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Dharmabytes features bite-sized dharma, three times a week, from the Free Buddhist Audio archives. Themed in conjunction with our weekly full length talk podcast, these are inspiring short extracts from over 5,000 talks on Buddhism, meditation and mindfulness!

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    • Religion & Spirituality
    • 5.0 • 4 Ratings

Dharmabytes features bite-sized dharma, three times a week, from the Free Buddhist Audio archives. Themed in conjunction with our weekly full length talk podcast, these are inspiring short extracts from over 5,000 talks on Buddhism, meditation and mindfulness!

Tune in, be inspired!

    An Unfamiliar Landscape

    An Unfamiliar Landscape

    Mahamani  shares some experiences around guilt, faith, losing the way and finding it. From the personal talk entitled The Way to the Top of the Hill from ‘The Way to the Beyond’ Womens AOWE held at Taraloka Retreat Centre, 2021.

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    • 5 min
    Friend to Friend

    Friend to Friend

    Ratnaprabha tells the story of Meghiya, his frustrating attempt to meditate, and the advice the Buddha gives him on the necessity of mentorship, or kalyana mitrata. From the talk Meghiya, Meditation and Mentorship given at West London Buddhist Centre, 2017.

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    • 3 min
    Longing to Illuminate Truth

    Longing to Illuminate Truth

    Vishangka explores the joys and challenges that arise in a spiritual community. He explores several suttas and what we can learn from them. Excerpted from the talk Blending like Milk and Water: Sangha In the Buddha's Time given at Manchester Buddhist Centre, 2019.

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    • 3 min
    The Beauty of the Buddha

    The Beauty of the Buddha

    Dayanandi contemplates the words of the Tiratana Vandana and the qualities of the Buddha that it evokes. She says: "I reflect on the words as they seem to bring out the reality of his Enlightened being for me; what it might be like to really be the Enlightened One." Excerpted from the talk Reflecting on the Buddha in the Forest given at Manchester Buddhist Centre, 2019.

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    • 2 min
    Sharing the Love of Solitude

    Sharing the Love of Solitude

    Akashadevi and readers tell some of the delightful stories of the Buddha's meetings with elephants, including this one when the Buddha needs a bit of space from the noisiness of his followers. From the talk Elephants and the Buddha, part of a "Tales and Teachings of Early Buddhism" given at West London Buddhist Centre, 2017.

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    • 2 min
    A Galaxy of Being

    A Galaxy of Being

    In this talk about generosity, Sona evokes some very beautiful imagery of a cosmos full of stars as he describes how in our practice of Buddhist ethics, that of caring for others, being scrupulously honest, and so on, makes us more open, more malleable, more receptive. Excerpted from the talk entitled Abundance given at the Manchester Buddhist Centre, 2016.

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    • 3 min

Customer Reviews

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4 Ratings

John Ammerman ,

The Pali Canon made clear

If you're interested in developing an appreciation of the Pali Canon, the few readings here are a good place to start. The readers pace, diction, and accent all work together to provide a pleasant and edifying experience. It is a pity more selections were not recorded.

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