Free Buddhist Audio
Free Buddhist Audio

The Diamond Sutra, Sangharakshita and Us (FBA Podcast)

By Centre Team on Sat, 11 Oct, 2025 - 11:00

Bhante Sangharakshita described the Diamond Sutra as one of two books ‘by which I have been most profoundly influenced.’ We could see it as the keystone in the central arch of the architecture of his thinking about the Dharma. In this talk, Satyalila introduces the Sutra in its context of the Perfection of Wisdom (or Prajnaparamita) tradition and explores its significance for Sangharakshita, and for us. Talk given on a Bristol Buddhist Centre Sangha...

Free Buddhist Audio
Free Buddhist Audio

The Clear Light of Reality (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Tue, 23 Sep, 2025 - 15:31

According to Tibetan tradition, in the bardo, an ‘intermediate state’ in the endless round of birth and death, we are free for an instant from that round. The Tibetan book of the Dead (Bardo Thodol) describes six of these opportunities for escape from reactivity. From the talk Psycho-Spiritual Symbolism in the Tibetan Book of the Dead given by Sangharakshita as part of the series Aspects of Buddhist Psychology, 1967.

...

Free Buddhist Audio
Free Buddhist Audio

Sangharakshita’s Poetry (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Tue, 26 Aug, 2025 - 10:52

Vishvapani has been studying, reflecting upon, and living out the Dharma life as presented by Urgyen Sangharakshita, Triratna’s founding teacher, for over 40 years. To mark the fourth anniversary of “Bhante” Sangharakshita’s death in 2018, this new audio essay delves deep into the heart of what Vishvapani calls a “unique and strange” intuitive approach to Buddhism that, at its best, seems to capture and vibrate with the essential vital energy of the universe. Excerpted from the essay...

Free Buddhist Audio
Free Buddhist Audio

A Whole Context for Our Lives (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Fri, 22 Aug, 2025 - 10:32

Saddhanandi offers reflections on creating sangha through meaningful, authentic friendships and communication. The talk includes references to her interviews about poetry with Sangharakshita. Excerpted from the talk A Vision of Communication given at Cardiff Buddhist Centre, 2023.

***

Help us keep FBA Podcasts free for everyone! Donate now: https://freebuddhistaudio.com/donate

Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast: Bite-sized clips - Buddhist inspiration three times a week.

Apple Podcasts: ...

Free Buddhist Audio
Free Buddhist Audio

Three Summers and Three Autumns Have I Seen (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Mon, 18 Aug, 2025 - 11:00

An exploration of Sangharakshita’s poem ‘Padmaloka’ in which he looks forward to his own death. It’s a poem about death, rebirth and nature, and Vishvapani connects it to other poetry which it echoes. The talk was given a week after Sangharakshita’s death. Excerpted from the talk Sangharakshita Foresees His Death In ‘Padmaloka’ given at Cardiff Buddhist Centre, 2018.

***

Help us keep FBA Podcasts free for everyone! Donate now: ...

Free Buddhist Audio
Free Buddhist Audio

Don’t Be Late for Your Own Death (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Thu, 14 Aug, 2025 - 11:00

In this lovely talk following Sangharakshita’s death, Ratnaguna urges us to get to know Bhante through his poetry. He then gives us a commentary on some of his favourite poems. Excerpted from the talk Getting to know Urgyen Sangharakshita through his Poetry given at Manchester Buddhist Centre, 2018.

***

Help us keep FBA Podcasts free for everyone! Donate now: https://freebuddhistaudio.com/donate

Subscribe to our Dharmabytes podcast:...

Free Buddhist Audio
Free Buddhist Audio

Bodhisattvas and Buddhas (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Mon, 11 Aug, 2025 - 10:48

Aryajaya explores Sangharakshita’s relationship to his teachers, who form the lineage for the Triratna Buddhist Order. A lovely exploration of the experience of relationship to the Bodhisattvas of Buddhist tradition via meditations passed from teacher to disciple, evoking a wide open sense of connection to the great beauty they represent. Excerpted from the talk Sangharakshita’s First Connection with His Teachers and Receiving Practices given as part of the series Themes from...

Free Buddhist Audio
Free Buddhist Audio

The Meaning of the Dharma (FBA Podcast)

By Centre Team on Sat, 5 Jul, 2025 - 11:00

Dharma is the experience of reality, and also the expression of that experience in the form of the Buddha’s teaching, especially the law of conditionality. It is the raft that carries you to Enlightenment, the further shore; it is whatever helps you to develop spiritually. This classic talk by Sangharakshita was given in 1968 as part of the series Introducing the Three Jewels of Buddhism.

***
 

Help us keep ...

Free Buddhist Audio
Free Buddhist Audio

The Lion’s Roar of Sangharakshita (FBA Podcast)

By Centre Team on Sat, 14 Jun, 2025 - 11:00

Referencing Sangharakshita’s teaching on personal responsibility, Khemasuri shows how, through self-development and sangha, we can make a radical difference in the world. This talk was part of a two talk series entitled The Lion’s Roar by Shakyapada and Khemasuri given at Triratna Buddhist Community York, 2019.

***
 

Help us keep FBA Podcasts free for everyone! Donate now: https://freebuddhistaudio.com/donate

Subscribe to...

Free Buddhist Audio
Free Buddhist Audio

Equally Love All Beings (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Mon, 28 Apr, 2025 - 11:00

Parami explores themes of friendship through poems by Robert Burns and quotes from Sangharakshita and from the Pali Canon. Excerpted from the talk Burns, Bhante and the Buddha: Themes of Friendship and Solidarity given at Glasgow Buddhist Centre as part of the series Burns, Bhante and the Buddha, 2024.

***

Help us keep FBA Podcasts free for everyone! Donate now: https://freebuddhistaudio.com/donate

Subscribe to our Dharmabytes...

Pages