Steps to Enlightenment
Steps to Enlight- enment
Buddhism is essentially a path leading from wherever we are to Enlightenment, and in this six-week course we look at the best way to follow that path. On this page you will find resources to help you run this course, and a sample publicity blurb for your advertising. Note that this course is based upon Bhante's lecture The Path of Regular Steps and the Path of Irregular Steps.
Buddhism is essentially a path leading from wherever we are to Enlightenment, and in this six-week course we look at the best way to follow that path. On this page you will find resources to help you run this course, and a sample publicity blurb for your advertising. Note that this course is based upon Bhante's lecture The Path of Regular Steps and the Path of Irregular Steps.
Teachers’ Notes
These notes cover all six weeks of the course

COURSE OVERVIEW

TEACHERS’ NOTES
Download


Steps to Enlightenment Book

These 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 Steps to Enlightenment 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 Steps to Enlightenment
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

Here you will find resources related to the material. Many of the talks listed here are highlighted in the teacher’s notes to help with specific sections of the course.
The Path of Regular Steps and the Path of Irregular Steps (1974)
The talk by Bhante on which the text is based
Footsteps of Delight (2001)
Talk by Bhante

The Stages of the Spiritual Path (1966)
Sangharakshita

Levels of Going for Refuge (1976)
Bhante

A System of Meditation (1978)
Sangharakshita

Teachers’ Notes
These notes cover all six weeks of the course

COURSE OVERVIEW

TEACHERS’ NOTES
Download


Steps to Enlightenment Book

These 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 Steps to Enlightenment 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 Steps to Enlightenment
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

Here you will find resources related to the material. Many of the talks listed here are highlighted in the teacher’s notes to help with specific sections of the course.
The Path of Regular Steps and the Path of Irregular Steps (1974)
The talk by Bhante on which the text is based
The Stages of the Spiritual Path (1966)
Bhante
Footsteps of Delight (2001)
Talk by Bhante

Levels of Going for Refuge (1976)
Bhante

A System of Meditation (1978)
Bhante
Sample Blurb for Publicity

Steps to Enlightenment
How to walk the Buddhist path to Enlightenment
Reading books, sporadic meditation, flitting between teachers and piecemeal teachings can all give some sense of Buddhism, but leads only to spiritual stagnation. A path of more regular steps towards spiritual growth is required…

This movement from a sporadic and irregular spiritual practice to one with momentum and consistency is central in making actual progress on the path.

On this six-week course we’ll explore what it means to walk the path of Buddhist practice in a regular and systematic way, such that we experience an ever-deepening flavour of Enlightenment in our lives.

Participants will receive the book Steps to Enlightenment as part of the course.

Sample Blurb for Publicity

Steps to Enlightenment
How to walk the Buddhist path to Enlightenment
Reading books, sporadic meditation, flitting between teachers and piecemeal teachings can all give some sense of Buddhism, but leads only to spiritual stagnation. A path of more regular steps towards spiritual growth is required…

This movement from a sporadic and irregular spiritual practice to one with momentum and consistency is central in making actual progress on the path.

On this six-week course we’ll explore what it means to walk the path of Buddhist practice in a regular and systematic way, such that we experience an ever-deepening flavour of Enlightenment in our lives.

Participants will receive the book Steps to Enlightenment as part of the course.