Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: Sa faauu Sangharakshita i le aʻoga Theravada, ae fai mai na ia le fiafia i le mea na ia lagonaina o le dogmatism, formalism, ma le nationalism o le tele o le Theravadin bhikkhus na ia feiloai ma na faateleina le faatosinaina e faiaoga Tibet Buddhist na sosola ese mai Tibet ina ua mavae le
osofaʻiga a Saina i le vaitausaga o le 1950. 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".