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In todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte podcast , Anatomy of the Breath , Padmadarshini gives us a really good working context to help our meditation practice. Best to lie down comfortably as you listen to her description of the anatomical and physiological processes involved in breathing. Sheand#8217;s a yoga teacher as well as a meditation teacher and she draws on both those sets of skills to give this ta...

In our Dharmabyte podcast today, Hear the Call to Give , Vidyamala reminds us of the Buddhaand#8217;s words that at the very least we can give. Our Bodhisattva journey, giving is the first paramita, the first training, because it is the complete opposite of grasping. Anyone can have a moment of open-handedness! Excerpt from the talk From Pinball Machine to River , a talk given on the Manchester Bu...

Our Dharmabyte podcast today is entitled Inspiring Confidence , an excerpt from the talk entitled Sanghakaya and the Heart's Release about the Sangha Jewel and itand#8217;s place in the spiritual life, given at the Manchester Buddhist Centre on Triratna Night, 14 December 2015. Maitreyi says, "I had something of an epiphany on first hearing the term Sanghakaya in a talk by Subhuti in India. It see...

Our Dharmabyte podcast today is entitled The Integrating Practice of Compassion , by Munisha. Balancing care for self and other is a practice of integration, an aspect of that practice is to distinguish between self-compassion and self-esteem. From the talk, Self Compassion For the Sake of All Beings , in English to a Swedish audience, 5th March 2016, Dhammagiri Retreat Center, Sweden.

Our Dharmabyte podcast today is the reading of the poem Kindness, by Naomi Shihab Nye (1952) followed by the back story to the poem. Kindness: A Poem andamp; A Story , by Ratnaguna, is a commentary on two poems: Singapore by Mary Oliver and Kindness by Naomi Shihab Nye. In this excerpt we hear of the latter poem. The full talk, The Tender Gravity of Kindness , was by Ratnaguna on Sangha Night at S...

Our Dharmabyte podcast today is entitled Going Beyond the Cushion by Amaragita. Amaragita explodes and expands notions around the practice of paying attention via awareness of the breath, using the deceptively simple exercise of taking just five breaths through the day. From the talk Meditation Workshop and#8211; Five Breaths a companion to another talk, The Possibility of Practice and her guided...

Our Dharmabyte podcast today is entitled 12 Minutes On Intention In Meditation by Bodhilila. A very concise introduction to whether you need a specific intention in a meditation session, and if you do, how to set it up. A talk at West London Buddhist Centre Sangha night, as part of a meditation workshop.

Our Dharmabyte podcast today is entitled Sangharakshitaand#8217;s Going Forth by Ashvajit. In this excerpt from the talk, Sangharakshitaand#8217;s Life In Kalimpong, Ashvajit evokes Sangharakshitaand#8217;s time in Kalimpong, his setting up of his first Buddhist organisation, and describes some of the wide variety of people that he met. This talk is part of the series Sangharakshitaand#8217;s life...

Our Dharmabyte podcast today is entitled Sangharakshita and#8211; Early Self-Education by Vajrapriya. An excerpt from the talk, Sangharakshita: Early Life, Vajrapriya covers the period from his birth up until his arrival in Kalimpong, including his extraordinary wandering days in India. This talk is part of the series Sangharakshitaand#8217;s life story.

Our Dharmabyte podcast today is brought to us by Karunadevi from a talk entitled The Individual, the Group and the Spiritual Community that weand#8217;ve called: In Relationship to Others . Can we retain our individuality while practicing with other people? Are we true individuals, or are we rebels, and are the two really that different? Karunadevi explores the dangers and benefits of practicing w...

Our Dharmabyte podcast today is an excerpt called Listeners of the Truth by Ratnaguna. Sanghanussati means and#8216;recollection of the Sanghaand#8217; and Ratnaguna looks at the Sangha section of the Tiratana Vandana in Sanghanussati and#8211; Recollection of the Sangha given at the Manchester Buddhist Centre on 21st April 2009.

Our Dharmabyte podcast today is an excerpt called Choosing Our Path from a delightful talk from Vajragupta drawing a lot of significance from a simple image for the connection between Sangha and Commitment by Vajragupta.

