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In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , Two Routes to Samatha , Viveka describes the many mindfulness practices and two routes to samatha. From the talk Mindfulness as Sadhana given at the Triratna Buddhist Order Convention 2005.

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , Stories to Orientate our Psyche , Ratnaghosha shares how stories are the primary way in which the imagination orients our psyche. Listen to Ratnaghosha's telling of this most famous story in the life of the Buddha and#8211; his going forth. This talk was given to launch the new Sangha Night at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre.

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , Going Forth as Skilled Action , Maitreyabandhu adds a liveliness and concreteness to the theme of going forth. From the talk Positive Emotion and#8211; Skilled Action given during a 4-day retreat in May 2013, at Dharmagiri retreatcenter, Sweden. Maitryeabandhu gave four seminars on and#8216;The five great stages of spiritual lifeand#8217;, as it is viewed and pr...

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is titled: Understanding Anatta . Tackling such terms as self, I, individual, and ego, reveals that each can have both a positive and a negative connotation. What is the self, and how can we cultivate true Individuality? Talk given in 1970. From the talk Individuality, True and False , by Sangharakshita, part of the series Aspects of the Higher Evolution of the Indiv...

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is titled: Radically Renouncing Blame , an excerpt from the full talk by the same name. As part of our Saturday Sangha mornings, Vijayasri presented an inspiring talk which looks at the Radical aspects of practice which form the Croydon Buddhist Centreand#8217;s new vision.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is titled: Experiencing Suffering . Stay in the gap with our difficult emotions to be with one's suffering and#8211; this is the place of the spiritual warrior. From the talk and#8220;The Defects and Dangers of Samsaraand#8221; , by Maitreyi, the final talk in a five-part series from Tiratanalokaand#8217;s retreat on the and#8216;Four Mind Turningsand#8217; of the Ti...

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is titled: The Story of Self . From the talk and#8220;Suffering and Joy and#8211; Compost For Loveand#8221; by Dayajoti, given during the setup for Buddhafield Festival 2013 (theme and#8216;Fire in the Heartand#8217;) on the Four Brahma Viharas. Includes a reading of the Mallikaa Sutta.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is an excerpt from the talk and#8220;Building the Buddha Landand#8221; by Sangharakshita. In this excerpt he answers the question, and#8220;How Is the Buddha Land Relevant to Us?and#8221; , using the sphere of creativity and the arts as an example. Part of the series and#8220;The Inconceivable Emancipation and#8211; Themes from the Vimalakirti Nirdeshaand#8221; given...

Jvalamalini brings us todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , an excerpt from her talk and#8220;At Home In the Cosmos; Myth, Magic and Usand#8221; . She explains that we can start effectively reading the Mahayana sutras by first becoming and#8220;At Home with Mythand#8221; as a way of accessing aspects of spiritual experience that are unreachable through logic alone.

Sangharakshita answers the question, and#8220;What is a Buddha Land? in todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte . From the talk and#8220;Building the Buddhalandand#8221; and part of the excellent series and#8220;The Inconceivable Emancipation and#8211; Themes from the Vimalakirti Nirdeshaand#8221; given by Sangharakshita in 1979.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is an excerpt from the talk and#8220;Pure and Impure Buddhalands and#8211; This Very Place, the Lotus Paradiseand#8221; by Taranita. He begins the talk by and#8220;Reading the Sukhavativyuha Sutraand#8221; , a text that expounds on the grandeur and wealth of riches available in the Pure Land. Taranita addresses the practical skepticism that often comes up in the face...

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , is from the rather fabulous talk and#8220;Death and the Buddhistand#8221; by Danavira. Weand#8217;ve titled this and#8220;Death Has 10,000 Doorsand#8221; . Danavira is one of the best speakers we know and#8211; he is very funny, can do poetic and profound, tends to the chaotic in his style, and has a particular genius for this kind of thing; this kind of thing bein...

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , and#8220;The Finite Nature of Lifeand#8221; is from Paramananda. Beginning the talk with a poem, he explores the importance of coming into relation with suffering, especially regarding our own and othersand#8217; death. If we do not take on the finite nature of our lives, we cannot practise effectively.

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , and#8220;One Big Mistakeand#8221; Padmakumara gives us much to consider in the areas of existential suffering, incompleteness, and the wrong view that external things can be relied on for happiness. From the talk and#8220;I Read the News Today, Oh Boyand#8221; and#8211; A talk on real practice in the sometimes painfully real worldand#8230;

Sangharakshita rouses us with todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , entitled and#8220;Making the Best Use of Our Time and#8211; Practice the Dharma!and#8221; . From the 1996 talk and#8220;Intellect, Emotion, and Willand#8221; given at the opening of the Manchester Buddhist Centre.

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , and#8220;Sangha as Bodhicitta Practiceand#8221; , Vajratara suggests that of the Bodhicitta practises we might take up and#8211; the puja or the various reflections on the suffering of beings and#8211; the most useful and effective Bodhichitta practice is the practice of sangha, of spiritual community. Now thereand#8217;s a thought! From the talk, and#8220;Gener...

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , and#8220;Our Reaction to Sufferingand#8221; , Kulaprabha offers quite personal reflections on our responses to suffering. From the talk and#8220;Contemplating the Suffering of Beingsand#8221; given at Taraloka.

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , and#8220;Hiding the Dharma in Story,and#8221; Vajratara reminds us how the lifeand#8217;s inspirations our found in the stories passed on to us. From the talk, Purna and the Perfumed Chamber and#8211; Stories From Early Sanskrit Buddhism , given on March 2012 UK Women National Order Weekend. The theme of the weekend was Delighting in the Buddha through Story and...

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , and#8220;Downwards and Backwards,and#8221; Maitridevi shares the myth of Persephone as pathway of moving backwards and downwards into the depths of oneand#8217;s being. From the talk, and#8220;The Tender Gravity of Kindnessand#8221; that explores how this myth can influence our practice of the metta bhavana.

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , entitled and#8220;What Money Canand#8217;t Buyand#8221; , Vaddhaka has a close look at the nature of capitalismand#8217;s economic theory. How are we as buddhists supposed to engage with an economic system that arguably elevates egoistic craving into the position of a high virtue?

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte entitled and#8220;What is Wrong Livelihoodand#8221; , is excerpted from a 1968 talk by Sangharakshita, and#8220;The Ideal Society: Right Livelihoodand#8221; . Here he discusses what could be considered wrong livelihood, based on the Buddhaand#8217;s teachings in the scriptures.

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte entitled and#8220;The Spirit of Cooperative Workand#8221; , Parami looks at Sangharakshitaand#8217;s encouragement of cooperative work and Team-Based Right Livelihood businesses, examining the history of these types of businesses in the Triratna Buddhist Community as well as how we can keep the energy and momentum behind them alive.

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte Sangharakshita lays out the and#8220;Four Essential Features of Right Livelihoodand#8221; , particularly the team-based Right Livelihoods that are a distinct emphasis of the Triratna Buddhist Community. This excerpt is from a lovely 2001 talk by Sangharakshita that is well worth revisiting often, entitled and#8220;The Six Distinctive Emphases of the FWBOand#8221;...

Starting the new year with a series on Right Livelihood, todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte entitled and#8220;Medical Work in India as Dhamma Practiceand#8221; features Karunaprabha, an Indian Order Member, who tells the story of how her medical work in the slums of Pune led to her becoming a Buddhist.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte entitled and#8220;Altruistic Activity as Insight Practiceand#8221; draws from an evening of discussion with Sangharakshita in which he was asked to discuss whether one could see altruistic activity as a support for insight in light of the illness of the world.