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July 12, 2012 Taking Awareness Deeper
Today's FBA Dharmabyte, "Taking Awareness Deeper," by Paramabandhu, is from the comprehensive and invaluable talk titled "Mindfulness For Just About Everything" given at the San Francisco Buddhist Center in 2006. Drawing on many years of experience as a consultant psychiatrist and Dharma teacher, he invites us to consider the lessons Buddhist techniques around meditation and mindfulness training can bring to the field of mental health - especially to problems with depression and addiction. The talk evokes
6 min
July 09, 2012 What is Freedom?
The great ocean is strange and wonderful... "Just as the mighty ocean has but one taste, the taste of salt, even so the Dharma-vinaya (Buddhism) has but one taste, the taste of Freedom"- The Udana. In today's FBA Dharmabyte, "What is Freedom?" Sangharakshita explores how the Dharma vinaya is both strange and wonderful. From the cracker of a talk, 'The Taste of Freedom' given in 1979.
18 min
July 07, 2012 The Word of the Buddha
In celebration of the Buddha's Turning of the Wheel of the Dharma, this week's FBA Podcast"The Word of the Buddha" describes the various levels on which Enlightened Consciousness seeks to communicate itself to those who are unenlightened.

Talk given in 1972.
1 hr 22 min
July 05, 2012 Salutation to the Three Jewels!
Today's FBA Dharmabyte, "Salutation to the Three Jewels - The Tiratana Vandana" is a classic Buddhist salute to the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. This is chanted every day the world over by practitioners from different Buddhist communities - a true touchstone for practice. Chanted by Vipulakirti
5 min
July 02, 2012 Celebrating Dharma Day
We bring to you today's FBA Dharmabyte on the eve before the full moon in July: "Celebrating Dharma Day." Here Sangharakshita shares the story of the Buddha's first teaching, the Turning of the Wheel of the Dharma, or Dharmachakra. From the talk: "The Word of the Buddha" given in 1972.
8 min
June 30, 2012 The Jewel in the Lotus
Today's FBA Podcast, "The Jewel in the Lotus," by Sraddhagita, is a beautiful down-to-earth exploration of the great central images of Mahayana Buddhism, usually associated with the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshavara.

This talk was given in 2007.
1 hr 2 min
June 28, 2012 A Touch of Magic – The Dharanis
Today's FBA Dharmabyte, "A Touch of Magic - The Dharanis" is another gem from the Vimalakirti Nirdesha Series: "The Inconceivable Emancipation" by Sangharakshita. The Sutra's hero, Vimalakirti, was a master of the Bodhisattva's 'Skilful Means', discussed here in terms of the Magical Formulae. From the talk "On Being All Things to All Men" given in 1979.
3 min
June 25, 2012 What is ‘Magical Action’?
Today's FBA Dharmabyte, "What is 'Magical Action'?" is a little gem from the Vimalakirti Nirdesha Series: "The Inconceivable Emancipation". Sangharakshita reminds us that the aim of spiritual life is complete emancipation, but that this aim - and in fact the whole of existence - is inconceivable. From the talk "The Magic of a Mahayana Sutra" given in 1979.
11 min
June 23, 2012 A Personal Talk On the Bodhisattva Ideal
Today's FBA Podcast, "A Personal Talk On the Bodhisattva Ideal" is just that – a moving and personal talk, by Vidyamala, given at the 25-year jubilee retreat (of FWBO activities in Stockholm) in a beautiful setting in the archipelago north of Stockholm, Sweden, September 2005.
59 min
June 21, 2012 Relationships with Reality
Today's FBA Dharmabyte, "Direct and Indirect Relationships with Reality" is a subtle exploration of the direct and indirect connections with the depths of Reality. From the talk "The Bodhisattva Hierarchy" by Sangharakshita given in 1969.
9 min

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