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In our Dharmabyte podcast today, Daring to Look In the Mirrorand#8221; , Satyalila offers a talk for theme of the European Womenand#8217;s Convention which was and#8220;The Bodhisattvaand#8217;s Reply: Triratna Paths to Insight.and#8221; August 27 2014, Adhisthana.

In our Dharmabyte podcast today, Opening Up and#038; Letting Goand#8221; , Yashobodhi talks about her personal connection to the tonglen practice and the seven point mind training and about practising tonglen in the moment.

Our Dharmabyte podcast today entitled and#8220;Developing Real Individualityand#8221; is about going forth from the group, and helping others to do so too. From the talk The Individual, the Group, and the Community by Sangharakshita (1971) A Spiritual Community consists of Individuals; a group does not consist of Individuals. What is individuality? How can an ordinary group support our efforts to...

In todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte podcast Ratnaghosha brings us and#8220;Experience, Then Understandingand#8221; , a short excerpt from the talk entitled The Goal , the sixth talk given on the European Triratna Menand#8217;s Convention at Adhisthana on 19 August 2014. The Menand#8217;s Convention, the first to be held at Adhisthana, was based on Milarepaand#8217;s final exhortation from and#8220;The S...

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte podcast Vajratara delivers and#8220;Mindfulness Really is The Wayand#8221; , a short excerpt from the talk, Insight In The Everyday . Satipatana is a practice of bringing awareness to what is going on in your experience. A dynamic process that is continuous and ultimately the key to Insight. More than just focusing on our present experience, it's also being aware...

Fear is the great modern disease. Helping to create the conditions of fearlessness is one of the greatest gifts we can give. Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte podcast is entitled and#8220;Knowing the Dangers, Seeking the Nobleand#8221; by Dhivan. Here, Dhivan draws out some of the continuing significance of the story of the noble quest, as a kind of blueprint for the model of the Dharma life as heroi...

Fear is the great modern disease. Helping to create the conditions of fearlessness is one of the greatest gifts we can give. Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte podcast is entitled and#8220;The Gift of Fearlessnessand#8221; by Sangharakshita from the talk Altruism and Individualism in the Spiritual Life Talk given in 1969 as part of the series Aspects of the Bodhisattva Ideal .

Todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte podcast is aptly named and#8220;It's Not Fair!and#8221; by Kalyanaprabha. Lifeand#8217;s unfair, what can we do about it? We can practice the Dharma and follow the Buddhaand#8217;s teachings. Kalyanaprabhaand#8217;s sober yet uplifting talk encourages us to do just that. Excerpt from the talk: What to Do In An Unfair World .

In todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte podcast entitled, and#8220;Karma with a Twistand#8221; , Subhuti clearly describes how unwholesome mental states influence how we interpret our experience. This is why we begin with sila (ethics) on the path. From the talk, Rambles Around the Yogachara: Talk 1 , part of the series Rambles Around the Yogachara by Subhuti. the Yogachara school of Buddhist philosophy, wh...

In todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte podcast entitled, and#8220;Breaking Through with Awarenessand#8221; , we are reminded that awareness is the great dissolver of negative emotions. At times in the spiritual life we may need considerable energy to overcome obstacles, such as negative emotions, psychological conditionings, rational thinking, and even the sense of and#8216;timeand#8217; itself. How, when,...

Todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte podcast is a short talk by Nityabodha given as part of the LBCand#8217;s Urban Retreat in June 2009 entitled and#8220;Glimpses of Visionand#8221; .

Weand#8217;ve titled todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte podcast , and#8220;Fluidity in Our Nature: The Seaand#8221; . In this gentle talk, Arthabandhu gives us the 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 medi...

In todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte podcast , and#8220;A Conversation About Poetry and#8220; , from Maitreyabandhuand#8217;s Book Launch of his two new books: The Journey and the Guide; and Yarn, a new collection of poems. In conversation with Visuddhimati, he discusses his life, his writing, and stresses the importance of making time to do nothing. At the North London Buddhist Centre, 28th September 20...

