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Apr 16, 2016 · 44 min
From Karma Niyama to Dharma Niyama
OurFBA Podcast today is from Ratnaguna entitled From Karma Niyama to Dharma Niyama, a talk given at the Manchester Buddhist Centre on a Day for Men in Training for Ordination, 13 March 2016.
Apr 9, 2016 · 58 min
Shifting to Indras Net
In today'sFBA Podcast Shifting to Indras Net Parami evokes the reality of interconnectedness in relation to the second Dasadhamma – My life is dependent on others. I am sustained by the gifts of others – She talks about how the experience of interconnectedness is supported by wisdom, and results in compassionate activity. This is the fourth talk of The Order as Practice – Shifting Paradigms retreat.
Apr 2, 2016 · 42 min
Beyond Heaven and Hell
In today's FBA Podcast Beyond Heaven and Hell Vajrasara shares her ideas for managing the highs and lows of the 8 Worldly Winds. Talk given October 2011 at Bristol Buddhist Centre.
Mar 26, 2016 · 49 min
Wayfinding
Today's FBA Podcast is entitled Wayfinding by Vessantara. A rich talk using the metaphor of wayfinding to navigate our way across the sea of suffering to the safe refuge of the Buddha Dharma. The first of 4 talks exploring Going For Refuge given on Sangha Night at Cambridge Buddhist Center.
Mar 19, 2016 · 58 min
Compassion
Today's FBA Podcast is possibly one of Padmavjra's best talks given at Padmaloka. Compassion. This. Given during the October Men's event 2012.
Mar 12, 2016 · 47 min
Who Hates the Metta Bhavana?
Today's FBA Podcast is so provocative we don't even need a description. Who Hates the Metta Bhavana? by Jnanavaca. Week two of a five week seminar on the Metta Bhavana practice at the London Buddhist Center.
Mar 5, 2016 · 1 hr 5 min
Evolution, Capitalism and the Buddha
In today's FBA Podcast, Evolution, Capitalism and the Buddha Vaddhaka argues that capitalist economics is based upon a narrow evolutionary view associated with social Darwinism and a distorted interpretation of the survival of the fittest. So the question is then: Can modern approaches to evolution help to develop a new approach to economics more in line with buddhist values? Stockholm Sweden, 22 of February 2016
Feb 27, 2016 · 26 min
A Life-Changing Encounter
Today's FBA Podcast recounts the harrowing and revelatory tale of Kisa Gotami in a talk entitled "A Life-Changing Encounter" by Jvalamalini. In the story, Kisa Gotami's grief for her dead child is completely transformed after her contact with the Buddha through the experience of compassion and insight, leading her to a life of spiritual commitment and renunciation.
Feb 20, 2016 · 46 min
Commitment is Key
Part of a series from Cambridge Buddhist Centre on the Six Distinctive Emphases of the Triratna Buddhist Community, today's FBA Podcast from Aryajaya is entitled "Commitment is Key". Here she discusses Going for Refuge to the Three Jewels, a thread that runs through all Buddhist traditions but which is drawn out strongly as a central principle in the Triratna tradition.
Feb 13, 2016 · 32 min
The Way to the Beyond
Today's FBA Podcast is entitled "The Way to the Beyond" by Vimalavajri. Here she offers some reflections on how the Mahaparinibbana Sutta gives us glimpses of awakening by looking at three topics: Ananda's request for last instructions, the Buddha's comforting of Ananda's grief, and the mystery of the Parinirvana itself.
Feb 6, 2016 · 4 min
Sitting At the Centre of the Mandala
Continuing with our journey through the Five Buddha Mandala, we find ourselves at the centre with Vairocana. Today's FBA Podcast is entitled Sitting At the Centre of the Mandala by Vessantara. How do we balance the teachings of effort and openness? One way is through the image of the sun and relaxed being. The practice of the Dharma is simply to come back. Yet of course this requires effort. Another question is the balance between practical and mythical approaches : can we hold both at once? What do we give significance to? what do we make real ? can we open to a world of richer and deeper meaning? This is the eleventh and last talk of Padmaloka's 2012 Winter Retreat and is part of the series The Mandala of the Five Buddhas.
Jan 30, 2016 · 46 min
Amoghasiddhi: Courage and Creativity
Continuing around the mandala, we now enter the realm of story and imagination with a journey to the northern realm. In today's FBA Podcast we move around to the North to meet Amoghasiddhi: Courage and Creativity. Amoghasiddhi is also connected with Spiritual Rebirth, we hear how this relates to insight, becoming more than we are, and the way in which we draw up courage and creativity to transform ourselves and maybe make a difference in the world. This talk is part of the series The Mandala of the Five Buddhas.
