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.

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