Welcome to Dharmabytes! In and#8220;Buddhist Conversion andamp; The Bodhichittaand#8221;, Sangharakshita, the founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community, introduces the talk and#8220;The Arising of the Bodhicittaand#8221;. Here, in his classic form, Urgyen Sangharakshita describes the act of Conversion within Buddhist practice. Two contradictory trends that are discernible in the spiritual life: withdrawing from the world and compassion for it. The arising of the Bodhichitta or and#8216;Will to Enlightenmentand#8217; resolves this dichotomy.

Talk given in 1965.