Jan 23, 2016 · 50 min
Amitabha
Continuing around the mandala, in today's FBA Podcast we meet Amitabha in a talk by Padmasuri simply called Amitabha.
Jan 16, 2016 · 20 min
A Personal Take On Upekkha
Continuing around the mandala, we enter the realm of Ratnasambhava, the golden Buddha of the South. In "A Personal Take On Upekkha, this weeks FBA Podcastby Ratnavandana. Continuing the series of personal talks on each of the Brahma Viharas from the 2015 Rainy Season Retreat, Ratnavandana shares an intensely honest, psychologically intimate, beautifully forensic history of her personal relationship to the practice of upekkha (equanimity) throughout her spiritual life. We hear about ways to assess what is going on in the subtler realms of our experience – and how to look to move beyond them so we too can live like a river…
Jan 9, 2016 · 1 hr 6 min
The Five Aspects of Dharma Life – Integration
Having now entered the mandala, we begin in the East with Akshobya on the theme of Integration with "The Five Aspects of Dharma Life – Integration", this weeks by FBA Podcast. Subhuti delves into the fundamental principles behind Integration and invites his hearers to apply them deeply in their own lives. We begin by taking fully responsibility for our karmic agency. This talk is part of the series The Five Aspects of the Dharma Life.
Jan 2, 2016 · 49 min
Entering the Mandala
For the next month or so we'll be entering the mandala with a variety of talks and reflections from members of the Triratna Buddhist Order. We'll begin at the beginning with "Entering the Mandala" by Vessantara for the first FBA Podcast in this series. Vessantara introduces Mandalas, in terms of personal, symbolic and specifically buddhist representations. He then invites us to enter the Mandala as a initiatory voyage of discovery and development, making reference to the System of Practice and the need to balance effort with openness. This talk is part of the series The Mandala of the Five Buddhas.
Dec 26, 2015 · 45 min
Sanghakaya and the Heart's Release
Today's FBA Podcast is entitled "Sanghakaya and the Heart's Release" by Maitreyi. She describes having somewhat of an epiphany on first hearing the term 'Sanghakaya' in a talk by Subhuti in India. It seemed to give expression to a whole direction and momentum of her life and practice, while simultaneously both deepening and opening out the mystery of the enlightened mind, expanding beyond any sense of individual consciousness or attainment. This talk is about the Sangha Jewel and it's place in the spiritual life, given at the Manchester Buddhist Centre on Triratna Night, 14 December 2015.
Dec 19, 2015 · 58 min
Revisiting the New Society
Today's FBA Podcast is a tribute to our teacher, Bhante Sangharakshita, given by Parami entitled "Revisiting the New Society", the third talk of The Order as Practice – Shifting Paradigms retreat. Parami talks about the first verse of the Dasadhamma Sutta – "I am no longer living according to worldly aims and values." She revisits Bhantes vision of the New Society, sharing her inspiration and love for the radical and transformative power of the Dharma.
Dec 12, 2015 · 1 hr 20 min
Glimpses of the Mythic Life of Sangharakshita
Today's FBA Podcast is a tribute to our teacher, Bhante Sangharakshita, given by Padmavajra entitled "Glimpses of the Mythic Life of Sangharakshita". Urgyen Sangharakshita, the founder of the Western Buddhist Order, is many things to many people. Yet all inspiration and controversies aside, he is first and foremost a follower of the Buddha's way and his own evocations of his personal practice give many clues as to the nature of a committed Dharma life. Here Padmavajra, one of his closest disciples, offers his own perspective on Sangharakshita as a practitioner with a rich sense of the mythic context pervading all his thinking about the Buddha and his teaching. Talk given in 2008.
Dec 5, 2015 · 52 min
Sangharakshita – Facing Mount Kanchenjunga
We've been inspired to share writings and poems by Bhante Sangharakshita this month. Our FBA Podcast today, "Sangharakshita – Facing Mount Kanchenjunga", is a delightful talk from 1991. Sangharakshita starts by reading an extract from the new volume of his autobiography, Facing Mount Kanchenjunga. He follows this by talking about and reading eight poems that he composed in Kalimpong which give a real feel for his appreciation of the place but also for his worries about the effect of logging in the mountains. The talk was given on November 28, 1991, in Croydon Buddhist Centre as part of the book launch for his autobiography. Croydon has been home to FWBO or Triratna Buddhist communities and centres since 1968. Many early talks by well known speakers were recorded, both at Aryatara, since 1979, and at the new Croydon Centre from 1981. These are now being transferred from their crumbling cassettes to digital format, as part of the Croydon Digital Archive Project, and are being made available to everyone.