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
Sangharakshita: The Early Years
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Sangharakshita: The Early Years,and#8221; Dharmashalin gives us an overview of Sangharakshitaand#8217;s early life and spiritual path before founding the…
The Dharma Challenges our Views
In todayand#8217;sFBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;The Dharma Challenges our Views,and#8221; Satyaraja asks us What’s most important to us? What do we devote our time to? He reminds us that we don’t like un…
Two Great Shifts in One’s Being
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Two Great Shifts in One’s Being,and#8221; Vajratara shares her thoughts on going forth, leaving behind ones old habits, and going for refuge towards what…
The Bodhisattva and Evolution
In todayand#8217;sFBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;The Bodhisattva and Evolution,and#8221; Sangharakshita introduces the figure of the Bodhisattva, who embodies the principle of perpetual self-transcendence…
Living Collectively: Sangha as Teacher
In todayand#8217;sFBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Living Collectively: Sangha as Teacher,and#8221;Saddhanandi shares some wisdom from Jack Kornfield on spiritual community and living collectively. She then…
Prajna as Aesthetic Appreciation
In todayand#8217;sFBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Prajna as Aesthetic Appreciation,and#8221; Padmavajra offers a little insight into seeing not-self. From the fourth talk in his wonderful series on the Dha…
Speaking About the Goal
In todayand#8217;sFBA Dharmabyte we hear from Ratnaghosha from the Menand#8217;s Combined Convention in and#8220;Speaking About the Goal.and#8221; Words and descriptions cannot fully encapsulate tra…
Hearing the Cuckoo’s Cry
In todayand#8217;sFBA Dharmabyte we hear from Maitreyabandhu from the Menand#8217;s Combined Convention in and#8220;Hearing the Cuckoo’s Cry.and#8221; Reading haiku, Maitreyabandhu brings us to refl…
Acting in Accordance with our Values
Subhadramati shares her insights on ethics in todayand#8217;sFBA Dharmabyte: and#8220;Acting in Accordance with our Values,and#8221; an excerpt from a the talk and#8220;Ethics As a Path to Insight.a…
A New Poem From Sangharakshita
We are delighted to dedicate todayand#8217;sFBA Dharmabyte to poetry. Not just any poetry, but and#8220;A New Poem From Sangharakshita,and#8221; read by Parami at the European Womenand#8217;s Conven…
Six Guides to Insight and a Touch of Magic
Danapriya brings us ourFBA Dharmabyte today, and#8220;Six Guides to Insight and a Touch of Magic.and#8221; The fourth and last (short) talk in a panel called and#8220;Spreading the Dharma as a Path …
Three Facets of Imagination
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is entitled: and#8220;Three Facets of Imagination,and#8221; an excerpt from the beginning of a two-part series by Maitreyabandhu called and#8220;A Further Reach and#8211; I…
Three Propositions
OurFBA Dharmabyte today is entitled: and#8220;Three Propositions.and#8217;and#8221; Candradasa presents he Buddhaand#8217;s three basic propositions: the nature of reality; how we see things and suf…
The Dakini, the ‘Lady of Space’
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;The Dakini, the and#8216;Lady of Space,and#8217;and#8221; Sangharakshita evokes the image of space, the sky, infinite, deep blue, and perfectly pure and …
The Things We Bow Down To
Vajratara delivers todayand#8217;s DharmabyteFBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;The Things We Bow Down To.and#8221; Weand#8217;ve got this nagging feeling that things are just not right. What do we go for refu…
Padmasambhava at Work
Find magic and ritual in todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Padmasambhava at Work.and#8221; Parami shares what itand#8217;s like ordaining someone and#8211; a channel to the transcendental. S…
What is freedom?
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;What is freedom?and#8221; Sagaraghosa offers a pithy talk exploring the Buddhaand#8217;s practical suggestions to find greater freedom in oneand#8217;s l…
The Bardo of Dream
According to Tibetan tradition, in the bardo, an and#8216;intermediate stateand#8217; in the endless round of birth and death, we are free for an instant from that round. The Tibetan book of the Dea…
The Moon and Flowers
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;The Moon and Flowers,and#8221; Ratnadharini beautifully explores the concepts of karma and#8211; our effect on others, and on the world. Includes a quote…
Unifying Symbolism of the Vajra
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Unifying Symbolism of the Vajra,and#8221; Sangharakshita describes the symbolism of samsara and nirvana in the vajra. From the talk and#8220;The Symbolis…