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Today's FBA Dharmabyte entitled "Altruistic Activity as Insight Practice" draws from an evening of discussion with Sangharakshita in which he was asked to discuss whether one could see altruistic activity as a support for insight in light of the illness of the world.

In this week's FBA Podcast Guhyavajra explores "Ethics as Insight Practice". Ethics is as an important stage in the path leading to wisdom, but how are ethics and insight interrelated?

Karunagita gives today's FBA Dharmabyte entitled "Supports to Insight" . Given at the European Women's Convention at Adhisthana, one of a series of talks on the topic "The Bodhisattva's Reply: Triratna Paths to Insight".

Continuing our exploration of Insight, today's FBA Dharmabyte is one from Khemasuri on "Transcending Paradigms" . Given at the European Women's Convention at Adhisthana, one of a series of talks on the topic "The Bodhisattva's Reply: Triratna Paths to Insight".

This week's FBA Podcast entitled "The Texture of Reality", is an early lecture from Sangharakshita on Insight, recorded in 1966, dealing with the three marks (lakshanas) of conditioned existence and their transcendence via the three liberations (vimokshas).

Another talk in our exploration of Insight, today's FBA Dharmabyte from Dhammamegha entitled "Living Dharma in South Africa" was the second talk in a panel called "Spreading the Dharma as a Path to Insight", given at the European Combined Order Convention held at Wymondham College on 23 August 2014.

In today's FBA Dharmabyte, Amalasiri gives a lovely talk entitled "Life is a Gift - Triratna in Barcelona", beginning a series of podcasts from now to the end of the year exploring the topic of insight.  This talk was given at the European Combined Order Convention, the theme of which was "The Bodhisattva's Reply: Triratna Paths to Insight".

This week's FBA Podcast entitled "Meeting the Suffering of the World", by Maitrisara, was the last in a series of talks at Dharmapala College celebrating "40 Years of the New Society". Here Maitrisara takes on the topic of compassion in action.

Sangharakshita recounts for us in today's FBA Dharmabyte the Rohini incident in which "The Buddha Prevents a War". The Buddha's lone voice of sanity in this story is a wonderful template for us to work from when considering realistic courses of action in the modern world to promote peace and end warfare. Excerpted from the talk "Buddhism, World Peace and Nuclear War" given in 1984.

In today's FBA Dharmabyte Lokabandhu speaks on the topic of "Buddhism and Activism", describing how becoming an active force for good in the world through direct social engagement is an integral part of Buddhist practice. Part of the longer talk "Buddhism, Social Engagement, and Non-Violent Direct Action" given in the Dharma Parlour at the 2010 Buddhafield Festival.

A robust talk for this week's FBA Podcast entitled "A Challenge to the Modern World", by Sagaraghosa, critiquing structural elements of our society from a Buddhist standpoint, and exploring what we can do to bring about a society more in line with Reality.

In today's FBA Dharmabyte Amalaketu talks about Eco Dharma at Colchester Buddhist Centre's Sangha Night series on Engaged Buddhism. Entitled "Introducing Eco Dharma",  he maps out the possible Buddhist response to the environmental crisis.

In today's FBA Dharmabyte, we present an excellent talk from Young Peoples Facilitator Kara Moses entitled  "Sangha as Alternative Culture".  Kara talks about why industrialised Capitalist society presents us with particularly challenging conditions for Buddhist practise, and how the Sangha provides a radical positive alternative.

Grounding his talk in the Kosambiya and Anuruddha suttas in this week's FBA Podcast entitled "Why We Need the New Society", Vajragupta guides us through how we can create the conditions for the seeds of selflessness to grow and develop in the framework of the New Society as described by Sangharakshita: communities, centres and working together.

In today's FBA Dharmabyte, we complete our series on Sangharakshita, his life and his friendships with  "Lalitaratna Rejoices in Bhante".  This talk is another in a set recorded during a celebration of Sangharakshita's birthday in 2010, featuring the lively and humorous reminiscences of Lalitaratna.