Teaching of Vimaakirti

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Vimalakirti is a Bodhisattva who appears as a layman in order to help ‘all living beingsâ€™. A worker of wonders, he reveals distant universes, feeds thousands of beings with a single bowl of nectar, and wins a philosophical debate with a thunderous silence. Because he is enlightened, the means he uses are highly skilful yet utterly inconceivable. How can we understand and communicate the Buddhaâ€™s teaching, learn to practice the spiritual life in association with others, and finally gain our freedom? These are the practical issues, directly relevant to modern life, and illustrated through myth and symbol, which this book explores. Sangharakshitaâ€™s commentary illuminates the original text, and can also be read as a teaching in its own right, so vividly does it evoke the spiritual power of Vimalakirti, and the significance of his teachings. Take a step into the extraordinary realm of the Vimalakirtinirdesa. Discover the magic, drama, and paradox of this classic Mahayana scripture, and move towards the freedom of heart and mind, which is the inconceivable emancipation.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sangharakshita

Sangharakshita was born Dennis Lingwood in South London, in 1925. Largely self-education, he developed an interest in the cultures and philosophies of the East early on, and realized that he was a Buddhist at the age of sixteen. The Second World War took him, as a conscript, to India, where he stayed on to become the Buddhist monk Sangharakshita. After twenty years in India, he returned to England to establish the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO) in 1967, and the Western Buddhist Order in 1968. A translator between East and West, between the traditional world and the modern, between principles and practices, Sangharakshita's depth of experience and clear thinking have been appreciated throughout the world.