Dharmabytes features bite-sized dharma, three times a week, from the Free Buddhist Audio archives. Themed in conjunction with our weekly full length talk podcast, these are inspiring short extracts from over 5,000 talks on Buddhism, meditation and mindfulness! Tune in, be inspired!
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 18 days 12 hours 39 minutes
Love, Sangha and Amitabha
In this week's FBA Podcast,"Love, Sangha and Amitabha", Amitasuri introduces us to Amitabha: Buddha of love and compassion, looking at the love and sangha aspects of the red Buddha of the western realm. From this perspective Amitasuri reflects on our r...
Rebecoming
Our FBA Dharmabyte today titled: 'Rebecoming', by Ratnadharani, explores the distinction between skilful and unskilful as a process of re-becoming or rebirth. - From the fourth talk in a five-part series from Tiratanaloka's retreat on the 'Four Mind ...
What does it mean to be human?
"What does it mean to be human?" We have choices and possibilities, pleasure and pain. Our FBA Dharmabyte is an exploration of the balance of karma and karma vipaka. From the talk "The Preciousness and Rarity of Human Life" by Dhammadinna,
The Tale of Maha-Kassapa
In this week's FBA Podcast "The Tale of Maha-Kassapa" Amoghavajra asks us, what is it that gladdens your heart? - Taking us back 2,500 years to the Kingdom of Magadha in Northern India to the birth of a boy called Kassapa,
The Knowledge of Suchness
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is a reading from the 'Perfection of Wisdom' titled: "The Knowledge of the Suchness of the Skandhas". From the guided "Reflection on the Five Skandhas" in the series "Night Lily Garden of the Midnight Way - Emptiness and the Gr..
The Dharma is Everywhere
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is a beautiful short talk by Aryashila of the Croydon Buddhist Centre. In "The Dharma is Everywhere" she uses the challenging poetry of Leonard Cohen and others, as well as her own deep life experience,
What Do We Really Know About the Buddha?
Be prepared for the odd surprise in our FBA Podcast today where Dhivan asks: "What Do We Really Know About the Buddha?" - A lovely talk here from the excellent Dhivan. As he sifts the information that's come down to us,
The Buddha As Bodhisattva
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is a preview for Saturday's Podcast. In "The Buddha As Bodhisattva" be prepared for the odd surprise as Dhivan considers the relationship between what we think we may know about the Buddha,
As Stars…
Our FBA Dharmabyte today takes into the heart of The Diamond Sutra. In "As Stars...", Padmavajra gives us the last teaching: as stars; a fault of vision; a lamp; a mock show or magician's illusion. Here, the sutra becomes poetry,
Welsh Bats, A Vajrasattva Drugs Mule and Spanish Insight
Our FBA Podcast today is a wonderfully entertaining talk on Perfect Vision titled: "Welsh Bats, A Vajrasattva Drugs Mule and Spanish Insight." Here Vajrin tells a story of a wide ranging journey, including his early days at the Bristol Buddhist Centre ...