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February 01, 2018 Faith
In today's FBA Dharmabyte, entitled Faith, Subhadramati explores what Buddhism means by faith, pointing us to what exactly we need to have faith in if we are to deepen into life. From the talk of the same name, Faith, given on the Urban Retreat 2016.
18 min
January 29, 2018 Confidence
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is entitled Confidence. Confidence in the three jewels is incredibly important for our spiritual lives. Excerpted from the talk of the same title, Confidence, which includes a led meditation.
9 min
January 27, 2018 Likes and Dislikes
This week's FBA Podcast is a talk by Ratnaprabha called Likes and Dislikes. On the Wheel of Life, the whole person is symbolised by a boat with passengers, the five skandhas. Ratnaprabha focuses especially on our habit energies, and our habitual preferences. Are we ruled by our likes and dislikes? Is there a creative response? How to the five Buddhas fit in?
59 min
January 25, 2018 Our Habitual Mind is Unaware
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is entitled Our Habitual Mind is Unaware by Ratnadhya, excerpted from Mind the Gap - Creating the Creative Space. Given at an introductory meditation weekend retreat in Worcestershire, Ratnadhya addresses the subject of Bardos and what they can teach us about our need to cultivate creative gaps in our lives in which we can just be rather than do. He talks about bardos of scale, from the traditional bardos of life and death, to the bardos that arise quite naturally within a single l
13 min
January 22, 2018 A Mirror in the Wheel
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is an excerpt from a 1971 talk by Sangharakshita called A Mirror in the Wheel. The Wheel of Life, described here in all its wealth of detail, is not really a painting but a mirror, giving one successively more profound insights into yourself, and revealing the next step in escaping the endless round. From the talk The Symbolism of the Tibetan Wheel of Life from the series https://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/series/details?ser=X13
12 min
January 20, 2018 Beyond Karma – The Dharma Niyama
This week's FBA Podcast is a talk by Subhuti called Beyond Karma – The Dharma Niyama. In this, the final installment of Subhuti's three-part Ramble around Reality we go beyond the realm of Karma as we glimpse the glory of the Dharma Niyama.
1 hr 2 min
January 18, 2018 Why does the Dharma exist?
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is another excerpt from a 1968 talk by Sangharakshita called Why does the Dharma exist?. Dharma is the experience of reality, and also the expression of that experience in the form of the Buddha's teaching, especially the law of conditionality. It is the raft that carries you to Enlightenment, the further shore; it is whatever helps you to develop spiritually. Excerpted from the talk entitled The Meaning of the Dharma given in 1968 as part of the series Introducing the Three Jewels
7 min
January 15, 2018 The Dharma Jewel
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called The Dharma Jewel by Sangharakshita. Dharma is the experience of reality, and also the expression of that experience in the form of the Buddha's teaching, especially the law of conditionality. It is the raft that carries you to Enlightenment, the further shore; it is whatever helps you to develop spiritually. This is an excerpt from the talk entitled The Meaning of the Dharma given in 1968 as part of the series Introducing the Three Jewels of Buddhism.
14 min
December 30, 2017 Interview with Parami
This week's FBA Podcast is a wonderful Interview with Parami, Tiratna's International Order Convener. Karunagita invites Parami to share snapshots from her decades in Triratna, starting with ordaining seven Mexican women the week before and going back through time and locations, roles, challenges, delights and contributions, including Spain to Glasgow and London in the late 1970s.

Recorded at the NLBC monthly women's class in May 2017.
50 min
December 28, 2017 Reaching Across Differences
In today's FBA Dharmabyte, Reaching Across Differences Saravantu talks about one of Triratna's emphases - a unified Order - by looking inwards. If we turn away from elements of our own character, we will find ourselves turning away from others. A unified Order needs us to be able to turn towards all aspects of ourselves. This is an excerpt from the practical talk entitled An Inclusive Order -Turning Away, Turning Towards, Meeting the Shadows In Ourselves and Others.
8 min

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