The Friends of the Western Buddhist Order is a diverse and thoughtful community, whose members frequently debate matters of teaching and issues affecting the FWBO, its history and its future. This debate has often been invisible to non-members, and this site aims to open that debate and reflection to a wider audience. This site links to articles that are already online, written by members of the Western Buddhist Order and others.
Initially at least, the focus is - perhaps inevitably - on topics that have caused controversy. Over time it will broaden to include perspectives on the FWBO’s approach to practicing the Dharma in the modern Westernised world-including some appraisals of its successes and failures.
This site is run by the FWBO Development Team and contains their selection of material. If you would like to submit or suggest an article, please contact us on lokabandhu [at] fwbo.org. We are looking for well-written, considered pieces, which may well already have appeared in Shabda (the WBO’s monthly journal) or other more public forums.
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Online Books by Sangharakshita
The following books by Sangharakshita are among those available in full and for free on his website. The titles shown below particularly reveal the development of his thought and the details of his life.
Sangharakshita’s reflections on his bhikkhu ordination
Forty Three Years Ago
Sangharakshita’s deepening understanding of the importance of ‘Going for Refuge’
The History of My Going for Refuge
Sangharakshita’s encounters with Christianity and Christians
From Genesis to the Diamond Sutra
First volume of Sangharakshita’s memoirs
The Rainbow Road
Second volume of Sangharakshita’s memoirs
Facing Mount Kanchenjunga
Third volume of Sangharakshita’s memoirs
In the Sign of the Golden Wheel
Fourth volume of Sangharakshita’s memoirs
Moving Against the Stream
Sangharakshita’s radical account of the goal and practice of Buddhism
The Taste of Freedom
Sangharakshita’s introduction to the Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path
Vision and Transformation
Collection of Sangharakshita’s aphorisms, teachings and poems
Peace is a Fire
Impressions and reflections from Sangharakshita’s travels
Travel Letters
Sangharakshita’s view of the integration of Buddhism into Western society
Buddhism and the West
Sangharakshita’s translation of the Dhammapada
Dhammapada
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