Ia tusia se faaauauina mo lenei parakalafa - Sa faauu Sangharakshita i le aoga Theravada, ae fai mai na ia avea disillusioned e mea na ia lagonaina o le dogmatism, formalism, ma nationalism o le tele o le Theravadin bhikkhus sa ia feiloai ma avea faateleina faatosinaina e faiaoga Tibetan Buddhist na sosola Tibet ina ua mavae le osofaiga Saina i le 1950s
. I le lua tausaga talu ona ia feiloaʻi ma Lama Govinda, na amata ai ona ia suʻesuʻe ma le Lama o Gelug, o Dhardo Rinpoche. Na maua foʻi e Sangharakshita ni aʻoaʻoga mai faiaʻoga e aofia ai Jamyang Khyentse, Dudjom Rinpoche, faapea foʻi ma Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche. O Dhardo Rinpoche lea na faauuina Sangharakshita Mayahana. Mulimuli ane, na aʻoaʻoina foʻi e Sangharakshita se faiaʻoga o Ch'an, o Yogi Chen (Chen Chien-Ming), faatasi ai ma se isi faifeʻau Peretania, o Bhikkhu Khantipalo. Na tuufaatasia e tamāloloa e toʻatolu a latou fonotaga e faatatau i aʻoaʻoga ma faiga faa-Puta, ma tusia ai se tusi e taʻua "Buddhist Meditation, Systematic and Practical".