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March 16, 2015 Going Forth as Skilled Action
In today's FBA Dharmabyte, Going Forth as Skilled Action, Maitreyabandhu adds a liveliness and concreteness to the theme of going forth. From the talk Positive Emotion - Skilled Action given during a 4-day retreat in May 2013, at Dharmagiri retreatcenter, Sweden. Maitryeabandhu gave four seminars on 'The five great stages of spiritual life', as it is viewed and practiced within the Triratna Buddhist community. He draws substantially on the writing and teaching that Sangharakshita and Subhuti has produced i
12 min
March 14, 2015 The Buddha, The Bodhicitta and Bhante
This week's FBA Podcast is a gem from Vajratara entitled: "The Buddha, The Bodhicitta and Bhante." Vajratara introduces the Bodhicitta in an easily accessible format: what, why and how. She starts with the symbolism of the Buddha's own Bodhisattva vow at the time of Dipankara, the previous Buddha. She also draws out Sangharakshita s unique understanding of the Bodhicitta and how that has shaped the Triratna Order and Movement.

Given at Tiratanaloka on a retreat for women training for Ordination.
57 min
March 12, 2015 Understanding Anatta
Today's FBA Dharmabyte is titled: Understanding Anatta. Tackling such terms as self, I, individual, and ego, reveals that each can have both a positive and a negative connotation. What is the self, and how can we cultivate true Individuality? Talk given in 1970. From the talk Individuality, True and False, by Sangharakshita, part of the series Aspects of the Higher Evolution of the Individual.
6 min
March 09, 2015 Radically Renouncing Blame
Today's FBA Dharmabyte is titled: Radically Renouncing Blame, an excerpt from the full talk by the same name. As part of our Saturday Sangha mornings, Vijayasri presented an inspiring talk which looks at the Radical aspects of practice which form the Croydon Buddhist Centre's new vision.
8 min
March 07, 2015 The Diamond Throne
Does Buddhism have anything to say about the recent attacks in Paris? What about liberal democracy; does Buddhism agree? Our FBA Podcast this week, "The Diamond Throne" explores these very questions. With characteristic intelligence and sensitivity, Chairman of the Centre Jnanavaca launches 2015 by exploring such issues via the vision of the Vajrasana – the diamond throne.
58 min
March 05, 2015 Experiencing Suffering
Today's FBA Dharmabyte is titled: Experiencing Suffering. Stay in the gap with our difficult emotions to be with one’s suffering - this is the place of the spiritual warrior. From the talk "The Defects and Dangers of Samsara", by Maitreyi, the final talk in a five-part series from Tiratanaloka's retreat on the 'Four Mind Turnings' of the Tibetan tradition.
4 min
March 02, 2015 The Story of Self
Today's FBA Dharmabyte is titled: The Story of Self. From the talk "Suffering and Joy - Compost For Love" by Dayajoti, given during the setup for Buddhafield Festival 2013 (theme 'Fire in the Heart') on the Four Brahma Viharas. Includes a reading of the Mallikaa Sutta.
9 min
February 28, 2015 Building the Buddhaland
Our FBA Podcast this week is entitled "Building the Buddhaland". Here Dayamala discusses the various aspects of the Buddhaland and how we, as Buddhist practitioners, can hope to take part in the building of it.
32 min
February 26, 2015 How Is the Buddha Land Relevant to Us?
Today's FBA Dharmabyte is an excerpt from the talk "Building the Buddha Land" by Sangharakshita. In this excerpt he answers the question, "How Is the Buddha Land Relevant to Us?", using the sphere of creativity and the arts as an example. Part of the series "The Inconceivable Emancipation - Themes from the Vimalakirti Nirdesha" given in 1979.
15 min
February 23, 2015 At Home with Myth
Jvalamalini brings us today's FBA Dharmabyte, an excerpt from her talk "At Home In the Cosmos; Myth, Magic and Us". She explains that we can start effectively reading the Mahayana sutras by first becoming "At Home with Myth" as a way of accessing aspects of spiritual experience that are unreachable through logic alone.
6 min

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