Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is from our founder and teacher Sangharakshita: and#8220;The Positive Restructuring of Consciousness.and#8221; In Buddhist practice, the traditional method of choice for effecting positive change in oneand#8217;s life is meditation. Here Sangharakshita takes a closer look, focussing on the and#8216;superconscious statesand#8217; (characterised in turn by integration, inspiration, permeation, and radiation), the practice of developing universal friendliness, and the distinction between calm and Insight.

From the talk: and#8220;A Method of Personal Development,and#8221; 1976.

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Cherishing Living Beingsand#8221;, Subhuti tenderly takes us into the meaning of cherishing and#8211; looking after others, caring for them, and engaging in small acts of kindness. From the first talk in the series and#8220;Eight Verses for Training the Mind (talk 1).and#8221;

and#8220;May I always cherish all beings, With the resolve to accomplish for them The highest good that is more precious Than any wish-fulfilling jewel.and#8221;

Talk given at Madhyamaloka, Birmingham, 2004

This Dharmabyte excerpt is part of the series and#8220;Eight Verses for Training the Mind.and#8221;

Our Dharmabyte today continues on the theme of Ethics with Parami sharing her thoughts on and#8220;Ethics and Compassion.and#8221; Parami explores this theme of the Buddhaand#8217;s compassionate action and how ultimately it came from beyond self, beyond other and#8211; it emerged from his realisation of and#8216;Emptinessand#8217;.

and#8220;Out of Compassion for the Worldand#8221; was given at FWBO [Triratna] International Retreat at Taraloka, May 2008

Our Dharmabyte today, and#8220;Buddhism and The Mind,and#8221; takes us back to 1967 with Sangharakshitaand#8217;s lecture: and#8220;Meditation: the Expanding Consciousness.and#8221; The mind has depths and heights of which we are not normally aware, Buddhism squarely places our attention in a very practical way on the development of Mind. Meditation is something to be experienced, not talked about!

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Images of Integration,and#8221; Viveka explores the many, diverse faces of mindfulness practice and#8211; breaking down the ideological barriers that can so often divide when we try to figure out what, exactly, does constitute mindfulness meditationand#8230;

Dharmabyte from the full talk: and#8220;Mindfulness as Sadhanaand#8221; given at the Western Buddhist Order Convention 2005

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte titled and#8220;The Eight Worldly Windsand#8221; is from the forth talk and#8220;Eight Verses for Training the Mindand#8221; by Dharmachari Subhuti.

and#8220;May none of this ever be sullied By thoughts of the eight worldly concerns. May I see all things as illusions And, without attachment, gain freedom from bondage.and#8221;

Talk given at Madhyamaloka, Birmingham, 2004

This Dharmabyte excerpt is part of the series and#8220;Eight Verses for Training the Mind.and#8221;

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte and#8220;Seeing into Oneand#8217;s Own Natureand#8221; is from the talk and#8220;Zen and the Psychotherapeutic Processand#8221; by Sangharakshita. With a metaphysical, transcendental penetration into the ultimate depths of oneand#8217;s own true nature, far behind the mind, in a new dimension all together, one emerges into Buddhahood.

From the talk titled and#8220;Amitabhaand#8221;, we bring you todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Faith as Metta.and#8221; Saddhaloka introduces us to Amitabha, the red Buddha of the West who represents and inspires the highest love of alland#8230;

Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, winter retreat, 1997

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte by our teacher, Sangharakshita, is titled and#8220;The Bodhisattva Pathand#8221;. Can the Eternal be reached by following a path in time? Excerpted from the talk and#8220;The Buddha and the Bodhisattva: Eternity and Time,and#8221; part of the series and#8220;Aspects of the Bodhisattva Ideal,and#8221; 1969.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte and#8220;Everything Just Beginningand#8221; is by Amaraketu from the talk and#8220;Doubt as Path.and#8221; Beginning with a quote from Sungsan, he reminds us that we donand#8217;t know whatand#8217;s going to happen, everything is just beginning.

This is a preview to next Saturdayand#8217;s full length podcast.

Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2005.