May 28, 2015
Our
FBA Dharmabyte today, entitled: Five
Spiritual Faculties is from 1966. Sangharakshita points out
possible potentially misleading assumptions concerning Buddhism,
and describes three principal avenues to a practical spiritual
life.
An excerpt from the talk, The
Approach to Buddhism, part of the series
May 25, 2015
Our
FBA Dharmabyte today is entitled The Most
Difficult Questions. Here Arthapriya explores the Buddhist
understanding of what we call reality, and how it is less common
sensical than we might imagine. In particular, he questions how
much our and#8216;outside worldand#8217; is in fact so strongly
conditioned by our state of...
May 21, 2015
Our
FBA Dharmabyte today is an excerpt from Non-Self
In Buddhist-Psychology by Kamalashila. The Buddha taught from
his vision of interconnected conditionality which showed him that
nothing is fixed or permanent. It is a radical, extraordinary
vision. His way of looking at the human psyche, the mind, heart or
soul,...
May 18, 2015
Our
FBA Dharmabyte today is entitled Time
Traveling to the Time of the Buddha. Amoghavajra takes us back
2,500 years to the Kingdom of Magadha in Northern India to the
birth of a boy called Kassapa. He grows up happily and as he gets
older he becomes less and less worldly. This is the beginning of
the legendary tale of...
May 14, 2015
OurFBA
Dharmabyte today is The
Story of Angulimala by Suriyavamsa from the talk, and#8220;Like
The Moon Released From A Cloud.and#8221; Suriyavamsa tells us
the story of the murderer Angulimala, who has a complete change of
heart after trying to catch and kill the Buddha and finding it
impossible. The tale illustrates how...