Joy and Compassion

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Joy and Compassion

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Todayand#8217;s FBA Dharmabyte is entitled Joy and Compassion, an excerpt from Suffering and Joy and#8211; Compost For Love by Dayajoti. This talk was given during the setup for Buddhafield Festival 2013 (theme and#8216;Fire in the Heartand#8217;) on the Four Brahma Viharas.

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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! Tune in, be inspired!

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Prajnaparamita Hridaya Sutra (The Heart Sutra) in Sanskrit: Our Dharmabyte today takes us into the heart of Buddhist ritual, into the heart of the sevenfold puja, with a special chanting of the "Prajnaparamita Hridaya Sutra" - The Heart Sutra - in Sanskrit. The entire puja is recited in both Sanskrit and English, by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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Every Moment Favourable: It's a really good thing to be born a human being. Today's Dharmabyte by Padmavajra, Every Moment Favourable is an extract from the talk "Initiation into the Alchemy of Love". - Talk given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2004 - by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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Reality as Change – Poetry and Impermanence: Today's Dharmabyte: Reality as Change - Poetry and Impermanence is from a thoughtful and sympathetic talk by Srivati on the most delicate of tasks in any life - how to live in the present moment. Exploring the subtle aspects of past and present, by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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Essential Expressions of Karma: Today's Dharmabyte features a beautiful reading of the opening verses of The Dhammapada, one of the oldest Buddhist texts. "Essential Expressions of Karma" is the opening track of the talk "Karma and the Consequences of Our Actions", by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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The Story of Bahiya: Today's Dharmabyte brings you a special reading of the story of Bahiya of the Bark Garment from the Pali Canon. Read to us by Srivati in the context of her talk "Becoming a Citizen of the Present." - Talk given to the Western Buddhist Order national... by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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The Buddha’s Time and Place: Today's FBA Dharmabyte, we highlight a major new series of talks by Vishvapani to mark the launch of his new book: 'Gautama Buddha: The Life and Teachings of the Awakened One' (Quercus, 2011). "The Buddha's Time and Place", by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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The Four Noble Truths and Perfect Vision: Today's FBA Dharmabyte, The Four Noble Truths and Perfect Vision, comes to us from one of Sangharakshita's earliest recordings. From the series: The Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path we offer you two tracks from the first talk in the series: The Nature of Ex by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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Benefits of our Human Life: Today's Dharmabyte, Benefits of our Human Life is the opening track from the talk "This Precious Human Life" by Kulaprabha. - Given at Taraloka Retreat Center, February 2008, this series of talks on the Four Reminders or Four Mind-Turnings are inspir... by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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Recollection of Death: In today's Dharmabyte, The Recollection of Death, Sangharakshita leads us with mindfulness into the practice of recollecting Death to overcome craving. From the lecture "The Meaning of Parinirvana," our next full length podcast feature. - by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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The Hymn to Perfect Wisdom: In today's Dharmabyte, Kulaprabha shares a reading of 'The Hymn to Perfect Wisdom' from 'The Perfection of Wisdom in 8000 Lines'. This is the first track in the talk of the same title, 'On the Hymn to Perfect Wisdom', by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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Misunderstandings of Karma: In today's Dharmabyte, we meet Sangharakshita in his usual uncompromising form as he explores common "Misunderstandings of Karma." From the comprehensive and excellent introductory talk, Karma and Rebirth given in 1970. by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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The Unity of View, Meditation and Action: In today's FBA Dharmabyte, we enter into the quiet, reflective world of Dhammadassin as listen to a single track titled The Unity of View, Meditation and Action from the beautiful talk titled: Standing on Emptiness - a preview to Saturday's full podcast. by Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio
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