Tag: no-self

FBA Podcast: The Nature of Transformation

By Rijupatha on Sat, 22 Aug, 2015 - 11:00

This week’s FBA Podcast is a tender and moving talk by Paramananda entitled “The Nature of Transformation”. Transformation is basically allowing the protective shell of self to dissipate. This shell only falls away if you come into relationship with your real, impermanent, fragile, vulnerable nature and soften into that or open up to that.

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Dharmabyte: Misapprehensions and Misunderstandings

By Rijupatha on Mon, 10 Aug, 2015 - 11:00

Our FBA Dharmabyte today is called “Misapprehensions and Misunderstandings”. What if all of our emotional and spiritual problems were caused by an incorrect understanding of our true nature? Vajrapriya explores the Buddha’s insight that our commonsense assumptions about ourselves are the source of our suffering.

Unpicking those assumptions is the first step to the arising of a wisdom that leads to an expansive and liberating way of relating to others and the world. From the talk, ...