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
- 1355
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2025
‘Faith’ Followers and ‘Doctrine’ Followers
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;and#8216;Faithand#8217; Followers and and#8216;Doctrineand#8217; Followersand#8221; Suvarnaprabha explores the variety of styles of practice and individua…
Talking About Sunyata
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte titled: and#8220;Talking About Sunyataand#8221; Nagapriya explores the style of thought involved in conceptualizing sunyata and#8211; speaking in terms of what it i…
Seeing Emptiness
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, comes to us from the talk and#8220;Simplicityand#8221; by Kamalashila titled: and#8220;Seeing Emptinessand#8221;. Here he suggests a direct approach to emptiness by se…
Beginning to Notice
FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Beginning to Noticeand#8221; Padmavajra takes us far into the strong experience of Going Forth into homelessness where we begin to notice sickness, old age and death. With th…
Sadness and Awakening
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is from the talk and#8220;The Transitoriness of Life and the Certainty of Deathand#8221; by Vajradarshini titled Sadness and Awakening.and#8221; This is a beautiful pi…
Continuous Spiritual Death – Continuous Spiritual Rebirth
FBA Podcast, and#8220;Continuous Spiritual Death and#8211; Continuous Spiritual Rebirthand#8221; Padmavajra speaks about the stages of spiritual death and rebirth, specifically how to prepare for the…
The Finger Pointing at the Moon
FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;The Finger Pointing at the Moonand#8221; we are taken on another journey with Sangharakshita into the Essence of Buddhism. The finger pointing to the moon is compared with th…
The Parable of the Raft
Amidst the complexity of Buddhist teachings, we can discern a distinctive essence lying behind the various historical forms which developed to convey the Buddhaand#8217;s oral message. In todayand#82…
Four Means of Unification of the Sangha
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Four Means of Unification of the Sanghaand#8221; Suvarnaprabha offers a thoroughly delightful guide as she explores the subject and#8220;What is the Sangh…
The Unsupported Practice of Generosity
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;The Unsupported Practice of Generosityand#8221; is an inspiring excerpt from the third in a sparkling, wide-ranging, thoroughly comprehensive ten talk series…
Sharing Without Reservation
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Sharing Without Reservation and#8221; is an inspiring short talk by Sue Susnik, a mitra in the Triratna Buddhist Community. This was given on a New Society W…
The Four Sanghrahavastus
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;The Four Sanghrahavastusand#8221; takes us into the heart of the Mahayana tradition and#8211; the Four Means of Unification and#8211; generosity, kindly spee…
Who Can We Trust?
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Who Can We Trust?and#8221; Saddharaja poses the question in the face of the three things mankind has traditionally relied upon: God, the Father, the group…
The Show of Wealth
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;The Show of Wealth,and#8221; is an excerpt from the talk and#8220;Padmasambhava and the King of Tibetand#8221; another tour-de-force from Vajratara. Looking …
The Bodhisattva’s Gifts
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;The Bodhisattvaand#8217;s Gifts,and#8221; by Padmavjra, is from the third talk in the series: and#8220;The Diamond Sutra and#8211; Taking Mind to its Limits.…
Dana = Generosity
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Dana = Generosityand#8221; is brought to us by Sangharakshita, founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community. An excerpt describing the practice of da…
Neither God Nor Man
Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Neither God Nor Manand#8221; is brought to us by Sangharakshita, founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community. After an account of the Buddhaand#8217…
Why Choose Buddhism?
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Why Choose Buddhism?,and#8221; Sangharakshita points out possible potentially misleading assumptions concerning Buddhism, and describes three principal av…
Facing the Truth
In todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Facing the Truth,and#8221; Vidyamala leads us through the art of being with change in the moment. From the beautifully strong and popular talk, and#8220;D…
Faith as Surrender, Faith as Emergence
Faith is longing for what is possible, lucidity to what has value, and conviction as to what is real. Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte, and#8220;Faith as Surrender, Faith as Emergenceand#8220;, is a l…