http://link.mangalashribhuti.org/ en-us b & B) 2009 Mangala Shri Bhuti Weekly Teachings on the Buddhadharma Via Web Conference Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Dungse Jampal Norbu and students Pith instructions and practical inquiries into Buddhist view and meditation At the heart of the Buddhist path is the individual practitioner who integrates the teachings with his or her own experience. Posting weekly since August of 2009, the Link Podcast features pithy teachings by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Dungse Jampal Norbu, and Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel that illustrate the creativity and practicality that are the hallmarks of being a successful meditator. Talks by students of Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche offer an intimate window into the spiritual paths of Western students of Buddhism as they bring the teachings to life in their own unique and personal ways. Most talks in this podcast draw from a weekly Live broadcast on Sundays at 10 am Mountain Time. Wisdom Productions of Mangala Shri Bhuti link@mangalashribhuti.org No Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Dzogchen Beara, Ireland, 2 August, 2009 Rinpoche' s three aspirations to make progress on the path http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/TheLink_001_2009_08_02.mp3 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 10:00:00 MST 45:40 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Jampal Norbu Namgyel Jampal Norbu Namgyel from Osel Ling, Crestone, Colorado, 9 August, 2009 Jampal' s first talk to the Sangha http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/TheLink_002_2009_08_09.mp3 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:00:00 MST 55:47 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel from Osel Ling, Crestone, Colorado, 16 August, 2009 http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/TheLink_003_2009_08_16.mp3 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:00:00 MST 40:44 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Ani Pema Chodron Ani Pema Chodron from Samten Ling, Crestone, Colorado, 23 August, 2009 We Are Big Enough to Hold it All: At Ease with Fundamental Uncertainty http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/TheLink_004_2009_08_23.mp3 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:00:00 MST 53:15 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students R. Scott Gallagher, MSB President R. Scott Gallagher from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado, 30 August, 2009 http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/TheLink_005_2009_08_30.mp3 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:00:00 MST 56:51 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado, 30 August, 2009 http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/TheLink_006_2009_09_06.mp3 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:00:00 MST 50:50 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Jampal Norbu Namgyel Jampal Norbu Namgyel from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado, 13 September, 2009 http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/TheLink_007_2009_09_13.mp3 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:00:00 MST 37:10 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel rom Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado, 20 September, 2009 http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/TheLink_2009_8.mp3 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:00:00 MST 57:16 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Jampal Norbu Namgyel Jampal Norbu Namgyel from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado, 4 October, 2009 http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/TheLink_2009_10.mp3 Sun, 4 Oct 2009 10:00:00 MST 58:28 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel from Osel Ling, Crestone, Colorado, 11 October, 2009 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/TheLink_2009_11.mp3 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:00:00 MST 57:01 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from California, USA, 1 November, 2009 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/TheLINK_2009_12.mp3 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:00:00 MST 54:32 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Jampal Norbu Namgyel Jampal Norbu Namgyel from Guna Institute, Bir, India, 8 November, 2009 Jampal Norbu Namgyel http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/TheLink_2009_13.mp3 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:00:00 MST 50:21 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel from Osel Ling, Crestone, Colorado, 15 November, 2009 http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/TheLink_2009_14.mp3 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:00:00 MST 59:25 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Jennifer Shippee Jennifer Shippee from Guna Institute, Bir, India, 22, November, 2009 Jennifer Shippee http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/TheLink_2009_15.mp3 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:00:00 MST 41:23 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Chris Riggert Chris Riggert from Pema Osel, Vershire, VT, 29, November, 2009 Chris Riggert http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/TheLink_2009_16.mp3 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:00:00 MST 26:32 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Guna Institute, Bir, India, 05, November, 2009 2009 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/TheLink_2009_17.mp3 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:00:00 MST 1:02:49 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Jampal Norbu Namgyel Jampal Norbu Namgyel from Guna Institute, Bir, India, 13 December, 2009 Jampal Norbu Namgyel http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/TheLink_2009_18.mp3 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:00:00 MST 43:31 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel from Osel Ling, Crestone, Colorado, 20 December, 2009 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/TheLink_2009_12_20_19.mp3 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:00:00 MST 1:06:12 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Gretchen Kahre Holland Gretchen Kahre Holland from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado, 27 December, 2009 Gretchen Kahre Holland http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/TheLink_2009_12_27_20.mp3 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:00:00 MST 45:18 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Guna Institute, Bir, India, 03 January, 2010 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2010_21.mp3 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 10:00:00 MST 1:00:34 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Jampal Norbu Namgyel Jampal Norbu Namgyel from a Train on the Way to Bodghaya, India, 10 January, 2010 Jampal Norbu Namgyel http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2010_22.mp3 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:00:00 MST 39:41 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel from Crestone, 17 January, 2010 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/23.mp3 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:00:00 MST 58:09 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Nicholas Carter Nicholas Carter from Osel Ling, Crestone, 24 January, 2010 Nicholas Carter http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/24.mp3 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:00:00 MST 37:07 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel from Florida, 21 February, 2010 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/25.mp3 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:00:00 MST 1:18:48 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Kelly Smith Kelly Smith from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO, 28 February, 2010 Kelly Smith http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/26.mp3 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:00:00 MST 50:05 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Guna Institute, Bir, India, 07 March, 2010 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/27.mp3 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:00:00 MST 1:02:59 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Jampal Norbu Namgyel Jampal Norbu Namgyel from Guna Institute, Bir, India, 14 March, 2010 Jampal Norbu Namgyel http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/28.mp3 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:00:00 MST 51:29 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel from Crestione, 21 Mar, 2010 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/29.mp3 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:00:00 MST 58:20 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Jennifer Shippee Jennifer Shippee from Guna Institute, Bir, India, 28 Mar, 2010 Jennifer Shippee http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/30.mp3 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 10:00:00 MST 42:18 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Guna Institute, Bir, India, 04 Apr, 2010 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/31.mp3 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 10:00:00 MST 01:11:32 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Jampal Norbu Namgyel Jampal Norbu Namgyel from Guna Institute, Bir, India, 11 Apr, 2010 Jampal Norbu Namgyel http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/32.mp3 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:00:00 MST 00:28:35 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students R. Scott Gallagher, MSB President R. Scott Gallagher from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado, 18 April, 2010 http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/33.mp3 Sun, 18 Apr 2010 10:00:00 MST 40:47 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz from Osel Ling, Crestone, Colorado, 25 April, 2010 http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/34.mp3 Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:00:00 MST 57:34 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Kyoto, Japan, 02 May, 2010 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/35.mp3 Sun, 02 May 2010 10:00:00 MST 00:43:00 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Jampal Norbu Namgyel Jampal Norbu Namgyel from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO, 09 May, 2010 Jampal Norbu Namgyel http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/36.mp3 Sun, 09 May 2010 10:00:00 MST 01:05:49 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel from Crestione, 16 May, 2010 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/37.mp3 Sun, 16 May 2010 10:00:00 MST 58:26 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Mark Smith Mark Smith from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO, 30 May, 2010 Mark Smith http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/39.mp3 Sun, 30 May 2010 10:00:00 MST 60:05 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Jampal Norbu Namgyel Jampal Norbu Namgyel from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO, 13 Jun, 2010 Jampal Norbu Namgyel http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/41.mp3 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:00:00 MST 59:28 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel -- Pre-recorded talk originally given at the Shambhala Ctr of NY, 10 Apr 2010 Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/42_ThreeAspectsOfFaith_ForLINK.mp3 Sun, 20 Jun 2010 12:00:00 MST 1:10:30 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Natasha Carter Natasha Carter Natasha Carter http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2010_06_27_LINK.mp3 Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:00:00 MST 55:00 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Lerab Ling, 18 Aug 2008 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/42.mp3 Sun, 4 Jul 2010 10:00:00 MST 45:43 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Samten Ling, 26 May 2002 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/43.mp3 Sun, 26 May 2002 12:00:00 MST 44:32 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Samten Ling, 22 March 1999, Personal Link #35 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2010_07_18_LINK35_DKR.mp3 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 10:00:00 MST 57:50 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Samten Ling, 25 April 1999, Personal Link #39 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2010_07_25_LINK.mp3 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:00:00 MST 57:50 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Samten Ling, 09 July 2000, Personal Link #80 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2010_08_01_LINK.mp3 Sun, 1 Aug 2010 10:00:00 MST 60:50 dzigar kongtrul rinpoche, personal link, mangala shri bhuti Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Samten Ling, 21 January 2001, Personal Link #89 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2010_08_08_LINK.mp3 Sun, 8 Aug 2010 10:00:00 MST 60:50 dzigar kongtrul rinpoche, personal link, mangala shri bhuti Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Phuntsok Choling, 27 April 2003, Personal Link #176 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2010_08_15_LINK.mp3 Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:00:00 MST 60:50 dzigar kongtrul rinpoche, personal link, mangala shri bhuti Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Samten Ling, 16 May 1999, Personal Link #42 Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche discusses how we can be free of the illusion of relative truth through resting in the absolute nature of our minds. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2010_08_22_LINK.mp3 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:00:00 MST 80:00 dzigar kongtrul rinpoche, personal link, mangala shri bhuti Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Osel Ling, 2 March 2003, Personal Link #171 Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche ' makes a case' against attachment, emphasizing how logic and reason can be a force for change in working with our habits. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2010_08_29_LINK.mp3 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:00:00 MST 70:00 dzigar kongtrul rinpoche, personal link, mangala shri bhuti Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Osel Ling, 11 March 2001, Personal Link #96 Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche adresses how merit, especially the merit to mature, relates to our ability to overcome a pervasive suffering, that of insecurity. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2010_09_19_LINK__PL_096_2001_03_11.mp3 Sun, 19 Sep 2010 10:00:00 MST 70:00 dzigar kongtrul rinpoche, personal link, mangala shri bhuti Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from New York City, 7 May 200, Personal Link #72 Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche suggests we needn' t automatically feel doomed under the power of our habits. We need to approach them with a sense of relaxation - not giving them too much power by fearing them - and learning to ' dance' with their enegery. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2010_09_26_LINK__PL_072_2000_05_07.mp3 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 10:00:00 MST 70:00 dzigar kongtrul rinpoche, personal link, mangala shri bhuti Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Rinpoche' s LINK from Berkeley, CA. Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Rinpoche restates the mission of Mangala Shri Bhuti: a life of service and of deepening one' s nature of mind practice as a naljor. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2010_10_03_LINK.mp3 Sun, 3 Oct 2010 10:00:00 MST 40:00 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Samten Ling, May 14, 2000, Personal Link #73. Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Many people feel they were born clumsy and will die clumsy, Rinpoche says. But the relaxation that comes through practice gives rise to a natural elegance and grace. