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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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17:05

Keeping Our Hearts Open

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2018/02/26

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called Keeping Our Hearts Open, an excerpt from the talk on Avalokitesvara by Dharmasri. Speaking from the heart, Dharmasri evokes the wish to alleviate the suffering of all beings embodied by the figure Avalokitesvara. This talk continues the exploration of Transforming Self and World through looking at the seven-fold puja, by exploring the mantra of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. Dharmasri introduces us to Bodhisattvas as aspects of the Enlightened mind. We discover

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06:49

One Understands

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2018/02/22

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called One Understands, an excerpt from the talk on Manjusri by Amaraghosha one of a series of talks about archetypal Bodhisattvas. In this excerpt Amaraghosha explores the importance of wisdom in the Buddhist tradition through teachings including the Noble eightfold Path and the Four Noble Truths. This talk was given at the Croydon Buddhist Centre in 2016 as part of their regular Saturday morning sangha class.

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03:59

Peaceful Vajrapani

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2018/02/19

Our FBA Dharmabyte is called Our Pure Nature by Sanghanistha. From the talk entitled Peaceful Vajrapani. From the imaginative yet practical talk entitled Vajrapani given during the 2016 and#8216;Cosmic Going for Refuge Treeand#8217; retreat at Padmaloka.

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11:28

Our Pure Nature

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2018/02/15

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called Our Pure Nature by Aryajaya. From the talk entitled Vajrasattva who is associated with Purity and with the time of death. Aryajaya helps us to engage more deeply with the meaning and symbolism of Vajrasattva.

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05:20

Bringing Tara Into Being

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2018/02/12

Prepare to be inspired by this FBA Dharmabyte today by Tejasvini called Bringing Tara Into Being. From the talk entitled Green Tara from the Cambridge Buddhist Centre Sangha Night series on the imagination, exploring different Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.

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11:25

Mind States Make a Difference

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2018/02/08

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is by Sagaraghosa called Mind States Make a Difference. From the talk What Do Buddhists Think and#8211; Physics.

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15:50

Changing Faith

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2018/02/05

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, entitled Changing Faith, Sangharakshita discusses how Faith (shraddha) arises in dependence on unsatisfactoriness (dukkha). From the talk The Dynamics of Being given in 1966 as part of the series Introducing Buddhism.

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17:33

Faith

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2018/02/01

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, entitled Faith, Subhadramati explores what Buddhism means by faith, pointing us to what exactly we need to have faith in if we are to deepen into life. From the talk of the same name, Faith, given on the Urban Retreat 2016.

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08:22

Confidence

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2018/01/29

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is entitled Confidence. Confidence in the three jewels is incredibly important for our spiritual lives. Excerpted from the talk of the same title, Confidence, which includes a led meditation.

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13:00

Our Habitual Mind is Unaware

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2018/01/25

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is entitled Our Habitual Mind is Unaware by Ratnadhya, excerpted from Mind the Gap and#8211; Creating the Creative Space. Given at an introductory meditation weekend retreat in Worcestershire, Ratnadhya addresses the subject of Bardos and what they can teach us about our need to cultivate creative gaps in our lives in which we can just be rather than do. He talks about bardos of scale, from the traditional bardos of life and death, to the bardos that arise quite naturally

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11:48

A Mirror in the Wheel

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2018/01/22

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is an excerpt from a 1971 talk by Sangharakshita called A Mirror in the Wheel. The Wheel of Life, described here in all its wealth of detail, is not really a painting but a mirror, giving one successively more profound insights into yourself, and revealing the next step in escaping the endless round. From the talk The Symbolism of the Tibetan Wheel of Life from the series https://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/series/details?ser=X13

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06:49

Why does the Dharma exist?

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2018/01/18

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is another excerpt from a 1968 talk by Sangharakshita called Why does the Dharma exist?. Dharma is the experience of reality, and also the expression of that experience in the form of the Buddhaand#8217;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. Excerpted from the talk entitled The Meaning of the Dharma given in 1968 as part of the series Introducing

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13:12

The Dharma Jewel

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2018/01/15

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called The Dharma Jewel by Sangharakshita. Dharma is the experience of reality, and also the expression of that experience in the form of the Buddhaand#8217;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 is an excerpt from the talk entitled The Meaning of the Dharma given in 1968 as part of the series Introducing the Three Jewels of Buddhism.

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07:58

Reaching Across Differences

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2017/12/28

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, Reaching Across Differences Saravantu talks about one of Triratnaand#8217;s emphases and#8211; a unified Order and#8211; by looking inwards. If we turn away from elements of our own character, we will find ourselves turning away from others. A unified Order needs us to be able to turn towards all aspects of ourselves. This is an excerpt from the practical talk entitled An Inclusive Order -Turning Away, Turning Towards, Meeting the Shadows In Ourselves and

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08:24

Depth of Connection

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2017/12/25

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, Depth of Connection Nagabodhi shares memories of being in Croydon during the 1970and#8242;s. He describes the beautiful symmetry of the fact that he opened the first shrine room in the Croydon Centre and is now here to open the newly rebuilt shrine room in 2017. Nagabodhi considers the many eras of Croydonand#8217;s history and shares the idea that a new shrine room is the seed of incalculable journeys for the future. This is an excerpt from the talk A Sangha

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07:26

Describing Nirvana

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2017/12/21

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, Describing Nirvana by Sangharakshita. Attitudes connected with goal-seeking are at the root of misunderstandings about the nature of Nirvana, which many consider to be Buddhismand#8217;s and#8216;goaland#8217;. Sangharakshita challenges us to investigate our real motives for wanting to know what Nirvana is. The full talk, entitled simply, and#8220;Nirvanaand#8221; was given in 1966 and is part of the series Introducing Buddhism.

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04:22

Reflecting on Old Age and Death

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2017/12/18

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, Reflecting on Old Age and Death, Sangharakshita takes us through a personal ramble through the history of letters and letter writing. As usual the range of Sangharakshitaand#8217;s reflections in this is hugely impressive and#8211; taking in late mediaeval and 18th C. letter culture, provocative takes on Christianity, the Romantic poets and even the economy! Itand#8217;s an education and a genuine, poignant pleasure to hear him evoke a vanishing art, pass on old

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11:07

Enlightenment as a Real Possibility

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2017/12/14

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, Enlightenment as a Real Possibility, Ratnaguna describes the process of transformation in the context of the Five Aspects of the Spiritual Path and#8211; integration, positive emotion, spiritual receptivity, spiritual death, and spiritual rebirth. From the talk The Underlying Pattern of the Spiritual Life given at the Manchester Buddhist Centre on 14th April 2012.

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06:19

Tethered to Fiction

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2017/12/11

Our FBA Dharmabyte podcast today is called Tethered to Fiction by Arthabandhu. Spiritual death does not only mean esoteric meditation practices, it means confronting the vagaries and difficulties of life with honesty and courage and seeing what we can learn from them. By opening up to new experiences life becomes more vivid and enjoyable and#8211; if we can just face the fear. From the talk, The Sea As Spiritual Death, given at Young Men Retreat, Padmaloka 2012.

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06:47

A Network of Relationships

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio ·

2017/08/17

Our FBA Dharmabyte podcast today is called A Network of Relationships by Abhayanandi. The Buddha famously said that fellowship is the whole of the spiritual life. Is that really true?! Abhayanandi has been following this teaching notably by living in a residential Buddhist community and working in a team-based right-livlihood business. Hear her inspirational and hard-won reflections on Living Sanghaand#8230; From the talk entitled and#8220;Living Sangha.and#8221;

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