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
The Psychical Energies of the Stupa
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;The Psychical Energies of the Stupaand#8221; Sangharakshita takes us through a poetic and magical journey of the psychical energies of the five elements …
Verses of Confession
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , continues on our Parinirvana/Vajrasattva/Confession as Practice theme. Titled and#8220;Verses of Confession,and#8221; Padmavajra is exploring the transformative magi…
Shifting the Centre of Gravity: Confession
and#8220;And there he saw a man beating that drum. Then from the sound of the drum he heard these confessional verses.and#8221;
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Shifting the Centre of Gravit…
Loving Samsara
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte , and#8220;Loving Samara,and#8221; is a talk specially recorded by Viveka Chan in San Francisco for the LBCand#8217;s Parinirvana Festival Day, 2012, entitled and#8216…
Life as an Order Member
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is an excerpt from a personal talk and#8220;Life as an Order Memberand#8221; by Lokeshvara, the last in a series of four talks given to men training for ordination on …
The Bodhisattva as Hero
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte and#8220;The Bodhisattva as Hero,and#8221; by Sangharakshita is from the talk and#8220;The Heroic Ideal in Buddhismand#8221; given in 1969.
Buddhism is sometimes seen …
The Compassionate Hearer
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte and#8220;The Compassionate Hearer,and#8221; Padmavajra puts us in touch with Bodhichitta as song. Here he shares with us the Shurangama Sutra on OM MANI PADME HUM, …
Buddhist Dragons
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte and#8220;Buddhist Dragons,and#8221; Sangharakshita shares a few thoughts on the naga, or Buddhist Dragon. From the talk, and#8220;Protectors of the Dharmaand#8221; …
Dr. Ambedkar and Social Revolution
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is titled: and#8220;Dr. Ambedkar and Social Revolutionand#8221; from the recently released talk, and#8220;Dreaming Angels.and#8221; In this excerpt Vajratara evokes th…
Bodhichitta Arising
The real Bodhichitta is neither individualistic nor altruistic. In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte and#8220;Bodhicitta Arisingand#8221; Sangharakshita talks with us about Stream Entry, a radical tran…
Diversity in the Triratna Buddhist Order
We decided to publish a short talk today for our FBA Dharmabyte: and#8220;Diversity in the Triratna Buddhist Order,and#8221; by Saddhanandi given in 2003.
Saddhanandi, and#8216;She who delights in F…
Transforming the World
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte and#8220;Transforming the World,and#8221; has us reflecting on the question: Is it possible to create a society in which all social, economic, and political arrangemen…
Peace Arising
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte and#8220;Peace Arising,and#8221; Candradasa describes the unskillfulness of guilt and the positive mental states of hri and apapatrapya in the process of peace aris…
Finding Inner Peace
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte and#8220;Finding Inner Peace,and#8221;asks: Is Peace Enough? Are we able to meet even the little frustrating moments with calm, positive intent? With a beautiful readi…
Befriending One’s Self In Meditation
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte and#8220;Befriending Oneand#8217;s Self In Meditation,and#8221; is short talk by Bodhilila given at the London Buddhist Centre meditation day on July 15th 2012.
Bodhil…
My Practice in Everyday Life
Our FBA Dharmabyte today,and#8221;My Practice in Everyday Life,and#8221; is one of a series of short talks given for the Triratna [FWBO] International Urban Retreat of 2009, where Order Members from…
The Creative Experience
Our FBA Dharmabyte today,and#8221;The Creative Experience,and#8221; is an excerpt from the talk and#8220;Art and the Spiritual Lifeand#8221; by Sangharakshita in 1969.
and#8220;Art is the organisati…
Writing as Spiritual Practice
In our FBA Dharmabyte today, and#8220;Writing as Spiritual Practice,and#8221; Srivati guides us through a beautiful path of poetry, love and awareness, following the golden thread to get out of the…
The Buddha as Poet
Our FBA Dharmabyte today, and#8220;The Buddha as Poet,and#8221; takes an intimate look at poetry as the language of the and#8216;souland#8217;. From the talk and#8220; Sangharakshita In Conversatio…
The Song of the Windhorse
Our FBA Dharmabyte today is a poem read by Parami as an affectionate tribute to her teacher, Urgyen Sangaharakshita. and#8220;The Song of the Windhorse,and#8221; is from the talk and#8220;Energy At…