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Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio

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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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  • 1,442 episodes
  • Updated July 27

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  • Feb 3, 2011 · 4 min

    Buddhist Conversion and The Bodhichitta

    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.

  • Jan 25, 2011 · 4 min

    Dharmabytes – The Buddha and Reality

    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.