Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio
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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Unobstructed Generosity
04/25/2024
Unobstructed Generosity
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 Dharmabytes in your favourite podcast service! Follow Free Buddhist Audio: | | | |
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Bhante as Mythic Guide
04/22/2024
Bhante as Mythic Guide
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
04/18/2024
A Context for Working on Oneself
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
04/15/2024
Being Taken Seriously By My Teacher
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
04/11/2024
Exploring the Teachings for Ourselves
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
04/09/2024
Shoring Up Our Sense of Self
“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 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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We Don't Believe the Evidence
04/04/2024
We Don't Believe the Evidence
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. 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 Positive Longing
04/02/2024
A Positive Longing
first met Sangharakshita when he was 17 and in this talk he shares some of his own most cherished memories of Bhante, including his experiences of being with him in India when he returned there in the 1970's to found the Order there. Urgyen Sangharakshita - Bhante - who died in 2018, is not only the founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community, but also teacher and spiritual friend to Padmavajra. Excerpted from the talk entitled given at Sheffield Buddhist Centre, 2019. *** 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 Conversion of King Pasenadi
03/28/2024
The Conversion of King Pasenadi
recounts the conversion of King Pasenadi by the Buddha. 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! Follow Free Buddhist Audio: | | | |
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Lesser and Greater Happiness
03/25/2024
Lesser and Greater Happiness
draws out examples of the Buddha’s wisdom from the Pali Canon highlighting how pleasure and bliss are not obstacles to the spiritual path, craving and attachment is the problem leading to suffering.. Excerpted from the talk entitled given at , 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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The Buddha’s Instant Response
03/21/2024
The Buddha’s Instant Response
The Buddha and Ananda once tended a sick monk, neglected by his companions because of his 'uselessness'. shows that people cannot be treated as 'things' in the spiritual community. From the talk given in 1982 as part of the series . *** 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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An Unfamiliar Landscape
03/18/2024
An Unfamiliar Landscape
shares some experiences around guilt, faith, losing the way and finding it. From the personal talk entitled from ‘The Way to the Beyond’ Womens AOWE held at , 2021. *** 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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Friend to Friend
03/14/2024
Friend to Friend
tells the story of Meghiya, his frustrating attempt to meditate, and the advice the Buddha gives him on the necessity of mentorship, or kalyana mitrata. From the talk 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 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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Longing to Illuminate Truth
03/11/2024
Longing to Illuminate Truth
explores the joys and challenges that arise in a spiritual community. He explores several suttas and what we can learn from them. Excerpted from the talk given at , 2019. *** 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 Beauty of the Buddha
03/07/2024
The Beauty of the Buddha
contemplates the words of the Tiratana Vandana and the qualities of the Buddha that it evokes. She says: "I reflect on the words as they seem to bring out the reality of his Enlightened being for me; what it might be like to really be the Enlightened One." Excerpted from the talk given at , 2019. *** 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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Sharing the Love of Solitude
03/04/2024
Sharing the Love of Solitude
and readers tell some of the delightful stories of the Buddha's meetings with elephants, including this one when the Buddha needs a bit of space from the noisiness of his followers. From the talk , part of a "Tales and Teachings of Early Buddhism" 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 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 Galaxy of Being
02/29/2024
A Galaxy of Being
In this talk about generosity, evokes some very beautiful imagery of a cosmos full of stars as he describes how in our practice of Buddhist ethics, that of caring for others, being scrupulously honest, and so on, makes us more open, more malleable, more receptive. Excerpted from the talk entitled given at the , 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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True to Something Deeper
02/26/2024
True to Something Deeper
delves into the true nature of conflict and harmony by exploring two significant episodes in the life of the Buddha, one of which features disharmony from within the Sangha of monks itself. Excerpted from the talk which was streamed from the Padmaloka shrine room to around 30 people tuning in via Zoom to the , 2020. *** 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 Kind and Intelligent Way
