Awareness of oneself | 00:18 |
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| | 4 | (a) Awareness of the body and its movements | 04:02 |
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| | 5 | (b) Awareness of feelings | 01:14 |
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| | 6 | (c) Awareness of thought | 03:16 |
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| | 7 | 3. Awareness of people | 04:32 |
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| | 8 | 4. Awareness of reality | 05:10 |
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| | 9 | Chapter 8: The Higher Consciousness – Perfect Samadhi | 07:05 |
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| | 10 | Samatha, Samapatti, and Samadhi | 01:35 |
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| | 11 | Samatha | 03:32 |
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| | 12 | Samapatti | 06:29 |
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| | 13 | Samadhi | 02:14 |
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| | 14 | 1. The Imageless Samadhi | 00:59 |
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| | 15 | 2. The Directionless Samadhi | 01:02 |
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| | 16 | 3. The Samadhi of the Voidness | 05:24 |
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| | 17 | The Noble Eightfold Path as a Cumulative Process | 07:49 |
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Total Playing Time: 05:33:38