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 24 minutes
A Creative Response
In today's FBA Dharmabyte, "A Creative Response," Subhuti encourages us to "Ignite your heart!" Duality is inherently unsatisfactory. By opening yourself up to the sufferings of the world, you open up to a transcendental force,
Art & The Spiritual Life
In this week's FBA Podcast, we bring you a classic talk by Sangharakshita: "Art & The Spiritual Life.""Art is the organisation of sensuous impressions that express the artist's sensibility and communicate to his audience a sense of values that can tra...
The Buddha’s Creativity
In today's FBA Dharmabyte, "The Buddha's Creativity," Vishavapani looks behind the veils of history, legend and the texts themselves to conjur a vivid, felt image of the Buddha's personality. From the talk "The Buddha's Personality" given during the la..
Tibetan Art as Religious Art
In today's FBA Dharmabyte, "Tibetan Art as Religious Art" Sangharakshita talks about how every aspect of traditional Tibetan life is infused with religious significance, not least Tibetan architecture and iconographical painting,
Ashvaghosha: India’s Great Buddhist Poet
In this week's FBA Podcast, "Ashvaghosha: India's Great Buddhist Poet" Dhivan introduces Ashvaghosha, the Buddhist poet of 2nd c. AD India. Two of his works survive: a poetic re-telling of the Buddha's life-story ('The Buddhacarita' or 'Acts of the Bud...
Beauty as a Gateway to Wisdom
In today's FBA Dharmabyte, "Beauty as a Gateway to Wisdom" Srivati talks on creativity as a way of life, especially when that life is in flux and the ground of our being is shifting. Through her own poetry and reflections on writing and art,
Art and Transformative Communication
Today's FBA Dharmabyte, "Art and Transformative Communication" is an excerpt from the highly acclaimed talk, "Art and The Spiritual Life" by Sangharakshita, 1969. - "Art is the organisation of sensuous impressions that express the artist's sensibilit...
Poetry East: Sasha Dugdale Interview
In this week's FBA Podcast, Maitreyabandhu brings us "Poetry East: Sasha Dugdale Interview." Sasha Dugdale is a poet and translator. She worked for the British Council in Russia in the 1990s where she set up the Russian New Writing Project with the Roy...
Ted Hughes on the Bardo Thodol
In today's FBA Dharmabyte, "Ted Hughes on the Bardo Thodol " Candradasa reads a fascinating, poetic rendering of this ancient Buddhist text on death and dying. - From the talk, "Death and the Biggest Questions of All" 2005,
A Guidebook for the Dead
In today's FBA Dharmabyte, "A Guidebook for the Dead" Padmavajra explores the great text that reveals the realms between death and new life, where anything is possible in the Bardo - the 'intermediate state'.