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In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, Reflecting on Old Age and Death, Sangharakshita takes us through a personal ramble through the history of letters and letter writing. As usual the range of Sangharakshitaand#8217;s reflections in this is hugely impressive and#8211; taking in late mediaeval and 18th C. letter culture, provocative takes on Christianity, the Romantic poets and even the economy! Itand#8217;s an education and a genuine, poignant pleasure to hear him evoke a vanishing art, pass on old pieces of knowledge and lore, and remember so vividly a friend now gone with whom he shared, in Keatsand#8217; phrase, and#8216;a mingling of soulsand#8217;.
From the talk Mingling Souls and#8211; Launching Dear Dinoo, Letters to a Friend given in Birmingham, December 2011.
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In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, Reflecting on Old Age and Death, Sangharakshita takes us through a personal ramble through the history of letters and letter writing. As usual the range of Sangharakshitaand#8217;s reflections in this is hugely impressive and#8211; taking in late mediaeval and 18th C. letter culture, provocative takes on Christianity, the Romantic poets and even the economy! Itand#8217;s an education and a genuine, poignant pleasure to hear him evoke a vanishing art, pass on old pieces of knowledge and lore, and remember so vividly a friend now gone with whom he shared, in Keatsand#8217; phrase, and#8216;a mingling of soulsand#8217;.
From the talk Mingling Souls and#8211; Launching Dear Dinoo, Letters to a Friend given in Birmingham, December 2011.

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