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2010_09_12_LINK__PL_073_2000_05_14.mp3 Sun, 10 Oct 2010 10:00:00 MST 40:00 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling. Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse Jampal Norbu explores some of the misconceptions one may naturally have about emptiness and its relation to relative experience. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2010_10_17_LINK45_DJN.mp3 Sun, 17 Oct 2010 10:00:00 MST 65:00 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel from Osel Ling, Crestone, CO. Speaker: Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel. Elizabeth discusses another angle on our experience of faith http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2010_10_24_LINK46_EMN.mp3 Sun, 24 Oct 2010 10:00:00 MST 60:00 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Bir, India Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Rinpoche speaks on the power of keeping silent to bring our mental patterns into light and make our choice to ' drop it' and turn our focus to impermanence and appreciation of simplicity. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2010_11_07_LINK47_DKR.mp3 Sun, 7 Nov 2010 10:00:00 MST 20:49 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Impermanence, Silence Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Namgyel Dungse Jampal Norbu Namgyel from Bir, India Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse Jampal explores karma in this eloquent and insightful talk. By identifying two types of karma, personal and general (general meaning phenomena like gravity), we can address what in our karma we can do something about through practice and the view. The Q and A contains engaging discussion of topics such as fate. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2010_11_14_LINK48_DJN.mp3 Sun, 14 Nov 2010 10:00:00 MST 60:00 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Karma, Fate Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel from Crestone, Colorado Speaker: Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel. Elizabeth comments on the poem, "The Art of Disappearing", by Naomi Shahib Nye, exploring renunciation as desirable rather than a loss of things desirable. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2010_11_21_LINK49_EMN.mp3 Sun, 21 Nov 2010 10:00:00 MST 43:35 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, renunciation, Naomi Shahib Nye Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Guna Institute, Bir, India. Kongtrul Rinpoche reminds us how fast time passes, from a day to a month, a year and then our entire life. What will we have made of this precious opportunity? How do we determine what is important, and not? Will we walk in the footsteps of those who have made communicating the dharma to others their priority? http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2010_12_06_LINK51_DKR.mp3 Sun, 5 Dec 2010 10:00:00 MST 50:00 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Impermanence Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Guna Institute, Bir, India. Dungse Jampal Norbu continues his exploration of karma. While dieties and our teachers ' supplement' our path, we each must clarify how our intention informs our actions as we seek to walk toward awakening. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2010_12_06_LINK52_DJN.mp3 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:00:00 MST 60:00 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Repsonsibility, Karma Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel from Osel Ling, Crestone, CO. Elizabeth suggests that we need to examine where our mind is coming from when we feel driven. Is it tight, fearful and contracted? Is there something inside that is unsettled? That discomfort is often then projected to the outside world. If we stop, look at our minds and relax with the discomfort, we might find things are not what we think. Things can shift very quickly. Loneliness can change into fullness, fixation can change into openness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2010_12_19_LINK53_EMN.mp3 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 10:00:00 MST 60:00 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Shenpa, Momentum Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Joseph Waxman Joseph Waxman from Boston, MA Joey Waxman, one of Mangala Shri Bhuti' s khenchungs, examines his own motivation for practice, and asks the question, "how do you develop disciplne without being hard on yourself", in this personal and honest link http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2010_12_26_LINK54_JLW.mp3 Sun, 26 Dec 2010 10:00:00 MST 60:00 Motivation Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, from Guna Institute, Bir, India New Year is a good time to review the past year to evaluate what has worked for us and what has not, what has been beneficial to others and what has not. Since we are human and not perfect, we are subject to errors and confusions. But these can be remedied. If we contemplate our mistakes with joy and without guilt, if we face our errors in judgment with courage and learn from our mistakes, we can have a clear conscience http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_01_02_LINK55_DKR.mp3 Sun, 2 Jan 2011 10:00:00 MST 50:00 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, New Year' s Resolutions, Clean conscience Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu, from Guna Institute, Bir, India The beginning of the new year is a time when people often make resolutions to change. They might want to quit a bad habit such as smoking or excessive drinking, or to cultivate something such as healthy eating in order to lose weight. But often these good intentions fall by the wayside and are never carried out. In order to actually accomplish one' s intention, one needs in addition to intention, a vision. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_01_09_LINK56_DJN.mp3 Sun, 9 Jan 2011 10:00:00 MST 45:00 Dungse Jampal Norbu, New Year' s Resolutions Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, from Osel Ling, Crestone, CO What does Trungpa, Rinpoche mean by "don' t trust"? He is not addressing things that are conventionally untrustworthy such as drug dealers, used car salesmen or large corporations. He is talking about the world always changing and not behaving according to our preferences. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_01_16_LINK57_EMN.mp3 Sun, 16 Jan 2011 10:00:00 MST 55:00 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Trust Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Rebecca Zepp Rebecca Zepp, from Phuntsok Choling, Boulder, CO Rebecca recounts how she entered the Buddhist path and her experience as a student of Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche over the last 20 years. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_01_23_LINK58_RZ.mp3 Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:00:00 MST 27:00 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Ani Pema Chodron Ani Pema Chodron, from Gampo Abbey, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia When we hear about the emptiness things, we might visualize that emptiness is like a hologram, having form but no substance. However, nothing we think of can actually prepare us for what the real experience of emptiness is like in life. The way our conventional mind works cannot grasp it. Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche describes the sunyata or emptiness experience as "a state where things fade out (stet) and future possibilities have not arisen." It also can be experienced as not knowing what to do. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_01_30_LINK59_APC.mp3 Sun, 30 Jan 2011 10:00:00 MST 56:00 Ani Pema Chodron, Emptiness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, from Guna Institute, Bir, India The first in a series of four recordings of Rinpoche played in February, 2011, all taken from teachings he gave during the Fall/Winter semester at Guna Institute, 2010 - 2011. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/VDKR_Dec23_HowToMeditate.mp3 Sun, 6 Feb 2011 10:00:00 MST 50:00 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Meditation Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, from Guna Institute, Bir, India The second in a series of four recordings of Rinpoche played in February, 2011, all taken from teachings he gave during the Fall/Winter semester at Guna Institute, 2010 - 2011. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/VDKR_Dec29_TheMedicineof4Immeasurables.mp3 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:00:00 MST 1:06:40 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Four Immeasurables Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, from Guna Institute, Bir, India The third in a series of four recordings of Rinpoche played in February, 2011, all taken from teachings he gave during the Fall/Winter semester at Guna Institute, 2010 - 2011. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/VDKR_Nov26_ThePurposeOfGeneratingBodhicitta.mp3 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 10:00:00 MST 31:43 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Bodhicitta Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, from Guna Institute, Bir, India The final talk in a series of four recordings of Rinpoche played in February, 2011, all taken from teachings he gave during the Fall/Winter semester at Guna Institute, 2010 - 2011. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/VDKR_Dec10_UnderstandingHowWeSuffer.mp3 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 10:00:00 MST 36:23 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Suffering Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, from Crestone, CO. 2011 Losar Address. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_03_06_LINK64_DKR.mp3 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 10:00:00 MST 44:16 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, 2011 Losar Address Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu, from Bodghaya, India Expanding the view beyond the self and the resultant relief from the suffering of the five negative emotions and the concept of "Small Self, Large Self". http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_03_13_LINK65_DJN.mp3 Sun, 13 Mar 2011 10:00:00 MST 20:59 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Small Self, Large Self Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, from Vero Beach, Florida In this talk Elizabeth discusses how to not close down around either beauty or suffering. She describes bearing witness as the inner practice of the Bodhisattva where as one serves one awakens and moves toward connectedness and interdependence. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_03_20_LINK66_EMN.mp3 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 10:00:00 MST 60:01 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Bearing Witness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Scott Gallagher Scott Gallagher, from Osel Ling, Crestone, CO Scott describes the impact Kongtrul Rinpoche' s introduction to the way ego mind works has on our mind. With that knowledge, when strong clinging to the self comes about, we know what to do, though letting go at first may seem counterintuitive to the whole process ego sets up. So we must ' shoot the hostage' ... Listen to find out more. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_03_27_LINK67_RSG.mp3 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 10:00:00 MST 29:00 R Scott Gallagher, Letting Go Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, from India Rinpoche reflects on how the Cricket World Cup united one billion people of all classes, colors and ages in a moment of pure joy. He contemplated how we could cultivate this same sympathetic joy in our daily lives towards even the smallest act of savings a bug and the power of our mind to bring about real happiness and contentment in this way, despite our external conditions. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_04_03_LINK68_DKR.mp3 Sun, 03 Apr 2011 10:00:00 MST 56:26 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, A Moment of Pure Joy Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu, from Bir, India Dungse-la reflects on the power of faith and gives suggestions on how to cultivate faith. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_04_10_LINK69_DJN.mp3 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 10:00:00 MST 51:46 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Reflections on Faith Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, from Bir, India Rinpoche invesigates the five strengths. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_04_17_LINK70_DKR.mp3 Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:00:00 MST 59:54 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Determined Focus Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Natasha Carter Natasha Carter, from Crestone, Colorado Natasha discusses challenges faced in retreat. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_04_24_LINK71_NHC.mp3 Sun, 24 Apr 2011 10:00:00 MST 59:54 Natasha Carter, Letting Go Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, from Bir, India Rinpoche describes how to skillfully use the power of inspiration that comes from being "starstruck" and gives clear examples of how to, and how not to follow through with that inspriration. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_05_01_LINK72_DKR.mp3 Sun, 01 May 2011 10:00:00 MST 59:32 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Starstruck Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu, from Bir, India Jampal contemplates materialistic mind in the modern world and discusses the remedy to the mistaken belief that "things bring happiness". http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_05_08_LINK73_DJN.mp3 Sun, 08 May 2011 10:00:00 MST 49:04 Dungse Jampal Norbu, The Essence of Mother' s Day Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Ani Pema Chodron Ani Pema Chodron, from Pema Osel, Vershire, Vermont Ani Pema provides a commentary on the Lojong slogan, "Drive All Blames Into One", and gives us tips on distinguishing between what causes our suffering and what triggers it. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_05_15_LINK74_APC.mp3 Sun, 15 May 2011 10:00:00 MST 52:21 Ani Pema Chodron, The Propensity To Be Bothered Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, from Crestone, Colorado How do we develop a certainty that is not static or about being a ' knower' ? Elizabeth delves into the question of having confidence in an uncertain world and upon what that confidence is based. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_05_22_LINK75_EMN.mp3 Sun, 22 May 2011 10:00:00 MST 1:26:00 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Certainty Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz, from Crestone, Colorado Exertion: honoring our Buddha nature. Sasha explores how to experience exertion as a natural expression of our Buddha nature. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_05_29_LINK76_SDM.mp3 Sun, 29 May 2011 10:00:00 MST 55:33 Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz, Exertion: Honoring Our Buddha Nature Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Five Steps to Handle Chaos. Rinpoche explains five steps to skillfully handle situations when chaos arises in our lives, talks about the practice of acceptance and harvesting the pain of failure to gain success. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_06_05_LINK77_DKR.mp3 Sun, 05 Jun 2011 10:00:00 MST 33:39 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Five Steps to Handle Chaos Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu, from Bir, India Dungse-la observes that in our fast paced modern world, awareness often gets "stretched thin." Without awareness, there' s more of a chance that the five negative emotions will slip in and overtake our mind. So putting an emphasis on maintaining awareness as a bodhcitta practice bridges the gap between meditation and post meditation practice, allowing us to carry out working with the paramitas to counter the negative emotions in our daily lives, even with the speed of modernity. