Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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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! Tune in, be inspired!
Vipindi vya Hivi Karibuni
1590 vipindi
Views that Liberate the Mind
Here, Vishvapani focuses on the Buddha's experience before, during and after Enlightenment, bringing his nuanced, perceptive reading to the words the...
The Buddha's Gift of Communication
In this lecture Sangharakshita shows how the symbolism of ritual offerings originated in the Hinayana and Mahayana, and later flowered with the Tantri...
Through the Lens of Love
Karunagita, author of A Path For Parents, offers some key practical insights for anyone trying to figure out how to go deeper with their practice whil...
Concentration meditation and presence meditation
Upayavira was ordained in 2000, and became a parent soon after. Since then he has been exploring, often through necessity, ways to meditate with child...
Tranquility and the Dharma Doors of Parenting
Amaragita takes a look at Buddhist practice in the light of parenting. Tranquillity is difficult to find when raising children, but it is possible! Ou...
Cherishing Positive Emotion
This is the first in a five part series by Padmavajra on all aspects of the Metta Bhavana practice and 'The Great Love' in Buddhist discourse and prac...
Practice Unfolding in Collective Context
In this short talk, Sanghamani reflects on the magic of transformation, her mythic connection with her preceptors and with Sangharakshita as a mythic...
A Steadfast Gaze In Relation to Others
Vajratara explores discipleship as a living, relational practice rooted in faithfulness rather than idealism. Discipleship is presented as a steadfas...
Awakening As Gratitude
There's a story about the Buddha bowing to the tree under which he has just gained Enlightenment. Inspired by this this story, Vajragupta sees the who...
Characteristics of reality
Suryadarshini gives an account of the Buddha's teaching of the three lakshanas, the marks of conditioned existence. He taught that all phenomena have...
We Have to Start Somewhere
Suddhayu discusses the importance of meditation as a refuge in chaotic times, both as a way to tend to our own hearts, and as a way to change the worl...
Confidence in the Buddhist Tradition
Aryajaya explores the first seven verses of the Cetokhila Sutta ('The Wilderness of the Heart'), looking at the conditions that make spiritual growth...
The Buddha as a Wise Friend
This is a quietly passionate talk by Jinapriya on the quicksilver nature of the Enlightenment experience - impossible to pin down, utterly transformat...
Going for Refuge to the Buddha
After an account of the Buddha's life, Sangharakshita asks how, if at all, such a man can be defined or categorised. Excerpted from the talk entitled...
Vajrasattva is Connected With Death
Here Sangharakshita shares two personal stories from his time in Kalimpong and how he came to learn that Vajrasattva is connected with death. This lec...
In Praise of Ananda
The Buddha's time has come and his companion, Ananda, is completely grief-stricken for the teacher whom he loves so deeply. Vadanya shares the Buddha'...
The Journey to Kushinara
Stories are powerful - they speak to parts of ourselves that respond to symbols, patterns and truths about human life that are deeper and far beyond o...
King Ajatasattu
Here, Amarachandra recounts a few themes from the Mahaparinibbana Sutta, beginning with a problematic character named King Ajatasattu, a disciple of t...
Attending Closely to the Transient Nature of Things
Punyamala explores the Buddhist teachings of impermanence and shares reflections on how to live with the fact of death, using her recent experience of...
What Legacy Will You Leave?
Bodhidasa poetically explores the image of the reclining Buddha - at his physical passing, the Buddha did not stop being a force for good, did not mee...
What happens to the Buddha when he dies?
A Sangharakshita lecture celebrating the anniversary of the Parinirvana or 'death' of the Buddha. It outlines six basic meditation practices crucial t...
Exemplification in the Aryasangha
Here, Sraddhagita reflects on a poem by Rumi entitled On Being Woven as she explores the path of
spiritual friendship. Excerpted from the talk...
A Sense of Solidarity with Others
Here, Vishangka explores what it means to live a full buddhist life, and the place of meditation and community within it. Excerpted from the talk enti...
What Kind of Buddha Will You Become?
Here Ratnaghosha explores various ways of contemplating the qualities and virtues of a Buddha. This fifth talk in the series on the Five Stages of Spi...
Nothing is Random
Here, Khemasuri talks about Milarepa, the consequences of his actions and the law of karma. His understanding deeply affected his life, can it do the...
Karma and the Six Realms
Nagapriya offers a good, pithy introduction (not to say quirky - check out the football references!) to the traditionally thorny and rather misunderst...
To Be A Human Being
Here, Akasaraja reflects on the question of why the Buddha apparently left this suffering world rather than returning to lead all beings to freedom, a...
An Upward Spiraling Trend
Here, Dharmaprabha explores conditioned co-production through her personal experience of living with a chronic illness. She traces the early formula...
Glimpses of The Beyond
Suryadarshini interweaves her personal experience of turning away from suffering and towards joy, with the teaching of the spiral path. Excerpted fro...
The Story of Bahiya
Ordinary experience is governed by the endless round of the Wheel of Life, which can be gradually halted by treading the spiral path to Enlightenment...
Taking Responsibility for Our Mental States
An alive and dynamic spiritual community is vital to the individual flourishing of those that participate in it. In this keynote talk Paramabandhu...
Living in the Present
A thoughtful, sympathetic talk by Srivatii on the most delicate of tasks in any life - how to live in the present moment. Exploring the subtle aspect...
Think Deeply, Stand Up and Celebrate
In this talk, given at a sangha retreat for the Oslo Sangha, Gunaketu gives an inspiring talk about creating spiritual community. He starts with t...
Context is Everything
This talk delves into the concept of 'Sangha' and its deep connections with truth and relationships. Sanghadhara shares personal reflections and exp...
We Are Deeply Connected to Each Other
Suryagupta explores how war, destruction and conflict are on the increase in the world, as are conflicted and destructive individual lives. How do we...
Collectively and Individually Spreading the Dharma
Maitrivajri explores gender and leadership under the five aspects of Sangharakshita's teaching of the true individual. Excerpted from the talk Gende...
The Spirit that Comes Through Us
On this special Dharma night, Subhadramati interviewed local Buddhist artist Amitajyoti about her work and practice. Excerpted from The Artist As T...
Everyone Needs the Dharma- Milarepa's Song
Here, Sangharakshita emphasises the importance of distinguishing Buddhism as a universally applicable path of development from the specifically East...
Grow Into Real Individuality
Rijumati explores the place of meditation in the bigger context of the growth of oneself as an individual, exploring how we can develop a coherent an...
Bringing Mindfulness More Into Our Lives
In this talk Vadanya explores how paying attention to reality - rather than mental or media noise - can bring our life alive and give us a vivid exp...