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March 04, 2013 Art and Transformative Communication
Today's FBA Dharmabyte, "Art and Transformative Communication" is an excerpt from the highly acclaimed talk, "Art and The Spiritual Life" by Sangharakshita, 1969. "Art is the organisation of sensuous impressions that express the artist's sensibility and communicate to his audience a sense of values that can transform their lives."
10 min
March 02, 2013 Poetry East: Sasha Dugdale Interview
In this week's FBA Podcast, Maitreyabandhu brings us "Poetry East: Sasha Dugdale Interview." Sasha Dugdale is a poet and translator. She worked for the British Council in Russia in the 1990s where she set up the Russian New Writing Project with the Royal Court Theatre. Since her return in 2001 she has translated new plays for the Court, the RSC and other theatre companies. Her recent translations of Elena Shvarts' poems Birdsong on the Seabed were shortlisted for the Popescu Prize and the Academica Rossica Award. Her third book of poetry Red House appeared in August 2011 and is published by Carcanet Oxford poets.

"One of the most original poets of her generation" Paul Batchelor, The Guardian.

PoetryEast.net
43 min
February 28, 2013 Ted Hughes on the Bardo Thodol
In today's FBA Dharmabyte, "Ted Hughes on the Bardo Thodol " Candradasa reads a fascinating, poetic rendering of this ancient Buddhist text on death and dying. From the talk, "Death and the Biggest Questions of All" 2005, as part of series: "Religion Without God" given at the Portsmouth (NH, USA) Buddhist Center, 2012.
5 min
February 22, 2013 Life – For A Limited Time Only
In this week's FBA Podcast "Life – For A Limited Time Only," Suriyavamsa begins with the inevitability of death and some of our habitual attitudes to death and suffering, reading from contemporary poets. He brings out the Buddhist perspective that life and death are not separate, but parts of the same process. This talk was given at Parinirvana Day 2010 at the Glasgow Buddhist Centre.
59 min
February 21, 2013 The Mahaparinirvana Sutta
In today's FBA Dharmabyte, "The Mahaparinirvana Sutta" Sangharakshita takes us through a beautiful retelling of the Buddha's last days. From the talk, "The Tantric Symbolism of the Stupa" by Sangharakshita, 1971, part of the series Creative Symbols of the Tantric Path to Enlightenment.
18 min
February 18, 2013 Does the Buddha Exist After Death?
In today's FBA Dharmabyte, "Does the Buddha Exist After Death?" Sangharakshita explores this centuries old question. From the talk, "The Meaning of Parinirvana" by Sangharakshita, 1972.
12 min
February 16, 2013 Death And The Buddhist
In this week's FBA Podcast "Death And The Buddhist," Danavira is very funny, can do poetic and profound, tends to the chaotic in his style, and has a particular genius for this kind of thing; this kind of thing being talking about death. The whole talk is a kind of respectful joyride through the hardest subject of all – sit back and enjoy a thoroughly adult treat that's likely to blow the heart wide open.

Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, Men's Event 2000
1 hr 5 min
February 14, 2013 The Psychical Energies of the Stupa
In today's FBA Dharmabyte, "The Psychical Energies of the Stupa" Sangharakshita takes us through a poetic and magical journey of the psychical energies of the five elements within and around us. From the talk, "Five Element Symbolism and the Stupa" by Sangharakshita, 1971, part of the series Parables, Myths and Symbols of Mahayana Buddhism in the White Lotus Sutra.
10 min
February 11, 2013 Verses of Confession
Today's FBA Dharmabyte , continues on our Parinirvana/Vajrasattva/Confession as Practice theme. Titled "Verses of Confession," Padmavajra is exploring the transformative magic that is Bodhichitta practice. In this excerpt he reflects on the Verses of Confession of Faults - powerful expressions of the human situation, small-mindedness in the context of life and death, concluding with a reading of the confessional verses from the Sevenfold Puja. From the talk "Death and Desire," the second in a great three-p
4 min
February 09, 2013 Reflections on Vajrasattva
In this week's FBA Podcast "Reflections on Vajrasattva: Purity, Confession and Death," Dhammadinna shares her thoughts on Vajrasattva. His purity is not any sort of purity that can be attained – he is beyond space and beyond time. He is a very positive, profound, beautiful figure encouraging us to turn towards our innate purity, our Vajrasattva nature, so that we can wake up to the fact that in our deepest nature we've never been impure.

This talk was given as part of the Vajrasattva Festival Day at the London Buddhist Centre on Sunday 13th February 2010.
54 min

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