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
Unmindfulness Defined
Forgetfulness and distraction are the rule in ordinary life, but awareness and a and#8216;fullness of mindand#8217; is at the heart of human growth and development. Sangharakshita gives us todayand#…
Taking Awareness Deeper
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Taking Awareness Deeper,and#8221; Paramabandhu draws on many years of experience as a consultant psychiatrist and Dharma teacher. He invites us to consid…
Fill your Heart with Love
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Fill your Heart with Love,and#8221; Vanaraji shares a personal story of learning that if you fill your heart with love, there’s no room for anything else…
Be Here Now, Is It Enough?
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Be Here Now, Is It Enough?and#8221; Ratnaprabha reminds us that discomfort is caused by avoiding discomfort. Relief from suffering is found when we drop …
Breath is Essential to Life
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Breath is Essential to Lifeand#8221; is an excerpt from the talk titled and#8220;Anatomy of the Breath.and#8221; This talk provides a really good working co…
Living in an Unfair World
Lifeand#8217;s unfair, what can we do about it? We can practice the Dharma and follow the Buddhaand#8217;s teachings. Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Itand#8217;s Not Fair!and#8221; is an e…
Simplicity of Lifestyle
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Simplicity of Lifestyle,and#8221; Amritamati talks about how we can practice simplicity in our lives: whatever our lifestyle is or whatever we want our li…
The First Sight (Old Age)
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is by the delightful Ratnasuri titled and#8220;The First Sight (Old Age).and#8221; When Siddhartha Gautama was a young man, itand#8217;s said that he was so struck by …
Meeting Another’s ‘Environment’
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is a curious exploration entitled and#8220;Meeting Another’s ‘Environment’.and#8221; Sharing the teaching of Lin Chi on and#8216;environmentand#8217; and how we meet a…
Seeing the Mind By Not Seeing It
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Seeing the Mind by Not Seeing It,and#8221; is an excerpt from the 1965 talk, and#8220;Seeing Into One’s Own Nature and Realising Buddhahoodand#8221; by Sangh…
The World Is Unknown
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is titled: and#8220;The World Is Unknown,and#8221; by Vajragupta. The world is unknown, we cannot possibly know what the world is in itself. What we call the world is …
What is Life?
Our FBA Dharmabyte today, and#8220;What is Life?,and#8221; is an excerpt from the talk Awareness of Nature by Dharmasakhya. Quoting the poem, Leisure, by WH Davies, Dharmasakhya makes a beautiful c…
Building Sangha
Our FBA Dharmabyte today, and#8220;Building Sangha,and#8221; is by Vajrasara who explores the value of spiritual community, ways to encourage fuller harmony, and the many opportunities in friendshi…
Overcoming Spiritual Individualism
Wide open is the door of the deathless! Let those who are prepared to listen, put forth their faith! Our FBA Dharmabyte today, and#8220;Overcoming Spiritual Individualism,and#8221; is an excerpt fr…
A Society Inspired by Bodhicitta
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is titled and#8220;A Society Inspired by Bodhicittaand#8221; by Sangharakshita. We hear of Queen Vaydevi and the series of sixteen meditations as illustration to create a s…
The First of the Four Gifts
Our FBA Dharmabyte today, and#8220;The First of the Four Gifts,and#8221; is an excerpt from The Four Gifts,
Healing by Forgiveness
Our FBA Dharmabyte today, and#8220;Healing by Forgiveness,and#8221; is an excerpt from Love Your Enemy, the fourth in a five part series by Padmavajra on all aspects of the Metta Bhavana practice a…
Bhaisajyaraja: The Healing Aspect of Buddhahood
Our FBA Dharmabyte today, and#8220;Bhaisajyaraja: The Healing Aspect of Buddhahood,and#8221; is an excerpt from The Archetype of the Divine Healer, identifiable in Egyptian and Greek myths, also ap…
Individual Connection with Nature
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is an extract from the talk and#8220;Buddhism and Ecologyand#8221; by Akuppa, a fascinating, challenging and, in the end, realistically affirming look at Buddhist practice …
Embarking on an Inner Journey
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is an extract from the talk and#8220;Entering the Mandalaand#8221; by Garava, and#8220;Embarking on an Inner Journeyand#8221;. Here, he speaks of entering the Mandala; emba…