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  • The Five Skandhas
    Skandha is another of those untranslated terms - it literally means a trunk of a tree! In today's FBA Dharmabyte Sangharakshita offers his understanding of the "The Five Skandhas." From the inspiring talk, "The Awakening of the Bodhi Heart", from the 1969 series "Aspects of the Bodhisattva Ideal."
    6 min
  • What Karma Is
    In today's FBA Dharmabyte titled "What Karma Is" Nagapriya offers a good, pithy introduction to the traditionally thorny and rather misunderstood area of karma and rebirth, teasing out its relationship to Buddhist ethics in general. This excerpt is from the talk "Understanding Karma and Buddhist Ethics" given in Manchester, 2003
    13 min
  • Knowledge of the Suchness of the Skandhas
    Today's FBA Dharmabyte is another reading from The Perfection of Wisdom Sutras. This one, "A Reading of the Suchness of the Skandhas" beautifully shared with us by Kulaprabha from the talk, "Reflection on the Five Skandhas", the second guided reflection in the series 'Night Lily Garden of the Midnight Way - Emptiness and the Great Compassion'. "As stars, a fault of vision, as a lamp, a mock show, dew drops or a bubble, a lighting flash or a cloud, so we should view that which is conditioned."
    5 min
  • A Reading of the Heart Sutra
    Today's FBA Dharmabyte today is "A Reading of the Heart Sutra" is just that, and it's very beautifully read indeed! This is an excerpt from the talk, "Reflection on the Five Skandhas" by Kulaprabha, the second guided reflection in the series 'Night Lily Garden of the Midnight Way - Emptiness and the Great Compassion'.
    4 min
  • The Diamond Sutra

    Our FBA Podcast today is "The Diamond Sutra" by Sangharakshita. If one does not want to 'get caught in the grip of reality', one should leave this great text alone! The Perfection of Wisdom Discourse that 'Cuts Like a Diamond'…

    N.B. Reference for this lecture: Buddhist Wisdom Books, translated by E. Conze. (Allen & Unwin, 1958)

    Talk given in 1969.

    1 hr 3 min
  • The Diamond Sutra’s Fundamental Insight
    Although innumerable beings have been led to nirvana, no being at all has been led to nirvana. Sangharakshita eloquently delivers today's FBA Dharmabyte "The Diamond Sutra's Fundamental Insight" from the talk "The Diamond Sutra" given in 1969.
    7 min
  • Seeing with Insight
    Seeing is a good word to describe the dawning of insight. Today's FBA Dharmabyte "Seeing with Insight" is from the fourth talk in Padmavjara's wonderful series on the Dhammapada, the most popular of early Buddhist texts. All of the Buddha's core teachings are here - held in heart and mind there's more than enough in the Dhammapada to take us as far in our practice as we can imagine, and then on beyond... This material is intended for use with the Dharma Training Course for Mitras (see our 'Study' section,
    8 min
  • The Heart Sutra, Sangha and Spiritual Death

    Our FBA Podcast today brings us to the core of our practice: "The Heart Sutra, Sangha and Spiritual Death" by Kamalashila. Beginning with a shared understanding of spiritual practice that is Sangha, we are led through a revisioning of our practice that includes the deeper, darker more mysterious perspectives of insight and wisdom. This talk was given at the London Buddhist Centre's Tuesday evening drop-in meditation class on 6th Dec 2011.

    1 hr 8 min
  • In Response to the Buddha
    In today's FBA Dharmabyte titled "In response to the Buddha" Sangharakshita explores how we come into contact with the Buddha through our intellect, emotion and our will. From the talk "Intellect, Emotion and Will" given at the opening of the Manchester Buddhist Centre in 1996.
    8 min

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