{"podcast":{"title":"Free Buddhist Audio","slug":"free-buddhist-audio-169866","podcast_index_feed_id":169866,"rss_url":"https://dharmachakra.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://freebuddhistaudio.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/9/5/6/a/956adffeaf5f53cc/fba_podcast_logo_1400.jpg","author":"Dharmachakra / Free Buddhist Audio","episode_count":794,"summary":"Free Buddhist Audio has been serving free recordings of high quality, full-length Dharma talks since 2006. Over 3 million downloads and counting... Get our free weekly Dharma talk podcast with inspiring speakers on Buddhism, meditation and mindfulness. Tune in, be inspired!","last_synced_at":"2026-09-19T10:24:10.589863+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-buddhist-audio-169866"},"episode":{"title":"How Flowers Teach the Way to Enlightenment","slug":"how-flowers-teach-the-way-to-enlightenment","published_at":"2026-09-12T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-buddhist-audio-169866/how-flowers-teach-the-way-to-enlightenment","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-buddhist-audio-169866","url":"https://dharmachakra.libsyn.com/how-flowers-teach-the-way-to-enlightenment","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/dharmachakra/Free_Buddhist_Audio_-_How_Flowers_Teach_the_Way_to_Enlightenment_787.mp3?dest-id=18107","summary":"The Dhammapada, or 'Way of Truth', is a profound expression of 'Basic Buddhism'. In its short, memorable verses, the Buddha challenges us to practise wholeheartedly – because 'a tamed mind brings happiness'. Suryagupta unpacks some of these ancient wisdom-sayings, which, as our founder has said, 'deserve to be engraved on our hearts in letters of gold – or fire.' This talk was given at London Buddhist Centre , as part of the series The Dhammapada , 2022. *** Help us keep FBA Podcasts free for everyone! Donate now Subscribe to the FBA podcast: A full, curated, quality Dharma talk, every week. Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube","meta_description":"The Dhammapada, or 'Way of Truth', is a profound expression of 'Basic Buddhism'. In its short, memorable verses, the Buddha challenges us to practise whol…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3487,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/free-buddhist-audio-169866/episodes/how-flowers-teach-the-way-to-enlightenment/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-buddhist-audio-169866/how-flowers-teach-the-way-to-enlightenment.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}