Sometimes Dharma study can be very down-to-earth and practical, giving us straightforward advice and precepts about how we can practice the Dharma in our everyday life. At other times, as in this module, it can be an antidote to the hum-drum daily round of our ordinary lives and lift us instead into a new vision of things. Connecting with this expanded vision of spiritual life can be both liberating and inspiring.

The lecture series Sangharakshita gave on the Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa, entitled The Inconceivable Emancipation – Themes from the Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa, was his last (from 1979) and is considered by many to be his best. It is a brilliant blend of conceptual exposition, imagery, humour, and insight.