Dharmabytes From Free Buddhist Audio

In todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte, The Recollection of Death, Sangharakshita leads us with mindfulness into the practice of recollecting Death to overcome craving. From the lecture and#8220;The Meaning of Parinirvana,and#8221; our next full length podcast feature. Talk given in 1972 by Urgyen Sangharakshita.

Todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte brings you a special reading of the story of Bahiya of the Bark Garment from the Pali Canon. Read to us by Srivati in the context of her talk and#8220;Becoming a Citizen of the Present.and#8221; Talk given to the Western Buddhist Order national Order weekend, 2001

Our Dharmabyte today reminds us that Life is Too Short to Waste. Brought to us by the dynamic and passionate Padmavajra from the talk titled and#8220;Death and Desireand#8221; part II of a three-part series titled and#8220;The Alchemy of Loveand#8221;. Using Shantidevaand#8217;s and#8216;Bodhicharyavataraand#8217; as a root text, he brings us face to face with the big questions implicit in any life that seeks to embrace change and impermanence as facts of Reality. Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2004

Todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte features the lovely Vajradharshini in an excerpt from her talk and#8220;The Transitoriness of Life and the Certainty of Death.and#8221; In and#8220;Dying with Fearlessnessand#8221; we are reminded that at the time of death only the Dharma is of benefit. Talk given at Tiratanaloka Retreat Centre 2005.

Todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte moves us into the theme of Death as the Buddhaand#8217;s Parinirvana is celebrated across the Buddhist world. and#8220;Death as Loss or Death as Gatewayand#8221; is an extract from Vidyamalaand#8217;s talk and#8220;Dying to Liveand#8221;, which will be our next featured full length podcast. Confronted with impermanence and death the questions of who and what we are burn into us. Bereavements and losses of all kinds can be met with a kindness and awareness that gently ease the burden, allowing something of peace to enter our lives again. Talk given at the Western Buddhist Order Womenand#8217;s Convention 2003

Todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte: Reality as Change and#8211; Poetry and Impermanence is from a thoughtful and sympathetic talk by Srivati on the most delicate of tasks in any life and#8211; how to live in the present moment. Exploring the subtle aspects of past and present, of memory and expectation, we encounter impermanence as the touchstone of our experience through the practice of writing and#8211; especially poetry. Dharmabyte selected from the talk, and#8220;Becoming a Citizen of the Present.and#8221; Talk given to the Western Buddhist Order national Order weekend, 2001

Todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte, and#8220;The Suffering of a Wasted Lifeand#8221; is a track from the inspiring talk and#8220;Generating Bodhi Mindand#8221; by the dynamic Vajratara of Sheffield Buddhist Centre. Our speaker beautifully guides us through the second section of Tsongkhapaand#8217;s short text on The Three Principle Aspects of the Path as she challenges us to examine our own suffering created in not living fully to our potential. Talk given at Taraloka, May 2009.

Todayand#8217;s Dharmabyte, and#8220;The Six Perfectionsand#8221; is a reminder from our last podcast where Nagapriya beautifully and clearly led us through his understanding of and#8220;The Ideal of Universal Awakeningand#8221;. In this little golden Dharma-nugget we are reconnected with the Six Perfections, a reading from the Bodhicaryavatara by Shantideva, and the 10 Bhumis or stages of the Bodhisattvaand#8217;s Path. This is from the second talk in a five-part series called Visions of Mahayana Buddhism given at the Manchester Buddhist Centre, 2009.

Welcome to Dharmabytes! In and#8220;Buddhist Conversion andamp; The Bodhichittaand#8221;, Sangharakshita, the founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order and Community, introduces the talk and#8220;The Arising of the Bodhicittaand#8221;. Here, in his classic form, Urgyen Sangharakshita describes the act of Conversion within Buddhist practice. Two contradictory trends that are discernible in the spiritual life: withdrawing from the world and compassion for it. The arising of the Bodhichitta or and#8216;Will to Enlightenmentand#8217; resolves this dichotomy. Talk given in 1965.

Welcome to the first installment of our new Dharmabytes podcast, where Free Buddhist Audio serves up a bite-sized portion of Dharma from the wealth of audio talks in our archives. In this excerpt from Sangharakshitaand#8217;s talk and#8220;The Buddha, God and#038; Reality,and#8221; he clarifies the gap between the clouded lenses of space and time through which we see the world and the and#8216;clear visionand#8217; that comes with Enlightenment, as achieved by the Buddha. Talk given in 1966. Part of the series Introducing Buddhism.