Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio

Today's FBA Dharmabyte is titled: Radically Renouncing Blame, an excerpt from the full talk by the same name. As part of our Saturday Sangha mornings, Vijayasri presented an inspiring talk which looks at the Radical aspects of practice which form the Croydon Buddhist Centre's new vision.

Today's FBA Dharmabyte is titled: Experiencing Suffering. Stay in the gap with our difficult emotions to be with one’s suffering - this is the place of the spiritual warrior. From the talk "The Defects and Dangers of Samsara", by Maitreyi, the final talk in a five-part series from Tiratanaloka's retreat on the 'Four Mind Turnings' of the Tibetan tradition.

Today's FBA Dharmabyte is titled: The Story of Self. From the talk "Suffering and Joy - Compost For Love" by Dayajoti, given during the setup for Buddhafield Festival 2013 (theme 'Fire in the Heart') on the Four Brahma Viharas. Includes a reading of the Mallikaa Sutta.

Today's FBA Dharmabyte is an excerpt from the talk "Building the Buddha Land" by Sangharakshita. In this excerpt he answers the question, "How Is the Buddha Land Relevant to Us?", using the sphere of creativity and the arts as an example. Part of the series "The Inconceivable Emancipation - Themes from the Vimalakirti Nirdesha" given in 1979.

Jvalamalini brings us today's FBA Dharmabyte, an excerpt from her talk "At Home In the Cosmos; Myth, Magic and Us".  She explains that we can start effectively reading the Mahayana sutras by first becoming  "At Home with Myth" as a way of accessing aspects of spiritual experience that are unreachable through logic alone.

Sangharakshita answers the question, "What is a Buddha Land? in today's FBA Dharmabyte. From the talk "Building the Buddhaland" and part of the excellent series "The Inconceivable Emancipation - Themes from the Vimalakirti Nirdesha" given by Sangharakshita in 1979.

Today's FBA Dharmabyte is an excerpt from the talk "Pure and Impure Buddhalands - This Very Place, the Lotus Paradise" by Taranita. He begins the talk by "Reading the Sukhavativyuha Sutra", a text that expounds on the grandeur and wealth of riches available in the Pure Land. Taranita addresses the practical skepticism that often comes up in the face of the flowery language of the sutra, and suggests we look at it symbolically and mythically. Talk given at Bristol Buddhist Centre, 2015

Today's FBA Dharmabyte, is from the rather fabulous talk "Death and the Buddhist" by Danavira. We've titled this "Death Has 10,000 Doors". Danavira is one of the best speakers we know - he is very funny, can do poetic and profound, tends to the chaotic in his style, and has a particular genius for this kind of thing; this kind of thing being talking about death. The whole talk is a kind of respectful joyride through the hardest subject of all - sit back and enjoy a thoroughly adult treat that's likely to blow the heart wide open. Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, Men's Event 2000

Today's FBA Dharmabyte, "The Finite Nature of Life" is from Paramananda. Beginning the talk with a poem, he explores the importance of coming into relation with suffering, especially regarding our own and others' death. If we do not take on the finite nature of our lives, we cannot practise effectively.

In today's FBA Dharmabyte,"One Big Mistake" Padmakumara gives us much to consider in the areas of existential suffering, incompleteness, and the wrong view that external things can be relied on for happiness. From the talk "I Read the News Today, Oh Boy" - A talk on real practice in the sometimes painfully real world...

Sangharakshita rouses us with today's FBA Dharmabyte, entitled "Making the Best Use of Our Time - Practice the Dharma!". From the 1996 talk "Intellect, Emotion, and Will" given at the opening of the Manchester Buddhist Centre.

In today's FBA Dharmabyte, "Sangha as Bodhicitta Practice", Vajratara suggests that of the Bodhicitta practises we might take up - the puja or the various reflections on the suffering of beings - the most useful and effective Bodhichitta practice is the practice of sangha, of spiritual community. Now there's a thought! From the talk, "Generating Bodhi Mind" given at Taraloka, May 2009.

In today's FBA Dharmabyte, "Our Reaction to Suffering", Kulaprabha offers quite personal reflections on our responses to suffering. From the talk "Contemplating the Suffering of Beings" given at Taraloka.

In today's FBA Dharmabyte, "Hiding the Dharma in Story," Vajratara reminds us how the life's inspirations our found in the stories passed on to us. From the talk, Purna and the Perfumed Chamber - Stories From Early Sanskrit Buddhism, given on March 2012 UK Women National Order Weekend. The theme of the weekend was Delighting in the Buddha through Story - from dreadlocked ascetics, the taming of dragons, lost in the desert, and conversing with gods.

In today'sFBA Dharmabyte, "Downwards and Backwards," Maitridevi shares the myth of Persephone as pathway of moving backwards and downwards into the depths of one's being. From the talk, "The Tender Gravity of Kindness" that explores how this myth can influence our practice of the metta bhavana.