Free Buddhist Audio Bhante and the Bodhisattva Spirit
Aug 9, 2025
Dayanandi shares her transformative journey inspired by Bhante’s teachings on Bodhicitta, emphasizing the power of community and teamwork. She reflects on his impactful lectures, which cultivated a deep spiritual connection. The conversation highlights Bhante's experiments with surrendering to a teacher and how visualization practices, like the Green Tara sadhana, developed compassion within him. Their friendship with notable figures like Dada Rinpoche adds further depth, alongside Bhante's vision of creating a Western Buddhist Order and fostering genuine connections.
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Collective Contexts Spark Bodhicitta
- Sangharakshita believed the Bodhicitta arises most strongly within a spiritual community sharing heartfelt values and practices.
- Creating collective conditions channels individual energy into a shared task beyond solitary effort.
Practice Friendship As Spiritual Work
- Practice deep, honest, open communication and friendship as a spiritual exercise to reduce self-centredness.
- Use teamwork and truthful interaction to rub off sharp edges and transform personal habits.
Lectures Became Spiritual Nourishment
- Dayanandi recalled attending Sangharakshita's Inconceivable Emancipation lectures as spiritually nourishing despite not understanding much at first.
- The lectures later became repeated sources of inspiration and guidance for her practice.
