Aug 29, 2013
In todayand#8217;s
FBA Dharmabyte we draw from Dayamalaand#8217;s talk on and#8220;Building
the Buddhalandand#8221;
In this segment of the talk entitled, and#8220;Five Hundred Parasolsand#8221; she references the early chapters of the Vimalakirti Nirdesa as a poetic example of the relationship between individual spiritual practitioners and...
Aug 26, 2013
Vishvapani looks
back to the Buddhaand#8217;s day in todayand#8217;s
FBA Dharmabyte and#8211; introducing his book on the Buddha in
a talk called and#8220;The
Buddha and Societyand#8221;
In this segment, and#8220;The Buddha in Relation to His Societyand#8221; he looks at how the Buddha likely engaged with the political and social atmosphere...
Aug 22, 2013
Todayand#8217;s
FBA Dharmabyte is an segment from Sangharakshitaand#8217;s 1976
talk and#8220;A
Blueprint for a New Societyand#8221;
Entitled and#8220;Changing Self and Societyand#8221; he discusses two common views regarding changing the world and#8211; changing the system, and changing the individual and#8211; and how they are not...
Aug 19, 2013
Todayand#8217;s
FBA Dharmabyte is an excerpt from Maitrisaraand#8217;s talk
and#8220;Meeting
the Suffering of the World and#8211; Compassion in
Actionand#8221; given as the last talk of Dharmapala
collegeand#8217;s and#8220;40 years of the New Societyand#8221;
seminar.
Entitled and#8220;Meeting Sufferingand#8221; she talks about the unique challenge of...
Aug 15, 2013
Todayand#8217;s
FBA Dharmabyte is an excerpt from Devamitraand#8217;s riveting
talk and#8220;Quang
Ducand#8221; given at the London Buddhist Center.
In this segment entitled and#8220;The Burning Monkand#8221; Devamitra discusses the motivations behind Quang Ducand#8217;s self-immolation in Vietnam and its after-effects, which raises many...