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Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is a segment from Satyajitand#8217;s talk and#8220;Awakening to the Earth and#8211; An Inconceivably Vast Undertakingand#8221; given at Buddhafieldand#8217;s Green Earth Awakening event in May 2013. Satyajit is one of the founders of the Buddhafield festival and has spent many years exploring the connections between Buddhism and work to change the world for the bette...

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is another segment from an early series of talks in 1976 by Sangharakshita on the Sutra of Golden Light. Entitled and#8220;An Understanding of Nature,and#8221; this piece is from the talk and#8220;Nature, Man and Enlightenmentand#8221; . Sangharakshita here reveals a richer way of understanding nature and seeing it in its spiritual depths and#8211; bringing in the co...

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is from an early series of talks in 1976 by Sangharakshita on the Sutra of Golden Light. Entitled and#8220;Manand#8217;s Use of Nature,and#8221; itand#8217;s part of the talk and#8220;Nature, Man and Enlightenmentand#8221; . In the sutra, the struggle and resolution of the conflict between our desires and aspirations are symbolically portrayed by the figures of the M...

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is from Kamalashila, stemming from the deep connections he feels between Buddhist practice and the environment. Entitled and#8220;Deep Ecology,and#8221; itand#8217;s a short segment of his excellent talk called and#8220;Buddhism and the Natural World: Deep Ecology, Deep Dharmaand#8221; . Here he relates deep ecology to the ethics and insight of practicing the Dharma.

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is entitled and#8220;Indraand#8217;s Net,and#8221; by Akuppa. It is an excerpt of Akuppaand#8217;s full talk called and#8220;Buddhism and Ecology,and#8221; which will be featured later this week. Here, Akuppa discusses a commonly-used symbol when we speak about Buddhist principles and ecology, Indraand#8217;s Net. He asks how Indraand#8217;s Net works well as a metaphor, a...

What do we revere? Is reverence a Buddhist practice? When we bow, does it mean we are unworthy? Our FBA Dharmabyte today is from Suvarnaprabha of the San Francisco Buddhist Center. In and#8220;Reverence as a Path,and#8221; Suvaranaprabha explores and#8220;the problem of how to translate knowing into beingand#8221; with quotations by Urgyen Sangharakshita, Lama Suyra Das, and Shunryu Suzuki.

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is from one of the founders of the San Francisco Buddhist Center. In this excerpt from and#8220;The Individual, the Group and the Spiritual Communityand#8221; Karunadevi explores the dangers and benefits of practicing within a sangha using the Buddhaand#8217;s teaching on the mental fetters and various commentaries by Sangahrakshita.

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is an interesting, down to earth talk from the Director of the San Francisco Buddhist Center. In and#8220;Ethics and Speech: What Am I Trying to Say?and#8221; Padmatara discusses the ethics of speech as well as authenticity, kindness and miscommunication. She has been working with ways to bring more awareness to her own communication and is still learning from resistance a...

In our FBA Dharmabyte today, Viriyalila conjures up the image of the rock tumbler to explore how the practice of sangha creates jewels. But itand#8217;s the granite bottomed rivers in NH that gets evoked and#8211; in their crystal clarity and beauty may the Bodhicitta arise. and#8220;Bodhicitta Arising through Collective Practice,and#8221; is one of three short talks given at Aryaloka Buddhist Cen...

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is from the Chair of Aryaloka, Dayalocana. This excerpt and#8220;The Heartwood of Aryaloka,and#8221; is from the full talk: and#8220;The Simile of the Heartwood.and#8221; Here, Dayalocana asks: What is the heartwood of Aryaloka? Celebrating 25 years of Dharma practice, Aryaloka is situated on a street named Heartwood Circle, giving her good cause to reflect on The Simile o...

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is from the founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community, Sangharakshita. In and#8220;The Bodhisattva at Play,and#8221; he explores how a Bodhisattvaand#8217;s work is like the play of an elephant. Delightful and fun, this talk was given in 1969 as part of and#8220;Aspects of the Bodhisattva Ideal,and#8221; and is titled and#8220;Masculinity and Femininity in the S...

