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Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , and#8220; The Richness of the Vimalakirti Nirdesha Sutra and#8221; is an introduction to one of the seven themes in the sutra, The Way of Non-Duality, from chapter nine of the work, The Dharma Door of Non-Duality. The full the talk and#8220; The Way of Non-Duality and#8221; was given in 1979 as part of the series and#8220; The Inconceivable Emancipation and#8211; T...

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , and#8220; Ritual, Metaphor and Poetry and#8221; is an excerpt from the talk and#8220; Standing on Emptiness: View, Meditation, and Action and#8221; by Dhammadassin. This beautifully weighted talk challenges us to look at how we think and how we act, and is rooted in a moving fidelity to experience as the ground of our inspiration. One to be treasured! Talk given at...

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is a lovely introduction to and#8220; Ryokanand#8217;s Poems and#8221; from the inspiring talk by Padmavajra titled and#8220; Bliss Bestowing Hands .and#8221; Packed with poetry and typically robust Zen reflections, this talk makes sure we are left with a heightened sense of the present moment as our only ground of being. From the not-to-be-missed series and#8220; Ta...

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte and#8221; Sangharakshita speaks on the positive counterparts of the Three Fetters: Creative, Committed andamp; Clear .and#8221; From the talk and#8220; Entering the Sangha and#8221; given on Sangharakshitaand#8217;s first visit to the Buddhafield Festival, Devon 2007.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , and#8220; Tension Between Self and Other ,and#8221; by Kavyasiddhi is from the accessible talk, and#8220; Learning the Metta Bhavana and#8221; given on a retreat open to people of all levels of meditation experience. Here she shares a personal account working with the tension arising between focusing on oneand#8217;s self and focusing on the needs of others.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , is a lovely reading of the story of and#8220; Meghiya and#8221; by Sangharakshita. Beautifully read by Sangharakshita, these readings are taken from the oldest scriptural texts and evoke the real spirit of early Buddhism and#8211; the struggles, the joys and the triumphs of ordinary people who followed the path to Truth. The and#8220; Readings from the Pali Canon a...

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , Paramabandhu offers us ways of and#8220; Creating Spiritual Friendship. and#8221; Includes a reading of the lovely poem on compassion titled The Unseen Flower by Sangharakshita. Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, May 2001

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , and#8220; Sincerity, Thoroughness, and Strenuousness, and#8221; is a thoughtful look at the synthesis of the total Buddhist tradition emerging in the western world. Sangharakshita points out that as a living religion, Buddhism is very new in our western cultures. The Chinese occupation has had enormous effects on Tibetan Buddhism. What future does it have, and what...

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , and#8220; The Three Yanas in Tibetan Buddhism, and#8221; Sangharakshita explores how in Tibetan Buddhism we can learn about all three yanas and#8211; the Hinayana, the Mahayana and the Vajrayana. From the talk and#8220;The Future of Tibetan Buddhismand#8221; given in 1968.

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , and#8220; The Bardo of Life, An Extraordinary Opportunity, and#8221; Padmavajra explores the great text that reveals the realms between death and new life, where anything is possible in the Bardo and#8211; the and#8216;intermediate stateand#8217;. and#8221; From the first talk in the series and#8220;Tibetan Book of the Dead (Bardo Thodol) .and#8221;

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , and#8220; Buddhism Beyond Samsara and#8221; takes us into the reflections of Vajradarsini on practicing purely with insight in mind. Buddhism is not being better at samsara nor is it relying on the material plane. From the talk and#8220; The Transitoriness of Life and the Certainty of Death and#8220;, part of a five part series titled and#8220; The Four Mind Turnin...

Todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte is a closer look into the chapter titled and#8220; Flowers and#8221; from the and#8220; Dhammapada and#8220;, by Padmavajra. The ideal student masters the realm of death by entering the transcendental path while discerning the Verses of Truth.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is brought to us by the delightful Saddhanandi and#8220; How to Hold a Vision and#8221; from the talk and#8220; Enlightenment as Heart, Life as Whole .and#8221; Are we nourished or are we burdened by our ideals? Ideals need to be well-rooted in our heartsand#8230; beyond the worldly windsand#8230; not an abstraction, our vision is our direction and our orientation th...

Todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte is on and#8220; The Buddhaand#8217;s Gratitude and#8221; discussing the importance of gratitude for the spiritual life, even for the Buddha following his Enlightenment. The talk, and#8220; Looking at the Bodhi Tree ,and#8221; given in 1975 by Sangharakshita, is as relevant today as it was then.

This weeks FBA Dharmabyte ,and#8221; Bahiya and#8211; In the Seen Only the Seen and#8221; is a reading from the book and#8216;Gautama Buddha: The Life and Teachings of the Awakened Oneand#8217; (Quercus, 2011) by Vishvapani. The original talk, Imagining Gautama , is part of series launching the book from February 2011.

This weeks FBA Dharmabyte titled: and#8220; What is Enlightenment? and#8220;, from the talk, and#8220; Enlightenment as Experience and as Non-Experience and#8221; by Sangharakshita exposes a modern disease of frustrated craving for experience. Sangharakshita suggests that spiritual life is better seen in more concrete ways; as growth, work, and duty.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , and#8220; Practising Purely ,and#8221; by Varjadarshini, is from the third talk in a five-part series from Tiratanalokaand#8217;s retreat on the and#8220; Four Mind Turnings and#8221; of the Tibetan tradition titled: and#8220; The Transitoriness of Life and the Certainty of Death .and#8221;

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , is brought to us by Maitreyi titled: and#8220; Trying to Make Samsara Work and#8220;. Another gem from the talk and#8220; The Defects and Dangers of Samsara and#8221; where Maitreyi looks at pleasure and suffering in the context of samsara and#8211; compassionate responses to self and other, and how to loosen the bondsand#8230; Talk given at Tiratanaloka Retreat Ce...

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , and#8220; The Four Rivers of Samsara and#8221; is from the second talk from the 2009 UK Womenand#8217;s Order / Mitra Event titled and#8220; Generating Bodhi Mind and#8221; by Vajratara. She guides us through the second section of Tsongkhapaand#8217;s short text on and#8220;The Three Principle Aspects of the Pathand#8221;. The verses contain some strong and strikin...

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , and#8220; Cultural, Political and Social Change and#8220;, is an extract from a question and answer session with Sangharakshita at the Croydon Buddhist Centre in November, 2004. The full recording can be found here: and#8220; An Evening with Sangharakshita .and#8221;

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , takes us right to the heart of the matter with and#8220; Samsara and Nirvana and#8220;, by Maitreyi. From the talk and#8220; The Defects and Dangers of Samsara and#8221; where Maitreyi looks at pleasure and suffering in the context of samsara and#8211; compassionate responses to self and other, and how to loosen the bondsand#8230; Talk given at Tiratanaloka Retreat...

This weeks FBA Dharmabyte , and#8220; Positive Emotion and The Spiritual Life and#8220;, is an extract from the legendary series by Sangharakshita, and#8220; Buddhism for Today and Tomorrow and#8221; given in 1976. From the talk and#8220; A Method of Personal Development and#8220;, the founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community speaks eloquently about how the practice of friendliness can...

This weeks FBA Dharmabyte , and#8220; Who Benefits? and#8220;, is a revisit to last weekendand#8217;s full talk podcast, and#8220; Brahama Viharas and the Key Moment and#8221; by Kulaprabha. In this extract, Kulaprabha reflects on who benefits when we engage in a process of cultivating loving kindness through the Brahma Vihara meditation practices.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte ,and#8221; Samadhi and#8211; Concentration in the Highest Sense and#8221; is track from the talk and#8220; Buddhism and the Path of the Higher Evolution and#8221; by Sangharakshita. In answering the question and#8216;What is Buddhism?and#8217;, Sangharakshita identifies higher evolution and#8211; the development of higher states of consciousness and#8211; with the tw...

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte takes us into the blissful realm of Priti from a talk on the spiral path by Sangharakshita. and#8220; Priti: The Intensity of Rapture and#8221; is a selected Dharmabyte from the talk and#8220; The Stages of the Spiritual Path and#8221; given in 1966 as part of the series and#8220; Introducing Buddhism .and#8221;