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Our FBA Dharmabyte today is by Saddhaloka, the new chair of the College of Public Preceptors. Much easier said then done, Entering Into a Life in the Dharma begins with a strong heartfelt response, a feeling of 'coming home' and is challenged by our many distractions, confusions and the pressures of our life. We keep forgetting what is most important. From the talk of the same title given by Saddh...

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , Setting Intention for Equanimity , Ratnavandana shares an intensely honest, psychologically intimate, beautifully forensic history of her personal relationship to the practice of upekkha (equanimity) throughout her spiritual life. We hear about ways to assess what is going on in the subtler realms of our experience and#8211; and how to look to move beyond them s...

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , The Boundlessness of Metta , 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. Here she speaks on an initial experience of vision that arose of profound well-...

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , Seeing Beauty in Nature , Jnanavaca continues the seminar series exploring Eros and Beauty, drawing inspiration from Keats on the ascent of beauty. From the talk and#8220;Eros and Beauty and#8211; Jnanavaca On Fireand#8221; given at the London Buddhist Center, 9th March 2015.

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , The Perfectly Enlightened Mind , Padmavajra offers a beautiful reading of the opening verses of Bodhicaravatara and#8211; the Entry of the Way into Enlightement, by Shantideva. The Bodhicitta is one of those terms that you need to get a feeling for and#8211; translating it as 'the enlightened mind' doesn't quite do it justice. From the talk and#8220;Eros and Bea...

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , Transforming the World , Khemasuri explores the message of Transforming the World in The Sutra of Golden Light at Sangha Night, Sheffield Buddhist Centre 2008. Talk given on 17th June 2008 as part of a series on Great Buddhist Texts.

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , Buddhism and Culture , Sangharakshita illustrates how it is only possible to change the world fundamentally when we are receptive to the influence of higher spiritual dimensions. From the talk of the same name, Buddhism and Culture , given in 1976 as part of the series Transformation of Life and World in the Sutra of Golden Light.

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , Gathering Wisdom , we hear from Vidyadevi during the opening of the new Sangharakshita Library at Adhisthana. Sangharakshita, founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order, has long dreamed of starting a new library to house his collection of 11,000 books on Buddhism, the Dharma and literature (including extensive reference and poetry collections). Vidyadevi, one of th...

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.