In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, “Who Can We Trust?” Saddharaja poses the question in the face of the three things mankind has traditionally relied upon: God, the Father, the group, and material possessions. He then explores what we really need… a mountain of confidence embodied in the figure of Akshobya. Includes a description of Akshobya’s appearance in the Bardo. From the talk, “Akshobya,” given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, Winter Retreat 2001

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This weeks FBA Podcast is a talk was given on a Young Women’ Weekend at Taraloka titled “Faith is Innate, Doubt Acquired.” In this talk Singhamati explores Sangharakshita’s aphorism: Faith is Innate, Doubt Acquired. It looks at questions such as: What is faith? How do you cultivate the three grounds of faith? How is doubt a fetter? How can you dispel doubt?

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Today’s FBA Dharmabyte explores ‘Three Kinds of Faith’ brought to us by Dhammadinna in a poignant talk title ‘The Preciousness and Rarity of Human Life.’. Sraddha has three aspects: cognitive, emotional and volitional. Like a wish-fulfilling gem, Faith allows us to achieve unsurpassable Enlightenment.

This is the second talk in a five-part series from Tiratanaloka’s retreat on the ‘Four Mind Turnings’ of the Tibetan tradition.

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In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, we continue our theme on the Buddha’s Enlightenment with “Mara’s Attack on the Buddha”. This Dharambyte is from the quietly passionate talk, “What is Enlightenment?” by Jinapriya on the quicksilver nature of the Enlightenment experience – impossible to pin down, utterly transformative. Here we meet Mara, the demon or trickster who represents our deepest fears, our doubts, our lack of confidence. We are met with a thoughtful series of reflections, stories and images that all look to open up the gates of perception, and prepare the heart for the biggest change imaginable and possible for all.

Talk given at Cambridge Buddhist Centre, 2003

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Today’s FBA Dharmabyte, elucidated by Sangharakshita himself, is titledFaith from the Higher Evolution Series, specifically the fifth talk: Buddhism and the Path of Higher Evolution. Faith in the context of Higher Evolution is the response of our total being responding to something higher, something beyond, something transcendental. The longing to give ourselves to the Three Jewels completely…it is the response of what is ultimate in us with what is ultimate in the universe.

This talk was delivered in 1969.

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