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Sravaniya, Boston, USA
Candradasa, FBA Team
Ratnaghosha, FBA Chairman
Vajratara, Sheffield, UK
Sangharakshita, Birmingham, UK
Vidyamala, Manchester, UK
Suvarnagarbha, Cambridge, UK
Sheila Groonell, Aryaloka, USA
May 13th, 2013
The Eightfold Path is divided into Paths of Vision and of Transformation. In our FBA Dharmabyte today “The Context of Perfect Vision” Sangharakshita illustrates how perfect vision can arise, and concludes by showing how Buddhists have communicated their vision of reality in conceptual and imaginative terms.
Talk given in 1968.
This talk is part of the series “The Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path.”
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May 9th, 2013
A vision of emptiness is key to spiritual alchemy. Our FBA Dharmabyte today is an exploration of the transformative magic that is Bodhichitta practice. “Vision of Life”, by Padmavajra, is excerpted from the talk “Death and Desire” part of “The Alchemy of Love” series given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2004.
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April 11th, 2013
In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, ““Going Beyond ‘Ego’,” Jinapriya delivers on the quicksilver nature of the Enlightenment experience. Going beyond fixed ‘ego’, checking one’s ambitions as they always look to a future; and the journey to the moment.
From the quietly passionate talk: “What is Enlightenment?” given at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre, 2003.
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January 26th, 2013
In this week’s FBA Podcast , “The Individual and Community” Dhammarati talks about the Order as the basis for the New Society. Basing his talk in part on the lectures where Sangharakshita originally introduced the idea of the New Society, which also includes interesting material on the Order, specifically the distinctions between Public and Private Ordination and what they represent.
Dhammarati then goes onto to explore the central importance the Triratna Buddhist Order places on communication and connection as a means of personal transformation and the basis from which we influence the world. This gives us the significance of the Triranta Buddhist Order as a community of individuals trying to change themselves and have a positive impact on society making them a nucleus of a new society.
Talk given in a seminar at Dharmapala College, 2010.
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January 21st, 2013
In today’s FBA Dharmabyte “Buddhist Dragons,” Sangharakshita shares a few thoughts on the naga, or Buddhist Dragon. From the talk, “Protectors of the Dharma” in the “Transformation of Self and World” series on The Sutra of Golden Light by Sangharashita, 1976. In this series Sangharakshita here shows how one of the most popular of Mahayana Sutras takes on the idea of transformation, and finds the beauty that awaits us in the dream that is also like Reality.
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