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Notes the Pali term is usually used, so I will use that term from now on in this chapter. 43 Kularatna. 1982. ‘Setting Out’, FWBO Newsletter 54, p.8. 44 The ‘three worlds’ refers to the three worlds of traditional Buddhist cosmology (karmaloka, rupaloka, and arupaloka), and also to the first, second, and third worlds of modern geopolitics. 45 In India, the Order was known as the ‘Trailokya Bauddha Mahasangha’ (TBM). 46 Padmavajra. 1988. ‘Beginnings’, Golden Drum 10 (August–October), p.9. 47 Karuna means ‘compassion’. You can find out more about the work of the Karuna Trust at http://www.karuna.org. 48 Stephen Batchelor. 1994. The Awakening of the West: The Encounter of Buddhism and Western Culture. London: Harper Collins, p.365. 49 If you are interested in taking part in an appeal, contact Karuna Trust via their appeals website at http://www.appeals.karuna.org. 50 Alan Sponberg. 1996. ‘TBMSG: A Dhamma Revolution in Contemporary India’. In Christopher S. Queen and Sallie B. King (eds). Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia. Albany: State University of New York Press, p. 101. 51 Karuna Trust Financial Report 2008, p.2. 52 The first three ‘challenges’ I list are from Sponberg 1996, pp.105–10. 53 Sangharakshita. 1996b. Great Buddhists of the Twentieth Century. Birmingham: Windhorse Publications, p.26. 54 Sangharakshita. 1988. The History of My Going for Refuge. Glasgow: Windhorse Publications, p.117. 55 Christopher S. Queen. 1996. ‘Introduction: the Shapes and Sources of Engaged Buddhism’. In Christopher S. Queen and Sallie B. King (eds). Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia. Albany: State University of New York Press, p.46. 56 Sponberg 1996, p.76. 57 Sangharakshita 1996b, p.26. 58 FWBO Newsletter 46 (Summer 1980), p.27. 59 For more on the story of Windhorse:Evolution, see Padmasuri. 2002. Transforming Work. Birmingham: Windhorse Publications. 60 In this context, ‘right livelihood’ means using your work and working context as a means to spiritual transformation, as well as to be cultivating ethical and expansive states of mind during the working day. 61 Sangharakshita. 2002. ‘Six Distinctive Emphases of the FWBO’, http:// freebuddhistaudio.com/talks/details? num=197. 62 �������������������������������������������������������� Author information from Windhorse:Evolution, early 2008.

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