Our FBA Dharmabyte today titled: and#8216;Rebecomingand#8217; , by Ratnadharani, explores the distinction between skilful and unskilful as a process of re-becoming or rebirth. From the fourth talk in a five-part series from Tiratanalokaand#8217;s retreat on the and#8216; Four Mind Turnings and#8216; of the Tibetan tradition titled and#8216;Karma and the Consequences of Our Actions.and#8217;

and#8220;What does it mean to be human?and#8221; We have choices and possibilities, pleasure and pain. Our FBA Dharmabyte is an exploration of the balance of karma and karma vipaka. From the talk and#8220;The Preciousness and Rarity of Human Lifeand#8221; by Dhammadinna, the second in a five-part series from Tiratanalokaand#8217;s retreat on the and#8220;Four Mind Turningsand#8221; of the Tibetan...

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is a reading from the and#8216;Perfection of Wisdomand#8217; titled: and#8220;The Knowledge of the Suchness of the Skandhasand#8221; . From the guided and#8220;Reflection on the Five Skandhasand#8221; in the series and#8220;Night Lily Garden of the Midnight Way and#8211; Emptiness and the Great Compassionand#8221; by Kulaprabha.

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is a beautiful short talk by Aryashila of the Croydon Buddhist Centre. In and#8220;The Dharma is Everywhereand#8221; she uses the challenging poetry of Leonard Cohen and others, as well as her own deep life experience, to show that reality does not conform to ordinary wishes, but yet facing it squarely can be supremely uplifting, not sad. Talk given at the Sangha evening o...

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is a preview for Saturdayand#8217;s Podcast. In and#8220;The Buddha As Bodhisattvaand#8221; be prepared for the odd surprise as Dhivan considers the relationship between what we think we may know about the Buddha, and what the historical evidence suggests. In this excerpt he shares the traditional story of the Buddha as Bodhisattva including four biographies of the Buddha...

Our FBA Dharmabyte today takes into the heart of The Diamond Sutra. In and#8220;As Starsand#8230;and#8221; , Padmavajra gives us the last teaching: as stars; a fault of vision; a lamp; a mock show or magicianand#8217;s illusion. Here, the sutra becomes poetry, the world is illuminated differently, for a time. And we cannot help but be moved by the vision of ourselves made luminous. From tenth and...

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte today we present a short talk exploring impermanence and interconnectedness by Carunalaka titled: and#8220;Whatand#8217;s Love Got To Do With It?and#8221;

The Eightfold Path is divided into Paths of Vision and of Transformation. In our FBA Dharmabyte today and#8220;The Context of Perfect Visionand#8221; Sangharakshita illustrates how perfect vision can arise, and concludes by showing how Buddhists have communicated their vision of reality in conceptual and imaginative terms. Talk given in 1968. This talk is part of the series and#8220;The Buddha's N...

A vision of emptiness is key to spiritual alchemy. Our FBA Dharmabyte today is an exploration of the transformative magic that is Bodhichitta practice. and#8220;Vision of Lifeand#8221; , by Padmavajra, is excerpted from the talk and#8220;Death and Desireand#8221; part of and#8220;The Alchemy of Loveand#8221; series given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2004.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Working With Energy,and#8221; is a short, personal talk by Singhamati given given at the 2011 National Young Triratna Buddhists Weekend retreat exploring the theme of and#8216;Energy for Enlightenmentand#8217;.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220; and#8220;Appreciating Silence,and#8221; is a little gem of an excerpt from the talk: and#8220;No Dependence on Words and Lettersand#8221; by Sangharakshita, 1965. One of our earliest recordings in the FBA archive! and#8220;Some things we know from experience, some things we apprehend only at second-hand. In confusing these two, we miss the essence of Zen.a...

Into the Diamond Sutra we go and#8211; Subhutiand#8217;s arrival and questioning dialogue with the Buddha. Much food for thought to be had here as the Diamond begins to cut under the skin of thingsand#8230; Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte : and#8220;Gratitude and Receptivityand#8221; from the talk and#8220;The Diamond Sutra: Taking Mind to itand#8217;s Limits and#8211; 2and#8243; from the fascinati...

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte and#8220; and#8220;Becoming More Natural,and#8221; Kamalashila encourages us to approach meditation as a kind of prayer that exposes artificiality through awareness of experience as it brings to into being greater authenticity and truth. Excerpted from the well-loved talk and#8220;Simplicityand#8221; by Kamalashila, 2004.

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, Sangharakshita speaks on the power of silence by introducing us to Vimalakirtiand#8217;s and#8220; and#8220;Thunder-Like Silence.and#8221; From the talk and#8220;The Way of Non-Dualityand#8221; given in 1979 as part of the series and#8220;The Inconceivable Emancipation and#8211; Themes from the Vimalakirti Nirdesha.and#8221;