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_06_12_LINK78_DJN.mp3 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 10:00:00 MST 50:00 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Bodhicitta, Awareness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, from Crestone, Colorado Elizabeth shares her personal experiences in relating with her teacher and describes the skillful means and "practice" in this relationship. Elizabeth describes what it means to be a student and the discipline of falling apart and letting go into humbleness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_06_19_LINK79_EMN.mp3 Sun, 19 Jun 2011 10:00:00 MST 1:13:02 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Student-Teacher Relationship Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Legacy Series, From Guna Institute, Bir, India, May 16, 2011. Rinpoche talks about the necessity of some suffering in developing a happy and cheerful mind that has stability. He goes on to discuss how to experience growth. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_06_26_LINK80_DKR(L).mp3 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:00:00 MST 1:01:55 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, What Is Happiness? Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Legacy Series, from Guna Institute, Bir, India, April 18, 2011 Rinpoche discusses the tendency for humans to feel the "privilege"of self-pity and contrasts this with the qualities of a mature mind. Rinpoche explores the differences of feeling burdened by the sufferings of samsara versus feeling encouraged to find a solution. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_07_03_LINK81_DKR(L).mp3 Sun, 03 Jul 2011 10:00:00 MST 1:02:20 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Organized Mind Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu, from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado Dungse-la speaks about Timuk- "a dull flat state of disconnectedness" and outlines various remedies including mindfulness, a keen awareness of one' s environment and how the practice of the four noble truths brings us back. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_07_10_LINK82_DJN.mp3 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 10:00:00 MST 57:34 Dungse Jampal Norbu, The Affliction of Timuk Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, from Crestone Colorado Elizabeth explores the many usages of the word "belief", how we experience beliefs and belief as it relates to the Buddha' s teachings on emptiness and the Middle Way. Talk given from Crestone, Colorado. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_07_17_LINK83_EMN.mp3 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 10:00:00 MST 1:27:48 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Beliefs Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Ani Pema Chodron Ani Pema Chodron, from Osel Ling, Crestone Colorado Pema explains how the hardest of circumstances can be the greatest opportunity for awakening. She offers steps toward staying "awake and open" to the intensity and describes how emotions become a catalyst for emptiness or egolessness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_07_24_LINK84_APC.mp3 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 10:00:00 MST 59:41 Ani Pema Chodron, Awakening In The Charnel Ground Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Gretchen Kahre-Holland Gretchen Kahre-Holland, from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado Gretchen speaks about mind and emotions from her experience as a western and contemplative psychologist and a Buddhist practitioner. She explains how the practice of tonglen combats the two tendencies and protects from impulsivity, while holding a space for others. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_07_31_LINK85_GKH.mp3 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 10:00:00 MST 1:01:40 Gretchen Kahre-Holland, Psychology and Buddhism Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, from Warsaw, Poland Rinpoche encourages us to get back to our roots by transforming our state of mind with the four samtens, the Four Immeasurables as a daily practice, in order to have a rich internal life. He describes in detail the first two stages of bodhisattva training, generating respectful equality and universal love and care for all beings. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_08_07_LINK86_DKR.mp3 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 10:00:00 MST 49:16 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Back To Our Roots Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu, from Ward, Colorado Dungse-la discusses the necessity of having a solid "individual life" as a foundation to be of benefit to the larger community, which he defines as all sentient beings. He describes how thinking of and caring for others brings greater joy than caring for ourselves, and with repeated practice how the "illusion of duality begins to fade." http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_08_14_LINK87_DJN.mp3 Sun, 14 Aug 2011 10:00:00 MST 1:11:30 Dungse Jampal Norbu, The Individual and The Community Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, from Osel Ling, Crestone, Colorado Elizabeth describes brokenheartedness as seeing the nature of impermanence vividly, and discusses why heartbreak and loss are critical for a practitioner--how the "sting" of loss is necessary in creating an openheartedness, which is the place where practitioners need to reside. She describes how loss pushes us in the direction of a bigger way of being. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_08_21_LINK88_EMN.mp3 Sun, 21 Aug 2011 10:00:00 MST 1:04:33 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Loving Even More....After Grief and Loss Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Khenchung Vern Mizner Khenchung Vern Mizner, from Crestone, Colorado Vern contemplates why we fear sadness and describes the richness inherent in sadness--a genuine part of the human experience worth exploring in its own right. He describes the beauty and joy of sadness and why this "emotion" was held in high regard by the lineage masters. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_08_28_LINK89_KVM.mp3 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:00:00 MST 58:07 Khenchung Vern Mizner, The Joy of Sadness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Pre-recorded talk by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche This excerpt from the 2011 Dzogchen Seminar explores what Rinpoche calls the "predator mentality", the default state of mind in samsara when you do not reflect on how yourself and all beings desire happiness equally. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_09_04_Legacy_PredatorMentality.mp3 Sun, 4 Sep 2011 10:00:00 MST 58:23 Dzigar Kongtrul, bodhicitta, predator mentality Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Pre-recorded talk by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Guna Institute. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_09_11_Legacy_LearningShapeMind.mp3 Sun, 11 Sep 2011 10:00:00 MST 59:41 Dzigar, Kongtrul, study Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Pre-recorded talk by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Guna Institute. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_09_18_Legacy_ChildEnlightenedNature.mp3 Sun, 18 Sep 2011 10:00:00 MST 49:20 Dzigar, Kongtrul Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Pre-recorded talk by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from the 2011 Shedra http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_09_25_Legacy_PurifyingSmallSelf.mp3 Sun, 25 Sep 2011 10:00:00 MST 41:35 Dzigar, Kongtrul, bodhicitta, predator mentality Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Pre-recorded talk by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from the 2011 Shedra http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_10_02_Legacy_PurifyingSmallSelf.mp3 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 10:00:00 MST 41:35 Dzigar Kongtrul, bodhicitta, predator mentality Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu, from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado Dungse-la contemplates how building an identity around an object changes the value of our experience thereby leading to a loss of appreciation, joy and contentment for what is. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_10_09_LINK90_DJN.mp3 Sun, 09 Oct 2011 10:00:00 MST 39:40 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Clinging to the Concept of Self and Other Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, from Crestone, Colorado Elizabeth explores a profound Kadampa teaching that exposes the pain experienced by the ego when grasping or clinging to one' s identity, and the freedom and confidence that can arise from realizing there is no truth to identity. She explains the difference between the humility that comes from a falling away of the ego versus the "ego of low self esteem". http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_10_16_LINK91_EMN.mp3 Sun, 16 Oct 2011 10:00:00 MST 1:23:53 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Enter The Circle of Dogs Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, pre-recorded at 2011 Shedra, Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado Rinpoche discusses the predisposition of humans to make themselves small and reveals the truth of becoming the trutral itself. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_10_30_LINK93_KBR.mp3 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:00:00 MST 59:55 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Become The Trutral Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado Rinpoche discusses how attachment makes us wobbly and weaker on the path, having no solid footing and diminished self esteem. He discusses how to relate to attachment through self reflection, the courage of letting go and the power of intention. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_11_06_LINK94_DKR.mp3 Sun, 06 Nov 2011 10:00:00 MST 55:11 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, It' s Such A Nuisance To Be Attached Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu, Boulder, Colorado Dungse-la underscores the importance of openness and trust as the link to the larger self, and in opening to the larger self how bodhicitta serves as both the vehicle (to enlightenment) and the bridge (counters the small self and negative habits). http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_11_13_LINK95_DJN.mp3 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 10:00:00 MST 31:45 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Bodhicitta As A Bridge Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Crestone, Colorado Elizabeth explores the way to develop confidence in our basic nature as our "resting place" and how cultivating merit is the key to find the cracks in the system in order to let the light come through. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_11_20_LINK96_EMN.mp3 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 10:00:00 MST 1:17:23 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Light Comes Through, Accumulating Merit Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Nicholas Carter Nicholas Carter, Crestone, Colorado Nicholas explores arrogance. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_11_27_LINK97_NC.mp3 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 10:00:00 MST 1:04:03 Nicholas Carter, Arrogance Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Crestone, Colorado,(previously recorded on April 9, 2006) In this pre-recorded talk (4/9/2006) given at Samten Ling, Rinpoche offers three remedies for shakiness that can stem from a lack of confidence or faith in one' s practice. He explains how these remedies, Faith, Surrender and Acknowledgment and the relative practice of devotion (mugu) can ultimately lead to absolute realization. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_12_04_Legacy_LINK98_DKR.mp3 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:00:00 MST 56:46 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Devotion, Mugu, Faith, Surrender, Acknowledgment Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu, Bir, India Dungse-la reflects on aspiration and engagement bodhicitta and its expression on a personal level in our thoughts and actions and on a larger scale within societies and cultures. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_12_11_LINK99_DJN.mp3 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:00:00 MST 49:31 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Bodhicitta, Engagement, Aspiration Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Crestone, Colorado Elizabeth discusses our relationship with our world and the activity of awareness, especially when relating to suffering. She describes how to be in relationship with everything in our world with dynamic systems merging. "The more we include the freer we become". http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2011_12_18_LINK100_EMN.mp3 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 10:00:00 MST 1:19:32 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Relationships, Interdependence, Emptiness, Suffering, Bearing Witness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Bir, India Rinpoche talks about spiritual growth for the new year and describes how to relate to the "anxiety of change" in our life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_01_01_LINK101_DKR.mp3 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 10:00:00 MST 40:23 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, New Year Address 2012, Relating to Change Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu, Bir, India Dungse-la discusses the key trait of devotion as being a person who pursues their purpose with single-minded focus without distraction. He uses the 2012 Kalachakra gathering in Bodhgaya as an example of devotion and describes the relationship between devotion and distraction. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_01_08_LINK102_DJN.mp3 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 10:00:00 MST 50:44 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Devotion, Distraction Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Chris Riggert Chris Riggert, Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, VT Chris discusses how feeling of separate from others is the same as a lack of intimacy with, or feeling separate from, the Self. He describes the practice of bearing witness as an example of intimacy and non-separation, and gives examples that illustrate how we handle others is really how we handle ourselves. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_01_15_LINK103_CR.mp3 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:00:00 MST 54:31 Chris Riggert, Self Intimacy, Non-Separation, Oneness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Crestone, Colorado Elizabeth shares her inquiry into what is special about the Dharma and what we want to carry forward. This led her back to the Buddha' s teachings of The Middle Way and "the practice of resting in open inquiry", "looking deeply at what' s timeless and placeless" and "entering the Hall of Doubt". http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_01_22_LINK104_EMN.mp3 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:00:00 MST 1:28:48 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Buddhism in the West, Middle Way, Openness, State of Inquiry Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Mark Smith Mark Smith, Ward, Colorado Mark reminds us of Dunzhi, or the seemingly important "little things" that proliferate to fill our lives and take us away from the upayas given to us by our teachers, distract us from practice and take us away from fulfilling our deepest aspirations. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_01_29_LINK105_MS.mp3 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:00:00 MST 1:11:25 Mark Smith, Dunzhi, Distraction, Choice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche- Legacy Series Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, pre-recorded July 2003 This is the first in a three part series of pre-recorded talks on Chopa, a Tibetan term generally defined as "a practitioner", but more specifically defined as a practitioner who has transformed their mind by working with self-clinging. