In today’s FBA Dharmabyte “The Effect of Reflecting on Suffering” Maitreyi looks at pleasure and suffering in the context of samsara – compassionate responses to self and other, and how to loosen the bonds…

This Dharmabyte is from the talk “The Defects and Dangers of Samsara,” given at Tiratanaloka Retreat Centre, 2005 and is part of the series “The Four Mind-Turning Reflections.”

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In today’s FBA Podcast Suriyavamsa begins “Life for a Limited Time Only” with the inevitability of death and some of our habitual attitudes to death and suffering, reading from contemporary poets. He brings out the Buddhist perspective that life and death are not separate, but parts of the same process.

This talk was given on Parinirvana Day 2010 at the Glasgow Buddhist Centre.

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Today’s FBA Dharmabyte “Everything Just Beginning” is by Amaraketu from the talk “Doubt as Path.” Beginning with a quote from Sungsan, he reminds us that we don’t know what’s going to happen, everything is just beginning.

This is a preview to next Saturday’s full length podcast.

Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2005.

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Today’s FBA Podcast, “Transcending the Human Predicament”, Sangharakshita investigates various symbolic elements in the Parable of the Burning House and we are reminded of the importance of responding to ‘the call of the Divine’. The general significance of the parable is then discussed under the headings of escapism, universalism and sectarianism.

“The White Lotus Sutra is not only a religious classic, but a masterpiece of symbolic spiritual literature.” ~ Sangharakshita

From the classical ground-breaking series: Parables, Myths and Symbols of Mahayana Buddhism in the White Lotus Sutra given in 1971.

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In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, “The Parable of the Burning House”, Sangharakshita begins by reading from the White Lotus Sutra and follows with an explanation of the symbolism of the house. We are reminded of the importance of responding to ‘the call of the Divine’.

The talk from which today’s Dharmabyte is extracted is titled: Transcending the Human Predicament, which is part of the series Parables, Myths and Symbols of Mahayana Buddhism in the White Lotus Sutra given in 1971.

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