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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.

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...