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Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio

Free Buddhist Audio

Dharmabytes features bite-sized dharma, three times a week, from the Free Buddhist Audio archives. Themed in conjunction with our weekly full length talk podcast, these are inspiring short extracts from over 5,000 talks on Buddhism, meditation and mindfulness! Tune in, be inspired!

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16:00

At the Heart of the Sangha

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2019/02/21

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, At the Heart of the Sangha Dhammamegha speaks about Sangha as Dharma practice and how spiritual community and friendship with the admirable are part of our heritage in Triratna. From the talk Wisdomand#8217;s Gathering: The Difference That Makes a Difference given on the Triratna International Gathering at Adhisthana, 27 August 2017.

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10:25

In the World, Not of the World

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2019/02/14

The new consciousness that emerges does so in stages. In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, we hear from Maitreyabandhu on the particular kind of effort needed in meditation entitled In the World, Not of the World. From the talk Meditation Essentials: Stages.

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06:04

Owning Your Shadow

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2019/02/11

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, is from a talk given by Vijayasri as a follow up to a showing of Sangharakshitaand#8217;s video on Buddhism, world peace and nuclear war. In Owning Your Shadow Vijayasri explores the concepts of violence and non-violence as aspects of the power mode / love mode relationship, and looks at the Jungian concept of the shadow. We examine the idea that change is possible, but that growth and development requires personal effort, using quotes from Sangharakshita, Jung

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10:32

The Buddha and Trees

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2019/02/07

In our Dharmbyte today FBA Dharmabyte, The Buddha and Trees, Sinhadakini explores the significance of the Roseapple Tree in the story of the Buddhaand#8217;s Enlightenment. She discusses trees in general in Buddhism and goes on to talk about the type of effort needed for Enlightenment. From the talk The Buddha and the Roseapple Tree given on Buddha Day at Norwich Buddhist Centre.

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10:34

Four-Fold Perfect Effort

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2019/02/04

Our Dharmbyte today FBA Dharmabyte is from Bhante Sangharakshita called Four-Fold Perfect Effort. Discussing the evolution of consciousness, this lecture explains that at the stage of reflexive consciousness, deliberate effort is required for any further progress. Right Effort is fourfold: preventing and eradicating the unskilful, and cultivating and maintaining the skilful. From the talk, The Conscious Evolution of Man: Right Effort, given in 1968 as part of the series The Buddha's Noble Eightfold

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04:21

The Myth of Ordination

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2019/01/28

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, we hear an excerpt called The Myth of Ordination. Akasaruci gives a personal talk about her experiences of being on the 2018 Akashavana ordination retreat, on which she was ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order. From the talk Akashavana: Heart, Wisdom and Beauty given at her welcome back during Dharma Day on Sunday 29th July 2018 at the Glasgow Buddhist Centre.

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10:09

Reflections On An Ordination Retreat

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2019/01/24

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte we hear from Bodhipakshini in Reflections On An Ordination Retreat. As part of a welcome back evening for new Order members, Bodhipakshini reflects on her experience of the recent 3-month retreat in Spain during which she was ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order. Excerpted from the talk Reflections On An Ordination Retreat, part of the series Ordination: A collection of personal talks.

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08:19

Connecting with the Order

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2019/01/21

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte Abhaya, who has been ordained for 44 years, reflects on how he connects with the order. Connecting with the Order is excerpted from the talk of the same name, available on Free Buddhist Audio.

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13:24

Metta As Emptiness

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2019/01/17

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is called Metta as Emptiness by Dayajoti. This excerpt is from the talk Dependent Arising given on the Metta and Insight Retreat, held at Taraloka Retreat Centre, May 2015.

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06:09

Gestures of Metta

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2019/01/14

What needs to be seen and known in our experience of suffering in order for it to lead to freedom and compassion? Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is called Gestures of Metta by Saddhanandi. This beautiful collection of thoughts on metta is the introduction to a guided meditation. The full talk, entitled Metta and Beauty, is from a 12 day meditation retreat on Metta as a Path to Insight given at Taraloka, May 2015.

