In this talk, Sangharakshita gives a detailed, often amusing, autobiography: his childhood; his discovery that he was a Buddhist; his travels in India and his thoughts and ideas which led to the formation of the FWBO and the WBO.He gives a very clear introduction to the structures and practices of the movement and an inspiring explanation of the centrality of Going for Refuge.He concludes by outlining the five things needed for the growth of the individual in his or her spiritual life, affirming the potential for Enlightenment shared by all human beings and reminding us that the world today needs the pure “unpolluted” rain of the Dharma.