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February 06, 2016 Sitting At the Centre of the Mandala
Continuing with our journey through the Five Buddha Mandala, we find ourselves at the centre with Vairocana. Today's FBA Podcast is entitled Sitting At the Centre of the Mandala by Vessantara.

How do we balance the teachings of effort and openness? One way is through the image of the sun and relaxed being. The practice of the Dharma is simply to come back. Yet of course this requires effort.

Another question is the balance between practical and mythical approaches : can we hold both at once? What do we give significance to? what do we make real ? can we open to a world of richer and deeper meaning?

This is the eleventh and last talk of Padmaloka's 2012 Winter Retreat and is part of the series The Mandala of the Five Buddhas.
5 min
February 04, 2016 Falling into Space: Amoghasiddhi
We continue our exploration of the Five Buddha Mandala in the northern realm. Today's FBA Dharmabyte is an excerpt from the talk Touching the Void by Jnanavaca. In Falling Into Space: Amoghasiddhi Jnanavaca relates events in Joe Simpson's popular mountaineering book 'Touching the Void' to aspects of Buddhist practice. Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2004
8 min
February 01, 2016 Amoghasiddhi: The Practical Aspect of Enlightenment
In today's FBA Dharmabyte, Amoghasiddhi: The Practical Aspect of Enlightenment, Sangharakshita introduces us to Amoghasiddhi, described as the practical aspect of enlightenment, the mysterious activity of the enlightened mind. It may be an activity of non-activity, but very efficacious none-the-less. An excerpt from The Mandala: Tantric Symbol of Integration by Sangharakshita, 1967, part of the series Aspects of Buddhist Psychology.
8 min
January 30, 2016 Amoghasiddhi: Courage and Creativity
Continuing around the mandala, we now enter the realm of story and imagination with a journey to the northern realm. In today's FBA Podcast we move around to the North to meet Amoghasiddhi: Courage and Creativity. Amoghasiddhi is also connected with Spiritual Rebirth, we hear how this relates to insight, becoming more than we are, and the way in which we draw up courage and creativity to transform ourselves and maybe make a difference in the world. This talk is part of the series The Mandala of the Five Buddhas.
47 min
January 28, 2016 The Buddha’s Introduction to the Worship of Amitabha
In today's FBA Dharmabyte, The Buddha's Introduction to the Worship of Amitabha, Sangharakshita gives voice to this poetic Buddhist scripture describing the wonderful Pureland of the Buddha Amitabha. From the talk The Larger Sukhavativyuha Sutra by Sangharakshita
7 min
January 25, 2016 Amitabha’s Acceptance
In today's FBA Dharmabyte, Amitabha's Acceptance, Saddhaloka introduces us to Amitabha, the red Buddha of the West who represents and inspires the highest love of all... The full talk entitled Amitabha was given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, winter retreat, 1997
6 min
January 23, 2016 Amitabha
Continuing around the mandala, in today's FBA Podcast we meet Amitabha in a talk by Padmasuri simply called Amitabha.
51 min
January 21, 2016 Invocation to Ratnasambhava
Today's FBA Dharmabyte is an Invocation to Ratnasambhava recited by Gambhiranandi, written by Vessantara, to open a Full Moon Puja dedicated to Ratnasambhava. Given at the Croydon Buddhist Centre in August 2015 as part of the regular Saturday Sangha Morning class.
5 min
January 18, 2016 Exalted Beauty
In today's FBA Dharmabyte Ratnaprabha offers a delightful story of Nanda and the dove-footed nymphs in a track we're calling: >Exhaulted Beauty. Ratnasambhava represents the beauty of appreciation, one of the most positive functions that one can develop. In the appreciative mode, nothing is ugly. The story of the Buddha's half brother, Nanda, helps illustrate how we can use more immediate desires as motivators on the path. We can shift from appropriation to appreciation. From the talk Ratnasambhava and the
5 min
January 16, 2016 A Personal Take On Upekkha
Continuing around the mandala, we enter the realm of Ratnasambhava, the golden Buddha of the South. In "A Personal Take On Upekkha, this weeks FBA Podcastby Ratnavandana.

Continuing the series of personal talks on each of the Brahma Viharas from the 2015 Rainy Season Retreat, Ratnavandana shares an intensely honest, psychologically intimate, beautifully forensic history of her personal relationship to the practice of upekkha (equanimity) throughout her spiritual life. We hear about ways to assess what is going on in the subtler realms of our experience – and how to look to move beyond them so we too can live like a river…
21 min

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