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Today’s FBA Dharmabyte, is Expanding Views by Nandaraja.

How to step outside of polarisation and find freedom of heart and mind.

From the talk Empathising with the Enemy given on a People of Colour Sangha Day retreat.

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In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, Sangharakshita discusses The Four Limitless States.

In Buddhist practice, the traditional method of choice for effecting positive change in one’s life is meditation. Here Sangharakshita takes a closer look, focussing on the ‘superconscious states’ (characterised in turn by integration, inspiration, permeation, and radiation), the practice of developing universal friendliness, and the distinction between calm and Insight. Talk given in 1976.

From the talk, A Method of Personal Development, given as part of the series Buddhism for Today and Tomorrow.

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Today’s FBA Dharmabyte is Turning Towards by Saddhanandi.

How do you make a meaningful practice of loving kindness in a difficult world? How do we turn towards, rather than away...?

This is excerpted from the brilliant talk given on the Metta and Insight Retreat, 2015.

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Our FBA Dharmabyte today brings us face to face, as it were, with "our root fear", that of selflessness.

From the talk Ethics as Insight Practice by Guhyavajra.

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Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called Be More Than Your Culture by Maitreyabandhu.

How do we make the most of life? Buddhism is a non-theistic, practical path of human growth and fulfilment. This series includes highlights from the eight-week course that leads participants step by step along the Buddhist path from mindfulness and emotional strength to receptivity, spiritual death and rebirth. And, as you can see from the talks, Maitreyabandhu always comes back to the here and now; how we put our spiritual insights into practice.

From the talk The Journey and the Guide - Week Four - The Mandala of Positive Emotion.

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Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called Generosity Leads to Happiness by Vijayasri.

This is another talk in our exploration of The Journey and The Guide. Vijayasri considers how having generosity at the centre of a mandala, based on the positive precepts, can help us to develop positive emotion.

From the talk, Generosity As A Foundation Of Positive Emotion, given at Croydon Buddhist Centre in February 2016 as part of the regular Saturday Morning Sangha Class.

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Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called Supporting Brilliance by Singhamati.

A heartfelt talk about Integration as a path to wholeness. Looking at the what, how and why of this crucial aspect of the spiritual life. From the talk Integration: a Path to Wholeness.

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Our FBA Podcast this week is entitled Forgiveness and Happiness. Santavajri explores verses 4, 5 and 6 of the Eight Verses for Training the Mind. She begins with her realisation that a motivator for her spiritual practice has been a quest for happiness.

Touching on the themes of righteous indignation, spiritual bypassing, empathy, non-violent communication, envy, and exploring apology, confession and working with betrayal, Santavajri poses the question: can we forgive ourselves and move towards unconditional love for all beings?

Talk given at the Women's Area Order Weekend at Adhisthana, December 2018

This talk is part of the series Women's Area Order Weekend at Adhisthana.

Here Padmavajra speaks about the stages of spiritual death and rebirth. How to prepare for them, how they can be seen in all the stages of the path, as well as where they lead.

Talk given on a Kula Gathering at Padmaloka, 2012. Subscribe to the FBA Podcast!

Enjoy our FBA Podcast this week: Luminous Love by Samantabhadri.

Speaking in a marquee on the June 2012 Women's National Order Weekend at Taraloka and in a landscape dedicated to the Five Jinas, Samantabhadri explores positive emotion in our system of practice. Her themes are: pliancy and loosening boundaries; the imagination; insight; our collective life; the shade and the light of our spiritual lives.