For over 40 years, we have been producing transcriptions of full-length Dharma seminars by Urgyen Sangharakshita, founder of the Triratna Buddhist Community. This previously unpublished week-long seminar on a key section of Shantideva’s classic text, ‘The Bodhicaryavatara’, is a radical digital re-imagining of what a seminar record can be in the age of the iPad.
We’ve used multi-touch to bring the conversations and commentary to life, animating everything from footnotes and references to the famous text itself, as well as all the historical and contextual material that helps us understand its profound ideas more deeply. With generous audio, video, and image support - and an innovative, meticulously researched internal web referencing system - we hope any reader engaged in the practice of mindfulness, kindness, and patience will experience a sense of deep delight as they explore a valuable Dharma resource that can be used for years to come.
Sample and buy on iBooks in the UK | Sample and buy on iBooks in the US - and help support the future of Sangharakshita’s seminar archives.
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NB. This multi-touch book requires the iBooks app, so it only works on Apple computers, iPads, and later iPhones (bigger screen is better for this format). There is no direct equivalent at present on other platforms. See below for other versions to be released soon, accessible on all devices
- This book will also be available shortly as a standard eBook with many of the key references included as web-linked footnotes.
- There will also be an edited ‘Highlights’ version of the standard eBook version, focussing on the key passages of the text and Sangharakshita’s direct commentary on it.
- We will release a Kindle version - as well as a printable PDF versions of both the full and Highlights versions.
