Our FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Pointing to something Realand#8221; is the beginning of Launch of the LBC Year of Dharmic Receptivity by Jnanavaca. In true form, Jnanavaca delivers.

Our FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Ritual, Metaphor and Poetryand#8221; is a beautiful excerpt on communication as exchange of energy and experience. Happy is the mind that is steeped in totality, Dhammadassin reveals the ritual in the world through poetry and metaphor. The full talk Standing on Emptiness: View, Meditation, and Action was given at the Western Buddhist Order Women's National Order weekend, August 2004.

Vessantara is back from his three year long retreat and has many insights to share. Our FBA Dharmabyte today is a preview for next Saturdayand#8217;s full-length FBA Podcast. In and#8220;The Buddhist View on Rebirthand#8221; Vessantara dives deep as he describes how awareness continues to arise after death and#8211; there is continued experience but no and#8216;Iand#8217; to have that experience. The full talk Karma, Rebirth and the Deep Boundless Dharma was given at the Triratna Buddhist Order UK and Ireland Menand#8217;s Order Weekend at Adhisthana on 1 February 2014.

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is dedicated to Dhardo Rinpoche, and#8220;The Origins of the Stupa.and#8221; In this segment Sangharakshita explains the origins of the Buddhist stupa. From the talk, Five Element Symbolism and the Stupa, given in 1971, is part of the series Parables, Myths and Symbols of Mahayana Buddhism in the White Lotus Sutra. Weand#8217;ve dedicated this to Dhardo Rinpoche to help support a stupa being built in his honor at one of our Triratna Centres in America.

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is a lovely reading, and reflection on, and#8220;The Buddhaand#8217;s Visions.and#8221; Here we have Candradasa reading to us, quite poetically, as the Buddha recalls his previous lives and the vision of the lotuses. He then reflects on faith and experience in practice. From the talk and#8220;Religion Without God, Part 3 and#8211; Death and the Biggest Questions of Alland#8221;, the third talk in a four-part series looking at how you can have a full spiritual life as a 21st Century person without recourse to blind faith or setting yourself against the rational world we find ourselves in.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte titled and#8220;Metta Bhavana: Letting Kindness Happenand#8221; is a short talk by Ratnaguna about the metta bhavana, or development of loving kindness. Talk given at the Manchester Buddhist Centre in February 2012.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, takes us deep into the Pali Suttas as practice. Here, Padmavajra chants and#8220;The Karaniya Metta Suttaand#8221; as the opening to his talk, and#8220;The Power of Loveand#8221;, which will be podcast in full this weekend.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Adhistana is ACEand#8221; is a short talk by Dharmashalin as part of the theme of and#8216;Adhisthana as Blessingand#8217; on the UK and Ireland Menand#8217;s Order Weekend held at Adhisthana, on 3 November 2013

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;and#8216;Bhante and#8211; Teacher and Friendand#8221; a talk by Dhammadinna, first in a symposium of talks about Sangharakshita given at the UK and Ireland Area Order weekend at Adhisthana on 7th December 2013.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte titled: and#8220;and#8216;Developmentand#8217; andamp; Communicating Dharmaand#8221; is an excerpt from the talk: and#8220;Psychology of Spiritual Developmentand#8221; by Sangharakshita given in 1967. Here, Bhante discusses the The meaning of and#8216;developmentand#8217; and the problem of communicating the Dharma. This talk is part of the series Aspects of Buddhist Psychology.