Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is one of several short segments about the New Society from the talk and#8220;New Society Weekend 2011and#8243; given at Birmingham Buddhist Centre. In it, thoughts on various topics were offered by young people in the Triratna Buddhist Community.

In this segment, entitled and#8220;Starting a Young Personand#8217;s Group,and#8221; Ben Niblock speaks on a personal level about his experiences with developing programs for young sangha members and#8211; the doubt and uncertainty of teaching the Dharma, discovering oneself by building supportive practice conditions for others, and the challenge of bringing the special energy of this environment into new groups and new places.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is one of three short talks on the topic of and#8220;Inspiring Young People with the Dharmaand#8221; given at given at Sheffield.

Entitled and#8220;Choice in Young Peopleand#8217;s Practice,and#8221; Vidyaruci speaks on the wealth of choice for young people and the importance of getting clear on making the right choices in order to seize every opportunity available to practice well going forward in life.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is one of three short talks on the topic of and#8220;Inspiring Young People with the Dharmaand#8221; given at given at Sheffield.

Entitled and#8220;Inspiring Young People,and#8221; Kate, a member of the young sangha, offers her thoughts on being a young person in the Triratna Buddhist Community and about getting engaged in the workings of the sangha.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is a set of closing remarks from Padmavajra following Guhyavajraand#8217;s talk and#8220;Concepts, Symbol and Dharma as Sambhogakayaand#8221; given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre on a Going for Refuge Retreat in 2001.

Entitled and#8220;The Dharma is Receivedand#8221; Padmavajra reflects on Dharma Day and the importance of that moment of the first full understanding of the Buddhaand#8217;s teachings by Kondanna.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is a segment from Sangharakshitaand#8217;s talk and#8220;The New Man Speaksand#8221; given in 1971.

Entitled and#8220;What Do We Celebrate on Dharma Day?and#8221; here Sangharakshita speaks to the meaning of the Buddhist Dharma Day festival and#8211; a commemoration of the first impact of the enlightened man on the unenlightened world.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is drawn from Sangharakshitaand#8217;s talk and#8220;Looking at the Bodhi Treeand#8221; given in 1999.

Entitled and#8220;Gratitude for the Bodhi Treeand#8221; in this segment Sangharakshita brings our attention to an overlooked story immediately following the Buddhaand#8217;s Enlightenment, in which the Buddha expresses deep gratitude to the tree which sheltered him and#8211; a lesson in both gratitude and in how the Buddha regarded the natural world.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is a segment from Satyajitand#8217;s talk and#8220;Awakening to the Earth and#8211; An Inconceivably Vast Undertakingand#8221; given at Buddhafieldand#8217;s Green Earth Awakening event in May 2013. Satyajit is one of the founders of the Buddhafield festival and has spent many years exploring the connections between Buddhism and work to change the world for the better.

Entitled and#8220;Awakening to the Earthand#8221; here Satyajit poetically evokes the deep feelings of beauty and potential in life when we make contact with the natural world, and how this connection inspires us to share those feelings with others.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is another segment from an early series of talks in 1976 by Sangharakshita on the Sutra of Golden Light.

Entitled and#8220;An Understanding of Nature,and#8221; this piece is from the talk and#8220;Nature, Man and Enlightenmentand#8221;. Sangharakshita here reveals a richer way of understanding nature and seeing it in its spiritual depths and#8211; bringing in the concepts of cyclic existence and the furthest reaches of perception and cosmos.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is from an early series of talks in 1976 by Sangharakshita on the Sutra of Golden Light.

Entitled and#8220;Manand#8217;s Use of Nature,and#8221; itand#8217;s part of the talk and#8220;Nature, Man and Enlightenmentand#8221;. In the sutra, the struggle and resolution of the conflict between our desires and aspirations are symbolically portrayed by the figures of the Monk and Drdha, the Earth-Goddess. Here, Sangharakshita discusses manand#8217;s use of natural resources, and the Buddhist duty to become loving stewards of our environment.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is from Kamalashila, stemming from the deep connections he feels between Buddhist practice and the environment.

Entitled and#8220;Deep Ecology,and#8221; itand#8217;s a short segment of his excellent talk called and#8220;Buddhism and the Natural World: Deep Ecology, Deep Dharmaand#8221;. Here he relates deep ecology to the ethics and insight of practicing the Dharma.