BREAKING THROUGH INTO BUDDHAHOOD
Teachers’ Notes
These notes cover all five weeks of the course
COURSE OVERVIEW
TEACHERS’ NOTES
Download
Breaking Through INTo Buddhahood Books
The beautifully produced books are available from Windhorse Publications. Please order them in advance of the course so that you can give copies to participants.
Note that you will need to order them in bundles of ten. And you might want to order extra for your bookshop – they’re a great way for people to encounter Bhante for the first time.
Purchase Breaking through into Buddhahood books
We’d strongly recommend using the printed books. However, if you still need the eBook versions, here are the links. Please share the links themselves, rather than this page.
Document with facing pages (normal format)
Document with single pages (often easier to use for printing)
Ratnaguna on Breaking Through into Buddhahood
In this video Ratnaguna shares some reflections on the theme. The contents here are not necessarily directly related to leading the course, but provide a fascinating source of material for further study, either with your team or as an addition to the existing course. See the course notes for more details.
FURTHER REFLECTIONS
Other Resourses
Breaking Through into Buddhahood (1969) Sangharakshita
Reason and Emotion in the Spiritual Life: Right Resolve (1968) Sangharakshita
Breaking Through into Buddhahood (2012) Jnanavaca
Breaking Through Mechanical Time and Rational Thinking (2017) Viryanaga
Teachers’ Notes
These notes cover all five weeks of the course
COURSE OVERVIEW
TEACHERS’ NOTES
Download
Breaking Through INto Buddhahood Books
The beautifully produced books are available from Windhorse Publications. Please order them in advance of the course so that you can give copies to participants.
Note that you will need to order them in bundles of ten. And you might want to order extra for your bookshop – they’re a great way for people to encounter Bhante for the first time.
Purchase Breaking through into Buddhahood books
We’d strongly recommend using the printed books. However, if you still need the eBook versions, here are the links. Please share the links themselves, rather than this page.
Document with facing pages (normal format)
Document with single pages (often easier to use for printing)
Ratnaguna on Breaking Through into Buddhahood
In this video Ratnaguna shares some reflections on the theme. The contents here are not necessarily directly related to leading the course, but provide a fascinating source of material for further study, either with your team or as an addition to the existing course. See the course notes for more details.
FURTHER REFLECTIONS
Other Resourses
Breaking Through into Buddhahood (1969) Sangharakshita
Reason and Emotion in the Spiritual Life: Right Resolve (1968) Sangharakshita
Breaking Through into Buddhahood (2012) Jnanavaca
Breaking Through Mechanical Time and Rational Thinking (2017) Viryanaga
Breaking through into Buddhahood
A course in breaking through obstacles
The main metaphor the Buddha used to describe his teaching was of a path leading to Enlightenment. But sometimes we encounter obstacles on the path that prevent us from making further progress. What should we do then?
On this course we explore this question and consider that sometimes a slow and gentle progression is not possible. Instead, we may have to break, or even smash, through the obstacle standing in our way!
We also contemplate the ‘wrathful’ figure of Vajrapani – Wielder of the Thunderbolt – as a symbol of breaking through into Buddhahood.
Participants will receive the book Breaking Through into Buddhahood as part of the course.
Breaking through into Buddhahood
A course in breaking through obstacles
The main metaphor the Buddha used to describe his teaching was of a path leading to Enlightenment. But sometimes we encounter obstacles on the path that prevent us from making further progress. What should we do then?
On this course we explore this question and consider that sometimes a slow and gentle progression is not possible. Instead, we may have to break, or even smash, through the obstacle standing in our way!
We also contemplate the ‘wrathful’ figure of Vajrapani – Wielder of the Thunderbolt – as a symbol of breaking through into Buddhahood.
Participants will receive the book Breaking Through into Buddhahood as part of the course.
Wrathful Activity, Fierce Energy, Shezad Dawood 2018. Neon on black painted board, 286 x 170 cm.
Courtesy of the artist and Rubin Museum of Art
Wrathful Activity, Fierce Energy, Shezad Dawood 2018. Neon on black painted board, 286 x 170 cm.
Courtesy of the artist and Rubin Museum of Art