Dharmabytes From Free Buddhist Audio

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Ritual, Metaphor and Poetryand#8221; is an excerpt from the talk and#8220;Standing on Emptiness: View, Meditation, and Actionand#8221; by Dhammadassin. This beautifully weighted talk challenges us to look at how we think and how we act, and is rooted in a moving fidelity to experience as the ground of our inspiration. One to be treasured! Talk given at the Western Buddhist Order women's national Order weekend, August 2004

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is a lovely introduction to and#8220;Ryokanand#8217;s Poemsand#8221; from the inspiring talk by Padmavajra titled and#8220;Bliss Bestowing Hands.and#8221; Packed with poetry and typically robust Zen reflections, this talk makes sure we are left with a heightened sense of the present moment as our only ground of being. From the not-to-be-missed series and#8220;Tangling Eyebrows with Zen Masters.and#8221;

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyteand#8221; Sangharakshita speaks on the positive counterparts of the Three Fetters: Creative, Committed andamp; Clear.and#8221; From the talk and#8220;Entering the Sanghaand#8221; given on Sangharakshitaand#8217;s first visit to the Buddhafield Festival, Devon 2007.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Tension Between Self and Other,and#8221; by Kavyasiddhi is from the accessible talk, and#8220;Learning the Metta Bhavanaand#8221; given on a retreat open to people of all levels of meditation experience. Here she shares a personal account working with the tension arising between focusing on oneand#8217;s self and focusing on the needs of others.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, is a lovely reading of the story of and#8220;Meghiyaand#8221; by Sangharakshita. Beautifully read by Sangharakshita, these readings are taken from the oldest scriptural texts and evoke the real spirit of early Buddhism and#8211; the struggles, the joys and the triumphs of ordinary people who followed the path to Truth. The and#8220;Readings from the Pali Canonand#8221; was recorded in 2000 to mark the Digital Legacy project to begin transferring Dharmachakraand#8217;s archive to digital format!

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, Paramabandhu offers us ways of and#8220;Creating Spiritual Friendship.and#8221; Includes a reading of the lovely poem on compassion titled The Unseen Flower by Sangharakshita. Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, May 2001

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Sincerity, Thoroughness, and Strenuousness,and#8221; is a thoughtful look at the synthesis of the total Buddhist tradition emerging in the western world. Sangharakshita points out that as a living religion, Buddhism is very new in our western cultures. The Chinese occupation has had enormous effects on Tibetan Buddhism. What future does it have, and what can Western Buddhists learn from its unique heritage? From the talk and#8220;The Future of Tibetan Buddhismand#8221; given in 1968, part of the series: and#8220;An Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism.and#8221;

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;The Three Yanas in Tibetan Buddhism,and#8221; Sangharakshita explores how in Tibetan Buddhism we can learn about all three yanas and#8211; the Hinayana, the Mahayana and the Vajrayana. From the talk and#8220;The Future of Tibetan Buddhismand#8221; given in 1968.

In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;The Bardo of Life, An Extraordinary Opportunity,and#8221; Padmavajra explores the great text that reveals the realms between death and new life, where anything is possible in the Bardo and#8211; the and#8216;intermediate stateand#8217;. and#8221; From the first talk in the series and#8220;Tibetan Book of the Dead (Bardo Thodol).and#8221;

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Buddhism Beyond Samsaraand#8221; takes us into the reflections of Vajradarsini on practicing purely with insight in mind. Buddhism is not being better at samsara nor is it relying on the material plane. From the talk and#8220;The Transitoriness of Life and the Certainty of Deathand#8220;, part of a five part series titled and#8220;The Four Mind Turnings.and#8221; given at Tiratanaloka Retreat Centre for women training for ordination in the Triratna Buddhist Order.

Todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte is a closer look into the chapter titled and#8220;Flowersand#8221; from the and#8220;Dhammapadaand#8220;, by Padmavajra. The ideal student masters the realm of death by entering the transcendental path while discerning the Verses of Truth.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is brought to us by the delightful Saddhanandi and#8220;How to Hold a Visionand#8221; from the talk and#8220;Enlightenment as Heart, Life as Whole.and#8221; Are we nourished or are we burdened by our ideals? Ideals need to be well-rooted in our heartsand#8230; beyond the worldly windsand#8230; not an abstraction, our vision is our direction and our orientation that guides us along the way.

Todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte is on and#8220;The Buddhaand#8217;s Gratitudeand#8221; discussing the importance of gratitude for the spiritual life, even for the Buddha following his Enlightenment. The talk, and#8220;Looking at the Bodhi Tree,and#8221; given in 1975 by Sangharakshita, is as relevant today as it was then.

This weeks FBA Dharmabyte,and#8221;Bahiya and#8211; In the Seen Only the Seenand#8221; is a reading from the book and#8216;Gautama Buddha: The Life and Teachings of the Awakened Oneand#8217; (Quercus, 2011) by Vishvapani. The original talk, Imagining Gautama, is part of series launching the book from February 2011.

This weeks FBA Dharmabyte titled: and#8220;What is Enlightenment?and#8220;, from the talk, and#8220;Enlightenment as Experience and as Non-Experienceand#8221; by Sangharakshita exposes a modern disease of frustrated craving for experience. Sangharakshita suggests that spiritual life is better seen in more concrete ways; as growth, work, and duty.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Practising Purely,and#8221; by Varjadarshini, is from the third talk in a five-part series from Tiratanalokaand#8217;s retreat on the and#8220;Four Mind Turningsand#8221; of the Tibetan tradition titled: and#8220;The Transitoriness of Life and the Certainty of Death.and#8221;

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, is brought to us by Maitreyi titled: and#8220;Trying to Make Samsara Workand#8220;. Another gem from the talk and#8220;The Defects and Dangers of Samsaraand#8221; where Maitreyi looks at pleasure and suffering in the context of samsara and#8211; compassionate responses to self and other, and how to loosen the bondsand#8230; Talk given at Tiratanaloka Retreat Centre, 2005 This talk is part of the series and#8220;The Four Mind-Turning Reflectionsand#8220;.

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;The Four Rivers of Samsaraand#8221; is from the second talk from the 2009 UK Womenand#8217;s Order / Mitra Event titled and#8220;Generating Bodhi Mindand#8221; by Vajratara. She guides us through the second section of Tsongkhapaand#8217;s short text on and#8220;The Three Principle Aspects of the Pathand#8221;. The verses contain some strong and striking images for what it feels like being caught in Samsara and they come to life in Vajrataraand#8217;s talk. She relates how she nearly came to death herself swept away by a Indonesian river and that was just an ordinary river current, never mind the current of Samsara!

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Cultural, Political and Social Changeand#8220;, is an extract from a question and answer session with Sangharakshita at the Croydon Buddhist Centre in November, 2004. The full recording can be found here: and#8220;An Evening with Sangharakshita.and#8221;

Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, takes us right to the heart of the matter with and#8220;Samsara and Nirvanaand#8220;, by Maitreyi. From the talk and#8220;The Defects and Dangers of Samsaraand#8221; where Maitreyi looks at pleasure and suffering in the context of samsara and#8211; compassionate responses to self and other, and how to loosen the bondsand#8230; Talk given at Tiratanaloka Retreat Centre, 2005 This talk is part of the series and#8220;The Four Mind-Turning Reflectionsand#8220;.