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_02_05_LINK106_CHOPA1.mp3 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:00:00 MST 1:05 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Chopa, Transforming the Root Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche- Legacy Series Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, pre-recorded July 2003 This is the second in a three part series of pre-recorded talks on Chopa, a Tibetan term generally defined as "a practitioner", but more specifically defined as a practitioner who has transformed their mind by working with self-clinging. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_02_12_LINK107_CHOPA2.mp3 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:00:00 MST 1:05 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Chopa, Strength of Intention Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche- Legacy Series Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, pre-recorded July 2003 This is the third and final in a three part series of pre-recorded talks on Chopa, a Tibetan term generally defined as "a practitioner", but more specifically defined as a practitioner who has transformed their mind by working with self-clinging. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_02_19_LINK108_CHOPA3.mp3 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 10:00:00 MST 1:05 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Chopa, Staying on the Peak Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, from Phuntsok Choling, 26 Feb, 2012 As the new year is upon us, Rinpoche encourages us to become vigorous in taking opportunities to serve others, grow the sense of care within ourselves and in the process drop our self attachments: "Offer yourself in any way to serve others and take that as your spiritual path". http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_02_26_LINK109_DKR.mp3 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 10:00:00 MST 57:17 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Losar Address 2012 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, from Bir India given on November 29, 2011, aired March 4, 2012 Rinpoche gave this talk to students of the Guna Institute in November 2011. He describes how the "clear state of compassion" is focused internally on how we, as senient beings, suffer from self-clinging and then having the integrity to work against it. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_03_04_LINK110_DKRL.mp3 Sun, 04 Mar 2012 10:00:00 MST 37:20 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Clear Compassion, Self-Clinging, Chopa Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, from Bir India given on December 14, 2011, aired March 11, 2012 Rinpoche gave this talk to students of the Guna Institute on December 14, 2011. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_03_11_LINK111_DKRL.mp3 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 10:00:00 MST 55:14 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Mathematical Aspiration, Bir Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu, from Bodhgaya, India Dungse-la contemplates the meaning of true renunciation of samsara while in Bodhgaya, India. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_03_18_LINK112_DJN.mp3 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 10:00:00 MST 32:21 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Renunciation Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Stephanie Kindberg Stephanie Kindberg, from Bir, India Stephanie offers tips to generate appreciation in daily life including the importance of self-reflection, allowing space in our minds, contemplating our precious human births and impermanence. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_03_25_LINK113_SK.mp3 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 10:00:00 MST 47:13 Stephanie Kindberg, Appreciation Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu, from Bir, India Inspired by the previous week' s contemplations on appreciation, Dungse-la expands on the importance of appreciation throughout one' s journey on the path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_04_01_LINK114_DJN.mp3 Sun, 01 Apr 2012 10:00:00 MST 43:26 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Appreciation Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, a pre-recorded talk given in 2011 at Nalanda West, Seattle, Washington Aired a pre-recorded talk given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche at Nalanda West in Seattle Washington in 2011. This talk is available for purchase on the MSB Webstore for $35. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_04_08_LINK115_DKRL.mp3 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 10:00:00 MST 55:00 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Softening The Heart, Awakening The Mind Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Andrew Shakespeare Andrew Shakespeare, from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado Andrew recollects various teachings he has received over the years as student of Mangala Shri Bhuti, sharing with us his experiences on topics such as individual liberation, stupidity, laziness, buddha nature and aspiration bodicitta. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_04_15_LINK116_AS.mp3 Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:00:00 MST 47:44 Andrew Shakespeare, Reflections, Liberation, Buddha Nature, Aspiration Bodhicitta Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, from Sarasota, Florida Elizabeth gives her final talk in a four-part series on taking refuge, the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha to a group of aspiring students in Florida. In this talk, Elizabeth defines Sangha as a vehicle that teaches us who we really are and serves as a support for us to find our resting place. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_04_22_LINK117_EMN.mp3 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:00:00 MST 1:56:16 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Sangha, Community, Interdependence Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Suzy Greanias Suzy Greanias, from Crestone, Colorado Suzy talks about two levels to effectively cultivate practice: Taking the time and having a balanced approach to all levels of study and practice. She describes in detail each level and suggests in doing so, we make a "revolutionary commitment to ourselves". . http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_04_29_LINK118_SG.mp3 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 10:00:00 MST 57:35 Suzy Greanias, Practice, Meditative Stability, Study and Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, from Bir, India Rinpoche reminds us to make the best of our time now so we will not have any regrets at the end of our life. He describes the merit and beauty of a simplified life and instructs us on the ways to remain resilient and resolute in our commitment to practice the dharma. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_05_06_LINK119_DKR.mp3 Sun, 06 May 2012 10:00:00 MST 51:00 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Simplify, Renunciation, Distraction Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu, from Bir, India Dungse-la talks about taking challenging times onto the path, yet at the same time not taking ego onto the path, say, by being hard on onesself. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_05_13_LINK120_DJN.mp3 Sun, 13 May 2012 10:00:00 MST 1:00:22 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Zeal in Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, from Vershire, Vermont Elizabeth explains how imagination is used in Buddhist practice starting in the mahayana and as skillful means in the Vajrayana. Elizabeth shares stories that illustrate how thoughts are imaginary and how we can use imagination to generate bodhicitta. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_05_20_LINK121_EMN.mp3 Sun, 20 May 2012 10:00:00 MST 1:04:31 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Imagination, Thoughts, Labels Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Bill Roberts Bill Roberts, from Crestone, Colorado Bill shares his personal self reflections in looking closely at how ego operates in his life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_05_27_LINK122_BR.mp3 Sun, 27 May 2012 10:00:00 MST 58:44 Bill Roberts, Ego, Practice, Self Reflection Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu, from Crestone, Colorado Dungse-la describes the wisdom in "not knowing" when the path ahead seems unclear and underscores the importance of engaging in altruistic activities. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_06_03_LINK123_DJN.mp3 Sun, 03 Jun 2012 10:00:00 MST 49:20 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Uncertainty, Altruism Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado Rinpoche describes in detail how one can achieve true happiness, independent of external circumstances, by cultivating a genuinely altruistic heart. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_06_10_LINK124_DKR.mp3 Sun, 10 Jun 2012 10:00:00 MST 1:25:22 Dzigar Kongtrul, Bodhisattva, Altruism, Tolerance Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Joey Waxman Joey Waxman from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, Vermont Joey talks about obstacles that can arise on the path, specifically feeling bad about ones self and the freedom that tolerance can bring when extending this to ourselves and others. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_06_17_LINK125_JW.mp3 Sun, 17 Jun 2012 10:00:00 MST 50:19 Joey Waxman, Obstacles on the Path Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Moni Banerjee Moni Banerjee, from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado Moni recounts her experiences in the Peace Corps which underscored for her the importance of the four thoughts that turn one' s mind to the Dharma: Karma, Suffering, Impermanence and Death, and Precious Human Birth. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_06_24_LINK126_MB.mp3 Sun, 24 Jun 2012 10:00:00 MST 43:10 Moni Banerjee, 4 Truths Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado This is a pre-recorded talk given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche on the opening day of the 2008 Nyingma Summer Seminar. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_07_01_LINK127_DKRL.mp3 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 10:00:00 MST 1:00:07 Dzigar Kongtrul, Teacher, Student, 2008 Nyingma Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu, from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado This LINK was a live broadcast of a Hinayana talk given by Dungse Jampal Norbu at the 2012 Nyingma Summer Seminar. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_07_08_LINK128_DKRL.mp3 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 10:00:00 MST 1:35:03 Dungse Jampal Norbu, NSS 2012 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, NSS 2008 A Mahayana talk given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, pre-recorded from the 2008 Nyingma Summer Seminar. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_07_15_LINK129_DKRL.mp3 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 10:00:00 MST 1:12:00 Dzigar Kongtrul, Merit, Non-Merit Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Stephanie Kindberg Stephanie Kindberg, from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado MSB student Stephanie Kindberg discusses how we can go beyond our comfort zone and challenge our "small self" by being vulnerable. She underscores how doing so is the only way we can change and grow. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_07_22_LINK130_SKV.mp3 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 10:00:00 MST 49:26 Stephanie Kindberg, Small Self, Comfort, Change Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Chris Holland Chris Holland, from Osel Ling, Crestone, Colorado MSB student Chris Holland contemplates the essence and intention of all the Buddhas and all enlightenied teachers which is the self discovery of the "one thing that frees all things"- our own infinite wakefulness and love which is the very essence of our present mind. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_07_29_LINK131_CH.mp3 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 10:00:00 MST 1:10:10 Chris Holland, Potential, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, from Bir, India This is a pre-recorded talk given by Rinpoche in January 2012 at Guna Instituite in Bir, India. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_08_05_LINK132_DKRL.mp3 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 10:00:00 MST 55:35 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado Dungsela examines appreciation and suggests that a deep unbderstanding of interdependence is key for true appreciation to arise for our lives and our world. "Understanding, Acknowledgement and Value". http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_08_12_LINK133_DJN.mp3 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 10:00:00 MST 51:32 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Appreciation, Interdependence, Humility Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Padhrig McCarthy Padhrig McCarthy from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT MSB student Paddy McCarthy talks about the technique of waiting things out to avoid regrets of acting when in the grips of emotion. He compares this to tolerance and describes the difference between the two techniques. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_08_19_LINK134_PTM.mp3 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 10:00:00 MST 1:00:07 Padhrig McCarthy, Emotion, Tolerance, Avoidance Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Tatjana Dorje Meyerowitz Tatjana Dorje Meyerowitz from Vancouver, BC Tatjana shares her personal experience becoming a student of the Dharma and explains what it means to be a student in relation to the teacher, the teachings and the lineage. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_08_26_LINK135_TDM.mp3 Sun, 26 Aug 2012 10:00:00 MST 1:02:30 Tatjana Dorje Meyerowitz, Student, Teacher, Lineage Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel from Osel Ling, Crestone, CO Elizabeth explores the concept of overwhelm its meaning, its purpose and questions, "Are we really overwhelmed? Or are we just not seeing our choices?". http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_09_02_LINK136_EMN.mp3 Sun, 02 Sep 2012 10:00:00 MST 1:17:12 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Overwhelm, Choice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Rinpoche gave this Mahayana talk at the 2009 Modern Day Bodhisattva Training Program in Vershire, Vermont. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_09_09_LINK137_DKRL.mp3 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 10:00:00 MST 1:02:23 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, 2009, MDB Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Rinpoche gave this talk on loving kindness and bodhicitta on September 9, 2012 at the Shedra Program held at Phuntsok Choling in Ward, Colorado. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_09_16_LINK138_DKRL.mp3 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 10:00:00 MST 59:25 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Loving Kindness, Bodhicitta Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB student Oka Katsutoshi Oka Katsutoshi, from Kyoto, Japan Oka talks about how to work with difficult personal situations by memorizing and applying the MDB training teachings (Modern Day Bodhisattva). http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_09_23_LINK139_OKS.mp3 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 10:00:00 MST 44:55 Oka Katsutoshi, Bodhisattva, MDB Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Crestone, Colorado This is a pre-recorded talk given by Dizgar Kongtrul Rinpoche on February 11, 2001 at Samten Ling. