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Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is an excerpt from Dharmashalinand#8217;s longer talk given at Padmaloka on the topic of becoming a Dharma warrior. Entitled and#8220;Why Be a Warrior?and#8221; he pulls in accessible examples from pop culture and his personal experiences to illustrate the qualities of a peaceful Dharma warrior and speak to the meaning of developing in this way for our spiritual live...

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte entitled and#8220;Young People and the Dharmaand#8221; is from Lindsay Hannah in an address to members of the European Buddhist Union gathered at Taraloka. Here she shares an array of thought-provoking practical ways that Centres could inspire more young people to practice the Dharma.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is one of several short segments about the New Society from the talk and#8220;New Society Weekend 2011and#8243; given at Birmingham Buddhist Centre. In it, thoughts on various topics were offered by young people in the Triratna Buddhist Community. In this segment, entitled and#8220;Starting a Young Personand#8217;s Group,and#8221; Ben Niblock speaks on a personal lev...

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is one of three short talks on the topic of and#8220;Inspiring Young People with the Dharmaand#8221; given at given at Sheffield. Entitled and#8220;Choice in Young Peopleand#8217;s Practice,and#8221; Vidyaruci speaks on the wealth of choice for young people and the importance of getting clear on making the right choices in order to seize every opportunity available t...

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is one of three short talks on the topic of and#8220;Inspiring Young People with the Dharmaand#8221; given at given at Sheffield. Entitled and#8220;Inspiring Young People,and#8221; Kate, a member of the young sangha, offers her thoughts on being a young person in the Triratna Buddhist Community and about getting engaged in the workings of the sangha.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is a set of closing remarks from Padmavajra following Guhyavajraand#8217;s talk and#8220;Concepts, Symbol and Dharma as Sambhogakayaand#8221; given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre on a Going for Refuge Retreat in 2001. Entitled and#8220;The Dharma is Receivedand#8221; Padmavajra reflects on Dharma Day and the importance of that moment of the first full understanding of t...

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is a segment from Sangharakshitaand#8217;s talk and#8220;The New Man Speaksand#8221; given in 1971. Entitled and#8220;What Do We Celebrate on Dharma Day?and#8221; here Sangharakshita speaks to the meaning of the Buddhist Dharma Day festival and#8211; a commemoration of the first impact of the enlightened man on the unenlightened world.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is drawn from Sangharakshitaand#8217;s talk and#8220;Looking at the Bodhi Treeand#8221; given in 1999. Entitled and#8220;Gratitude for the Bodhi Treeand#8221; in this segment Sangharakshita brings our attention to an overlooked story immediately following the Buddhaand#8217;s Enlightenment, in which the Buddha expresses deep gratitude to the tree which sheltered him...

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...