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  • Buddhism and The Mind
    Our Dharmabyte today, "Buddhism and The Mind," takes us back to 1967 with Sangharakshita's lecture: "Meditation: the Expanding Consciousness." The mind has depths and heights of which we are not normally aware, Buddhism squarely places our attention in a very practical way on the development of Mind. Meditation is something to be experienced, not talked about!
    10 min
  • Images of Integration
    Today's FBA Dharmabyte, "Images of Integration," Viveka explores the many, diverse faces of mindfulness practice - breaking down the ideological barriers that can so often divide when we try to figure out what, exactly, does constitute mindfulness meditation... Dharmabyte from the full talk: "Mindfulness as Sadhana" given at the Western Buddhist Order Convention 2005
    8 min
  • The Taste of Freedom

    "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. Today's FBA Podcast, "The Taste of Freedom: is a brilliant and rousing tour-de-force on transcendental freedom, one of Sangharakshita's best-loved lectures.

    Talk given in 1979.

    1 hr 14 min
  • The Eight Worldly Winds
    Today's FBA Dharmabyte titled "The Eight Worldly Winds" is from the forth talk "Eight Verses for Training the Mind" by Dharmachari Subhuti. "May none of this ever be sullied By thoughts of the eight worldly concerns. May I see all things as illusions And, without attachment, gain freedom from bondage." Talk given at Madhyamaloka, Birmingham, 2004 This Dharmabyte excerpt is part of the series "Eight Verses for Training the Mind."
    12 min
  • Seeing into One’s Own Nature
    Today's FBA Dharmabyte "Seeing into One's Own Nature" is from the talk "Zen and the Psychotherapeutic Process" by Sangharakshita. With a metaphysical, transcendental penetration into the ultimate depths of one's own true nature, far behind the mind, in a new dimension all together, one emerges into Buddhahood.
    3 min
  • Tales of a Free Spirit – 45 Years of the Buddha's Life

    Today's FBA Podcast "Talks of a Free Spirit – 45 Years of the Buddha's Life" explores the life and teachings of the Buddha as they've come down through the stories of the tradition. Vajrasara has a veritable genius for making clear the relevances for contemporary society, and this talk is a most engaging example as she takes her own favourite tales and draws out the beautiful challenges of it all.

    56 min
  • Faith as Metta
    From the talk titled "Amitabha", we bring you today's FBA Dharmabyte, "Faith as Metta." Saddhaloka introduces us to Amitabha, the red Buddha of the West who represents and inspires the highest love of all... Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, winter retreat, 1997
    6 min
  • The Bodhisattva Path
    Today's FBA Dharmabyte by our teacher, Sangharakshita, is titled "The Bodhisattva Path". Can the Eternal be reached by following a path in time? Excerpted from the talk "The Buddha and the Bodhisattva: Eternity and Time," part of the series "Aspects of the Bodhisattva Ideal," 1969.
    13 min
  • Doubt as Path

    Today's FBA Podcast "Doubt as Path" is a good and useful talk on the dangers of certainty in the spiritual life – individually and within a community. Amaraketu draws on his own experience of zen and of painting in order to evoke a sense of what it might be like to live and practice not knowing. Everything is just beginning…

    Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2005.

    19 min
  • Everything Just Beginning
    Today's FBA Dharmabyte "Everything Just Beginning" is by Amaraketu from the talk "Doubt as Path." Beginning with a quote from Sungsan, he reminds us that we don't know what's going to happen, everything is just beginning. This is a preview to next Saturday's full length podcast. Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2005.
    5 min

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