Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is a beautiful short talk by Aryashila of the Croydon Buddhist Centre. In and#8220;The Dharma is Everywhereand#8221; she uses the challenging poetry of Leonard Cohen and others, as well as her own deep life experience, to show that reality does not conform to ordinary wishes, but yet facing it squarely can be supremely uplifting, not sad.

Talk given at the Sangha evening of the West London Buddhist Centre.

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is a preview for Saturdayand#8217;s Podcast. In and#8220;The Buddha As Bodhisattvaand#8221; be prepared for the odd surprise as Dhivan considers the relationship between what we think we may know about the Buddha, and what the historical evidence suggests. In this excerpt he shares the traditional story of the Buddha as Bodhisattva including four biographies of the Buddha and a reading from the Lalitavistara Sutta.

From the talk and#8220;What Do We Really Know About the Buddha?and#8221; given at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre, 2008.

Our FBA Dharmabyte today takes into the heart of The Diamond Sutra. In and#8220;As Starsand#8230;and#8221;, Padmavajra gives us the last teaching: as stars; a fault of vision; a lamp; a mock show or magicianand#8217;s illusion. Here, the sutra becomes poetry, the world is illuminated differently, for a time. And we cannot help but be moved by the vision of ourselves made luminous.

From tenth and final talk in a sparkling, wide-ranging, thoroughly comprehensive series by Padmavajra on and#8216;The Diamond Sutra: Taking the Mind to itand#8217;s Limits and#8211; Talk 10and#8242;.

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte today we present a short talk exploring impermanence and interconnectedness by Carunalaka titled: and#8220;Whatand#8217;s Love Got To Do With It?and#8221;

The Eightfold Path is divided into Paths of Vision and of Transformation. In our FBA Dharmabyte today and#8220;The Context of Perfect Visionand#8221; Sangharakshita illustrates how perfect vision can arise, and concludes by showing how Buddhists have communicated their vision of reality in conceptual and imaginative terms.

Talk given in 1968.

This talk is part of the series and#8220;The Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path.and#8221;

A vision of emptiness is key to spiritual alchemy. Our FBA Dharmabyte today is an exploration of the transformative magic that is Bodhichitta practice. and#8220;Vision of Lifeand#8221;, by Padmavajra, is excerpted from the talk and#8220;Death and Desireand#8221; part of and#8220;The Alchemy of Loveand#8221; series given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2004.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Working With Energy,and#8221; is a short, personal talk by Singhamati given given at the 2011 National Young Triratna Buddhists Weekend retreat exploring the theme of and#8216;Energy for Enlightenmentand#8217;.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;and#8220;Appreciating Silence,and#8221; is a little gem of an excerpt from the talk: and#8220;No Dependence on Words and Lettersand#8221; by Sangharakshita, 1965. One of our earliest recordings in the FBA archive!

and#8220;Some things we know from experience, some things we apprehend only at second-hand. In confusing these two, we miss the essence of Zen.and#8221;

Into the Diamond Sutra we go and#8211; Subhutiand#8217;s arrival and questioning dialogue with the Buddha. Much food for thought to be had here as the Diamond begins to cut under the skin of thingsand#8230;

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte: and#8220;Gratitude and Receptivityand#8221; from the talk and#8220;The Diamond Sutra: Taking Mind to itand#8217;s Limits and#8211; 2and#8243; from the fascinating and comprehensive series on and#8220;The Diamond Sutraand#8221; by Padmavajra.

Talks given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2004

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte and#8220;and#8220;Becoming More Natural,and#8221; Kamalashila encourages us to approach meditation as a kind of prayer that exposes artificiality through awareness of experience as it brings to into being greater authenticity and truth.

Excerpted from the well-loved talk and#8220;Simplicityand#8221; by Kamalashila, 2004.