Today’s FBA Podcast is the first talk in a brilliant series titled “Eight Verses for Training the Mind” by Dharmachari Subhuti. Based on the Tibetan text by Kadampa Geshe Langri Tangpa, Subhuti introduces the verses in the context of the development of Buddhism in Tibet and India. We then have a full treatment of the first verse itself:

“May I always cherish all beings,
Withe the resolve to accomplish for them
The highest good that is more precious
Than any wish-fulfilling jewel.”

Talk given at Madhyamaloka, Birmingham, 2004

For the full series: “Eight Verses for Training the Mind.”

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In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, “Cherishing Living Beings”, Subhuti tenderly takes us into the meaning of cherishing – looking after others, caring for them, and engaging in small acts of kindness. From the first talk in the series “Eight Verses for Training the Mind (talk 1).”

“May I always cherish all beings,
With the resolve to accomplish for them
The highest good that is more precious
Than any wish-fulfilling jewel.”

Talk given at Madhyamaloka, Birmingham, 2004

This Dharmabyte excerpt is part of the series “Eight Verses for Training the Mind.”

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Pain and Suffering is the first of two talks that Ratnaguna gave earlier this year at the Stockholm Buddhist Centre. He explores the whole area of feeling, both pleasant and painful, but especially the pain side of the spectrum. Using storytelling, poetry, and clear Dharma teaching, Ratnaguna asks, “What kind of life are you living if you are not really in your body? When you resist the pain, you resist everything.” When we face our own suffering, then we find something else… a deep sense of wisdom and kindness.

Coming up next week… Part II Pleasure and Happiness by Ratnaguna.

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