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June 18, 2015 The Buddha as Hero
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called The Buddha as Hero. Buddhism is sometimes seen as weak or negative. Using examples from the Pali Canon and Mahayana texts, this lecture shows that, on the contrary, heroic and positive qualities are essential in the Buddhist spiritual aspirant's quest for Enlightenment. From the talk, The Heroic Ideal in Buddhism, given in 1969.
13 min
June 15, 2015 What Should we be Doing as Buddhists?
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called What Should we be Doing as Buddhists? Inspired by a poem from Sangharakshita entitled The Bodhisattvas Reply, Vajragupta outlines ways in which Western religious groups have historically approached engagement with social issues. Vajragupta suggests three ways in which we can work together to transform ourselves and so create a better world. This talk, entitled, The Bodhisattvas Reply, was given at the Triratna International Retreat 2014 held at Adhisthana on 24 May 2014.
9 min
June 13, 2015 Walking On Lotuses
In this week'sFBA Podcast, "Walking On Lotuses", Punyamala offers a personal talk on receptivity on the anniversary of her seven year review as a private preceptor. To learn more about joining the Triratna Buddhist Order, see The Buddhist Centre Online.

This talk was given by Punyamala on the Triratna Buddhist Order European Order Gathering at Wymondham College August 26 2012. The theme of the gathering was Spiritual Receptivity.
56 min
June 11, 2015 Peace and Tranquillity – Upeksha
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called Peace and Tranquillity - Upeksha from the 1968 talk, Reason and Emotion in the Spiritual Life: Right Resolve by Sangharakshita. We all need to find emotional equivalents to our intellectual understandings if our spiritual practice is to progress. The lecture outlines the positive emotions stressed in Buddhism, and concludes with a brief explanation of the stages of the Sevenfold Puja. This talk is part of the series The Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path.
3 min
June 08, 2015 Bringing Together Head and Heart
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called Bringing Together Head and Heart by 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
5 min
June 06, 2015 Parables From the White Lotus Sutra – the Burning House
In this week'sFBA Podcast, "Parables From the White Lotus Sutra – the Burning House", Jnanavaca kicks off a new seminar series exploring the myths and parables of the glorious White Lotus Sutra. In this talk he unpacks the wisdom of the parable of the Burning House. Dharma Night at the LBC, April 6th 2015
57 min
June 04, 2015 What Buddhas Do
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called What Buddhas Do. An excerpt from a talk by the same name, given by Maitreyi as part of Sangha Night and to mark the Year of the Buddha at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre.
9 min
June 01, 2015 Double Vajra – Unifying Contradictions
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called Double Vajra - Unifying Contradictions. Lokeshvara explores the symbolism of the double vajra...this excerpt is from a short talk of the same title, Double Vajra - Unifying Contradictions, the first in a series of talks on a field in Norfolk on the Green Man of Buddhism retreat.
7 min
May 30, 2015 Knowledge of Reality – Ramble One
How do we know? This week's FBA Podcast is the first of three rambles from Subhuti, entitled "Knowledge of Reality – Ramble One". Subhuti draws inspiration from Europe's first Buddhist, Schopenhauer, and India's ancient Yogachara. With immaculate clarity Subhuti takes us deep into the nature of mind and beyond. Talk given at the London Buddhist Centre in October 2014.
1 hr 3 min
May 28, 2015 Five Spiritual Faculties
Our FBA Dharmabyte today, entitled: Five Spiritual Faculties is from 1966. Sangharakshita points out possible potentially misleading assumptions concerning Buddhism, and describes three principal avenues to a practical spiritual life. An excerpt from the talk, The Approach to Buddhism, part of the series Introducing Buddhism.
6 min

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