Our FBA Dharmabyte today, and#8220;Blending Reason and Reverenceand#8221; is an excerpt from The Diamond Sutra and#8211; Taking Mind to its Limits: Talk 1, by Padmavajra. Blending the intellectual and the devotional, here Padmavajra describes the setting of the sutra exploring simplicity and awareness. This is an excerpt from the first in a sparkling, wide-ranging, thoroughly comprehensive ten talk series by Padmavajra on and#8216;The Diamond Sutraand#8217;. We are taken through the work stage by stage, and here we begin with the opening scenes and the text itself as a revelation of Realityand#8230; Talks given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre, 2004 This talk is part of the series The Diamond Sutra and#8211; Taking Mind to its Limits.