Mar 31, 2014
In todayand#8217;s
FBA Dharmabyte and#8220;Introduction
to Tonglen Retreatand#8221; Saddhanandi beautifully and
skilfully presents her vision for the Tonglen retreat held in March
2014 at Taraloka. Weand#8217;ve been posting all week from this
Triratna Order Retreat and are pleased to share this
and#8216;offering to the...
Mar 27, 2014
For our
FBA Dharmabyte today we chose an excerpt titled and#8220;Defining
Imaginationand#8221; by Subhuti from the Rambles
Around the Imagination 1 and#8211; Defining Imagination.
Following on from a recent set of conversations with
Sangharakshita, Subhuti gives the first in a series of Rambles on
the important subject of...
Mar 24, 2014
In our
FBA Dharmabyte today, and#8220;Illumined
Imagination,and#8221; Maitreyabandhu shares anecdotes from his
experience to draw out spiritual principles coming through ordinary
experience. The full talk is about Avalokitesvara and was given on
the LBCand#8217;s Winter Retreat at Sibford, Oxfordshire in
December...
Mar 20, 2014
Our
FBA Dharmabyte today, and#8220;Blending
Reason and Reverenceand#8221; is an excerpt from The Diamond
Sutra and#8211; Taking Mind to its Limits: Talk 1, by
Padmavajra. Blending the intellectual and the devotional, here
Padmavajra describes the setting of the sutra exploring simplicity
and awareness.
This is an excerpt from the...
Mar 17, 2014
Our
FBA Dharmabyte today is a short talk by Taranita entitled:
and#8220;The
Heart Sutra and#8211; Sunyata.and#8221; Sunyata is central to
the Heart Sutra, and here Taranita discusses this subtle Buddhist
teaching and#8211; often translated as Empitness or Voidness. In
doing so, amongst other things, he compares...