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December 21, 2015 Before Dawn
We've been moved to share an abundant handful of Sangharakshita's writings and poems this month. Today's FBA Dharmabyte is a poem entitled "Before Dawn". Selected from "Hercules and the Birds", read by the author and published by Windhorse Publications, Glasgow, 1990.
2 min
December 19, 2015 Revisiting the New Society
Today's FBA Podcast is a tribute to our teacher, Bhante Sangharakshita, given by Parami entitled "Revisiting the New Society", the third talk of The Order as Practice – Shifting Paradigms retreat. Parami talks about the first verse of the Dasadhamma Sutta – "I am no longer living according to worldly aims and values." She revisits Bhantes vision of the New Society, sharing her inspiration and love for the radical and transformative power of the Dharma.
59 min
December 17, 2015 Life is King
We've been moved to share an abundant handful of Sangharakshita's writings and poems this month. Today's FBA Dharmabyte is a poem entitled "Life is King". Selected from "Conquering New Worlds", read by the author and published by Windhorse Publications, Glasgow, 1986.
2 min
December 14, 2015 Orpheus in the Underworld
We've been moved to share an abundant handful of Sangharakshita's writings and poems this month. Today's FBA Dharmabyte is a poem entitled "Orpheus in the Underworld". Selected from "Conquering New Worlds", read by the author and published by Windhorse Publications, Glasgow, 1986.
3 min
December 12, 2015 Glimpses of the Mythic Life of Sangharakshita
Today's FBA Podcast is a tribute to our teacher, Bhante Sangharakshita, given by Padmavajra entitled "Glimpses of the Mythic Life of Sangharakshita".

Urgyen Sangharakshita, the founder of the Western Buddhist Order, is many things to many people. Yet all inspiration and controversies aside, he is first and foremost a follower of the Buddha's way and his own evocations of his personal practice give many clues as to the nature of a committed Dharma life. Here Padmavajra, one of his closest disciples, offers his own perspective on Sangharakshita as a practitioner with a rich sense of the mythic context pervading all his thinking about the Buddha and his teaching.

Talk given in 2008.
1 hr 21 min
December 10, 2015 The Caves
We've been moved to share an abundant handful of Sangharakshita's writings and poems over the next few weeks. Today's FBA Dharmabyte is an excerpt from "The Caves of Bhaja", a moving poem in memory of Dharmachari Anagarika Maha Dhammavira, written, introduced and read by Sangharakshita. Full talk available here: "The Caves of Bhaja".
7 min
December 07, 2015 The Elder Revealed – Gentleness Prevails
We've been moved to share an abundant handful of Sangharakshita's writings and poems over the next few weeks. In today's FBA Dharmabyte, "The Elder Revealed", an excerpt from his own elegant and moving unpublished story, Sanghrakshita evokes the spiritual efforts of a monk who occupies the 'Holy Man's Cave' above an Indian village at the time of the Buddha. From "The Cave", read by the author. Questioning our friends affectionately leaves them feeling as if they are not being questioned at all. Allowing an
9 min
December 05, 2015 Sangharakshita – Facing Mount Kanchenjunga
We've been inspired to share writings and poems by Bhante Sangharakshita this month. Our FBA Podcast today, "Sangharakshita – Facing Mount Kanchenjunga", is a delightful talk from 1991. Sangharakshita starts by reading an extract from the new volume of his autobiography, Facing Mount Kanchenjunga. He follows this by talking about and reading eight poems that he composed in Kalimpong which give a real feel for his appreciation of the place but also for his worries about the effect of logging in the mountains.

The talk was given on November 28, 1991, in Croydon Buddhist Centre as part of the book launch for his autobiography.

Croydon has been home to FWBO or Triratna Buddhist communities and centres since 1968. Many early talks by well known speakers were recorded, both at Aryatara, since 1979, and at the new Croydon Centre from 1981. These are now being transferred from their crumbling cassettes to digital format, as part of the Croydon Digital Archive Project, and are being made available to everyone.
53 min
December 03, 2015 The Lotus of Compassion
We've been moved to share an abundant handful of Sangharakshita's poems over the next few weeks. Today's FBA Dharmabyte is a poem entitled "The Lotus of Compassion". Selected from "Conquering New Worlds", read by the author and published by Windhorse Publications, Glasgow, 1986.
3 min
November 30, 2015 The Bodhisattva’s Reply
We've been moved to share an abundant handful of Sangharakshita's poems over the next few weeks. Today's FBA Dharmabyte is a poem entitled "The Bodhisattva's Reply". Selected from "Conquering New Worlds", read by the author and published by Windhorse Publications, Glasgow, 1986.
4 min

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