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June 08, 2014 Direct Pointing
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called: "Direct Pointing" by Sangharakshita. What is the mind? What is projection? What higher states of mind are accessible? Zen challenges us to look directly within our own minds to find out. From the talk, "A Direct Pointing to the Mind of Man" given in 1965 as part of the series The Essence of Zen.
6 min
June 07, 2014 Milarepa and the Yak Horn Story
In our FBA Podcast today, "Milarepa and the Yak Horn Story,", Yashobodhi tells the story of Milarepa's attempt to tackle his disciple Rechungpa's pride by singing to him from inside a Yak horn.
48 min
June 05, 2014 The Mind Is Everywhere
From the fabulous talk, "What is Mind?" we bring you a sparkling Dharmabyte entitled: "The Mind Is Everywhere". Using Milarepa's song, the Shepherd's Search for Mind, Dhammadinna takes us on a wild, and very specific ride, in defining subjective versus objective mind. You cannot understand the mind, because that would be the mind knowing itself! This is the first talk in a series of talks from the Order Convention in 2001 offering different perspectives on the Abhidharma and exploring from a personal persp
7 min
June 02, 2014 Everyone Needs the Dharma: Milarepa’s Song
Today's FBA Dharmabyte, "Everyone Needs the Dharma", is a lovely reading of one of : Milarepa's Songs by Sangharakshita. Talk given in 1979.
5 min
May 31, 2014 The Motive (Remixed)
In our FBA Podcast today, "The Motive (Remixed),", Padmavajra explores a great classic of Tibetan Buddhism – Gampopa's 'Jewel Ornament of Liberation'. The work, inspired by devotion to Manjusri, is one of the key texts in the development of the Tibetan Lam Rim teachings. And Gampopa, being one of the two principle disciples of the yogi Milarepa, presents both the monastic Lam Rim approach of Atisha and the Mahamudra meditation teachings of Milarepa himself.

Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, Winter 2008 This talk is part of the series Themes from Gampopa's Jewel Ornament of Liberation.
48 min
May 29, 2014 The Wisdom Hearer
Our FBA Dharmabyte today, "The Wisdom Hearer",is an excerpt from the fabulous talk "The Sound of Reality" by Padmavajra. In this section we hear Hakuin's poem of Awakening along with Padmavajra's reflections on the nature of sound, impermanence and insubstantiality. Vanish into emptiness and silence!
10 min
May 26, 2014 Solitude and Meditation
In our Dharmabyte today, "Solitude and Meditation" Paramananda introduces the challenges and rewards of solitude, meditation as a form of solitude, and how being alone can enhance the experience of connection.
23 min
May 24, 2014 Zen Master Hakuin
In our FBA Podcast today, "Zen Master Hakuin", Jyotipakshini delivers a wonderful overview of Hakuin's early life and what led him to becoming a monk. She shares his strengthss and the characteristic aspects of his personality, his determination and intense dedication, as well as his highly critical nature, his struggles and setbacks. We also hear a little about the two schools of Zen and about koan practice, as well as Hakuin's later life as a prolific teacher and reformer of the Rinzai school.

Talk given at the Glasgow Buddhist Centre in July 2011.
58 min
May 22, 2014 What does it mean to ‘know’ the Buddha?
Our Dharmabyte today asks "What does it mean to 'know' the Buddha?" Sangharakshita asks how, if at all, such a man can be defined or categorised.
9 min
May 19, 2014 Face To Face With Reality
In today's FBA Dharmabyte we bring you "Face To Face With Reality." Vadanya draws on the Pali Canon and The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy to explore how coming face to face with reality is liberating and expansive - but also very uncomfortable for our habitual small self. Our Dharmabyte is just the beginning of the talk, for the rest: "Face to Face with Reality."
10 min

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