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Dharmabytes: An Unfamiliar Landscape

Mon, 18 Mar, 2024 - 10:00

Mahamani  shares some experiences around guilt, faith, losing the way and finding it. From the personal talk entitled The Way to the Top of the Hill from ‘The Way to the Beyond’ Womens AOWE held at Taraloka Retreat Centre, 2021.

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FBA Podcast: The Jataka Stories

Sat, 16 Mar, 2024 - 10:00

In an excellent and thorough introduction to the Jataka tales, Akashadevi explains the value of stories of the Buddha’s past lives and how they originated. She tells the stories of the Hare in the Moon and the Monkey King. This talk was given at the West London Buddhist Centre, 2017.

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Dharmabytes: Friend to Friend

Thu, 14 Mar, 2024 - 10:00

Ratnaprabha tells the story of Meghiya, his frustrating attempt to meditate, and the advice the Buddha gives him on the necessity of mentorship, or kalyana mitrata. From the talk Meghiya, Meditation and Mentorship given at West London Buddhist Centre, 2017.

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Dharmabytes: Longing to Illuminate Truth

Mon, 11 Mar, 2024 - 10:00

Vishangka explores the joys and challenges that arise in a spiritual community. He explores several suttas and what we can learn from them. Excerpted from the talk Blending like Milk and Water: Sangha In the Buddha’s Time given at Manchester Buddhist Centre, 2019.

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FBA Podcast: Kasyapa and the Flower

Sat, 9 Mar, 2024 - 11:00

In a striking and inspiring talk, Paramananda tells the life story of the Buddha’s disciple Kasyapa: the Buddha uniquely said that Kasyapa would have gained enlightenment even without his help. The crescendo is a mysterious transmission when the Buddha held up a lotus and Kasyapa smiled, regarded by Zen Buddhists as the start of their lineage. Paramananda discusses what ‘transmission’ could mean for us. This talk was given at West London Buddhist Centre, 2017.
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Dharmabytes: The Beauty of the Buddha

Thu, 7 Mar, 2024 - 11:00

Dayanandi contemplates the words of the Tiratana Vandana and the qualities of the Buddha that it evokes. She says: “I reflect on the words as they seem to bring out the reality of his Enlightened being for me; what it might be like to really be the Enlightened One.” Excerpted from the talk Reflecting on the Buddha in the Forest given at Manchester Buddhist Centre, 2019.

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Dharmabytes: Sharing the Love of Solitude

Mon, 4 Mar, 2024 - 11:00

Akashadevi and readers tell some of the delightful stories of the Buddha’s meetings with elephants, including this one when the Buddha needs a bit of space from the noisiness of his followers. From the talk Elephants and the Buddha, part of a “Tales and Teachings of Early Buddhism” given at West London Buddhist Centre, 2017.

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FBA Podcast: Let Your Inner Riches Shine

Sat, 2 Mar, 2024 - 11:00

The most human thing to do is to keep being kind. Generosity helps you build connection and community. Danapriya explores the themes of generosity and abundance. Talk given at East Kent Buddhist Group, 2008.

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Dharmabytes: A Galaxy of Being

Thu, 29 Feb, 2024 - 11:00

In this talk about generosity, Sona evokes some very beautiful imagery of a cosmos full of stars as he describes how in our practice of Buddhist ethics, that of caring for others, being scrupulously honest, and so on, makes us more open, more malleable, more receptive. Excerpted from the talk entitled Abundance given at the Manchester Buddhist Centre, 2016.

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Dharmabytes: True to Something Deeper

Mon, 26 Feb, 2024 - 11:00

Padmavajra delves into the true nature of conflict and harmony by exploring two significant episodes in the life of the Buddha, one of which features disharmony from within the Sangha of monks itself. Excerpted from the talk The Quarrelsome Monks of Kosambi which was streamed from the Padmaloka shrine room to around 30 people tuning in via Zoom to the Mid Essex Buddhist Centre, 2020.

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