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March 17, 2012 The Spiral Path – The Great Escape
This weeks FBA Podcast is a thoughtful, inspiring talk by Khemasuri titled "The Spiral Path – The Great Escape." Faith, joy, and delight in the spiritual life. Sharing experiences from her own life, Khemasuri expounds on the importance of the Spiral Path, a fundamental teaching in the Triratna Buddhist Order.
51 min
March 15, 2012 Virya – Energy in Pursuit of the Good
Today's FBA Dharmabyte "Virya - Energy in Pursuit of the Good," is from an inspiring talk by Prajnadevi titled: "The Perfection of Energy." Virya is the sort of energy that overflows and is fed by the Dharma, it is the ability to be spontaneous and in the moment in pursuit of the Good.
5 min
March 12, 2012 Dharmavichaya – Introspection of Mind and Mental Events
Today's FBA Dharmabyte takes us into the fascinating world of mind and mental events. "Dhammavichaya - Introspection of Mind and Mental Events," is a crucial stage in the spiral path of spiritual development. The full talk, titled "What is Mind?" is from a series of talks from the Order Convention in 2001 offering different perspectives on the Abhidharma and exploring from a personal perspective what the study of the 51 Mental Events can tell us about our minds and how they work.
10 min
March 10, 2012 Faith Is Innate, Doubt Acquired
This weeks FBA Podcast is a talk was given on a Young Women' Weekend at Taraloka titled "Faith is Innate, Doubt Acquired." In this talk Singhamati explores Sangharakshita's aphorism: Faith is Innate, Doubt Acquired. It looks at questions such as: What is faith? How do you cultivate the three grounds of faith? How is doubt a fetter? How can you dispel doubt?
52 min
March 08, 2012 Mindfulness
Today's FBA Dharmabyte, simply titled "Mindfulness," 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 evoke
9 min
March 05, 2012 Seven Bodhyangas
Today's FBA Dharmabyte "Seven Bodhyangas," by Sangharakshita, is an excerpt from the talk "Mind: Reactive and Creative." Here, Sangharakshita describes in detail the Seven Factors of Enlightenment, a creative spiral path of spiritual development.
12 min
March 03, 2012 Mind: Reactive and Creative
Today's FBA Podcast, is a classic talk given by Sangharakshita in 1967 titled "Mind: Reactive and Creative." In this brilliant and accessible approach to the essence of Buddhism, Sangharakshita shows that Buddhism starts with the mind. Mind can be reactive, symbolised by the Tibetan Wheel of Life, or creative, as when one follows the Seven Factors of Enlightenment, described here in detail.
1 hr 8 min
March 01, 2012 The Golden Drum
Today's FBA Dharmabyte "The Golden Drum," by Sangharakshita, is an excerpt from the talk 'The Bodhisattva’s Dream'. The Bodhisattva Ruchiraketu dreams of a golden drum radiating golden light which fills a totally transformed world... Talk given in 1976. This talk is part of the series 'Transformation of Life and World in the Sutra of Golden Light'.
9 min
February 27, 2012 Samsara and The Three Laksanas
Today's FBA Dharmabyte "Samsara and the Three Laksanas," by Dhammadinna, is from the first talk in a five-part series from Tiratanaloka's retreat on the 'Four Mind Turning Reflections' of the Tibetan tradition. This introductory talk by Dhammadinna is an ideal entry point to the world of the mind-turnings. Seen as foundations for the building of practice, the reflections encourage us to make life meaningful in the face of a relentlessly ungovernable reality. Here she explores seeing conditioned existence i
9 min
February 25, 2012 The Selfless Mind
Our FBA Podcast today is a talk by the delightfully clear Vajrapriya titled "The Selfless Mind." What if all of our emotional and spiritual problems were caused by an incorrect understanding of our true nature? Vajrapriya explores the Buddha's insight that our commonsense assumptions about ourselves are the source of our suffering. Unpicking those assumptions is the first step to the arising of a wisdom that leads to an expansive and liberating way of relating to others and the world.

Talk 2 in a series of 4 talks entitled 'Powers of the Mind' given at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre, April 2011.
54 min

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