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FBA Podcast: The Alchemical Buddha

By Zac on Sat, 1 Jan, 2022 - 01:00

Satyapara leads us in an evocation of the alchemical Buddha drawing out the mythic dimension through receptivity and imagination.

Talk given at Cambridge Buddhist Centre, 2018.

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FBA Dharma Story Hour Presents: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

By Zac on Wed, 29 Dec, 2021 - 18:20

Happy 15th Birthday to Free Buddhist Audio! 🎂🎈🥳 🎁

Thank you for all your amazing support over the years. We really couldn’t have done it without you!

Free Buddhist Audio wouldn’t be here without the regular support of individuals like you.

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Dharmabyte: Mindfulness of the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha

By Sadayasihi on Thu, 9 Dec, 2021 - 06:00

Using metaphors from the Bodhicaryavatara, Bodhinaga draws out how mindfulness can transform our lives, both as a defence against negative, reactive patterns and in actively developing the heart and mind of a Bodhisattva, ‘one who cares more for others than they care for themselves’. 

From the talk entitled Staying in Touch, part of the series The Path of Awakening, given at Sheffield Buddhist Centre, 2019.

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Suryavana Retreat Centre
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Bodhiyoga International relaunches 500 hour Yoga Teacher training and Remedial Yoga Module

By Sudaka on Mon, 4 Oct, 2021 - 14:29

Bodhiyoga International relaunches 500 hour Yoga Teacher training and Remedial Yoga Module

By Sudaka on Mon, 4 Oct, 2021 - 14:29

Train to be a Yoga Teacher with Bodhiyoga 2021/2022

Deepen your yoga practice, become a yoga teacher.

Bodhiyoga International now offers a comprehensive 500 hours Certified hybrid Online and Residential teacher training. (at Surayvana)

Share your love of your practice with the world!

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Jobs, Volunteering & Communities
Jobs, Volunteering & Communities

Head of Training at Breathworks

By Vidyamala on Mon, 16 Aug, 2021 - 13:55

Head of Training at Breathworks

By Vidyamala on Mon, 16 Aug, 2021 - 13:55

We are looking for a new Head of Training!

This will be a wonderful opportunity for the right person - someone who is a Breathworks accredited teacher and wants to contribute to strengthening the training department and work with a wonderful team. The role is initially for 15 hours per week. 

Breathworks is going from strength to strength. Our CEO has just been ordained and become Sripaksini. 

For more information including job description and application process visit: https://www.breathworks-mindfulness.org.uk/news/were-hiring-could-you-be…

Application deadline 10th September.

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Free Buddhist Audio

FBA Podcast: The Importance of Mindfulness

By Sadayasihi on Sat, 31 Jul, 2021 - 06:23

Kamalashila explores the centrality of mindfulness to the Buddhist path. He discusses the concept of intoxication, with reference to the 5th Precept and the Sutra of Golden Light. Kamalashila then considers the four foundations of mindfulness from the Satipatthana Sutta and concludes that mindfulness is the basis of metta and allows us to embrace the realm of truth and beauty.

This talk was given at Croydon Buddhist Centre, 1996. This talk was made available by the...

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Free Buddhist Audio

Dharmabyte: Why Mindfulness?

By Sadayasihi on Thu, 29 Jul, 2021 - 06:00

Ratnaprabha describes the qualities of mindfulness in a talk about the fifth precept, intoxication and mindfulness. 

Excerpted from the talk entitled The Fifth Precept given at the West London Buddhist Centre, 2013.

Ratnaprabha describes the qualities of mindfulness in a talk about the fifth precept, intoxication and mindfulness. 

Excerpted from the talk entitled The Fifth Precept given at the West London Buddhist Centre, 2013.

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Alive in Nature! An Invitation (The Dharma Toolkit Podcast, Episode 39)

By Centre Team on Mon, 3 May, 2021 - 23:32

A special episode of the podcast to invite you to Alive In Nature! - a series of live meditations and Dharma adventures from the Scottish Highlands!

Find our more and reserve your space on Alive In Nature!

For three Saturdays in spring or autumn - whichever hemisphere you are in, whatever state of lockdown you’re living through - you’re invited to sit with us and the amazing team from the Dhanakosa community in the birch woods of the...

Windhorse Publications
Windhorse Publications

Just released: Vajradevi’s ‘Uncontrived Mindfulness’

By Windhorse Publi... on Fri, 9 Apr, 2021 - 10:44

Just released: Vajradevi’s ‘Uncontrived Mindfulness’

By Windhorse Publi... on Fri, 9 Apr, 2021 - 10:44

We are very pleased to announce the release of Vajradevi’s first book, Uncontrived Mindfulness: Ending Suffering through Attention, Curiosity and Wisdom. 

The Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta is a foundational text in the Buddhist tradition, outlining a path of increasing awareness and wisdom. Over many years, Vajradevi has drawn on a range of approaches to the practice of satipaṭṭhāna: within Triratna as well as with U Tejaniya in the Burmese meditation tradition and some teachers of the Insight Meditation Society. What she offers us...

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Free Buddhist Audio

Dharmabyte: The Shape of Mind

By Sadayasihi on Thu, 25 Feb, 2021 - 06:00

As soon as we bring awareness to our mind states they change. Vidyamala speaks to the importance of allowing for growth and integration in our practice. She speaks of the twin pillars of awareness and love and how mindfulness can lead to a deeper and deeper sense of connection with all of life and how kindness is a natural expression of that.

From the talk entitled Citta - Fragments On Love, part of the series An...

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