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In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Radical Interconnectedness,and#8221; Satyanandi looks at radical interconnectedness and the nature of mind as it meets the world.

In the full talk, and#8220;How We See the World,and#8221; she takes the listener on a very intriguing trip through the myriad worlds of consideration that arise when view, experience and reality meet. Her starting point is science and its various models for how the universe works and#8211; from mechanism to quantum physics.

Elucidating the other side of the coin, in todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte,and#8220;Enlightenment as Non-Experience,and#8221; Sangharakshita explores the alternative to considering Enlightenment as experience. Nirvana is the experience you have when you stop experiencing. The full talk, and#8220;Enlightenment as Experience and as Non-Experienceand#8221; was given in 1975.

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte,and#8220;Enlightenment as Experience,and#8221; Sangharakshita exposes a modern disease of frustrated craving for experience. He suggests that spiritual life is better seen in more concrete ways; as growth, work, and duty. The full talk, and#8220;Enlightenment as Experience and as Non-Experienceand#8221; was given in 1975.

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte we draw from Dayamalaand#8217;s talk on and#8220;Building the Buddhalandand#8221;

In this segment of the talk entitled, and#8220;Five Hundred Parasolsand#8221; she references the early chapters of the Vimalakirti Nirdesa as a poetic example of the relationship between individual spiritual practitioners and the greater universe of all sentient beings and the Cosmic Bodhicitta.

Vishvapani looks back to the Buddhaand#8217;s day in todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte and#8211; introducing his book on the Buddha in a talk called and#8220;The Buddha and Societyand#8221;

In this segment, and#8220;The Buddha in Relation to His Societyand#8221; he looks at how the Buddha likely engaged with the political and social atmosphere of the times. Did he have a concern with the larger sphere of social life, and does the approach we take as Buddhists in the modern era need to be different?

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is an segment from Sangharakshitaand#8217;s 1976 talk and#8220;A Blueprint for a New Societyand#8221;

Entitled and#8220;Changing Self and Societyand#8221; he discusses two common views regarding changing the world and#8211; changing the system, and changing the individual and#8211; and how they are not mutually exclusive.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is an excerpt from Maitrisaraand#8217;s talk and#8220;Meeting the Suffering of the World and#8211; Compassion in Actionand#8221; given as the last talk of Dharmapala collegeand#8217;s and#8220;40 years of the New Societyand#8221; seminar.

Entitled and#8220;Meeting Sufferingand#8221; she talks about the unique challenge of our age, having a global awareness of suffering, and she opens up the basic question for Buddhists and#8211; how do we engage with it meaningfully?

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is an excerpt from Devamitraand#8217;s riveting talk and#8220;Quang Ducand#8221; given at the London Buddhist Center.

In this segment entitled and#8220;The Burning Monkand#8221; Devamitra discusses the motivations behind Quang Ducand#8217;s self-immolation in Vietnam and its after-effects, which raises many challenging questions about ethics and acting for the sake of others. An excellent talk and#8211; donand#8217;t miss the rest of it!

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is an excerpt from Dharmashalinand#8217;s longer talk given at Padmaloka on the topic of becoming a Dharma warrior.

Entitled and#8220;Why Be a Warrior?and#8221; he pulls in accessible examples from pop culture and his personal experiences to illustrate the qualities of a peaceful Dharma warrior and speak to the meaning of developing in this way for our spiritual lives.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte entitled and#8220;Young People and the Dharmaand#8221; is from Lindsay Hannah in an address to members of the European Buddhist Union gathered at Taraloka.

Here she shares an array of thought-provoking practical ways that Centres could inspire more young people to practice the Dharma.