02/22/2024
A Kind and Intelligent Way
introduces the fourth tetrad: given on retreat as part of the series , , 2019. *** 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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Imagine We Are Enough
02/19/2024
Imagine We Are Enough
introduces the spirit and context of the Anapanasati Sutta, beginning with the first tetrad: given on retreat as part of the series , , 2019. *** 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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Overcoming Self-Centeredness
02/15/2024
Overcoming Self-Centeredness
, critiquing structural elements of our society from a Buddhist standpoint, and exploring what we can do to bring about a society more in line with Reality. Excerpted from the talk , the last of three talks in the series 'Reality and What to Do About It' given at , 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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The Values in Society
02/12/2024
The Values in Society
examines the relationship between the notion of self and society. He asks how we engage with the collective life of the society we are part of. He asks how do we engage with the collective life of the society we are part of. Using the examples of the Buddha, Dr Ambedkar, and Sangharakshita as to how we might do that. Excerpted from the talk given on an online gathering of the in Scotland, 2020. *** 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 Juxtaposition of Disharmony and Harmony
02/08/2024
The Juxtaposition of Disharmony and Harmony
shares two early stories from the Buddhist tradition to illustrate disharmony and harmony in the sangha. From the talk entitled The Four Ordination Vows - given at , 2009. *** 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 Courageous Undertaking
02/05/2024
A Courageous Undertaking
explores the poisons of craving and aversion which fuel emotions. She shares the story of David Attenborough meeting the gorillas in Africa as an example of how to meet potentially scary, overwhelming mind states with a simple awareness, in touch with whatever feelings there are and a willingness to meet and connect with that. Excerpted from the talk entitled , part of the series , given at Bristol Buddhist Centre, 2019. *** 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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Harmony and tolerance
02/01/2024
Harmony and tolerance
Taking the Buddha's 'Seven points for the Stability of the Sangha' as his text, explores their meaning and continuing relevance for 21st century Buddhists. Excerpted from the talk entitled given on the , 2008. *** 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 Present Moment is our Joy
01/29/2024
The Present Moment is our Joy
moves through an exploration of joy, in both its mundane and grander manifestations. As he does so, he recalls the Buddha’s realization that joy and happiness arise when our life coalesces around our deepest values, often connected with relaxing in meditation. This is what may lead to Awakening for any and all of us… From the talk given at , 2022. *** 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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Seeing Through Our Views
01/25/2024
Seeing Through Our Views
First in a series of talks on the wisdom of the middle way. Here uses the Triratna mandala of practice to find the middle way between the Psychological and spiritual that opens us towards liberation. Excerpted from the talk given at , 2022. *** 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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Taking Impermanence to Heart
01/22/2024
Taking Impermanence to Heart
True wisdom in the Buddhist sense is not book knowledge, but understanding how things really are. The Buddha was always pragmatic in his approach and sought to get straight to the root of suffering. His vision was embedded in conditioned co-production: awareness that things are always coming into being and passing away, and that there are many conditions in play together. uses the metaphor of the ocean, with many waves arising and passing away, as a starting point for her reflections on the 3 lakshanas, the marks of conditioned existence. Excerpted from the talk , part of the series given at , 2018. *** 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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An Integrated Ideal
01/18/2024
An Integrated Ideal
talks about the hero's journey as a middle way, referring to the Buddha's life story. She describes practising with three creative dynamics in the spiritual life between 'will and receptivity', 'inner calm and outer activity', and 'vision and transformation', suggesting their resolution in the six perfections. Excerpted from the talk entitled The Hero's Journey given at , 2022. *** 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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What is Perfect Vision?
01/15/2024
What is Perfect Vision?
The Eightfold Path is divided into Paths of Vision and of Transformation. illustrates how perfect vision can arise, and concludes by showing how Buddhists have communicated their vision of reality in conceptual and imaginative terms. Excerpted from the talk entitled The Nature of Existence: Right Understanding, as part of the series given in 1968. *** 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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