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Dharmabyte: Livelihood in the Modern World

By Sadayasihi on Mon, 23 Aug, 2021 - 06:00

Buddhism stands for the creation of an ideal society as well as ideal individuals; a society based on spiritual and ethical principles. Sangharakshita considers the substantial effect our work has on us, and applies the Buddha’s teaching to work today.

From the talk entitled The Ideal Society: Right Livelihood, part of the series The Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path, 1968.

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Dharmabyte: Work Reflects Us Back Like a Mirror

By Sadayasihi on Thu, 19 Aug, 2021 - 06:00

Is work just a necessity or a source of fulfillment? Is a career a hindrance or a support to our happiness and unfoldment as individuals? Should we be aiming at getting the ‘right work/life balance’ or moving beyond such distinctions? Keturaja, calling on decades of experience working in Buddhist businesses, explores Buddhist teachings on right livelihood and reflects on their relevance for us today.

From the talk entitled Why Right Livelihood? Given at Cambridge Buddhist...

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Dharmabyte: Our Work Has An Effect

By Sadayasihi on Thu, 12 Aug, 2021 - 06:00

Suddhaka highlights how the thing we spend the most time doing in our lives, our livelihood, impacts our mental states and is therefore an integral part of the path. How can we make our work an expression of our practice? How can our livelihood be the doorway to true happiness?

From the talk entitled Perfect Livelihood given at Brixton Buddhist Centre, 2017.

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Dharmabyte: Shared Values

By Sadayasihi on Mon, 9 Aug, 2021 - 06:00

Parami offers an enthusiastic exploration of the earthy and ethereal details of everyday spiritual practice, especially within the framework of a sense of the ‘collective’. Some great and pretty funny stories from early, would-be-revolutionary experiments with co-operative working (“The opiate of the masses has arrived!”), and some wise words from her subsequent experience of trying to square the circle of dealing with one’s own individuality within a working sangha.

From the talk entitled Being an Individual Within...

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Dharmabyte: Looking for the Detail

By Sadayasihi on Thu, 5 Aug, 2021 - 06:00

In a clear talk based on her experiences of work in the civil service, as a mindfulness teacher and in the Buddhist world, Taramani introduces tips on working ethically, meaningfully and in a way that supports spiritual practice. She explains livelihood as a limb of the Eightfold Path, using ideas from Sangharakshita, Steve Jobs, and others.

From the talk entitled Work, Inner Work, and the Search For Meaning given at West London Buddhist Centre, 2017.

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Dharmabyte: Eyes Wide Open

By Sadayasihi on Mon, 2 Aug, 2021 - 12:20

How can our livelihood and our networks be a doorway to leading our lives in a way in which our eyes can be wide open rather than our eyes being wide shut? Pasannamati points out that there is more to Perfect Livelihood than the work we do. Outside of our work we have a whole load of choices on how we spend our time and money which impacts other people’s livelihood.

From the talk entitled Tinker,...

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Dharmabyte: Living Sangha

By Sadayasihi on Mon, 28 May, 2018 - 17:15

This Dharmabyte podcast is called Living Sangha from Abhayanandi, in an excerpt from a talk of the same name.

Imagine being part of a community marked by autonomy and connection, abundant with supportive love and friendship. The Buddha famously said that fellowship is the whole of the spiritual life. Is that really true?!

Abhayanandi has been following this teaching notably by living in a residential Buddhist community and working in a team-based...

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The Launch of Dharma@work

By shraddhasiddhi on Sat, 16 Nov, 2013 - 13:09

The Launch of Dharma@work

By shraddhasiddhi on Sat, 16 Nov, 2013 - 13:09Hello everyone, I hope you’ve had a good Urban Retreat? There’s been loads going on, both online, and at Buddhist Centres around the globe. We’re launching this group on The Buddhist Centre Online because most of us spend most of our waking lives engaged in some form of paid or volunteering work - we are active beings, and like to work! This group is designed to share our inspiration together about how we are managing to practice the...