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Dayanandi Reflects on "The Symbolism of Tara"

By Rijupatha on Thu, 26 Sep, 2013 - 17:09

Dayanandi Reflects on "The Symbolism of Tara"

By Rijupatha on Thu, 26 Sep, 2013 - 17:09We recently reported that an old cassette copy of Dayanandi’s talk “The Symbolism of Tara,” one of the many talks not yet digitized and online at Free Buddhist Audio, was discovered by a mitra at Dharmagiri Retreat Centre in Sweden. The audio includes a talk and a beautiful invocation given at Taraloka - important both as a historic record of Taraloka and as one of the earliest talks given by a female Order member. Realizing it was...

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Buddhafield Festival 2013 - Soundscape!

By Candradasa on Tue, 24 Sep, 2013 - 19:18

*updated* The talks from the Dharma Parlour are now online!

An amazing soundscape that manages to capture much of the spirit and music of summer’s Buddhafield Festival, in all its myriad glory. Alice Armstrong produced this podcast tableau especially for the Buddhafield team and introduces us to characters from around the festival site, evoking the landscape and the spirit of the community beautifully. Hundreds of voices ring clearly out of their own inspiration and it’s...

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Vision, And Yes, Transformation

By viriyalila on Thu, 16 May, 2013 - 14:58

Vision, And Yes, Transformation

By viriyalila on Thu, 16 May, 2013 - 14:58Here at Free Buddhist Audio this month we’ve been podcasting all sorts of perspectives on the theme of Vision - what is it that the Buddha saw when he realized the ultimate truth? Listen to members of our Order community share their thoughts and experiences…

Beginning with Ratnaprabha as part of our series of full talk podcasts, we took a look at the Buddhist path in terms of happiness, engagement, interest and delight...

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The Early Days of Dharmachakra: A Conversation with Ananda

By Candradasa on Thu, 30 Aug, 2012 - 23:25

Extracts from a delightful conversation between Viriyalila and Ananda, the founder of Dharmachakra Tapes (the old name for Free Buddhist Audio). A published poet who was ordained in the Triratna Buddhist Order (then the Western Buddhist Order) in 1968, Ananda was one of the first people to make audio recordings of Sangharakshita as early as 1966. I was interested in hearing stories about these early days of Dharmachakra and the conversation included some thoughts on the nature of communication, Ananda’s...

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Dana and Generosity - Two Great Podcasts

By viriyalila on Tue, 28 Aug, 2012 - 02:42

Dana and Generosity - Two Great Podcasts

By viriyalila on Tue, 28 Aug, 2012 - 02:42Free Buddhist Audio offers two fabulous podcasts - FBA Talks and Dharmabytes. Every Saturday we share a full Dharma talk from our vast selection of recorded talks. And then every Monday and Thursday we bring you a Dharmabyte - a little gem from the archive - just a few minutes of Dharma to get you thinking about your own practice and how to take it further.

This month we’ve been reflecting a lot on...

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