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08:01

Creating New Pathways

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2019/01/10

What needs to be seen and known in our experience of suffering in order for it to lead to freedom and compassion? Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is called Creating New Pathways from the talk Living In the Mandala Ratnavandana. This is her second talk of the 2015 Rainy Season Retreat in Bristol, UK. Here Ratnavandana embarks on a personal sharing of how her life has been transformed by deciding to go and live in the mandala of the Brahma Viharas and the Jinas themselves. Her deep love of the

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10:33

Into the Depths

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2019/01/07

What needs to be seen and known in our experience of suffering in order for it to lead to freedom and compassion? Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is called Into the Depths from the talk Insight Into Dukkha by Dayajoti. Number eight in a series of talks from a 12-day Metta and Insight Retreat at Taraloka, 2015.

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11:45

The Buddha's Decision to Teach

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2019/01/03

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is called The Buddhaand#8217;s Decision to Teach by Parami excerpted from the talk Out of Compassion for the World given at our International Retreat at Taraloka, May 08. The Buddha realised full well how hard it was going to be to communicate what he had discovered to other people and#8211; to us. He knew that the grip of greed, hatred and delusion is very strong. He could imagine how vexatious it might be to teach. Fortunately for us, he could also see our

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09:53

The Journey of Descent

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2018/12/31

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is called The Journey of Descent. Bhadra introduces the archetypal magician, Padmasambhava. He uses episodes from the magicianand#8217;s life to illustrate how engaging the imagination through ritual and being willing to make the journey of descent are key elements of a fruitful practice. From the talk: The Art of Ritual and Descent given at a day for men in Bristol.

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13:13

On The Paving Sprinkled with Perfume

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2018/12/27

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is called On The Paving Sprinkled with Perfume by Samantabhadri excerpted from the talk: Ritual, A Path to Truth and Self Transcendence. Speaking at Nottingham Buddhist centre, Samantabhadri gives a keynote talk on ritual and its place and potential within the Triratna Community. She explores ritual as personal experience and in relation to going beyond a fixed self, to the collective, to the imagination, to compassion and to our longing for the transcendental.

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14:06

The Heart of the Puja

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2018/12/24

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is called The Heart of the Puja from A Personal Take On the Sevenfold Puja by Amarapuspa. Amarapuspa discusses the Going For Refuge section of the puja, and the Refuges and Precepts, with examples from her own personal journey towards letting go into the puja. We hear the story of Dhaniya the Cattleman and the session finishes with a series of led reflections asking and#8220;can we be inspired by the example of the Buddha?and#8221;. This talk was given at Croydon

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09:37

The Sheer Amazement of Joy

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2018/12/20

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is called The Sheer Amazement of Joy. Garavachitta explores The Seven Moods of the Puja as a devotional journey, in this excerpt we hear his thoughts on the Rejoicing in Merits section. This talk reflects on the stages of the journey and how we can enter it more deeply. Given at the Manchester Buddhist Centre at Triratna Night on 28 September 2015.

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02:41

A Potent Practice

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2018/12/17

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is called A Potent Practice. Amrta talks personally about the practice of puja and also asks us what importance do we place on it in our movement. Is it a secondary practice or a means to awakening the Bodhi Heart!? Given on a menand#8217;s regional Order weekend at Padmaloka September 2010, entitled Thoughts on Puja.

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14:25

The Sevenfold Puja

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2018/12/13

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is a full description of The Sevenfold Puja. From the talk entitled Poetry and Devotion in Buddhism: the Sevenfold Puja by Sangarakshita. The central problem of spiritual life is the mobilisation of our emotional energies, so that what we know can be put into practice. Energies may be blocked, wasted or too coarse, and the Buddhist puja takes us through a series of devotional moods to help liberate them. This talk is part of the series Ritual and Devotion in

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06:34

Our True Response

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2018/12/10

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is called Our True Response, from the talk entitled Truthful Communication. Amarapuspa explores the topic of truthful communication starting from the idea that the spiritual life consists of speaking the truth. She discuses whether we are capable of speaking the truth and how the responses of our bodies may help us to spot if we are not being truthful. Amarapuspa also looks at the area of trust in communication and how factual accuracy is important. This talk was

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