Our Dharmabyte podcast today is called Going Beyond Self in Sangha an excerpt from the talk Being and Building a Sangha Heart . In 2017 Birmingham Buddhist Centre is turning their energies towards being and building a vibrant Sangha heart for their community. This short talk, given by Singhamati Chair of the Birmingham Buddhist Centre at the launch of this project, explores how the practice of San...

Our Dharmabyte podcast today is called Patience by Bodhilila. A clear, practical and accessible talk on the third of the Bodhisattva perfections, Ksanti (patience or forbearance). Given at the West London Buddhist Centre Sangha evening, March 2012.

Todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte podcast is delivered by Subhuti entitled The Importance of Intention In the Stage of Positive Emotion . This excerpt from the talk of the same name was given during a retreat on the system of meditation. Subhuti emphasises the importance of intention in the metta bhavana; it is not a practice about feeling good, but transforming our responses; a karmic action which then...

Our Dharmabyte podcast today is brought to you by Maitreyabandhu, called: I want to be happy. You want to be happy. We yearn to be happy, yet we don't know where to find happiness. The central problem of human life and#8211; we try all sorts of things, it's like a koan we are all born with. From the talk The Happiness Problem by Maitreyabandhu given as part of the LBCand#8217;s Urban Retreat in Ju...

Our Dharmabyte podcast today is called Living Sangha Abhayanandi, an excerpt from a talk of the same name . Imagine being part of a community marked by autonomy and connection, abundant with supportive love and friendship. The Buddha famously said that fellowship is the whole of the spiritual life. Is that really true?! Abhayanandi has been following this teaching notably by living in a residentia...

Our Dharmabyte podcast today is from our Triratna Buddhist Community founder, Sangharakshita, entitled: Broken Images , an excerpt from the talk The Journey to Il Convento. The journey symbolises a pilgrimage through the ruins and broken images of Christian civilisation and culture, progressing through a world of archetypal forms, and potentially taking us to the very threshold of Enlightenment. N...

Our Dharmabyte podcast today is from our Triratna Buddhist Community founder, Sangharakshita, entitled: Emotion in the Spiritual Life . The central problem of spiritual life is the mobilisation of our emotional energies, so that what we know can be put into practice. Energies may be blocked, wasted or too coarse, and the Buddhist puja takes us through a series of devotional moods to help liberate...

Our Dharmabyte podcast today is an excerpt from retreat! Dayajoti speaks from a Metta as a Path to Insight Retreat (2015) on Metta As Dependent Arising . From a talk of the same title .

Our Dharmabyte podcast today is an excerpt from The Bodhisattva Vision . Visuddhimati launches the Triratna Urban Retreat on the theme of the greater mandala of uselessness and#8211; a teaching Sangharakshita has given us in 1976 derived from the Ratnagunasamcayagatha Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom Sutras. From the talk entitled The Bodhisattva Vision .

Our Dharmabyte podcast today is brought to you by Dayajoti. Twentieth Century Bodhisattva is an excerpt from the introduction to Buddhist Action Month 2016 in Bristol, England. She focused on three aspects of transforming the world: direct action; creating alternatives; and a shift in consciousness.

Our Dharmabyte podcast today, The Sea As Spiritual Death , is an excerpt from a talk of the same name by Arthabandhu. Image of the sea and the raft, we hold onto our raft, but this brings suffering and#8211; can we let go, enter the sea and become spiritually reborn? This is the question Arthabandhu asks us. Spiritual death does not only mean esoteric meditation practices, it means confronting the...

Our Dharmabyte podcast today, and#8216;Visionand#8217; and and#8216;Viewand#8217; , is an excerpt from A Vision of Human Existence given by Sangharakshita in 1976. In sanskrit or pali, there's no word that corresponds with the word 'philosophy.' There is one word that is sometimes translated as philosophy, the word darshana, which means 'to see, a sight, a view, a vision.' Dharsana represents dire...

In our Dharmabyte podcast today, A Prayer to the Moonand#8221; , Paramananda shares a David White poem about the moon as a means of expressing consciousness that is inspired by longing for something greater than us.