A TRIRATNA BLAKE READER CONTENTS Buddhism and William Blake – an essay by Sangharakshita (1977) Blake, Bhante and Us – notes from a talk by Satyalila (2017) A sequence of four Blake Readers – compiled by Prajnamat from Sangharakshita’s Seminars (2017): Bhante on Blake 1: Vision Bhante on Blake 2: Energy & Reason Bhante on Blake 3: Imaginaton Bhante on Blake 4: Dakini as Sangha 1 Contents...................................................................................................................................................................1 Preface......................................................................................................................................................................4 Buddhism and William Blake....................................................................................................................................5 Blake, Bhante and Us..............................................................................................................................................12 I must create a system.......................................................................................................................................16 Horizontal and vertcal.......................................................................................................................................16 The Horizontal Dimension in Blake’s system.................................................................................................17 The Horizontal Dimension in Bhante’s system..............................................................................................18 The Vertcal Dimension in Blake's system......................................................................................................19 The Vertcal dimensions in Bhante’s system.................................................................................................20 Doctrine and method.....................................................................................................................................21 Bhante's Blake Themes and the Mandala......................................................................................................21 Conclusion..........................................................................................................................................................22 Bhante on Blake......................................................................................................................................................24 Bhante on Blake 1: Vision.......................................................................................................................................25 Introducton.......................................................................................................................................................26 Overview............................................................................................................................................................26 Blake’s Hierarchy of Vision.............................................................................................................................26 Bhante’s references to this............................................................................................................................26 Conclusion..........................................................................................................................................................29 Sources...............................................................................................................................................................30 Books..............................................................................................................................................................30 Lectures..........................................................................................................................................................32 Seminars.........................................................................................................................................................34 Bhante on Blake 2: Energy & Reason.....................................................................................................................49 Introducton.......................................................................................................................................................50 Overview............................................................................................................................................................50 Energy and Reason.........................................................................................................................................50 Energy............................................................................................................................................................50 Reason............................................................................................................................................................52 Conclusion..........................................................................................................................................................56 Sources...............................................................................................................................................................57 Books..............................................................................................................................................................57 Lectures..........................................................................................................................................................58 2 Seminars.........................................................................................................................................................59 Bhante on Blake 3: Imaginaton.............................................................................................................................73 Introducton.......................................................................................................................................................74 Overview............................................................................................................................................................74 Distncton from Fancy...................................................................................................................................74 Imaginaton and Intuiton..............................................................................................................................75 Ethical Dimension..........................................................................................................................................76 A Hierarchy of Experience..............................................................................................................................76 Minute Partculars..........................................................................................................................................77 Conclusion..........................................................................................................................................................78 Sources...............................................................................................................................................................79 Books..............................................................................................................................................................79 Seminars.........................................................................................................................................................81 Papers.............................................................................................................................................................87 Bhante on Blake 4: Dakini as Sangha Refuge.........................................................................................................88 Introducton.......................................................................................................................................................89 Overview............................................................................................................................................................89 Blake’s concepton of the universal man as Manifold...................................................................................89 Blake’s concepton of Communicaton through Emanatons........................................................................90 The Dakini......................................................................................................................................................90 The Dakini as the Esoteric Sangha Refuge.....................................................................................................90 Bhante’s associaton of the Dakini as Sangha Refuge with Blake’s Emanaton.............................................90 Conclusion..........................................................................................................................................................92 Sources...............................................................................................................................................................93