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Buddhasiha, Ipswich, UK
Candradasa, FBA Team
Kamalashila, Catalunya, Spain
Eric, FBA Team
Sangharakshita, Birmingham, UK
Coleen, FBA Team
Mary, FBA Team
Ratnaghosha, FBA Chairman
March 21st, 2013
In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, “No End to Love,” Padmavajra describes how love is constant, continuous and spontaneous. This talk, “Introducing the Great Love,” was given at the beginning of an intensive retreat focused on the Metta Bhavana meditation practice, the Development of Loving Kindness.
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November 17th, 2012
Our FBA Podcast today, “People of Loving Kindness,” is a lovely talk from Padmavajra, given to celebrate Sangha Day in Birmingham. And who better to conjure the spirit of loving kindness as it permeates a community practising together and supporting each other in their great, shared endeavour.
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May 28th, 2012
Today’s FBA Dharmabyte, “Tension Between Self and Other,” by Kavyasiddhi is from the accessible talk, “Learning the Metta Bhavana” given on a retreat open to people of all levels of meditation experience. Here she shares a personal account working with the tension arising between focusing on one’s self and focusing on the needs of others.
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March 29th, 2012
This weeks FBA Dharmabyte, “Positive Emotion and The Spiritual Life“, is an extract from the legendary series by Sangharakshita, “Buddhism for Today and Tomorrow” given in 1976. From the talk “A Method of Personal Development“, the founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community speaks eloquently about how the practice of friendliness can bring about profound change in one’s life.
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March 26th, 2012
This weeks FBA Dharmabyte, “Who Benefits?“, is a revisit to last weekend’s full talk podcast, “Brahama Viharas and the Key Moment” by Kulaprabha. In this extract, Kulaprabha reflects on who benefits when we engage in a process of cultivating loving kindness through the Brahma Vihara meditation practices.
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