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_09_30_LINK140_DKRL.mp3 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 10:00:00 MST 41:52 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Mindfulness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Bir, India This is a pre-recorded talk given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche on December 15, 2011 in Bir, India. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_10_07_LINK141_DKRL.mp3 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 10:00:00 MST 44:18 Dzigar Kongtrul, Responsibility, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, from Crestone, Colorado Elizabeth talks about the similarities in how we experience our own meditation practice and that of a game. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_10_14_LINK142_EMN.mp3 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 10:00:00 MST 1:04:49 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Games, Meditation, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Daisuke Inaba Daisuke Inaba from Izu, Japan Dai-san poignantly describes the characteristics of mind and how he same qualities can serve us both in the world but also in our practice. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_10_21_LINK143_DAI.mp3 Sun, 21 Oct 2012 10:00:00 MST 53:43 Daisuke, Character, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Vanessa Waxman Vanessa Waxman, from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, Vermont Vanessa discusses the trustworthy, direct, and clear awareness that is inherent to our mind that penetrates paranoia, fear and fantasy. The practices we have been given enables us to recognize and rest within that awareness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_10_28_LINK144_VTH.mp3 Sun, 28 Oct 2012 10:00:00 MST 57:35 Vanessa Waxman, Paranoia, Fantasy, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu, from Osel Ling, Crestone, CO Dungse-la examines what makes a true extraordinary life. Engaging in something greater than onesself is what makes a life extraordinary and this can be accomplished right where you are. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_11_04_LINK145_DJN.mp3 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 10:00:00 MST 39:39 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Extraordinary Life, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Crestone, CO Elizabeth poses the question about "emptiness" and how not to understand it in a nihilistic way. Her talk focuses on how we use language to understand the world, explaining the saying, "words can illuminate". http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_11_11_LINK146_EMN.mp3 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 10:00:00 MST 1:21:22 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Emptiness, Language Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Rebecca Henry Rebecca Henry, Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Can we live without views? What does this way of being look like? How can we live with fluidity in all moments? Rebecca contemplates various teachings she' s received around the topic of exploring beliefs. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_11_18_LINK147_RWH.mp3 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 10:00:00 MST 1:03:48 Rebecca Henry, Views, Absence of Beliefs Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students John Clancy John Clancy, Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO John talks about importance of contemplating impermanence and how it can lead one to understanding emptiness and compassion. He points out how impermanence and kindness are ordinary experiences in our lives and recounts how his heart attack and stories of the people who helped him survive. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_12_02_LINK148_JC.mp3 Sun, 02 Dec 2012 10:00:00 MST 1:03:48 John Clancy, Impermanance, Kindness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Kelly Smith Kelly Smith, Samten Ling, Crestone, CO Kelly recounts her experiences on the path and underscores the importance of perserverence. She says in perservering, you arrive at the place of giving up which is also opening up, and that is the place where Guru Rinpoche resides. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_12_09_LINK149_KS.mp3 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 10:00:00 MST 1:10:53 Kelly Smith, Perserverence, Retreat Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Bill Filter Bill Filter, from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Bill Talks about the series of exercises that he helped develop to train emergency workers and corporate leaders to enhance their performance cultivate their awareness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_12_16_LINK150_BF.mp3 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 10:00:00 MST 58:04 Bill Filter, MDB, Service Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Kate Dobbertin Kate Dobbertin from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Kate gives us an intimate recounting of her experiences being a student of Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and how with surrender and devotion confusion can be transformed into wisdom. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_12_23_LINK151_KD.mp3 Sun, 23 Dec 2012 10:00:00 MST 45:33 Kate Dobbertin, Surrender, Devotion Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Boulder, CO Dungsela shares the details of some studies he has read regarding the effects of gratitude on the mind and body, contrasting that to the adverse effects of stress on one' s health. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2012_12_30_LINK152_DJN.mp3 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 10:00:00 MST 45:12 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Contentment, Appreciation Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Jennifer Kern Jennifer Kern from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Jen talks about the practice of rejoicing in the good fortune of others and how this technique counteracts self centeredness. Jen provides a brief practice for listeners to engage in. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_01_06_LINK153_JK.mp3 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 10:00:00 MST 58:52 Jen Kern, Rejoicing, Practice, Jealousy Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Greg Seton Greg Seton from Hamburg, Germany Greg recounts his training in becoming a translator of Tibetan and Sanskrit. He unpacks the meaning of the words contained in the four noble truths and describes how that relates to being honest with oneself. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_01_13_LINK154_GS.mp3 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 10:00:00 MST 1:00:49 Greg Seton, Four Noble Truths, Honest Inquiry Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Boulder, Colorado Dungsela talks about Buddhism and how it is commonly reflected in pop culture. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_01_20_LINK155_DJN.mp3 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 10:00:00 MST 50:40 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Buddhism, Pop Culture Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado Dungsela expands upon a previous talk on fearlessness. He explores fear as a stepping stone to the realization of emptiness, which he describes as the highest point of fearlessness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_02_03_LINK157_DJN.mp3 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:00:00 MST 56:05 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Buddhism, Fearlessness, Emptiness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Osel Ling, Crestone, Colorado Rinpoche gives his annual Losar address from Crestone Colorado. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_02_10_LINK158_DKR.mp3 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 10:00:00 MST 1:05:29 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Losar, Letting Go Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Dana Ming Dana Ming from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado Dana recounts his experiences in the translation program over the past five years at Guna Institute in Bir India. He describes how the three pillars of practice, study and service were integrated in the Institute' s program. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_02_17_LINK159_DM.mp3 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 10:00:00 MST 46:05 Dana Ming, Guna Institute, Wisdom Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Maki Okabayashi Maki Okabayashi from Kyoto, Japan Maki-san uses the key phrase "Nowhere to Escape" as her reminder to remember practice in daily life and the how the closeness of the Japanese Sangha provides this kind of support for each other, despite having busy conventional lives. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_02_24_LINK160_MO.mp3 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:00:00 MST 54:53 Maki Okabayashi, Japan, Escape Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado Dungse-la talks about what it means to genuinely take refuge in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha and underscores the importance of effort to practice the path, and having faith in the three jewels to lead us to enlightenment. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_03_03_LINK161_DJN.mp3 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 10:00:00 MST 1:03:43 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Refuge, Vows Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Mark Smith Mark Smith from Osel Ling, Crestone, Colorado Mark recounts his experiences as a 40-year practitioner. He likens the fruition of his cumulative, steady practice to the "dance of 1000 veils": fruition has come in both sudden and gradual rythms. The path is to follow the inspiration of that. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_03_10_LINK162_MS.mp3 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 10:00:00 MST 48:16 Mark Smith, Path, 40 Years Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Clare Ming Clare Ming from India Clare speaks of the popularity of zombie/apocalyptic themes and how it reflects our own personal fears of being overwhelmed. She describes her own fears and anxieties of engaging with the chaos and the mass of people in India where she lives as a feeling of contraction. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_03_17_LINK163_CM.mp3 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 10:00:00 MST 48:16 Clare Ming, Contraction, Zombie Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Mary Albrittain Mary Albrittain from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado Mary talks about how the suffering of birth, old age, sickness and death can generate genuine compassion. She describes her own personal losses, how they has breathed new life into the refuge and bodhisattva vows and how loss can actually bring out the best in us. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_03_31_LINK165_MA.mp3 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 10:00:00 MST 55:29 Mary Albrittain, Suffering, Grief, Compassion Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Osel Ling, Crestone, Colorado Dungse-la talks about the difference between true renunciation and rejection, and the way true renunciation can arise naturally. Renunciation is based upon an intelligent analysis of what will bring genuine happiness to our life and rejection is based upon ignorance and aggression. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_04_07_LINK166_DJN.mp3 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 10:00:00 MST 54:47 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Renunciation, Rejection Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Mary Cobb Mary Cobb from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado Mary talks about her practice and how she integrates into her life. She recounts contemplations that have enriched her life, especially questions about devotion. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_04_14_LINK167_MC.mp3 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 10:00:00 MST 40:37 Mary Cobb, Impermanence, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Suzy Greanias Suzy Greanias from Crestone, Colorado Suzy talks about our motivation for developing a daily practice and how to actually connect with our shamata and vipassana practice in a fundamental way. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_04_21_LINK168_SG.mp3 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 10:00:00 MST 1:03:18 Suzy Greanias, Shamata, Daily Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Crestone, Colorado Dungsela talks about how we live in a time when we often feel overwhelmed by external or internal events and offers the instruction to "just keep sitting (swimming)" to recognize our neuroses and be where and how we are. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_05_05_LINK170_DJN.mp3 Sun, 05 May 2013 10:00:00 MST 52:26 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Overwhelm, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Michael Velasco Michael Velasco from Crestone, Colorado Michael leads us through a contemplation on the precious human birth. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_05_12_LINK171_MV.mp3 Sun, 12 May 2013 10:00:00 MST 1:10:01 Michael Velasco, Precious Birth, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Scott Gallagher Scott Gallagher from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado Scott describes how the practive of self reflection and meditation helps us to examine ourselves and find our way through identity crises. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_05_19_LINK172_SG.mp3 Sun, 19 May 2013 10:00:00 MST 47:16 Scott Gallagher, Ironman, Self Reflection, Meditation Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Kristin Lhatso Kristin Lhatso from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado Kristin talks about her experience of practicing the dharma with her teacher and sangha. She explains how her lack of self acceptance manifested as trying to hide who she was, and how continued practice brought freedom, joy and confidence to her life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_05_26_LINK173_KL.mp3 Sun, 26 May 2013 10:00:00 MST 1:10:56 Kristin Lhatso, Hide, Seek, Sangha Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado Dungsela talks about how to strike the proper balance between external ordinary activity that we need to do to maintain our lifestyle and the internal contemplative activity necessary for a rich spiritual life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_06_02_LINK174_DJN.mp3 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 10:00:00 MST 54:00 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Balance, Patience, Meditation Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Leah Regulinski Leah Regulinski from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado Leah addresses everyday issues that are important to women such as cultural gender identity, relationships, abortion and rape. She discusses the intersection of those issues and Buddhism. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_06_09_LINK175_LR.mp3 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 10:00:00 MST 40:18 Leah Regulinski, Women' s Issues, Buddhism Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student David Suppan David Suppan from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado David recalls the various teachings on the first noble truth that suffering exists, and offers various practical methods to recognize suffering in our lives and mitigate furthering the suffering of ourselves and others. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_06_16_LINK176_DS.mp3 Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:00:00 MST 57:09 David Suppan, Noble Truth, Samsara Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Hillary Campbell Hillary Campbell from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado Hillary describes how growing up in a dharma family from a very young age has influenced her life and her path, establishing the ground and motivation for her own practice. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_06_23_LINK177_HC.mp3 Sun, 23 Jun 2013 10:00:00 MST 52:56 Hillary Campbell, Dharma Families, Meditation Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Natasha Carter Natasha Carter from Crestone, Colorado Natasha explores service and practice, finding in their essence they are not different. These practices have given her the courage to let go into the awakened rawness of her own life, using self inquiry as the tool. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_06_30_LINK178_NC.mp3 Sun, 30 Jun 2013 10:00:00 MST 1:03:37 Natasha Carter, Service, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Crestone, Colorado Jampal talks about the necessity of find a balance in our lives between dharma (including bodhicitta practice) and taking care of the activities necessary to live a healthy life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_07_07_LINK179_DJN.mp3 Sun, 07 Jul 2013 10:00:00 MST 45:46 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Bodhicitta, Balance Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado The first of Elizabeth' s three talks during the 2013 Nyingma Summer Seminar on the Hinayana vehicle of Tibetan Buddhism. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013NSS_Talk03_7_14_13.mp3 Sun, 14 Jul 2013 10:00:00 MST 1:46:30 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Hinayana, Choice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Chime Mattis Chime Mattis from Sangdo Palri Temple, Crestone, Colorado Chime describes how the Dharma gives the ' practice of failing' it' s wings. "We can soar, once we commit." http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_07_28_LINK181_CM.mp3 Sun, 28 Jul 2013 10:00:00 MST 55:25 Chime Mattis, Community, Commitment Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Sangdo Palri Temple, Crestone, Colorado Dungse-la talks about how Bodhicitta practice is key to uncovering compassion and thereby experiencing the joy and happiness we all long for. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_08_04_LINK182_DJN.mp3 Sun, 04 Aug 2013 10:00:00 MST 51:22 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Bodhicitta, Joy, Compassion Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Angela Rose Angela Rose from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado Angela shares her personal experiences of equanimity practice and techniques she uses to "create the bridge with equanimity". http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_08_11_LINK183_AR.mp3 Sun, 11 Aug 2013 10:00:00 MST 55:12 Angela Rose, Equanimity, Appreciation, Contemplation Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Laurie Campbell Laurie Campbell from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, Colorado Laurie shares her experience with long term retreat and the importance of intention and determination to follow the path under all circumstances. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_08_18_LINK184_LC.mp3 Sun, 18 Aug 2013 10:00:00 MST 55:12 Laurie Campbell, Retreat, Obstacles, Intention Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Vern Mizner Vern Mizner from Sangdo Palri, Crestone, Colorado Vern contemplates four main points of impermanance as a gateway to make full use of this precious human birth. He describes a few reasonable approaches for "taking impermanance to heart". http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_08_25_LINK185_VM.mp3 Sun, 25 Aug 2013 10:00:00 MST 1:10:10 Vern Mizner, Impermanence, Death Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vermont Dungse-la explores the way we deal with physical pain. He makes the distinction between the actual physical pain and the story we build around it. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_09_01_LINK186_DJN.mp3 Sun, 01 Sep 2013 10:00:00 MST 51:53 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Pain, Suffering Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Abba Hatcher Abba Hatcher from Osel Ling, Crestone, Colorado Abba explores samsara based on an instruction given to her by her teacher to "Be Wary of Samsara". http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_09_08_LINK187_AH.mp3 Sun, 08 Sep 2013 10:00:00 MST 46:15 Abba Hatcher, Samsara, Relationships Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Matthew Mackay Matthew Mackay from Gatineau, Canada Matthew explores various ways being a householder and fully engaged with family can serve as a teacher on our path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_09_15_LINK188_MM.mp3 Sun, 15 Sep 2013 10:00:00 MST 42:42 Matthew Mackay, Family, Guru Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Julia Sanderson Julia Sanderson from New York, NY Julia gives several personal examples of moments in daily life when we can practice turning our gaze outwards to be in service to others as opposed to serving our egoic tendencies. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_09_22_LINK189_JS.mp3 Sun, 22 Sep 2013 10:00:00 MST 37:04 Julia Sanderson, Ego, Service Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Dungse-la talks about mindfulness, its limitations and its role in traditional Buddhism. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_10_06_LINK190_DJN.mp3 Sun, 06 Oct 2013 10:00:00 MST 45:58 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Mindfulness, Buddhism Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Gretchen Kahre-Holland Gretchen Kahre-Holland from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Gretchen shares several lively personal stories that illustrate how to be a student of the lineage. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_10_13_LINK191_GKH.mp3 Sun, 13 Oct 2013 10:00:00 MST 58:02 Gretchen Kahre-Holland, Lineage, Student Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Katie Keach Katie Keach from Boston, MA Katie shares how service has been a valuable tool in working with the mind. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_10_20_LINK192_KLK.mp3 Sun, 20 Oct 2013 10:00:00 MST 55:57 Katie Keach, Service, Anger Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Mark Kram Mark Kram from St. Louis, MO Mark explores the stories or myths we create about our lives, the choices we make in perceiving our world and the significance of openness and its ability to nudge us closer to wonder. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_10_27_LINK193_MK.mp3 Sun, 27 Oct 2013 10:00:00 MST 54:03 Mark Kram, Myth, Perception, Choice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward CO Dungsela revisits the how and why of social skillful means for solitary practitioners in the modern world. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_11_10_LINK194_DJN.mp3 Sun, 10 Nov 2013 10:00:00 MST 54:49 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Social, Skillful Means Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Naomi Mattis Naomi Mattis from Crestone, CO Naomi recounts her early experiences finding the path, her teachers and the gift of their continued presence in her life long after their passing. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_11_17_LINK195_NM.mp3 Sun, 17 Nov 2013 10:00:00 MST 52:02 Naomi Mattis, Gratitude, Lamas, Teacher Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Sasha Meyerowitz Sasha Meyerowitz from Crestone, CO Sasha explores faith in times when we are stripped bare by the rawness of life. He describes what for him have been the building blocks of faith and questions the concept of a "spiritual home" during these times. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_11_24_LINK196_SDM.mp3 Sun, 24 Nov 2013 10:00:00 MST 52:35 Sasha Meyerowitz, Faith, Trial Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Ward, CO Dungse-la discusses life' s difficult times and the choice we have to see them as a spur that motivates us to go beyond, using practice as the support. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_12_01_LINK197_DJN.mp3 Sun, 01 Dec 2013 10:00:00 MST 52:35 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Mary Newton Mary Newton from Vershire, VT Mary talks about cultivating fearlessness through bringing together joy and sadness. She explores how we distract ourselves from this openness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_12_08_LINK198_MN.mp3 Sun, 08 Dec 2013 10:00:00 MST 47:39 Mary Newton, Cocoon, Comfort Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Katherine Teahen Katherine Teahen from Crestone, CO Katherine describes the changing faces of devotion in recalling her years on the path since meeting her teacher. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_12_15_LINK199_KT.mp3 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 10:00:00 MST 57:15 Katherine Teahen, Devotion, Path Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Takayuki Kida Takayuki Kida from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Tak recounts how his service to MSB and the sangha has brought him tremendous fulfillment. He emphasizes service as meditation in action and an important aspect of the three wisdoms. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_12_22_LINK200_TK.mp3 Sun, 22 Dec 2013 10:00:00 MST 53:56 Tak Kida, Service, Action Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Paddy McCarthy Paddy McCarthy from Osel Ling, Crestone, CO Paddy uses the investigation of our ideas of why enlightenment is something we cannot achieve as a springboard to an overview of how the path leads us directly to that goal. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2013_12_29_LINK201_PM.mp3 Sun, 29 Dec 2013 10:00:00 MST 53:50 Paddy McCarthy, Enlightenment, Emptiness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Osel Ling, Crestone, CO The wish for happiness all beings share, stripped down to its very basic form awakens our tender heart and increases our sensitivity as we move out of our bubble of self absorption toward a sense of universal responsibility. This is true happiness from the perspective of the Buddhist teachings. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_01_05_LINK202_DKR.mp3 Sun, 05 Jan 2014 10:00:00 MST 1:09:32 Dzigar Kongtrul, Tender Heart, Universal Responsibility Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Chris Holland Chris Holland from Erie, Colorado Chris explores the physiological effects of trauma which can keep us from engaging in our life in an open and relaxed way. He explains how mindfulness and awareness help in working through obstacles to our progress on the path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_01_12_LINK203_CH.mp3 Sun, 12 Jan 2014 10:00:00 MST 1:00:02 Chris Holland, Trauma, Mindfulness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel from Osel Ling, Crestone, Colorado Elizabeth explores the role of prayer in the context of the non-theistic tradition of Buddhism. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_01_26_LINK205_EMN.mp3 Sun, 26 Jan 2014 10:00:00 MST 52:44 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Prayer, Awe Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Crestone, Colorado Rinpoche speaks about the importance of cultivating maitri or unlimited friendliness to oneself and others as a way to cheer ourselves up and experience a lightness of being. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_02_02_LINK206_DKR.mp3 Sun, 02 Feb 2014 10:00:00 MST 1:16:31 Dzigar Kongtrul, Smile, Maitri Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Joey Waxman Joey Waxman from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, Vermont Joey discusses the early development of his own faith, various tests of faith and the gradual turning of his mind toward the Dharma. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_02_09_LINK207_JW.mp3 Sun, 09 Feb 2014 10:00:00 MST 57:58 Joey Waxman, Faith, Devotion Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Jill Oppenheimer Jill Oppenheimer from Monteal, Quebec, Canada Jill talks about her experience in developing a consistent practice and shares her contemplations on the three wisdoms of hearing, contemplating and meditating. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_02_16_LINK208_JO.mp3 Sun, 16 Feb 2014 10:00:00 MST 41:14 Jill Oppenheimer, Practice, Consistency Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel from Crestone, Colorado Elizabeth uses the analogy of building a temple to look at magic and scredness in our lives as the most important and practical aspect to human well-being. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_02_23_LINK209_EMN.mp3 Sun, 23 Feb 2014 10:00:00 MST 55:57 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Sangdo Palri, Temple Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Crestone, Colorado Rinpoche delivers his first Losar Address from the Sangdo Palri Temple in Crestone, Colorado. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_03_02_LINK210_DKR.mp3 Sun, 02 Mar 2014 10:00:00 MST 54:16 Dzigar Kongtrul, Sangdo Palri, Losar Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB student Jennie Stoller Jennie Stoller from London, England Jennie shares personal accounts of loss and death in her life and the practices she employs that have helped her and many others through the process of death. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_03_09_LINK211_JS.mp3 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 10:00:00 MST 50:22 Jennie Stoller, Death, Tonglen Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB student Nicholas Carter Nicholas Carter from Crestone, Colorado Nick describes impermanence as an invisible thread of the universe that weaves all thing together. When we see it being woven or unwoven it can connect us to the nature of reality. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_03_16_LINK212_NC.mp3 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 10:00:00 MST 1:17:19 Nicholas Carter, Death, Impermanence Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB student Stephanie Kindberg Stephanie Kindberg from Ward, Colorado Stephanie shares her experiences helping people through the process of dying and offers contemplations that are helpful to prepare for one' s own death. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_03_23_LINK213_SK.mp3 Sun, 23 Mar 2014 10:00:00 MST 1:17:19 Stephanie Kindberg, Death, Dying Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB student Daisuke Inaba Daisuke Inaba from Izu, Japan Dai describes how we constantly try to fix the problems that arise in our lives causing ourselves even more pain and difficulty. He presents an alternative to this approach. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_03_30_LINK214_DI.mp3 Sun, 30 Mar 2014 10:00:00 MST 53:35 Daisuke Inaba, Pain, Difficulty Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Phutsok Choling, Ward, Colorado Rinpoche emphasizes the practicality of faith and devotion if we wish to transcend the suffering and concerns of the small self. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_04_06_LINK215_1_DKR.mp3 Sun, 06 Apr 2014 10:00:00 MST 1:22:21 Dzigar Kongtrul, Aryas, Faith Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Laura Weiss Laura Weiss from Boulder, Colorado Laura describes how attending a sangha brother through his process of death helped her cultivate qualities patience and renunciation. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_04_13_LINK216_LEW.mp3 Sun, 13 Apr 2014 10:00:00 MST 48:45 Laura Weiss, Death, Life Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Rebecca Henry Rebecca Henry from Vershire, Vermont Rebecca describes her experiences in retreat, cutting through the mind' s activity, resting in the openness where one' s natural qualities arise. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_04_20_LINK217_RH.mp3 Sun, 20 Apr 2014 10:00:00 MST 1:02:30 Rebecca Henry, Retreat, Meditation Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Jim Sawyer Jim Sawyer from New York, NY Jim uses this quote from Patrul Rinpoche as inspiration for his experiences of practice in every day life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_04_27_LINK218_JS.mp3 Sun, 27 Apr 2014 10:00:00 MST 1:02:15 Jim Sawyer, Practice, Letting Go Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Dungse-la discusses the benefits and opportunities that exist in remaining in a state of vulnerability. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_05_04_LINK219_DJN.mp3 Sun, 04 May 2014 10:00:00 MST 53:09 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Ability, Vulnerability Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Polly Banerjee Gallagher Polly Banerjee Gallagher from Boulder, CO Polly shares what set her on the path of the dharma, what keeps her on the path and what inspires her. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_05_11_LINK220_PBG.mp3 Sun, 11 May 2014 10:00:00 MST 56:22 Polly Banerjee Gallagher, Practice, Path Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Michael Sullivan Michael Sullivan from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Michael shares his twenty years' experience as a dharma practitioner and the inspiration he has from studying the teachings. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_05_18_LINK221_MS.mp3 Sun, 18 May 2014 10:00:00 MST 42:55 Michael Sullivan, Inspiration, Guru Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Debra Spragg Debra Spragg from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling Debra describes how blind faith has been a critical component in connecting with the three jewels early in her path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_05_25_LINK222_DS.mp3 Sun, 25 May 2014 10:00:00 MST 57:04 Debra Spragg, Faith, Discernment Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward CO Dungse-la explores the principle of uncertainty and how to live with a non-dual view of all phenomena. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_06_01_LINK223_DJN.mp3 Sun, 01 Jun 2014 10:00:00 MST 1:16:38 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Emptiness, Non-Duality Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Scott Gallagher Scott Gallagher from Phuntsok Choling, Ward CO Scott explores what it means to have a clear spiritual perspective, which acts as an antidote to the eight worldly concerns. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_06_08_LINK224_SG.mp3 Sun, 08 Jun 2014 10:00:00 MST 57:41 Scott Gallagher, Eight Worldly Conerns, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Erin Gardner Erin Gardner from Winthrop, Washington Erin shared her experiences in seeing hardship as something to open up to and accept change as necessary for growth. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_06_15_LINK225i_EG.mp3 Sun, 15 Jun 2014 10:00:01 MST 34:00 Erin Gardner, Hardship, Perspective Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Andrew Shakespeare Andrew Shakespeare from Phuntsok Choling, Ward CO Having studied the namthars, Andrew describes how important stories and role models are to inspire spiritual practice in the modern age. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_06_22_LINK226_AS.mp3 Sun, 22 Jun 2014 10:00:00 MST 57:54 Andrew Shakespeare, Teachers, Lineage Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Margit Glassel Margit Glassel from Spain Margit shares personal experiences with strong emotions and her teacher' s advice which transformed how she views emotions with openness, thereby generating kindness toward herself and others. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_06_29_LINK227i_MG.mp3 Sun, 29 Jun 2014 10:00:00 MST 1:09:58 Margit Glassel, Emotions, Kindness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Dungse-la gives teachings on the twelfth Lojong slogan, "Drive All Blames Into One". http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_07_06_LINK228_DJN.mp3 Sun, 06 Jul 2014 10:00:00 MST 43:43 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Lojong, Mind Training Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Dungse-la gives teachings on the Hinayana at the 2014 Nyingma Summer Seminar. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_07_13_LINK229_DJN.mp3 Sun, 13 Jul 2014 10:00:00 MST 1:58:19 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Hinayana, NSS Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Susan Walp Susan Walp from from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Susan recounts how she has integrated her meditation practice and dharma studies with her artistic practice of painting. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_07_27_LINK230_SW.mp3 Sun, 27 Jul 2014 10:00:00 MST 46:45 Susan Walp, Art, Dharma Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Osel Ling, Crestone CO Dungse-la examines what we mean by authenticity and how that is related to our dharmic practice of being altruistic and caring for others. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_08_03_LINK231_DJN.mp3 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 10:00:00 MST 1:01:07 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Bodhicitta, Altruism Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Moni Banerjee Moni Banerjee from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Moni' s shares her experiences in service to the lineage and how she uses various practices to turn her mind from a mundane to a spritual view. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_08_10_LINK232_MB.mp3 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 10:00:00 MST 1:01:07 Moni Banerjee, Mindfulness, Tonglen Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Christian Intemann Christian Intemann from Livingston, Montana Christian explores how to practice with a beginner' s mind in a life with "less time in the front than it has in the back". http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_08_17_LINK233_CI.mp3 Sun, 17 Aug 2014 10:00:00 MST 49:30 Christian Intemann, Meditation, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Ram Jyoti Ram Jyoti from Florida Ram Jyoti explores self importance with arrogance and self loathing being two sides of the same coin. She offers antidotes for attachment to the self. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_08_24_LINK234_RJ.mp3 Sun, 24 Aug 2014 10:00:00 MST 1:01:09 Ram Jyoti, Self Importance, Antidotes Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Therese Lahaie Therese Lahaie from Berkeley, CA Therese describes the "breadcrumbs" or teachings she has received that guided her through several hardships and inspired her to continue on her path with the Dharma. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_08_31_LINK235_TL.mp3 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 10:00:00 MST 56:28 Therese Lahaie, Hardship, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Phuntsok Choling, Ward CO Rinpoche describes the wisdom and skillful means of aging gracefully. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_09_07_LINK236_DKR.mp3 Sun, 07 Sep 2014 10:00:00 MST 54:21 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Aging, Skillful Means Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward CO Dungse-la explains the importance of "http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/ing up" and remaining present in our lives. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_09_14_LINK237_DJN.mp3 Sun, 14 Sep 2014 10:00:00 MST 43:08 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Mindfulness, http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/ing Up Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Chime Mattis Chime Mattis from Crestone, CO Chime explores how he makes the journey of going deeper into his mind his "home". Chime defines "Home" as the awakened mind: Rigpa, where we can most effectively benefit others. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_09_21_LINK238_CM.mp3 Sun, 21 Sep 2014 10:00:00 MST 36:55 Chime Mattis, Home, Mind Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Osel Ling, Crestone, CO Rinpoche speaks about Buddhist ethics and delves into the topic of treating others as we would like to be treated as a way to cut through religious dogma and cultivate peace in our lives. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_10_05_LINK239_2_DKR.mp3 Sun, 05 Oct 2014 10:00:00 MST 53:58 Dzigar Kongtrul, Aryas, Ethics Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Dungse-la describes how the teachings of Dharma are woven together in a simple and elegant way and relates that to our motivation to enter the path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_10_12_LINK240_DJN.mp3 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 10:00:00 MST 52:02 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Elegance, Path Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Greg Moloney Greg Moloney from Crestone, CO Greg talks about how the brain and memory work and how that leads to a construct of self. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_10_19_LINK241_GM.mp3 Sun, 19 Oct 2014 10:00:00 MST 1:20:40 Greg Moloney, Memory, Habitual Mind Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Pam Brisjar Pam Brisjar from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, Vermont Pam describes her experiences embracing and practicing the middle way in her daily life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_10_26_LINK242_PB.mp3 Sun, 26 Oct 2014 10:00:00 MST 45:03 Pam Brisjar, Middle Way Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Rinpoche speaks of generosity as a "hook" for a happy, joyful and meaningful life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_11_02_LINK243_3_DKR.mp3 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 10:00:00 MST 1:26:30 Dzigar Kongtrul, Aryas, Generosity Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Dungse-la talks about the "Jackalope Phenomenon", a rabbit with horns, which is a classic Tibetan example of the impossible, something which does not exist. He relates that to our culture and the belief in the self. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_11_09_LINK244_DJN.mp3 Sun, 09 Nov 2014 10:00:00 MST 58:57 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Jackalope, Self Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Katarina Bergh Katarina Bergh from Boston, MA Katarina describes how the cultivation of confidence and bodhicitta have helped to dispel the need to find a "right size". http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_11_16_LINK245_KB.mp3 Sun, 16 Nov 2014 10:00:00 MST 36:25 Katarina Bergh, Confidence, Bodhicitta Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Bill Filter Bill Filter from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Bill shares his experiences with the lineage training and practices of Mangala Shri Bhuti. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_11_23_LINK246_BF.mp3 Sun, 23 Nov 2014 10:00:00 MST 1:00:48 Bill Filter, Lineage Training, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Doug Larsen Doug Larsen from Osel Ling, Crestone, CO Doug recollects memories of being in the kitchen, a place he feels is central to his life' s practice. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_11_30_LINK247_DL.mp3 Sun, 30 Nov 2014 10:00:00 MST 53:39 Doug Larsen, Kitchen, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Crestone, CO Rinpoche continues his exposition of the Seven Aryan Riches. In this fourth talk he explores Hearing Wisdom, both its practice and its benefits. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_12_07_LINK248_4_DKR.mp3 Sun, 07 Dec 2014 10:00:00 MST 1:06:45 Dzigar Kongtrul, Aryas, Hearing Wisdom Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Dungse-la explores renunciation on the path of Real Dharma. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_12_14_LINK249_DJN.mp3 Sun, 14 Dec 2014 10:00:00 MST 54:31 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Real Dharma, Renunciation Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Suzy Greanias Suzy Greanias from Sangdo Palri Temple, Crestone, CO Suzy discusses three ways of viewing phenomena and encourages growing conceptual and non-conceptual meditative wisdom. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_12_21_LINK250_SG.mp3 Sun, 21 Dec 2014 10:00:00 MST 1:00:54 Suzy Greanias, Phenomenal World, View, Conceptual Mind Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Kelly Smith Kelly Smith from Osel Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Kelly Smith. Kelly explores ways to weave practice into a very busy life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2014_12_28_LINK251_KS.mp3 Sun, 28 Dec 2014 10:00:00 MST 46:10 Kelly Smith, Practice, Busy Life Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Osel Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In this fifth talk in the series, Rinpoche discusses the blessing in cultivating qualities of conscientiousness, propriety and dignity in our mind, speech and actions. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_01_04_LINK252_5_DKR.mp3 Sun, 04 Jan 2015 10:00:00 MST 1:09:51 Dzigar Kongtrul, Aryas, Propriety Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Joey Waxman Joey Waxman from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Joey Waxman. Joey discusses mind' s habit of worry and provides personal antidotes to quell worry including cultivating bodhicitta and practicing tonglen. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_01_11_LINK253_JW.mp3 Sun, 11 Jan 2015 10:00:00 MST 59:42 Joey Waxman, Worry, Bodhicitta Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Tina Toriello Tina Toriello from Point Richmond, CA Speaker: Tina Toriello. Tina talks about the blessing of "Digital Dharma" in her life, helping her to become a meditation practitioner, meet her teacher and serve the lineage. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_01_18_LINK254_TT.mp3 Sun, 18 Jan 2015 10:00:00 MST 53:21 Tina Toriello, Digital Dharma, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Kate Dobbertin Kate Dobbertin from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Kate Dobbertin. Kate explores how to reconcile being in the world and being in retreat, and how to wake up living in the circumstances of day to day life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_01_25_LINK255_KD.mp3 Sun, 25 Jan 2015 10:00:00 MST 56:53 Kate Dobbertin, Retreat, Awake Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Rinpoche discusses the wisdom that comes through intelligent introspection of one' s mind and the self, which when analyzed and personalized, dawns as wisdom. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_02_08_LINK256_DKR.mp3 Sun, 08 Feb 2015 10:00:00 MST 1:12:38 Dzigar Kongtrul, Sherab, Aryan Riches Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Mary Lee Mooney Mary Lee Mooney from Bellingham, WA Speaker: Mary Lee Mooney. Mary offers helpful insights on relaxing with practice and retreat. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_02_15_LINK257_MLM.mp3 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 10:00:00 MST 56:45 Mary Lee Mooney, Relax, Mindfulness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Michael Velasco Michael Velasco from Boulder, CO Speaker: Michael Velasco. Michael reflects on the myriad of opportunities the Dharma offers from enlightenment in one lifetime to honoring our precious human birth. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_02_22_LINK258_MV.mp3 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 10:00:00 MST 1:05:59 Michael Velasco, Opportunities, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Helen Connole Helen Connole from Sydney, AUS Speaker: Helen Connole. Helen explores the way ego keeps us from believing we too, can wake up. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_03_01_LINK259_HC.mp3 Sun, 01 Mar 2015 10:00:00 MST 45:40 Helen Connole, Enlightenment, Laziness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Clare Ming Clare Ming from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Clare Ming. Clare shares stories of suffering in our world and her experience with the lojong teachings in addressing remedies for suffering. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_03_08_LINK260_CM.mp3 Sun, 08 Mar 2015 10:00:00 MST 44:09 Clare Ming, Suffering, Lojong Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Dana Ming Dana Ming from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dana Ming. Dana shares his experiences with "split mind": how to bring action and intention together for both the beginning practitioner and experienced practitioner. