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
Becoming More Natural
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte and#8220;and#8220;Becoming More Natural,and#8221; Kamalashila encourages us to approach meditation as a kind of prayer that exposes artificiality through awareness …
Thunder-Like Silence
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, Sangharakshita speaks on the power of silence by introducing us to Vimalakirtiand#8217;s and#8220;and#8220;Thunder-Like Silence.and#8221;
From the talk and#8220;Th…
Self, Other and Emptiness
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;and#8220;Self, Other and Emptiness,and#8221; Parami speaks from her heart and wealth of experience. In the full talk, and#8220;Out of Compassion for the W…
View, Meditation and Action
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;and#8220;View Meditation andamp; Action,and#8221; is an excerpt from the talk and#8220;Standing on Emptinessand#8221; by Dhammadassin. This lovely, thoughtfu…
Going Beyond Fixed ‘Ego’
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;and#8220;Going Beyond and#8216;Egoand#8217;,and#8221; Jinapriya delivers on the quicksilver nature of the Enlightenment experience. Going beyond fixed and…
Just Be Friendly
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Just Be Friendly,and#8221; we took a sampling from a very forthright and passionate talk by Vajratara, titled and#8220;Chetul Sangye Dorje.and#8221; She m…
The Dharani: Spell of Protection
Our FBA Dharmabyte, today is a preview for this weekendand#8217;s full length FBA Podcast. In and#8220;and#8220;The Dharani: Spell of Protection,and#8221; Candradasa shares his thoughts on The Rite …
Compassionate Action
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;and#8220;Compassionate Action,and#8221; Sangharakshita talks about Chetul Sangyu Dorje, his teacher who gave him the Green Tara sadhana practice. Green Ta…
Mantric Sound
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;and#8220;Mantric Sound,and#8221; Sangharakshita explores this fascinating symbol of the Enlightened Mind.
From the talk, and#8220;The Symbolism of Colours…
Sound Offering to Padmasambhava
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Sound Offering to Padmasambhava,and#8221; is the mantra chanted at the end of the Sevenfold Puja practiced in the Triratna Buddhist Community. Chanted by …
No End to Love
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;No End to Love,and#8221; Padmavajra describes how love is constant, continuous and spontaneous. This talk, and#8220;Introducing the Great Love,and#8221; w…
A Creative Response
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;A Creative Response,and#8221; Subhuti encourages us to and#8220;Ignite your heart!and#8221; Duality is inherently unsatisfactory. By opening yourself up t…
The Buddha’s Creativity
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;The Buddhaand#8217;s Creativity,and#8221; Vishavapani looks behind the veils of history, legend and the texts themselves to conjur a vivid, felt image of …
Tibetan Art as Religious Art
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Tibetan Art as Religious Artand#8221; Sangharakshita talks about how every aspect of traditional Tibetan life is infused with religious significance, not …
Beauty as a Gateway to Wisdom
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Beauty as a Gateway to Wisdomand#8221; Srivati talks on creativity as a way of life, especially when that life is in flux and the ground of our being is s…
Art and Transformative Communication
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Art and Transformative Communicationand#8221; is an excerpt from the highly acclaimed talk, and#8220;Art and The Spiritual Lifeand#8221; by Sangharakshita, 1…
Ted Hughes on the Bardo Thodol
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Ted Hughes on the Bardo Thodol and#8221; Candradasa reads a fascinating, poetic rendering of this ancient Buddhist text on death and dying.
From the talk,…
Life – For A Limited Time Only
In this weekand#8217;s FBA Podcast and#8220;Life and#8211; For A Limited Time Only,and#8221; Suriyavamsa begins with the inevitability of death and some of our habitual attitudes to death and suffer…
The Mahaparinirvana Sutta
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;The Mahaparinirvana Suttaand#8221; Sangharakshita takes us through a beautiful retelling of the Buddhaand#8217;s last days. From the talk, and#8220;The Ta…
Does the Buddha Exist After Death?
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Does the Buddha Exist After Death?and#8221; Sangharakshita explores this centuries old question.
From the talk, and#8220;The Meaning of Parinirvanaand#822…