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September 02, 2013 Enlightenment as Experience
In today's FBA Dharmabyte,"Enlightenment as Experience," 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, "Enlightenment as Experience and as Non-Experience" was given in 1975.
9 min
August 31, 2013 Meeting the Buddha In Reality
This week's FBA Podcast is the third talk in the LBC Buddhophany series by Subhuti titled:"Meeting the Buddha In Reality". Subhuti concludes with a rousing call to take the Buddha's invitation to meet him in reality. To do this we need to engage with the Buddha on the level of history and myth.
57 min
August 29, 2013 Five Hundred Parasols
In today's FBA Dharmabyte we draw from Dayamala's talk on "Building the Buddhaland" In this segment of the talk entitled, "Five Hundred Parasols" 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.
6 min
August 26, 2013 The Buddha in Relation to His Society
Vishvapani looks back to the Buddha's day in today's FBA Dharmabyte - introducing his book on the Buddha in a talk called "The Buddha and Society" In this segment, "The Buddha in Relation to His Society" 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?
6 min
August 24, 2013 Awareness is Revolutionary
This week's FBA Podcast, comes from Vidyamala, speaking at Manchester Buddhist Center in 2012.

Entitled "Awareness is Revolutionary", she encourages us to change our minds to change the world, speaking about the life-changing power of awareness.
59 min
August 22, 2013 Changing Self and Society
Today's FBA Dharmabyte is an segment from Sangharakshita's 1976 talk "A Blueprint for a New Society" Entitled "Changing Self and Society" he discusses two common views regarding changing the world - changing the system, and changing the individual - and how they are not mutually exclusive.
14 min
August 19, 2013 Meeting Suffering
Today's FBA Dharmabyte is an excerpt from Maitrisara's talk "Meeting the Suffering of the World - Compassion in Action" given as the last talk of Dharmapala college's "40 years of the New Society" seminar. Entitled "Meeting Suffering" she talks about the unique challenge of our age, having a global awareness of suffering, and she opens up the basic question for Buddhists - how do we engage with it meaningfully?
6 min
August 17, 2013 A Buddhist Approach to Changing the World
This week's FBA Podcast, comes from Lokabandhu at Buddhafield's Green Earth Awakening event in May of 2013.

Entitled "A Buddhist Approach to Changing the World", Lokabandhu explores how Buddhists might take on the heroic task of affecting the world for the better. After reviewing the Buddhist concept of conditionality, he draws on examples such as Dr. Ambedkar and Triratna's paradigm of the 'New Society' to illustrate how lasting social and personal change might successfully be brought about.
47 min
August 15, 2013 The Burning Monk
Today's FBA Dharmabyte is an excerpt from Devamitra's riveting talk "Quang Duc" given at the London Buddhist Center. In this segment entitled "The Burning Monk" Devamitra discusses the motivations behind Quang Duc'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 - don't miss the rest of it!
5 min
August 12, 2013 Why Be a Warrior?
Today's FBA Dharmabyte is an excerpt from Dharmashalin's longer talk given at Padmaloka on the topic of becoming a Dharma warrior. Entitled "Why Be a Warrior?" 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.
18 min

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