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 30 minutes
Anapanasati – Meditation on the Breath
Core meditation teaching from Viveka. Here is her fresh and vibrant take on the traditional practice of anapanasati - mindfulness with breathing. Using the breath as a stabilizing presence, this series of reflections is designed to help us discover the...
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Lalitavira's splendid talk on mindfulness - especially mindfulness of the body - is here to ground you! Through vivid imagery, we encounter the root practice of Buddhism as it appears in earliest times. In doing so,
Introduction to Mind and Mental Events
A new year's talk by Subhuti to help dust away all those mental cobwebs hanging over from the last one! Just the thing for sharpening your wits, deepening your understanding of the thorny area that is ethics,
All One Gorgeous Mistake
A jewelled casket of a talk by Vajradarshini, with poetic accompaniment. Rumi meets Tsongkhapa in the Tavern of Ruin, and Dogen, Milarepa and Nagarjuna join them to talk about 'self' and 'world'. Joanna Macy turns up too — then many voices,
The Sound of Reality
Fabulous stuff from Padmavajra. This richly rewarding talk explores the place and function of sound in Buddhist practice and history, as well as within the speaker's own spiritual life. A wide-ranging cultural journey is made from John Coltrane to Sufi...
Understanding Karma and Buddhist Ethics
A good, pithy introduction from Nagapriya (not to say quirky - check out the soccer references!) to the traditionally thorny and rather misunderstood area of karma and rebirth, teasing out its relationship to Buddhist ethics in general.
Standing on Emptiness: View, Meditation, and Action
A lovely, thoughtful exploration of the traditional Buddhist path of ethics, meditation and wisdom, using poetry and the ideas of contemporary science to evoke the mystery that lies at the heart of practice.
Breaking the Mould
A sparkling discussion from 2003 on the use of images for accessing the Buddhist tradition. And an indispensable exploration of everyday practice of the Dharma in the beautiful light of the Tathagathagarbha Sutra.
Touching the Void
In this moving talk Jnanavaca relates events in Joe Simpson's popular mountaineering book 'Touching the Void' to aspects of Buddhist practice. For more talks and to help us keep this free, visit freebuddhistaudio.com