# At the Brink of Enlightenment Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharmabytes-from-free-buddhist-audio-313051/at-the-brink-of-enlightenment Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharmabytes-from-free-buddhist-audio-313051/at-the-brink-of-enlightenment.md Podcast: [Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharmabytes-from-free-buddhist-audio-313051) Published: 2026-05-15T18:56:00+00:00 Episode link: https://dharmabytes.libsyn.com/at-the-brink-of-enlightenment Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/dharmabytes/Dharmabytes_-_At_the_Brink_of_Enlightenment_1433.mp3?dest-id=1271147 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dharmabytes-from-free-buddhist-audio-313051/episodes/at-the-brink-of-enlightenment Duration seconds: 240 ## Resource In this moving talk based on Sangharakshita's 1969 talk 'Breaking through to Buddhahood', Suddhaka shares some of his experience as an Order Member to illustrate how we might move beyond our unhelpful psychological conditioning. Excerpted from the talk Breaking Through Psychological Conditioning talk given at Brixton Buddhist Centre , 2017. *** 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: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dharmabytes-from-free-buddhist-audio/id416832097 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4UHPDj01UH6ptj8FObwBfB ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dharmabytes-from-free-buddhist-audio-313051/episodes/at-the-brink-of-enlightenment/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharmabytes-from-free-buddhist-audio-313051/at-the-brink-of-enlightenment.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.