Adhisthana, Emptiness and Butterflies

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Adhisthana, Emptiness and Butterflies

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Our FBA Dharmabyte , and#8220;Adhisthana, Emptiness and Butterflies,and#8221; is a talk by Saraha as part of the theme of and#8216;Adhisthana as Blessingand#8217; on the UK and Ireland Menand#8217;s Order Weekend held at Adhisthana, on 3 November 2013

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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! Tune in, be inspired!

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Robins, Despair, Earthquakes and Other People: Today's FBA Dharmabyte is lovely excerpt from the talk titled "Contemplating the Suffering of Beings" by Kulaprabha, titled "Robins, Despair, Earthquakes and Other People." - This is the third of four talks exploring Vasubandhu's Four Factors given on .. by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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The Suffering of a Wasted Life: Today's Dharmabyte, "The Suffering of a Wasted Life" is a track from the inspiring talk "Generating Bodhi Mind" by the dynamic Vajratara of Sheffield Buddhist Centre. Our speaker beautifully guides us through the second section of Tsongkhapa's short t... by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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The Unity of View, Meditation and Action: In today's FBA Dharmabyte, we enter into the quiet, reflective world of Dhammadassin as listen to a single track titled The Unity of View, Meditation and Action from the beautiful talk titled: Standing on Emptiness - a preview to Saturday's full podcast. by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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Reality as Change – Poetry and Impermanence: Today's Dharmabyte: Reality as Change - Poetry and Impermanence is from a thoughtful and sympathetic talk by Srivati on the most delicate of tasks in any life - how to live in the present moment. Exploring the subtle aspects of past and present, by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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Dying with Fearlessness: Today's Dharmabyte features the lovely Vajradharshini in an excerpt from her talk "The Transitoriness of Life and the Certainty of Death." In "Dying with Fearlessness" we are reminded that at the time of death only the Dharma is of benefit. - by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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Characteristics of Mind: In today's Dharmabyte, we continue to explore the theme of Karma by taking a deeper look into the "Characteristics of Mind." by Dhammadina. What are those five characteristics? Clarity, Cognition, Momentary, Conditioned, Karma. by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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Life is too Short to Waste: 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 "Death and Desire" part II of a three-part series titled "The Alchemy of Love". by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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The Five Spiritual Faculties: Today's FBA Dharmabyte,, "The Five Spiritual Faculties" is from one of our earliest recordings of Sangharakshita: "A Special Transmission Outside the Scriptures", 1965. - How does Faith, Wisdom, Energy, Concentration and Mindfulness manifest in our li... by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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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 Sangharakshita's talk "The Buddha, God and Reality, by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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Mindfulness of Reality: In this star Dharmabyte, an extract from the talk:Mindfulness of Reality, Kulananda takes us into the heart of the matter: everything is change. It's enough to make anyone think twice. Or a thousand times. And still get nowhere. by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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Recollection of Death: In today's Dharmabyte, The Recollection of Death, Sangharakshita leads us with mindfulness into the practice of recollecting Death to overcome craving. From the lecture "The Meaning of Parinirvana," our next full length podcast feature. - by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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Engaging with the Historical Buddha: Today's FBA Dharmabyte, "Engaging with the Historical Buddha" offers us a glimpse of the talk, Searching for the Buddha, from the major new series of talks by Vishvapani to mark the launch of his new book: 'Gautama Buddha: The Life and Teachings of th... by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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Essential Expressions of Karma: Today's Dharmabyte features a beautiful reading of the opening verses of The Dhammapada, one of the oldest Buddhist texts. "Essential Expressions of Karma" is the opening track of the talk "Karma and the Consequences of Our Actions", by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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Faith, from the Higher Evolution Series: Today's FBA Dharmabyte, elucidated by Sangharakshita himself, is titledFaith from the Higher Evolution Series, specifically the fifth talk: Buddhism and the Path of Higher Evolution. Faith in the context of Higher Evolution is the response of our total.. by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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The Buddha’s Time and Place: Today's FBA Dharmabyte, we highlight a major new series of talks by Vishvapani to mark the launch of his new book: 'Gautama Buddha: The Life and Teachings of the Awakened One' (Quercus, 2011). "The Buddha's Time and Place", by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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Every Moment Favourable: It's a really good thing to be born a human being. Today's Dharmabyte by Padmavajra, Every Moment Favourable is an extract from the talk "Initiation into the Alchemy of Love". - Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2004 - by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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Death as Loss or Death as Gateway: Today's Dharmabyte moves us into the theme of Death as the Buddha's Parinirvana is celebrated across the Buddhist world. "Death as Loss or Death as Gateway" is an extract from Vidyamala's talk "Dying to Live", by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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Benefits of our Human Life: Today's Dharmabyte, Benefits of our Human Life is the opening track from the talk "This Precious Human Life" by Kulaprabha. - Given at Taraloka Retreat Center, February 2008, this series of talks on the Four Reminders or Four Mind-Turnings are inspir... by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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Desire and Resolve: In today's Dharmabyte Desire and Resolve, Srivati touches into the Five Vinyatas including Desire and Resolve illustrated in the story of Bahiya of the Bark Garment. Simply put, if we desire freedom we can liberate ourselves. - by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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Visions of Hell’s Extreme Sufferings: In today's Dharmabyte, "Visions of Hell's Extreme Sufferings", we continue our exploration of the third of the Four Mind Turning Reflections: Karma. Here, Padmavajra offers a clear explanation of the Buddha's teaching particularly: Not everything we ex.. by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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Self-Grasping and the Strong Bonds of Karma: Today's Dharmabyte continues on the theme of Karma - the third of the Mind Turning Reflections. Here, the inspiring Vajratara likens Karma to a swift river and iron chains exploring imagery in the verses from Tsongkhapa's text "The Three Principle Aspe.. by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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Regarding Life Itself: Today's Dharmabyte, Regarding Life Itself Sangharakshita suggests that spiritual life is better seen in more concrete ways; as growth, work, and duty. What is our usual approach to life? What do we turn to? by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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Marking the New Name: Triratna Buddhist Community (2010): Today's FBA Dharmabyte, "Marking the New Name: Triratna Buddhist Community", is a short talk by Padmavajra before leading the seven-fold puja at the International Sangha Gathering, Taraloka, May 2010 marking our movement's name from the Friends of the... by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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‘Knowing’ the Buddha: In today's FBA Dharmabyte, we preview our next podcast, "The Buddha's Personality" by Vishvapani with the segment: "'Knowing' the Buddha". This is from the third talk in the Vishvapani's new series launching the book "Gautama Buddha: The Life and Tea... by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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