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September 29th, 2011
Today’s FBA Dharmabyte titled “The Eight Worldly Winds” is from the forth talk “Eight Verses for Training the Mind” by Dharmachari Subhuti.
“May none of this ever be sullied
By thoughts of the eight worldly concerns.
May I see all things as illusions
And, without attachment, gain freedom from bondage.”
Talk given at Madhyamaloka, Birmingham, 2004
This Dharmabyte excerpt is part of the series “Eight Verses for Training the Mind.”
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September 26th, 2011
Today’s FBA Dharmabyte “Seeing into One’s Own Nature” is from the talk “Zen and the Psychotherapeutic Process” by Sangharakshita. With a metaphysical, transcendental penetration into the ultimate depths of one’s own true nature, far behind the mind, in a new dimension all together, one emerges into Buddhahood.
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September 24th, 2011
Today’s FBA Podcast “Talks of a Free Spirit – 45 Years of the Buddha’s Life” explores the life and teachings of the Buddha as they’ve come down through the stories of the tradition. Vajrasara has a veritable genius for making clear the relevances for contemporary society, and this talk is a most engaging example as she takes her own favourite tales and draws out the beautiful challenges of it all.
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September 22nd, 2011
From the talk titled “Amitabha”, we bring you today’s FBA Dharmabyte, “Faith as Metta.” Saddhaloka introduces us to Amitabha, the red Buddha of the West who represents and inspires the highest love of all…
Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, winter retreat, 1997
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September 19th, 2011
Today’s FBA Dharmabyte by our teacher, Sangharakshita, is titled “The Bodhisattva Path”. Can the Eternal be reached by following a path in time? Excerpted from the talk “The Buddha and the Bodhisattva: Eternity and Time,” part of the series “Aspects of the Bodhisattva Ideal,” 1969.
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