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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 the people who helped make it happen, introduces the new library as it finally opens its doors. Her passion for this project and her love of books is both infectious and challenging as she speaks about a library with its eyes as firmly on the future as on the past. The full talk, Gathering Wisdom While We May and#8211; The Opening of the Sangharakshita Library includes a great introduction and conclusion by Vajragupta on the genesis and future of the Sangharakshita Library.

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 practiced within the Triratna Buddhist community. He draws substantially on the writing and teaching that Sangharakshita and Subhuti has produced in recent years.

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 Individual.

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 Tibetan tradition.

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 in 1979.

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.