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Today's FBA Podcast is possibly one of Padmavjra's best talks given at Padmaloka. Compassion. This. Given during the October Men's event 2012.

Today's FBA Podcast is so provocative we don't even need a description. Who Hates the Metta Bhavana? by Jnanavaca. Week two of a five week seminar on the Metta Bhavana practice at the London Buddhist Center.

In today's FBA Podcast, Evolution, Capitalism and the Buddha Vaddhaka argues that capitalist economics is based upon a narrow evolutionary view associated with social Darwinism and a distorted interpretation of the survival of the fittest. So the question is then: Can modern approaches to evolution help to develop a new approach to economics more in line with buddhist values? Stockholm Sweden, 22 of February 2016

Today's FBA Dharmabyte explores four reasons Why We Fear Death drawn by Kulaprabha from the Abhaya Sutta in the Pali Canon. It's a lovely segment from a larger talk looking at the roots of fear, how it relates to change and transformation in spiritual practice, and how we can live more fearlessly. From the talk System of Meditation Retreats - Spiritual Death, Fear and Fearlessness.

Today's FBA Podcast recounts the harrowing and revelatory tale of Kisa Gotami in a talk entitled "A Life-Changing Encounter" by Jvalamalini. In the story, Kisa Gotami's grief for her dead child is completely transformed after her contact with the Buddha through the experience of compassion and insight, leading her to a life of spiritual commitment and renunciation.

Today's FBA Dharmabyte speaks here on the challenge of building a Buddhist movement. In What is a Committed Buddhist? he discusses the need for Buddhist movements to be run only by committed Buddhists and who actually practice the Buddha's teachings, not by those who merely have an intellectual interest. But how can one know who is a committed Buddhist? From the talk "Commitment and Spiritual Community", part of a series entitled "A New Buddhist Movement - the Meaning of the FWBO".

Today's FBA Dharmabyte features Dhammarati on the topic of Going for Refuge. In Mind and the Nature of Commitment he talks about setting the mind to purified intention and making correction after failure - crucial aspects in cultivating a committed Buddhist practice. From the talk "A System of Training".

Part of a series from Cambridge Buddhist Centre on the Six Distinctive Emphases of the Triratna Buddhist Community, today's FBA Podcast from Aryajaya is entitled "Commitment is Key". Here she discusses Going for Refuge to the Three Jewels, a thread that runs through all Buddhist traditions but which is drawn out strongly as a central principle in the Triratna tradition.

Today's FBA Dharmabyte gives a short introduction by Sangharakshita to the Pali Canon in "A Passage from the Mahaparinibbana Sutta" - one of the earliest and most well-known Buddhist texts. From the talk "The Disappearing Buddha".

Padmavajra brings us into contact with the depths of the Diamond Sutra in today's FBA Dharmabyte, with this segment entitled "The Buddha's Parinirvana". Drawing on the story of the Buddha's final days, he illustrates the principle of practicing perfect generosity by giving of oneself freely and unsupported. From the talk "The Diamond Sutra - Taking Mind to its Limits: Talk 3", part of the series "The Diamond Sutra - Taking Mind to its Limits".

Today's FBA Podcast is entitled "The Way to the Beyond" by Vimalavajri. Here she offers some reflections on how the Mahaparinibbana Sutta gives us glimpses of awakening by looking at three topics: Ananda's request for last instructions, the Buddha's comforting of Ananda's grief, and the mystery of the Parinirvana itself.

Today's FBA Dharmabyte brings us around to our final podcast on the Five Buddha Mandala. In Have We Really Arrived?. Kamalashila brings it all right back into this present moment. From the talk Absorption - After the Enlightenment. How do you get used to being Enlightened? What happened to the Buddha in the weeks after his breakthrough experience? Kamalasila explores these questions in two ways - using the framework of the system of meditation to shed light on the process that unfolded in the Bodhisattva's mind and body as Enlightenment dawned; and connecting us imaginatively with the symbolism and image of Muchalinda, the great serpent, coiling his body protectively round the meditating Buddha.

Continuing with our journey through the Five Buddha Mandala, we find ourselves at the centre with Vairocana. Today's FBA Podcast is entitled Sitting At the Centre of the Mandala by Vessantara. How do we balance the teachings of effort and openness? One way is through the image of the sun and relaxed being. The practice of the Dharma is simply to come back. Yet of course this requires effort. Another question is the balance between practical and mythical approaches : can we hold both at once? What do we give significance to? what do we make real ? can we open to a world of richer and deeper meaning? This is the eleventh and last talk of Padmaloka's 2012 Winter Retreat and is part of the series The Mandala of the Five Buddhas.

Continuing around the mandala, we now enter the realm of story and imagination with a journey to the northern realm. In today's FBA Podcast we move around to the North to meet Amoghasiddhi: Courage and Creativity. Amoghasiddhi is also connected with Spiritual Rebirth, we hear how this relates to insight, becoming more than we are, and the way in which we draw up courage and creativity to transform ourselves and maybe make a difference in the world. This talk is part of the series The Mandala of the Five Buddhas.

Continuing around the mandala, in today's FBA Podcast we meet Amitabha in a talk by Padmasuri simply called Amitabha.