Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio

Dharmabytes from Free Buddhist Audio

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!

Episodes

April 14, 2025 • 3 mins

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April 11, 2025 • 6 mins
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April 8, 2025 • 3 mins
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In his first public appearance since his eyesight began to deteriorate,

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March 31, 2025 • 3 mins

In exploring the nature of tradition in Buddhism, from the Kalama Sutta to the modern day, and the tension between tradition and adaptation in an every-changing world; Taranita discusses how the Triratna came to have its distinctive ecumenical nature. Excerpted from the talk entitled The Six Distinctive Emphases - An Ecumenical Movement given at Bristol Buddhist Centre, 2015.

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March 31, 2025 • 3 mins
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March 24, 2025 • 4 mins

Buddhism is sometimes seen as weak or negative. Using examples from the Pali Canon and Mahayana texts, this lecture shows that, on...

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March 19, 2025 • 5 mins

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March 13, 2025 • 5 mins

Flowers naturally grow towards the light. The more we open to our true potential the more we open to the light of truth, of love, ...

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March 10, 2025 • 3 mins

"As many garlands are made from a heap of flowers, so one who is a mortal born should perform many ethically skilful deeds" - Dham...

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March 3, 2025 • 3 mins

This is an appropriately pithy talk by Surata on one...

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February 27, 2025 • 4 mins
February 24, 2025 • 2 mins
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February 20, 2025 • 2 mins

In a famous passage in the Itivutakka The Buddha compares Metta to the radiance of the sun and moon. He says that metta ‘shines an...

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February 17, 2025 • 3 mins
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February 13, 2025 • 4 mins

Fresh off a three-week solitary retreat, Read more

February 10, 2025 • 4 mins
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February 6, 2025 • 4 mins

Fearlessness is courage in the face of fear, not the absence of fear. When we are with someone who is dying, we are confronted by ...

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February 3, 2025 • 3 mins
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