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Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio

Jan 31, 2013

Free Buddhist AudioTodayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is an excerpt from a personal talk and#8220;Life as an Order Memberand#8221; by Lokeshvara, the last in a series of four talks given to men training for ordination on the and#8216;What Is the Orderand#8217; retreat at Padmaloka,...


Jan 28, 2013

Free Buddhist AudioTodayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte and#8220;The Bodhisattva as Hero,and#8221; by Sangharakshita is from the talk and#8220;The Heroic Ideal in Buddhismand#8221; given in 1969.

Buddhism is sometimes seen as weak or negative. Using examples from the Pali Canon and Mahayana texts, this lecture shows that, on the contrary, heroic and positive...


Jan 24, 2013

Free Buddhist AudioIn todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte and#8220;The Compassionate Hearer,and#8221; Padmavajra puts us in touch with Bodhichitta as song. Here he shares with us the Shurangama Sutra on OM MANI PADME HUM, the mantra of Avalokitesvara, the one who hears the cries of the world.

From the richly rewarding talk and#8220;The Sound of Realityand#8221;...


Jan 21, 2013

Free Buddhist AudioIn todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte and#8220;Buddhist Dragons,and#8221; Sangharakshita shares a few thoughts on the naga, or Buddhist Dragon. From the talk, and#8220;Protectors of the Dharmaand#8221; in the and#8220;Transformation of Self and Worldand#8221; series on The Sutra of Golden Light by Sangharashita, 1976. In this series Sangharakshita...


Jan 17, 2013

Free Buddhist AudioTodayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is titled: and#8220;Dr. Ambedkar and Social Revolutionand#8221; from the recently released talk, and#8220;Dreaming Angels.and#8221; In this excerpt Vajratara evokes the social revolution of Dr Ambedkar. A revolution, she says, which is still needed to overthrow unhelpful attitudes in society, free...