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Sangharakshita gives us today's FBA Dharmabyte - an introduction to Jamyang Khyentse Rimpoche, one of the foremost Tibetan Buddhist teachers of his time. Although a Nyingma master, Jamyang Khyentse w…

The missing memoir years of Sangharakshita’s life story has been told by Khantipalo in his book, Noble Friendship. Khantipalo and Sangharakshita spent a year together in India receiving meditation i…

In today’s FBA Dharmabyte we meet Jagdish Kashyap, Sangharakshita’s first teacher, the Theravadin scholar/monk with whom he lived and studied Pali, logic and Buddhist philosophy at Benares. After…

In our FBA Dharmabyte today we are introduced to Kachu Rimpoche by Vajratara one of Sangharakshita’s eight main teachers.

Kachu Rimpoche was a man of great learning, renowned as a deep meditator and…

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is entitled 'Not to be Defined'  by Jnanavaca. Excerpted from the talk Is A Guru Necessary? Jnanavaca revisits one of Sangharakshita's classic talks from 1970 and gives his …

We are pleased to present today’s FBA Dharmabyte entitled 'Engaging with Sangha as Teacher', excerpted from Saddhanandi's talk Spiritual Transmission and Lineage given at the Triratna Buddhist Order …

In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, 'These Texts Were Meant to be Understood', Shraddhapa talks about his work translating the Ratnaguna Samcayagatha, a profound Mahayana Sutra from Sanskrit into English.

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Today's Dharmabyte is 'Offering your Life' by Yashobodhi. In this personal talk Yashobodhi goes into the aspiration to be of benefit to all beings, the pitfalls an aspiring bodhisattva can come acro…

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is An Inner Journey. This is a fascinating introduction to the mandala from Garava - the idea, the myth, the image, the symbol, the experience. His own practice as an artist…

Today's FBA Dharmabyte is Knowing Our Patterns by Karunavapi.

We live by patterns, mostly unconsciously. Using personal reflections, poetry and imagery of the Five Buddha Mandala, Karunavapi talks of…

Today’s FBA Dharmabyte, is Expanding Views by Nandaraja. How to step outside of polarisation and find freedom of heart and mind. From the talk Empathising with the Enemy given on a People of Colour…

In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, Sangharakshita discusses The Four Limitless States.

In Buddhist practice, the traditional method of choice for effecting positive change in one’s life is meditation. Here S…

Today’s FBA Dharmabyte is Turning Towards by Saddhanandi. How do you make a meaningful practice of loving kindness in a difficult world? How do we turn towards, rather than away...? This is excerpt…

Our FBA Dharmabyte today brings us face to face, as it were, with "our root fear", that of selflessness.

From the talk Ethics as Insight Practice by Guhyavajra.

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Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called Be More Than Your Culture by Maitreyabandhu.

How do we make the most of life? Buddhism is a non-theistic, practical path of human growth and fulfilment. This series…

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called Generosity Leads to Happiness by Vijayasri.

This is another talk in our exploration of The Journey and The Guide. Vijayasri considers how having generosity at the c…

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called Supporting Brilliance by Singhamati.

A heartfelt talk about Integration as a path to wholeness. Looking at the what, how and why of this crucial aspect of the spiri…

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called Integration Mandalas by Vajragupta.

In this talk, exploring the Journey and the Guide, Vajragupta leads us through creating a personal mandala so that we can disco…

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Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called Our Next Teacher by Ratnaprabha.

In the full talk entitled The Great Way, Ratnaprabha tells the Zen story of the maiden in the mud, explains the attitude of the Ma…