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!
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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 7 minutes
- Episodes
- 1356
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2025
One Understands
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called One Understands, an excerpt from the talk on Manjusri by Amaraghosha one of a series of talks about archetypal Bodhisattvas. In this excerpt Amaraghosha explores …
Peaceful Vajrapani
Our FBA Dharmabyte is called Our Pure Nature by Sanghanistha. From the talk entitled Peaceful Vajrapani. From the imaginative yet practical talk entitled Vajrapani given during the 2016 and#8216;Co…
Our Pure Nature
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called Our Pure Nature by Aryajaya. From the talk entitled Vajrasattva who is associated with Purity and with the time of death. Aryajaya helps us to engage more deeply …
Bringing Tara Into Being
Prepare to be inspired by this FBA Dharmabyte today by Tejasvini called Bringing Tara Into Being. From the talk entitled Green Tara from the Cambridge Buddhist Centre Sangha Night series on the ima…
Mind States Make a Difference
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is by Sagaraghosa called Mind States Make a Difference. From the talk What Do Buddhists Think and#8211; Physics.
Changing Faith
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, entitled Changing Faith, Sangharakshita discusses how Faith (shraddha) arises in dependence on unsatisfactoriness (dukkha).
From the talk The Dynamics of Being gi…
Faith
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, entitled Faith, Subhadramati explores what Buddhism means by faith, pointing us to what exactly we need to have faith in if we are to deepen into life. From the t…
Confidence
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is entitled Confidence. Confidence in the three jewels is incredibly important for our spiritual lives. Excerpted from the talk of the same title, Confidence, which include…
Our Habitual Mind is Unaware
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is entitled Our Habitual Mind is Unaware by Ratnadhya, excerpted from Mind the Gap and#8211; Creating the Creative Space. Given at an introductory meditation weekend retreat…
A Mirror in the Wheel
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is an excerpt from a 1971 talk by Sangharakshita called A Mirror in the Wheel. The Wheel of Life, described here in all its wealth of detail, is not really a painting but a …
Why does the Dharma exist?
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is another excerpt from a 1968 talk by Sangharakshita called Why does the Dharma exist?. Dharma is the experience of reality, and also the expression of that experience in t…
The Dharma Jewel
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called The Dharma Jewel by Sangharakshita. Dharma is the experience of reality, and also the expression of that experience in the form of the Buddhaand#8217;s teaching, e…
Reaching Across Differences
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, Reaching Across Differences Saravantu talks about one of Triratnaand#8217;s emphases and#8211; a unified Order and#8211; by looking inwards. If we turn away from e…
Depth of Connection
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, Depth of Connection Nagabodhi shares memories of being in Croydon during the 1970and#8242;s. He describes the beautiful symmetry of the fact that he opened the fir…
Describing Nirvana
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, Describing Nirvana by Sangharakshita. Attitudes connected with goal-seeking are at the root of misunderstandings about the nature of Nirvana, which many consider t…
Reflecting on Old Age and Death
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, Reflecting on Old Age and Death, Sangharakshita takes us through a personal ramble through the history of letters and letter writing. As usual the range of Sanghar…
Enlightenment as a Real Possibility
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, Enlightenment as a Real Possibility, Ratnaguna describes the process of transformation in the context of the Five Aspects of the Spiritual Path and#8211; integrati…
Tethered to Fiction
Our FBA Dharmabyte podcast today is called Tethered to Fiction by Arthabandhu. Spiritual death does not only mean esoteric meditation practices, it means confronting the vagaries and difficulties of…
A Network of Relationships
Our FBA Dharmabyte podcast today is called A Network of Relationships by Abhayanandi. The Buddha famously said that fellowship is the whole of the spiritual life. Is that really true?! Abhayanandi h…
The Complete Embodiment of Love
Our FBA Dharmabyte podcast today is called The Complete Embodiment of Love by Subhadramati. We can see how the Buddha is the embodiment of love in the stories of the Pali Canon. He is completely res…