Weand#8217;ve titled todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte podcast and#8220;A Darkness Was Ripped From My Eyesand#8221; , a line from the poem, Singapore, by Mary Oliver, recited with commentary offered by Ratnaguna. As our eyes open to the lives of others, we try to run away from what we do not like. We think there is nothing we can do, or is there? From the talk, The Tender Gravity of Kindness , by Rat...

Todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte podcast is called and#8220;The Tree is Teaching Usand#8221; by Suchitta. The birth of a tree is no different from our own and#8211; dependent on conditions and the elements. Every part of the body changes according to it's nature, no different from the tree. From the talk The Defects of Samsara and Cultivating the Desire For Enlightenment .

In todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte podcast Vadanya gives us and#8220;Tangled Up in Sorrowand#8221; , an excerpt from the talk Wisdom In The World . It's through not knowing the truth about the way things are that we create all sorts of destruction, unhappiness and sorrow for ourselves and those around us.

In todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte podcast , and#8220;What is Insight?and#8221; Dayajoti and Saddhanandi talk about Metta as an ungraspable co-arising, inseparable from mindfulness, which expresses itself in different ways. What is Metta, What is Insight is the final talk in a series from a 12 day meditation retreat on metta as a path to insight from May 2015.

In todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte podcast , and#8220;What is Metta?and#8221; Dayajoti and Saddhanandi talk about Metta as an ungraspable co-arising, inseparable from mindfulness, which expresses itself in different ways. What is Metta, What is Insight is the final talk in a series from a 12 day meditation retreat on metta as a path to insight from May 2015.

Our FBA Dharmabyte podcast today is entitled and#8220;Awareness of Selfand#8221; by Sangharakshita. Forgetfulness and distraction are the rule in ordinary life, but awareness and a and#8216;fullness of mindand#8217; is at the heart of human growth and development. Sangharakshita distinguishes four dimensions of awareness, each with its own qualities: awareness of things, self, others, and reality....

In todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte podcast Sangharakshita reminds us that real transformation begins with the dawn of insight or clear vision. In this excerpt entitled and#8220;The Process of Transformationand#8221; Sangharakshita describes the opening of the Dharma Eye in terms of seeing things as they really are and#8211; upturning the four topsy turvy views. From the talk The Transcendental Eightfol...

In todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte podcast , Parami gives us and#8220;and#8216;Knowingand#8217; as a Lived Experienceand#8221; from the talk Living In The Greater Mandala . A bodhisattva is a being intent upon awakening for the sake of all beings. Most of us, most of the time, are not as awake as we could be. We create suffering by trying to fit reality into our picture of how we think things should be...

In todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte podcast entitled and#8220;Metta as Quite Ordinary and Everydayand#8221; , Jvalamalini gives a very personal and helpful take on the metta bhavana (loving kindness) practice, recounting her history with it and the kinds of areas she has worked with over the years in order to learn to love herself and others as deeply as she can, specifically here how metta is very simp...

Drawing out concepts from the Dhammapadaand#8217;s verses, Padmavajra explores the qualities of faith (or shraddha) in this Dharmabyte podcast entitled and#8220;Shraddha and#8211; A Curious Intuitionand#8221; . From the talk and#8220;Changing Hatred into Love and#8211; Dhammapada Verses 3 to 6and#8243; given in 2007, and part of a larger series and#8220;The Dhammapada and#8211; The Buddhaand#8217;...

In todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte podcast from Vajrapriya entitled To Make the Imperfect Perfect is Enough to Love it , he discusses the fact of suffering or dukkha as part of being human. What are we to do? We can love what is, and in doing so make the imperfect perfect. From the talk entitled, and#8220;Loving What Isand#8221; given in January 2008.

Sangharakshita reflects on William Blakeand#8217;s concept of the and#8220;devouringand#8221; aspect of mind and how it relates to the chain of conditionality in todayand#8217;s FBA Podcast entitled Blakeand#8217;s Idea of the and#8216;Devouringand#8217; Aspect of Mind . From the talk entitled, and#8220;Fields of Creativityand#8221; given in 2001.