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Viriyalilaand#8217;s appreciation of and gratitude for spiritual friendship shines through in todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte entitled and#8220;Deepening the Practice of Spiritual Communityand#8221;. From the talk and#8220;Three Perspectives on the Practice of Spiritual Friendshipand#8221;, this talk continues our exploration of the last of the Six Emphases of Triratna.

Talk given at Aryaloka Buddhist Center, November 2010

The FBA Dharmabyte podcast today introduces spiritual friendship, a particularly dominant feature of the Triratna Community, in a talk entitled and#8220;The Importance of Spiritual Friendshipand#8221;. From the talk and#8220;The Six Distinctive Emphases of the FWBOand#8221;, here Sangharakshita concludes his talk on the Six Emphases with a beautiful reflection on his deep friendship with the great Tibetan Lama, Dhardo Rinpoche.

Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2002.

Abhayavajra is the featured speaker in todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, the subject of an interview by Maitreyabandhu in a talk entitled and#8220;Painting the Voidand#8221;. He gives a lovely account of how his Buddhist practice and his creative life intersect and intermingle and#8211; giving us a window into why one of Triratnaand#8217;s Six Emphases is the importance of the arts in spiritual life.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte introduces one of the more unique of the Six Emphases of Triratna in a talk entitled and#8220;The Spiritual Value of the Artsand#8221;. From the talk and#8220;The Six Distinctive Emphases of the FWBOand#8221;, Sangharakshita speaks about the importance that the arts have in cultivating sensitivity to beauty and inspiration in the spiritual life.

Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2002.

Claudine Edwards tells us her story of Team-Based Right Livelihood in todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte entitled and#8220;Lamaand#8217;s Pyjamas: A Story of Right Livelihoodand#8221;. From the longer talk and#8220;New Society Weekend 2011and#8243;, this short excerpted talk presents a great example of the benefits and creativity of this way of working, as we continue our exploration of the Six Emphases of Triratna.

Talk given at Birmingham Buddhist Centre, 2011

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte continues our series on the Six Emphases of Triratna in a talk entitled and#8220;Team-Based Right Livelihoodand#8221;, from the talk and#8220;The Six Distinctive Emphases of the FWBOand#8221;. Here Sangharakshita draws out the central importance of Right Livelihood in the spiritual life, in particular the Triratna model of team-based Right Livelihood businesses, and what the features of these endeavors should look like.

Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2002.

Sangharakshita speaks to one of the central emphases of the Triratna Buddhist Community in todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte podcast, expanding on the meaning of the phrase and#8220;Commitment is Primary, Lifestyle is Secondaryand#8221;. Excerpted from the talk and#8220;Twenty Years on the Middle Wayand#8221;, he explores our traditionand#8217;s principle of an Order that places its weight on genuine Going for Refuge rather than the conditions a person was born into or lifestyle.

Talk given in 1987.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte continues our series of podcasts on the Six Emphases of Triratna in a talk entitled and#8220;Unified, not Unisexand#8221;. From the talk and#8220;The Six Distinctive Emphases of the FWBOand#8221;, here Sangharakshita outlines the Triratna principle of open ordination to men and women on equal terms, and an Order that accepts those of all lifestyles, races, class and sexual orientation and#8211; a quite revolutionary stance in the Buddhist world.

Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2002.

Viveka gives a great introduction to the meaning of Going for Refuge in todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte entitled and#8220;Understanding Going for Refugeand#8221;, continuing our exploration of the Six Emphases of Triratna. From the talk and#8220;Going for Refugeand#8221;, she speaks to the question of what it is to look to the and#8216;Three Jewelsand#8217; as a response to our dissatisfaction.

Talk given at San Francsisco Buddhist Center, 2006

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte continues our exploration of the Six Emphases of Triratna in a talk entitled and#8220;Centrality of Going for Refugeand#8221;. From the talk and#8220;The Six Distinctive Emphases of the FWBOand#8221;, here Sangharakshita gets to the core of what unites all Buddhist traditions and#8211; the act of Going for Refuge to the Three Jewels. As such, the Triratna Community takes this as a central principle .

Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2002.