The Sutra's hero, Vimalakirti, a master of the Bodhisattva's 'Skilful Means', discussed here in terms of the Four Analytical Knowledges, the Four Elements of Conversion, and the Magical Formulae. In this excerpt from the talk Sangharakshita describes the fourth of the Four Analytical Knowledges, that of Courage. From from the talk On Being All Things to All Men, part of the series The Inconceivable Emancipation - Themes from the Vimalakirti Nirdesha given in 1979.

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