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April 09, 2012 The Four Rivers of Samsara
Today's FBA Dharmabyte, "The Four Rivers of Samsara" is from the second talk from the 2009 UK Women's Order / Mitra Event titled "Generating Bodhi Mind" by Vajratara. She guides us through the second section of Tsongkhapa's short text on "The Three Principle Aspects of the Path". The verses contain some strong and striking images for what it feels like being caught in Samsara and they come to life in Vajratara's talk. She relates how she nearly came to death herself swept away by a Indonesian river and tha
12 min
April 07, 2012 An Evening with Sangharakshita
This weeks FBA Podcast, is a recording of a question and answer session with Sangharakshita at the Croydon Buddhist Centre in 2004. "An Evening with Sangharakshita" is a lovely introduction to the man who founded the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community (formally known as the Western Buddhist Order and FWBO).
1 hr 18 min
April 05, 2012 Cultural, Political and Social Change
Today's FBA Dharmabyte, "Cultural, Political and Social Change", is an extract from a question and answer session with Sangharakshita at the Croydon Buddhist Centre in November, 2004. The full recording can be found here: "An Evening with Sangharakshita."
5 min
April 02, 2012 Samsara and Nirvana
Today's FBA Dharmabyte, takes us right to the heart of the matter with "Samsara and Nirvana", by Maitreyi. From the talk "The Defects and Dangers of Samsara" where Maitreyi looks at pleasure and suffering in the context of samsara - compassionate responses to self and other, and how to loosen the bonds... Talk given at Tiratanaloka Retreat Centre, 2005 This talk is part of the series "The Four Mind-Turning Reflections".
9 min
March 31, 2012 The Buddha's Gift To The World
This weeks FBA Podcast, "The Buddha's Gift To The World" is brought to us by Vajratara. Vajratara condenses nearly 50 years of the Buddhas life, using stories from the Pali Canon to show how the Buddha built a spiritual community that lasts to this day. Transcending the conflict between the desire to withdraw and the desire to engage, the Buddha wanders northern India out of compassion, teaching the Dharma by his presence and his words.
57 min
March 29, 2012 Positive Emotion and The Spiritual Life
This weeks FBA Dharmabyte, "Positive Emotion and The Spiritual Life", is an extract from the legendary series by Sangharakshita, "Buddhism for Today and Tomorrow" given in 1976. From the talk "A Method of Personal Development", the founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community speaks eloquently about how the practice of friendliness can bring about profound change in one's life.
12 min
March 26, 2012 Who Benefits?
This weeks FBA Dharmabyte, "Who Benefits?", is a revisit to last weekend's full talk podcast, "Brahama Viharas and the Key Moment" by Kulaprabha. In this extract, Kulaprabha reflects on who benefits when we engage in a process of cultivating loving kindness through the Brahma Vihara meditation practices.
8 min
March 24, 2012 Brahma Viharas and the Key Moment
This weeks FBA Podcast, "Brahma Viharas and the Key Moment", is a distillation of Kulaprabha's 15 years of co-leading retreats on the development of Loving Kindness, Compassion, Joy and Equanimity. This talk was given in September 2001, before and after the Twin Towers attack, while Kulaprabha was on a six week retreat in Italy. She was one of only a few people on the retreat who knew what had happened and knew about the shock that had reverberated round the world. Some of her reflections from that time are included in the talk.
1 hr 7 min
March 22, 2012 Samadhi – Concentration in the Fullest Sense
Today's FBA Dharmabyte,"Samadhi - Concentration in the Highest Sense" is track from the talk "Buddhism and the Path of the Higher Evolution" by Sangharakshita. In answering the question 'What is Buddhism?', Sangharakshita identifies higher evolution - the development of higher states of consciousness - with the twelve links in the progressive trend of the Buddha's teaching of conditioned co-production. Talk given in 1969 as part of "The Higher Evolution" series.
10 min
March 19, 2012 Priti: The Intensity of Rapture
Today's FBA Dharmabyte takes us into the blissful realm of Priti from a talk on the spiral path by Sangharakshita. "Priti: The Intensity of Rapture" is a selected Dharmabyte from the talk "The Stages of the Spiritual Path" given in 1966 as part of the series "Introducing Buddhism."
11 min

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