Free Buddhist Audio

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Free Buddhist Audio has been serving free recordings of high quality, full-length Dharma talks since 2006. Over 3 million downloads and counting... Get our free weekly Dharma talk podcast with inspiri... more

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March 17, 2016 Metta – a Thread That Connects
Today's FBA Dharmabyte is a short excerpt from Metta - a Thread That Connects by Singhamati. This talk was given on a Young Womens' Weekend at Taraloka. It's a personal and poetic talk exploring Metta as a thread that connects us to ourselves, others, the world and reality.
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4min
March 14, 2016 A New Way to Metta
When you are relaxed, it’s much easier to love. In today's FBA Dharmabyte, A New Way to Metta Ratnaguna introduces a new way to approach the Metta Bhavana, the development of loving kindness. This excerpt is from the talk Metta Bhavana: Letting Kindness Happen given at the Manchester Buddhist Centre in February 2012. Ratnaguna introduces a new way to approach the Metta Bhavana,the development of loving kindness. This excerpt is from the talk Metta Bhavana Letting Kindness Happen given at the Manchester B
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6min
March 12, 2016 Who Hates the Metta Bhavana?
Today's FBA Podcast is so provocative we don't even need a description. Who Hates the Metta Bhavana? by Jnanavaca. Week two of a five week seminar on the Metta Bhavana practice at the London Buddhist Center.
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48min
March 10, 2016 Precepts as Poetry
The five precepts are an expression of position emotion - they are like poetry in motion. Today's FBA Dharmabyte, Precepts as Poetry is an excerpt is from the talk Generosity As A Foundation Of Positive Emotion. Vijayasri considers how having generosity at the centre of a mandala, based on the positive precepts, can help us to develop positive emotion. This talk was given at Croydon Buddhist Centre in February 2016 as part of the Dharma study group on The Journey and The Guide by Maitreyabandhu
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8min
March 07, 2016 Kusala Karma = Skillful Action
In today's FBA Dharmabyte, Kusala Karma = Skillful Action Vajragupta explores the meaning of kusula karma, that being skillful action. It’s not about being right, it’s about what’s human, what’s kind, what’s mindful. From the talk Positive Emotion given at Croydon Buddhist Centre in January 2016 in a study group on The Journey and The Guide by Maitreyabandhu.
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10min
March 05, 2016 Evolution, Capitalism and the Buddha
In today's FBA Podcast, Evolution, Capitalism and the Buddha Vaddhaka argues that capitalist economics is based upon a narrow evolutionary view associated with social Darwinism and a distorted interpretation of the survival of the fittest. So the question is then: Can modern approaches to evolution help to develop a new approach to economics more in line with buddhist values?

Stockholm Sweden, 22 of February 2016
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1h 6min
March 03, 2016 Fear, Terror, and Heroic Virtues
Today's FBA Dharmabyte, Fear, Terror, and Heroic Virtues is an exploration of the cremation ground as a symbol of transformation. Are we ready to face our own death, and the total transformation it symbolises? From the talk “The Symbolism of the Cremation Ground and the Celestial Maidens” by Sangharakshita given in 1971.
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13min
February 29, 2016 Why We Fear Death
Today's FBA Dharmabyte explores four reasons Why We Fear Death drawn by Kulaprabha from the Abhaya Sutta in the Pali Canon. It's a lovely segment from a larger talk looking at the roots of fear, how it relates to change and transformation in spiritual practice, and how we can live more fearlessly. From the talk System of Meditation Retreats - Spiritual Death, Fear and Fearlessness.
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11min
February 27, 2016 A Life-Changing Encounter
Today's FBA Podcast recounts the harrowing and revelatory tale of Kisa Gotami in a talk entitled "A Life-Changing Encounter" by Jvalamalini.

In the story, Kisa Gotami's grief for her dead child is completely transformed after her contact with the Buddha through the experience of compassion and insight, leading her to a life of spiritual commitment and renunciation.
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27min
February 25, 2016 What is a Committed Buddhist?
Today's FBA Dharmabyte speaks here on the challenge of building a Buddhist movement. In What is a Committed Buddhist? he discusses the need for Buddhist movements to be run only by committed Buddhists and who actually practice the Buddha's teachings, not by those who merely have an intellectual interest. But how can one know who is a committed Buddhist? From the talk "Commitment and Spiritual Community", part of a series entitled "A New Buddhist Movement - the Meaning of the FWBO".
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12min

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