Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio

Our FBA Dharmabyte today, and#8220;What is Life?,and#8221; is an excerpt from the talk Awareness of Nature by Dharmasakhya. Quoting the poem, Leisure, by WH Davies, Dharmasakhya makes a beautiful case for more simplicity in oneand#8217;s life.

Our FBA Dharmabyte today, and#8220;Building Sangha,and#8221; is by Vajrasara who explores the value of spiritual community, ways to encourage fuller harmony, and the many opportunities in friendship for waking up. From the talk: and#8220;Building Sangha, Creating Harmony.and#8221;

Wide open is the door of the deathless! Let those who are prepared to listen, put forth their faith! Our FBA Dharmabyte today, and#8220;Overcoming Spiritual Individualism,and#8221; is an excerpt from The Buddhaand#8217;s Victory, by Sangharakshita. Given on the full moon in May celebrating the anniversary of the Buddhaand#8217;s Enlightenment and his victory over the demon Mara. Here, Sangharakshita describes how the Buddha, following his full and perfect Enlightenment, interacts with Brahma Sahampati who implores him to communicate the truth that he has discovered. Talk given in 1987.

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is titled and#8220;A Society Inspired by Bodhicittaand#8221; by Sangharakshita. We hear of Queen Vaydevi and the series of sixteen meditations as illustration to create a spiritual community without the use of the and#8216;power modeand#8217; in interacting with each other. This contrasts strongly with ordinary and#8216;groupsand#8217;, where relationships are often based on authority, sometimes the authority of a personal God.

From the talk Authority and the Individual in the New Society, 1979.

Our FBA Dharmabyte today, and#8220;The First of the Four Gifts,and#8221; is an excerpt from The Four Gifts,

Our FBA Dharmabyte today, and#8220;Healing by Forgiveness,and#8221; is an excerpt from Love Your Enemy, the fourth in a five part series by Padmavajra on all aspects of the Metta Bhavana practice and and#8216;The Great Loveand#8217; in Buddhist discourse and practice and#8211; from metta (loving kindness) itself to Bodhichitta. Here, Padmavajra reminds us that we cannot control events, citing the poem Life is King by Sangharakshita. With readings from King Lear, John Middleton Murray and Chekov, Padmavajra explores the aspect of forgiveness in healing and connecting with others.

Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2004

Our FBA Dharmabyte today, and#8220;Bhaisajyaraja: The Healing Aspect of Buddhahood,and#8221; is an excerpt from The Archetype of the Divine Healer, identifiable in Egyptian and Greek myths, also appears in the White Lotus Sutra as both the Medicine Buddha and the Good Physician.

Talk given in 1971 as part of the series Parables, Myths and Symbols of Mahayana Buddhism in the White Lotus Sutra.

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is an extract from the talk and#8220;Buddhism and Ecologyand#8221; by Akuppa, a fascinating, challenging and, in the end, realistically affirming look at Buddhist practice in the face of global climate crisis. In this section entitled and#8220;Individual Connection with Nature,and#8221; we here Akuppaand#8217;s concluding remarks and the reading of a poem by Sangharakshita, The Veil of Stars.

Talk given at the Western Buddhist Order Convention, 2005

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is an extract from the talk and#8220;Entering the Mandalaand#8221; by Garava, and#8220;Embarking on an Inner Journeyand#8221;. Here, he speaks of entering the Mandala; embarking on an inner journey; letting go of the past; and preparation for the journey. A very interesting introduction to the mandala here from Garava and#8211; the idea, the myth, the image, the symbol, the experience. His own practice as an artist affords him a respectful and generous perspective, from which we are able to simply sit back and learn.

Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2001

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is an extract from the talk and#8220;Mahayana Buddhist Scripturesand#8221; by Nagapriya entitled: and#8220;Imagery, Myth and Symboland#8221;. Nagapriya gives an overview of the vast literature of Mahayana Buddhism in this talk. He discusses how the new texts emerged, why so many are still preserved, and how they found legitimacy in the larger Buddhist tradition. He also lays out how Mahayana texts are different than those of the Pali Canon, why they emphasize imagination and myth, and why it remains useful for modern Buddhists to explore them despite their length and repetition.

Talk given at Manchester Buddhist Centre, 2009, as part of the series Visions of Mahayana Buddhism.