In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, ” Paramabandhu offers us ways of Create Spiritual Friendship.” Includes a reading of the lovely poem on compassion titled The Unseen Flower by Sangharakshita.

Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, May 2001

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In today’s FBA Podcast, “The Defects and Dangers of Samsara,” Dharmacharini Maitreyi looks at pleasure and suffering in the context of samsara – compassionate responses to self and other, and how to loosen the bonds…

Talk given at Tiratanaloka Retreat Centre, 2005 as part of the series “The Four Mind-Turning Reflections.”

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Today’s FBA Dharmabyte, “Sincerity, Thoroughness, and Strenuousness,” is a thoughtful look at the synthesis of the total Buddhist tradition emerging in the western world. Sangharakshita points out that as a living religion, Buddhism is very new in our western cultures. The Chinese occupation has had enormous effects on Tibetan Buddhism. What future does it have, and what can Western Buddhists learn from its unique heritage? From the talk “The Future of Tibetan Buddhism” given in 1968, part of the series: “An Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism.”

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In today’s FBA Dharmabyte, “The Three Yanas in Tibetan Buddhism,” Sangharakshita explores how in Tibetan Buddhism we can learn about all three yanas – the Hinayana, the Mahayana and the Vajrayana. From the talk “The Future of Tibetan Buddhism” given in 1968.

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This week’s FBA Podcast , “Tibetan Book the Dead: Talk 1 – The Six Bardos“, is an extraordinary talk by Padmavajra exploring the great text that reveals the realms between death and new life, where anything is possible in the Bardo – the ‘intermediate state’. From the first talk in the series “Tibetan Book of the Dead (Bardo Thodol).”

Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, winter retreat, 2005

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