The Parable of the Elephant
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shares a parable from the Udana to illustrate why the Buddha spoke so little about the nature of Enlightenment. From the talk given at , 2007. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: | | Bite-sized inspiration three times every week. Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast: | | A full, curated, quality Dharma talk, every week. 3,000,000 downloads and counting! or search for Free Buddhist Audio or Dharmabytes in your favourite podcast service! Follow Free Buddhist Audio: | | | |
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The Fourth Sight
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looks at what motivated the Buddha to leave a comfortable life for an uncertain quest in the Jungle: the Four Sights of Old Age, Illness, Death, and the inspiring figure of the wanderer seeking liberation. Excerpted from the talk given at , 2016. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: | | Bite-sized inspiration three times every week. Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast: | | A full, curated, quality Dharma talk, every week. 3,000,000 downloads and counting! or search for Free Buddhist Audio or Dharmabytes in your favourite podcast service! ...
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Getting Lost
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offers some reflections on his personal experience of being in the Order. Excerpted from the talk Reflections On the Benefits of Being In the Order given at , 2016. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: | | Bite-sized inspiration three times every week. Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast: | | A full, curated, quality Dharma talk, every week. 3,000,000 downloads and counting! or search for Free Buddhist Audio or Dharmabytes in your favourite podcast service! Follow Free Buddhist Audio: | | | ...
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Unobstructed Generosity
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How do we move towards creating friendships that are less transactional and more transformative? speaks on the topic of spiritual friendship, specifically the practice of generosity, and it’s effect on opening the heart. Excerpted from the talk entitled given on an Order weekend at , 2013. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: | | Bite-sized inspiration three times every week. Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast: | | A full, curated, quality Dharma talk, every week. 3,000,000 downloads and counting! or search for Free Buddhist Audio or...
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Bhante as Mythic Guide
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reveals her early days on the Buddhist path by sharing a dream she had about ‘going home’ with Bhante Sangharakshita as her guide. From the talk given at the Triratna Buddhist Order weekend, held at , 2014. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: | | Bite-sized inspiration three times every week. Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast: | | A full, curated, quality Dharma talk, every week. 3,000,000 downloads and counting! or search for Free Buddhist Audio or Dharmabytes in your favourite podcast service! Follow Free Buddhist Audio: ...
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A Context for Working on Oneself
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talks on actualizing the myth of the Order- symbolised in the 1000 armed Avalokiteshvara. Excerpted from the talk given on a weekend at Padmaloka, 2010. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: | | Bite-sized inspiration three times every week. Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast: | | A full, curated, quality Dharma talk, every week. 3,000,000 downloads and counting! or search for Free Buddhist Audio or Dharmabytes in your favourite podcast service! Follow Free Buddhist Audio: | | | |
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Being Taken Seriously By My Teacher
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Excerpted from the talk Bhante - Teacher and Friend by , first in a symposium of talks about Sangharakshita given at the UK and Ireland Area Order weekend at , 2013. *** Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast: | | A full, curated, quality Dharma talk, every week. 3,000,000 downloads and counting!Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: | | Bite-sized inspiration three times every week. or search for Free Buddhist Audio or Dharmabytes in your favorite podcast service! Follow Free Buddhist Audio: | | | |
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Exploring the Teachings for Ourselves
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As part of celebrations at Sangha Night to mark the 90th birthday of Sangharakshita, gives a personal talk on the influence of Bhante as a teacher. Excerpted from the talk given at , 2015. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: | | Bite-sized inspiration three times every week. Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast: | | A full, curated, quality Dharma talk, every week. 3,000,000 downloads and counting! or search for Free Buddhist Audio or Dharmabytes in your favourite podcast service! Follow Free Buddhist Audio: | | ...
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Shoring Up Our Sense of Self
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“All worldly activities are as immaterial as chaff.” So said the Tibetan teacher Tsongkapa. Having explored the Eight Worldly Winds, and their effects upon us; having examined our response and looked at suggestions for ways of working, is there some overarching approach we could adopt? In short, what have we learned, and how can we put it into practice? Excerpted from the talk by given at , 2017. *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: | | Bite-sized inspiration three times every week. Subscribe to our Free Buddhist Audio podcast: | | A full, curated, quality...
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We Don't Believe the Evidence
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takes a look at one of the most difficult trainings offered in this approach. How can we find an opportunity for growth in that most upsetting situation - when someone we've trusted lets us down? Excerpted from the talk entitled , the sixth talk in a series of eight, given at the as part of the 8-part series , 2021. "Even when someone I have helped, Or in whom I have placed great hopes Mistreats me very unjustly, I will view that person as a true spiritual teacher." *** Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: | | Bite-sized inspiration three times every week....
info_outlineThe Buddha and Ananda once tended a sick monk, neglected by his companions because of his 'uselessness'. Sangharakshita shows that people cannot be treated as 'things' in the spiritual community.
From the talk A Case of Dysentry given in 1982 as part of the series Incidents from the Pali Canon.
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