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
Personal Mandalas
We continue our opening theme for 2016 on mandalas with todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte Jvalamalini offers a gentle and thorough introduction to mandalas, in this excerpt the focus is on our personal…
Vajrasattva: Purification
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, by Sangharakshita, is an introduction to what is likely the most important of the four mula-yogas, the indispensable preparatory practices of the Vajrayana devotee. a…
Impermanence of This Body
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, by Punyamala, is entitled and#8220;Impermanence of This Bodyand#8221;. An excerpt from the talk of the same title, Punyamala eloquently reminds us that the Buddhist v…
Retracing our Steps on the Path
Weand#8217;ve been moved to share an abundant handful of Sangharakshitaand#8217;s writings and poems this month. Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is entitled and#8220;Retracing our Steps on the Patha…
Before Dawn
Weand#8217;ve been moved to share an abundant handful of Sangharakshitaand#8217;s writings and poems this month. Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is a poem entitled and#8220;Before Dawnand#8221;. Sel…
Life is King
Weand#8217;ve been moved to share an abundant handful of Sangharakshitaand#8217;s writings and poems this month. Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is a poem entitled and#8220;Life is Kingand#8221;. Se…
Orpheus in the Underworld
Weand#8217;ve been moved to share an abundant handful of Sangharakshitaand#8217;s writings and poems this month. Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is a poem entitled and#8220;Orpheus in the Underworld…
The Caves
Weand#8217;ve been moved to share an abundant handful of Sangharakshitaand#8217;s writings and poems over the next few weeks. Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is an excerpt from and#8220;The Caves of…
The Elder Revealed – Gentleness Prevails
Weand#8217;ve been moved to share an abundant handful of Sangharakshitaand#8217;s writings and poems over the next few weeks. In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;The Elder Revealedand#8221;…
The Lotus of Compassion
Weand#8217;ve been moved to share an abundant handful of Sangharakshitaand#8217;s poems over the next few weeks. Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is a poem entitled and#8220;The Lotus of Compassionan…
The Bodhisattva’s Reply
Weand#8217;ve been moved to share an abundant handful of Sangharakshitaand#8217;s poems over the next few weeks. Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is a poem entitled and#8220;The Bodhisattvaand#8217;s…
The Modern Bard
Weand#8217;ve been moved to share an abundant handful of Sangharakshitaand#8217;s poems over the next few weeks. Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is a poem entitled and#8220;The Modern Bardand#8221;.…
The White Calf
Weand#8217;ve been moved to share an abundant handful of Sangharakshitaand#8217;s poems over the next few weeks. Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is a poem entitled and#8220;The White Calfand#8221;. …
A Dharmic Framework for Total Transformation
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is entitled and#8220;A Dharmic Framework for Total Transformationand#8221;, an excerpt from the talk and#8220;Karma and the Consequences of Our Actionsand#8221; by Ra…
The Act of Making a Refuge
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is entitled and#8220;The Act of Making a Refugeand#8221;, an excerpt from the talk and#8220;The Search For Refugeand#8221; by Padmavajra. At the time of the Buddha, l…
Seeing Both Sides
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is entitled and#8220;Seeing Both Sidesand#8221;, an excerpt from the talk and#8220;Lightening the Loadand#8221; by Karunagita.
A great talk from Karunagita, author of…
Concepts: A Map of Reality
Transcendental insight is free of intellectual thought, but it doesn’t just arise out of nowhere. Nobody can tell you the difference between theory and direct experience and#8211; you just know it. T…
Imagining a New Sort of Consciousness
Sometimes we can’t imagine an adult consciousness. What you are doing when you sit down to meditate to foster, to reveal to yourself a greater consciousness. Sometimes children have a sense of this g…
Practising the Breath with a Witness
We hear how the practice relates to the theory of Buddhist meditation and are encouraged to choose and learn from our direct experience of how we respond to our breath in the moment. Todayand#8217;s …
Sangha as a Radical Alternative to Capitalism
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte explores a topic deriving from one of the Six Emphases of Triratna in a talk entitled and#8220;Sangha as a Radical Alternative to Capitalismand#8221;, from the talk an…