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
Tangled Up in Sorrow
In todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte podcast Vadanya gives us and#8220;Tangled Up in Sorrowand#8221;, an excerpt from the talk Wisdom In The World. It’s through not knowing the truth about the way things a…
What is Insight?
In todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte podcast, and#8220;What is Insight?and#8221; Dayajoti and Saddhanandi talk about Metta as an ungraspable co-arising, inseparable from mindfulness, which expresses itself…
What is Metta?
In todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte podcast, and#8220;What is Metta?and#8221; Dayajoti and Saddhanandi talk about Metta as an ungraspable co-arising, inseparable from mindfulness, which expresses itself i…
Awareness of Self
Our FBA Dharmabyte podcast today is entitled and#8220;Awareness of Selfand#8221; by Sangharakshita. Forgetfulness and distraction are the rule in ordinary life, but awareness and a and#8216;fullness…
The Process of Transformation
In todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte podcast Sangharakshita reminds us that real transformation begins with the dawn of insight or clear vision. In this excerpt entitled and#8220;The Process of Transformat…
‘Knowing’ as a Lived Experience
In todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte podcast, Parami gives us and#8220;and#8216;Knowingand#8217; as a Lived Experienceand#8221; from the talk Living In The Greater Mandala. A bodhisattva is a being intent …
Metta as Quite Ordinary and Everyday
In todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte podcast entitled and#8220;Metta as Quite Ordinary and Everydayand#8221;, Jvalamalini gives a very personal and helpful take on the metta bhavana (loving kindness) pract…
Shraddha – A Curious Intuition
Drawing out concepts from the Dhammapadaand#8217;s verses, Padmavajra explores the qualities of faith (or shraddha) in this Dharmabyte podcast entitled and#8220;Shraddha and#8211; A Curious Intuitio…
To Make the Imperfect Perfect is Enough to Love it
In todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte podcast from Vajrapriya entitled To Make the Imperfect Perfect is Enough to Love it, he discusses the fact of suffering or dukkha as part of being human. What are we to…
Blake’s Idea of the ‘Devouring’ Aspect of Mind
Sangharakshita reflects on William Blakeand#8217;s concept of the and#8220;devouringand#8221; aspect of mind and how it relates to the chain of conditionality in todayand#8217;s FBA Podcast entitled…
Dukkha to Compassion
Dayajoti gives us todayand#8217;s FBA Podcast entitled Dukkha to Compassion. From the talk entitled, and#8220;Bodies of Earth and#8211; Beyond Me and Mine and#8211; Dukkhaand#8221; given on a two-we…
Understanding Anatta (‘No Self’)
In todayand#8217;s FBA Podcast we hear more vintage Sangharakshita in Understanding Anatta (and#8216;No Self’). Everything we know about the self is in constant change and flux. You cannot understan…
Nothing Is Standing Still
In todayand#8217;s FBA Podcast Nothing Is Standing Still Sangharakshita describes the characteristic of anitta as the whole universe is one vast set of processes, all interrelated. From the talk, an…
Living in Harmony With Truth
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, we hear from Parami, our international Order Convenor, about how dukkha is not living in harmony with truth of conditioned existence and how it is metta that is t…
All Conditioned Things…
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, All Conditioned Thingsand#8230; is an excerpt from the talk Seeing with Insight and#8211; Dhammapada Verses 277 to 279 by Padmavajra. All of the Buddhaand#8217;s co…
Coming Back to Gladness
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is a little gem from an infectiously delightful talk by Sanghaketu on the subject of joyful resonance with others (mudita) as part of the 2015 Rainy Season Retreat on…
Joy and Compassion
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is entitled Joy and Compassion, an excerpt from Suffering and Joy and#8211; Compost For Love by Dayajoti. This talk was given during the setup for Buddhafield Festiva…
The Spiritual Community of Individuals
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, The Spiritual Community of Individuals Sangharakshita describes his understanding of true sangha. In creating a spiritual community people need to eschew complete…
Ethics and Compassion
Parami comes out strong in todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, Ethics and Compassion. The Buddha realised full well how hard it was going to be to communicate what he had discovered to other people and…
Metta – a Thread That Connects
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is a short excerpt from Metta and#8211; a Thread That Connects by Singhamati. This talk was given on a Young Womensand#8217; Weekend at Taraloka. Itand#8217;s a perso…