Posted by Viriyalila
March 16th, 2013
In this week’s FBA Podcast, we bring you a classic talk by Sangharakshita: “Art & The Spiritual Life.” “Art is the organisation of sensuous impressions that express the artist’s sensibility and communicate to his audience a sense of values that can transform their lives.” Using his own definition, Sangharakshita investigates the relevance of art and the artist to higher evolution.
Talk given in 1969 as part of the series “The Higher Evolution.”
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Posted by Viriyalila
March 14th, 2013
In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, “The Buddha’s Creativity,” Vishavapani looks behind the veils of history, legend and the texts themselves to conjur a vivid, felt image of the Buddha’s personality. From the talk “The Buddha’s Personality” given during the launch of ‘Gautama Buddha: The Life and Teachings of the Awakened One’.
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Posted by Viriyalila
March 7th, 2013
In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, “Beauty as a Gateway to Wisdom” Srivati talks on creativity as a way of life, especially when that life is in flux and the ground of our being is shifting. Through her own poetry and reflections on writing and art, Srivati evokes an aesthetic path into the very heart of Reality.
Talk given at Taraloka Retreat Centre, Great Gathering 2000
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Posted by Viriyalila
December 20th, 2012
Our FBA Dharmabyte today,”The Creative Experience,” is an excerpt from the talk “Art and the Spiritual Life” by Sangharakshita in 1969.
“Art is the organisation of sensuous impressions that express the artist’s sensibility and communicate to his audience a sense of values that can transform their lives.” Using his own definition, Sangharakshita investigates the relevance of art and the artist to higher evolution.
This talk is part of the series “The Higher Evolution.”
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Posted in Blogroll, Dharmabytes, Free Buddhist Audio | Tags: art, Creativity
Posted by Viriyalila
March 5th, 2012
Today’s FBA Dharmabyte “Seven Bodhyangas,” by Sangharakshita, is an excerpt from the talk “Mind: Reactive and Creative.” Here, Sangharakshita describes in detail the Seven Factors of Enlightenment, a creative spiral path of spiritual development.
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Posted in Blogroll, Dharmabytes, Free Buddhist Audio | Tags: Creativity, equanimity, joy, mental events, Mindfulness, spiral path
