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June 02, 2016 A Conversation About Poetry
In today's Dharmabyte podcast, "A Conversation About Poetry ", from Maitreyabandhu's Book Launch of his two new books: The Journey and the Guide; and Yarn, a new collection of poems. In conversation with Visuddhimati, he discusses his life, his writing, and stresses the importance of making time to do nothing. At the North London Buddhist Centre, 28th September 2015.
13 min
May 30, 2016 A Darkness Was Ripped From My Eyes
We've titled today's FBA Dharmabyte podcast "A Darkness Was Ripped From My Eyes", a line from the poem, Singapore, by Mary Oliver, recited with commentary offered by Ratnaguna. As our eyes open to the lives of others, we try to run away from what we do not like. We think there is nothing we can do, or is there? From the talk, The Tender Gravity of Kindness, by Ratnaguna, a commentary on two poems: Singapore by Mary Oliver and Kindness by Naomi Shihab Nye. Talk given by Ratnaguna on Sangha Night at Stockhol
14 min
May 28, 2016 The Empty Boat
This week's FBA Podcast is a talk by Vessantara entitledThe Empty Boat. Early navigators were able to traverse vast distances using intuitive messages from the sun, wind, stars. Going for refuge is kind of a journey that needs ongoing mindfulness, a vision of the goal The second in a series of four talks by Vessantara exploring Going for Refuge is an accessible talk on the Insight aspect. From the four-part series, Aspects of Going for Refuge, given at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre in early 2016.
56 min
May 26, 2016 The Tree is Teaching Us
Today's Dharmabyte podcast is called "The Tree is Teaching Us" by Suchitta. The birth of a tree is no different from our own - dependent on conditions and the elements. Every part of the body changes according to it’s nature, no different from the tree. From the talk The Defects of Samsara and Cultivating the Desire For Enlightenment.
6 min
May 23, 2016 Tangled Up in Sorrow
In today's Dharmabyte podcast Vadanya gives us "Tangled Up in Sorrow", an excerpt from the talk Wisdom In The World. It’s through not knowing the truth about the way things are that we create all sorts of destruction, unhappiness and sorrow for ourselves and those around us.
11 min
May 21, 2016 Living In The Greater Mandala
Parami delivers this week's FBA Podcast entitledLiving In The Greater Mandala. She brings this theme alive in the most human, poetic, and inspired of ways.

Her range is broad as she evokes the mandala itself, and the profound, playful path of the Bodhisattva. Calling forth Rumi and Hafiz, the great Buddhist Perfection of Wisdom texts, Keats, Yeats, Robert Hass, and Kenneth White, she illustrates what it looks and feels like to live dedicated to the wellbeing of all as the most natural thing in the world.

As always with Parami, her great experience shines through in this talk – a terrific encouragement to anyone thinking of integrating this perspective of joy into the challenge of everyday life…

Recorded in Adelaide, Australia, October 2015 for the 2015 Triratna International Urban Retreat.
53 min
May 19, 2016 What is Insight?
In today's Dharmabyte podcast, "What is Insight?" Dayajoti and Saddhanandi talk about Metta as an ungraspable co-arising, inseparable from mindfulness, which expresses itself in different ways. What is Metta, What is Insight is the final talk in a series from a 12 day meditation retreat on metta as a path to insight from May 2015.
12 min
May 16, 2016 What is Metta?
In today's Dharmabyte podcast, "What is Metta?" Dayajoti and Saddhanandi talk about Metta as an ungraspable co-arising, inseparable from mindfulness, which expresses itself in different ways. What is Metta, What is Insight is the final talk in a series from a 12 day meditation retreat on metta as a path to insight from May 2015.
15 min
May 14, 2016 Descend with the View, Ascend with the Conduct
This week's FBA Podcast is a talk given by Vajrapriya entitledDescend with the View, Ascend with the Conduct. Vajrapriya makes the link between this saying, and Sangharakshita's explanation of the Noble Eightfold Path as a path of Vision and Transformation; talks about what it means to ascend with the view; and to descend with the conduct; and explores the signs that we're not keeping these two directions of practice in balance.
56 min
May 12, 2016 Awareness of Self
Our FBA Dharmabyte podcast today is entitled "Awareness of Self" by Sangharakshita. Forgetfulness and distraction are the rule in ordinary life, but awareness and a 'fullness of mind' is at the heart of human growth and development. Sangharakshita distinguishes four dimensions of awareness, each with its own qualities: awareness of things, self, others, and reality. From the talk Levels of Awareness: Right Mindfulness given in 1968 as part of the series The Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path.
7 min

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