FWBO News archive
- Collected stories from FWBO News, April - June 2008 - pdf file
- Collected stories from FWBO News, February - March 2008 - pdf file
- Collected stories from FWBO News, December 2007 - January 2008 - pdf file
- Collected stories from FWBO News, October - November 2007 - pdf file
- Collected stories from FWBO News, July - September 2007 - pdf file
- All 1-2 MB approx file size.
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FWBO Texts
Seven fold puja - pdf file
- Three fold puja - pdf file
- Tiratana Vandana (Salutation to the Three Jewels) - pdf file
- Dedication Ceremony - pdf file
- Heart Sutra in English - pdf file
- Metta Sutta (in Pali) - pdf file
External Resources
Texts and articles
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For an extensive list of articles on Buddhism and related subjects, by members of the Western Buddhist Order, see the directory website FWBO Articles
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Talks by Sangharakshita contains the full text of most of Sangharakshita's lectures.
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Seminars by Sangharakshita contains the unedited text of most of his seminars (over 12,000,000 words!)
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Books by Sangharakshita offers free on-line editions of many of Sangharakshita's books, hosted on his own website.
Study material
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The FWBO's Foundation Course and three-year Mitra Course are available as downloadable PDFs here or here.
Audio
- Free Buddhist Audio - over 1,000 online talks for free download by Sangharakshita and other senior members of the Western Buddhist Order.
- Free Buddhist Audio's community pages host talks from many local FWBO centres, including non-UK centres.
Video
- Videosangha contains over 100 short videos on everything from the history of the FWBO to Buddhist Arts. Especially interesting are the accounts of people's first meetings with Sangharakshita, founder of the FWBO and the Western Buddhist Order.
Photos
- FWBO Photos is a library of over 2,500 photos of FWBO Centres, shrines, and more.
- The Clear Vision photo archive contains many old images of Sanghrakshita, the early days of the FWBO and TBMSG. Recently much expanded and rearranged.
- The Order Mosaic captures almost the whole of the Western Buddhist Order in an single clickable image of the thousand-armed Avalokitesvara.
Buddhist teaching materials for schools
- offers a wide range of teaching materials for schools, tailored to the UK curriculum.
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Ask a Buddhist is a series of short video clips with some answers to some of the commonest questions Buddhists tend to get asked - especially by children!
Translations
- FWBO Translations shows most translations of FWBO literature into the world's languages, including texts published on the web.
Search FWBO websites
Three ways to search the FWBO's extensive network of websites.