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In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Being Present to Experienceand#8221; we have Maitreyabandhu speaking in his usual playful, engaging way on vedana, success, being present to our experience, and recognizing the gap between our thoughts and our direct experience. This is an excerpt from Week 4 of his Dharmic Receptivity Series given at the London Buddhist Centre, Monday, 17 May 2014.

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte we continue podcasting from the Tonglen Retreat with this excerpt from Day 3:and#8220;Turning Towards Experienceand#8221;Here Saddhanandi talks about turning towards whatever is unsatisfactory in our experience and holding that in the wider framework of spacious awareness. Excerpted from the full talk entitled and#8220;Self Tonglenand#8220;.

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte and#8220;Introduction to Tonglen Retreatand#8221; Saddhanandi beautifully and skilfully presents her vision for the Tonglen retreat held in March 2014 at Taraloka. Weand#8217;ve been posting all week from this Triratna Order Retreat and are pleased to share this and#8216;offering to the worldand#8217;.

For our FBA Dharmabyte today we chose an excerpt titled and#8220;Defining Imaginationand#8221; by Subhuti from the Rambles Around the Imagination 1 and#8211; Defining Imagination. Following on from a recent set of conversations with Sangharakshita, Subhuti gives the first in a series of Rambles on the important subject of Imagination. What is imagination and why is it important not just in our spiritual lives but in terms of what it means to be human.

In our FBA Dharmabyte today, and#8220;Illumined Imagination,and#8221; Maitreyabandhu shares anecdotes from his experience to draw out spiritual principles coming through ordinary experience. The full talk is about Avalokitesvara and was given on the LBCand#8217;s Winter Retreat at Sibford, Oxfordshire in December 2010.

Our FBA Dharmabyte today, and#8220;Blending Reason and Reverenceand#8221; is an excerpt from The Diamond Sutra and#8211; Taking Mind to its Limits: Talk 1, by Padmavajra. Blending the intellectual and the devotional, here Padmavajra describes the setting of the sutra exploring simplicity and awareness.

This is an excerpt from the first in a sparkling, wide-ranging, thoroughly comprehensive ten talk series by Padmavajra on and#8216;The Diamond Sutraand#8217;. We are taken through the work stage by stage, and here we begin with the opening scenes and the text itself as a revelation of Realityand#8230; Talks given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2004 This talk is part of the series The Diamond Sutra and#8211; Taking Mind to its Limits.

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is a short talk by Taranita entitled: and#8220;The Heart Sutra and#8211; Sunyata.and#8221; Sunyata is central to the Heart Sutra, and here Taranita discusses this subtle Buddhist teaching and#8211; often translated as Empitness or Voidness. In doing so, amongst other things, he compares Christian transubstantiation with Buddhist insubstantiality.

Our FBA Dharmabyte today, and#8220;Living by Cause and Effectand#8221; is an excerpt from the series Tangling Eyebrows with Zen Masters. Padmavajra here is looking at the nature of impermanence and how all living beings are without a fixed and permanent nature. From the talk Entering Through Your Practice given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2004.

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, Engaged Ethics, Parami gives us a perspective on the nature of Mahayana ethics and#8211; marked by compassion and wisdom and maximizing connectedness. The energizing effect of engaged ethics is a tool for living life fully for the benefit of others. From the talk The Awakening Heart.

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.