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August 03, 2015 Avalokitesvara in the Heart Sutra
Avalokitesvara plays a key role in the Heart Sutra. In our FBA Dharmabyte today, Avalokitesvara in the Heart Sutra , Taranita charts the history and symbolism of this archetypal figure across Buddhist history and cultures.
18 min
August 01, 2015 Padmasambhava and the Magic Of Compassion
This week's FBA Podcast, is brought to us by Padmavajra called "Padmasambhava and the Magic Of Compassion". Padmavajra is an ideal person to introduce Padmasamabhava, the great Tantric guru of Tibet. He is both a devotee and a good storyteller – a winning combination as we are brought into vivifying contact with the origins and mysteries of this central Vajrayana figure.

Please note, there is some audio skipping on this recording for a couple of minutes at around the 45 minute point. Oddly, the sense can still be followed.

Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2006
1 hr 3 min
July 30, 2015 Overcoming Demons
Our FBA Dharmabytetoday is an introduction to Padmasambhava:: Overcoming Demons. Padmasambhava, often known as the 'Second Buddha', is famous for converting the demons of Tibet. From the talk Padmasambhava: Tantric Guru of Tibet by Sangharakshita, 1972.
17 min
July 27, 2015 Ksitigarbha’s Jewel
Our FBA Dharmabytetoday is from Vajratara entitled: Ksitigarbha’s Jewel. If you really want to have everything, the teaching of Ksitigarbha is not to just give you what you want, but rather to help you change your mind. That state of mind is the bodhicitta, the heart-mind of enlightenment. From the talk, Ksitigarbha given by Vajratara at Sangha Night, Sheffield Buddhist Centre (2nd May 2006), as part of a series on the Refuge Tree of the Triratna Buddhist Order.
4 min
July 25, 2015 Breaking the Bonds of Selfhood Through Serving the Dhamma (with translation in Hindi)
This week's FBA Podcast, "Breaking the Bonds of Selfhood Through Serving the Dhamma (with translation in Hindi)" by Parami. Here is a strong, beautiful talk by Parami from the final day of the Triratna Buddhist Order's International Convention 2013 in India, bringing us back to the task in hand as members of the Order and as Buddhists: engaging with breaking the fetters and weakening the hold that self-clinging exerts upon our minds and our ways of seeing things.

Parami brings alive the possibilities in notions about how collective practice manifests (Order chapters, the Bodhisattva Ideal at ordination, 'sanghakaya') but grounds the whole thing movingly in her evident love of the Order and her inspiration at being gathered with so many sisters and brothers under one sky.

Talk given at Bodh Gaya, International Order Convention, February, 2013.
52 min
July 23, 2015 Manjusri Mantra with Harmonies
Our FBA Dharmabyte today drops us into the realm of ritual with a Manjusri Mantra with Harmonies. From a special Sevenfold Puja recorded on at Jikoji Retreat Center, California, 2008 on a Triratna Buddhist Order Convention. This excerpt is lovely harmonic chanting of the Manjushri (Manjugosha) mantra. Listen to the full puja - it's unusual to hear these rituals performed in Sanskrit and English, so a real treat for all ritual lovers courtesy of Satyadhana, the puja leader. There's also a special section of
14 min
July 20, 2015 Receiving the Green Tara Sadhana
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called Receiving the Green Tara Sadhana. Here's an excerpt from a great treat from Taraloka Retreat Centre, where Sangharakshita inaugurates their new shrine cabin dedicated to Tara - the radiant Bodhisattva of compassion, inspiration to many who lead a Buddhist life aspiring to beauty and a steady openness in the face of the mysteries of existence. From the talk, On Tara, by Sangharakshita.
12 min
July 18, 2015 Yidams
This week's FBA Podcast, "Yidams" is a talk given at Sheffield Buddhist Centre in 2007 by Padmavajra. As we approach the full moon of July, Buddhists around the world will be celebrating Dharma Day, the marking of the Buddha's first teaching. We decided to fast forward several hundred years after the Buddha's lifetime to introduce a host of Bodhisattva's who emerged to help spread the Dharma throughout the world. Beginning with this full talk, we will follow over the next few weeks with talks, mantras and more in our Dharmabytes Podcast to introduce Tara, Manjusri, Vajrapani, Ksitigarbha, Avalokitesvara and Padmasambhava.
1 hr 3 min
July 16, 2015 The Conversion of Shariputra
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called The Conversion of Shariputra by Sangharakshita, from the talk The Meaning of the Dharma given in 1968. 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 talk is part of the series Introducing the Three Jewels of Buddhism.
8 min
July 13, 2015 The Mystery of the Buddha
Even more storytelling! Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called The Mystery of the Buddha, the beginning of a short talk by Khemasuri where she Khemasuri tells the story of Angulimala's meeting with the Buddha. From a talk of the same title, The Mystery of the Buddha.
9 min

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