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_03_15_LINK261_DM.mp3 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 10:00:00 MST 1:03:58 Dana Ming, Action, Intention Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Moni Banerjee Lauritzen Moni Banerjee Lauritzen from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Moni Banerjee. Moni offers examples she has observed in herself and others how "faking it" can transform unwanted, habitual mind patterns into postive ones. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_03_22_LINK262_MBL.mp3 Sun, 22 Mar 2015 10:00:00 MST 55:05 Moni Banerjee, Fake, Mind Training Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Rinpoche illustrates the necessity of self-awareness to cleanse one' s mind and reduce suffering, and with practice, developing the wisdom and skillful means to free ourselves from ego' s drives. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_03_29_LINK263_DKR.mp3 Sun, 29 Mar 2015 10:00:00 MST 1:23:48 Dzigar Kongtrul, Self-Awareness, Suffering Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Paula Breymeier Paula Breymeier from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Paula Breymeier. Paula shares several stories to illustrate how bringing awareness to our everyday activities is the "art" in everyday life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_04_05_LINK264_PB.mp3 Sun, 05 Apr 2015 10:00:00 MST 52:05 Paula Breymeier, Mindfulness, Art Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Michael McIlmurray Michael McIlmurray from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire VT Speaker: Michael McIlmurray. Michael discusses how ignoring discomfort affected his practice and how self-reflection opened the door to acceptance and change. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_04_12_LINK265_MM.mp3 Sun, 12 Apr 2015 10:00:00 MST 57:11 Michael McIlmurray, Self Reflection, Ignoring Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Peter Aucott Peter Aucott from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Peter Aucott. Peter describes how the view of "fresh and open" leads to the practice of loyalty and good conduct which results in the activity of equanimity toward everyone and everything we encounter. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_04_19_LINK266_PA.mp3 Sun, 19 Apr 2015 10:00:00 MST 59:30 Peter Aucott, Fresh, Open Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la opens a conversation about the mind' s experience of impermanence and merit. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_05_03_LINK268_DJN.mp3 Sun, 03 May 2015 10:00:00 MST 1:08:01 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Impermanence, Merit Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Jen Kern Jen Kern from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Jen Kern. Jen discusses how using labels fortifies the ego and describes specific ways to unravel the sense of self. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_05_10_LINK269_JK.mp3 Sun, 10 May 2015 10:00:00 MST 59:52 Jen Kern, Busyness, Ego Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Janine Kotre Janine Kotre from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Janine Kotre. Janine describes how becoming a mother led her to the Dharma and her teacher, and contemplates the meaning of compassion on the path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_05_17_LINK270_JK.mp3 Sun, 17 May 2015 10:00:00 MST 1:08:36 Janine Kotre, Mother Nature, Compassion Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Natasha Carter Natasha Carter from Sangdo Palri, Crestone, CO Speaker: Natasha Carter. Natasha tells the story of the growing lineage of MSB in Brazil, and contemplates the meaning of lineage in her life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_05_24_LINK271_NC.mp3 Sun, 24 May 2015 10:00:00 MST 49:24 Natasha Carter, Lineage, Brazil Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Tak Kida Tak Kida from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Tak Kida. Tak discusses ways to work with his mind and emotions using the concepts of the Buddha' s middle way teachings. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_05_31_LINK272_TK.mp3 Sun, 31 May 2015 10:00:00 MST 54:34 Tak Kida, Middle Way, Conduct Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la contemplates what it means to live a meaningful life within the context of who we really are, and the importance of self reflection and openness along the way. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_06_07_LINK273_DJN.mp3 Sun, 07 Jun 2015 10:00:00 MST 54:23 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Presence, Self Reflection Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Marlina Rinzen Marlina Rinzen from Berkeley, CA Speaker: Marlina Rinzen. Marlina shares her extensive journey through various faiths to fulfill her lifelong intention to find her teacher and be free from ego. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_06_14_LINK274_MR.mp3 Sun, 14 Jun 2015 10:00:00 MST 1:06:20 Marlina Rinzen, Interconnectedness, Ego Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Harriet Campbell Harriet Campbell from Crestone, CO Speaker: Harriet Campbell. Harriet recounts her 42 years on the path, the practices of maitri, lojong and guru principle, and describes her deepening appreciation for study and practice at this time of her life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_06_21_LINK275_HC.mp3 Sun, 21 Jun 2015 10:00:00 MST 57:17 Harriet Campbell, Leap, Longing Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Julia Sanderson Julia Sanderson from New York, NY Speaker: Julia Sanderson. Julia discusses the poignancy of the practice of allowing especially in times of emotional intensity. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_06_28_LINK276_JS.mp3 Sun, 28 Jun 2015 10:00:00 MST 47:31 Julia Sanderson, Emotions, Grief Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la gives his first of several talks at the 19th annual gathering of the Nyingma Summer Seminar. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_07_12_Talk04NSS_DJN.mp3 Sun, 12 Jul 2015 10:00:00 MST 1:51:58 Dungse Jampal Norbu, NSS, Openness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Rinpoche extolls the practice of vicarious sympathetic joy, rejoicing in others' success rather than engaging in "politics"- being divisive and acting as an obstacle in others' affairs. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_07_26_LINK278_DKR.mp3 Sun, 26 Jul 2015 10:00:00 MST 1:07:24 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Politics Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la describes how careful introspection coupled with the study of karma cultivates choice, changes perceptions, clears habitual tendencies and creates one' s environment. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_08_02_LINK279_DJN.mp3 Sun, 02 Aug 2015 10:00:00 MST 1:06:00 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Karma, Choice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Demian Dahlquist Demian Dahlquist from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Demian Dalquist. Demian uses the paramitas to illustrate how service can purify obscurations and accumulate merit. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_08_09_LINK280_DD.mp3 Sun, 09 Aug 2015 10:00:00 MST 1:05:19 Demian Dahlquist, Benefit, Paramitas Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz Sasha Meyerowitz from Sangdo Palri Temple, Crestone, CO Speaker: Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz. Sasha discusses how various facets of the Dharma can be inconvenient especially for the ego, but also pivotal force in shifting perception. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_08_16_LINK281_SDM.mp3 Sun, 16 Aug 2015 10:00:00 MST 59:50 Sasha Meyerowitz, Inconvenient, Pivotal Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Mary Cobb Mary Cobb from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Mary Cobb. Mary shares her experiences with study and practice within the Longchen Nyingthik Lineage, specifically the online, lineage training courses offered through MSB. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_08_30_LINK283_MC.mp3 Sun, 30 Aug 2015 10:00:00 MST 55:30 Mary Cobb, Lineage, Ngondro Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Rinpoche recommends a simplified life and taking a short term approach to making plans. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_09_06_LINK284_DKR.mp3 Sun, 06 Sep 2015 10:00:00 MST 23:18 Dzigar Kongtrul, Simplify, Chandrakirti Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Rinpoche translates these four, famous verses held closely by the Kadampa masters of the past (Four Dharmas of the Kadampas). http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_10_04_LINK285rv_DKR.mp3 Sun, 04 Oct 2015 10:00:00 MST 1:15:38 Dzigar Kongtrul, Alone, Four Lines Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Matthew Mackay Matthew Mackay from Gatineau, Quebec, Canada Speaker: Matthew Mackay. Matthew examines the existence of phenomena as only in relationship, and also how our life' s relationships can assist us on the path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_10_11_LINK286_MM.mp3 Sun, 11 Oct 2015 10:00:00 MST 1:15:38 Matthew Mackay, Relationship, Emptiness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Tatjana Krizmanic Tatjana Krizmanic from Taos, New Mexico Speaker: Tatjana Krizmanic. Tatjana contemplates the term mugu, the benefits of setting aside preferences to let go into humbleness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_10_18_LINK287_TK.mp3 Sun, 18 Oct 2015 10:00:00 MST 1:06:13 Tatjana Krizmanic, Humbleness, Emptiness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Greg Richardson Greg Richardson from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Greg Richardson. Greg describes integrity as a Buddhist practitioner, bringing action together with intention. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_10_25_LINK288_GR.mp3 Sun, 25 Oct 2015 10:00:00 MST 56:32 Greg Richardson, Hypocrisy, Integrity Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Rinpoche provides detailed commentary on Gampopa' s ' Four Blessed Lines' prayer. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_11_01_LINK289_DKR.mp3 Sun, 01 Nov 2015 10:00:00 MST 1:26:27 Dzigar Kongtrul, Gampopa, Four Blessed Lines Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Laurie Campbell Laurie Campbell from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Laurie Campbell. Laurie describes several practices she utilizes in her daily life that keep her in step with the Dharma. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_11_08_LINK290_LC.mp3 Sun, 08 Nov 2015 10:00:00 MST 52:45 Laurie Campbell, Lojong, Four Immeasurables Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la discusses how to remain free from the extremes of anger and passivity in difficult situations and remain open to working with what arises. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_11_15_LINK291_DJN.mp3 Sun, 15 Nov 2015 10:00:00 MST 1:02:06 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Open Heart, Extremes Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Rebecca McCarthy Rebecca McCarthy from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Rebecca McCarthy. Rebecca shares her thoughts about how to use the dharma to open our hearts and experience more bliss and loving kindness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_11_22_LINK292_RM.mp3 Sun, 22 Nov 2015 10:00:00 MST 1:07:38 Rebecca McCarthy, Bodhicitta, Bliss Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Caley Crossman Caley Crossman from Montreal, CN Caley explores how to move toward understanding the illusory, magical nature of appearances and to realize the nature itself. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_11_29_LINK293_CC.mp3 Sun, 29 Nov 2015 10:00:00 MST 1:04:59 Caley Crossman, Existence, Magic Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Crestone, CO Rinpoche extensively explains the meaning of four famous lines from the Sakya tradition that address being a spiritual practitioner, renunciation, bodhicitta and the ultimate view. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_12_06_LINK294_DKR.mp3 Sun, 06 Dec 2015 10:00:00 MST 1:38:10 Dzigar Kongtrul, Four Attachments, Chopa Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Dungse-la approaches the upcoming holiday season with an attitude of appreciation of our world and gratitude for having encountered the dharma. He talks about cultivating faith in the nature of mind and our practice and path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_12_13_LINK295_DJN.mp3 Sun, 13 Dec 2015 10:00:00 MST 1:05:28 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Appreciation, Gratitude Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB student Gretchen Kahre Holland Gretchen Kahre Holland from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Gretchen offers insights about how to relate to the shadows in our lives as manifestations of the light. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_12_20_LINK296_GKH.mp3 Sun, 20 Dec 2015 10:00:00 MST 52:48 Gretchen Kahre Holland, Shadows, Gratitude Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB student Vern Mizner Vern Mizner from Sangdo Palri Temple, Crestone, CO Vern explores what it means to apply sky-like mind to our everyday life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2015_12_27_LINK297_VM.mp3 Sun, 27 Dec 2015 10:00:00 MST 55:16 Vern Mizner, Weather, Blue Sky Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Venerable Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, Vermont Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Rinpoche explains why the Dharma is the best work human beings can do, freeing us from suffering and conditional existence with benefits that last well beyond one' s lifetime. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_01_03_LINK298_DKR.mp3 Sun, 03 Jan 2016 10:00:00 MST 1:00:12 Dzigar Kongtrul, Vajrayana, Practitioner Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Erris McCullough Erris McCullough from Eureka, CA Speaker: Erris McCullough. Erris shares her experiences with karma and the blessings the Dharma has brought to assist her understanding of life' s unfoldings. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_01_10_LINK299_EM.mp3 Sun, 10 Jan 2016 10:00:00 MST 48:07 Erris McCullough, Karma, Glimpses Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Hillary Campbell Hillary Campbell from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Hillary Campbell. Hillary talks about obstacles to practice and her inspiration to overcome them, including her experiences at the 2016 Ngondro retreat. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_01_17_LINK300_HC.mp3 Sun, 17 Jan 2016 10:00:00 MST 1:00:46 Hillary Campbell, Las Vegas, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Mary Jane Dalton Mary Jane Dalton from Australia Speaker: Mary Jane Dalton. Mary Jane explores how insights from Rinpoche helped her to see self aggression as longing. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_01_24_LINK301_MJD.mp3 Sun, 24 Jan 2016 10:00:00 MST 58:36 Mary Jane Dalton, Longing, Schmuck Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Vanessa Waxman Vanessa Waxman from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Vanessa Waxman. Vanessa talks about the ways sangha overcomes conventional mindset. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_01_31_LINK302_VW.mp3 Sun, 31 Jan 2016 10:00:00 MST 1:03:12 Vanessa Waxman, Overcome, Sangha Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Venerable Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Sangdo Palri Temple, Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Rinpoche delivers the 2016 Losar Address for the Year of The Fire Monkey. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_02_09_LINK303_DKR.mp3 Tue, 09 Feb 2016 10:00:00 MST 1:04:12 Dzigar Kongtrul, Losar, 2016 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Leah Regulinski Leah Regulinski from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Leah Regulinski. Leah uses a series of stories to described how she navigated the troubled waters in her recovery from a car accident to care for her aging mother. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_02_14_LINK304_LR.mp3 Sun, 14 Feb 2016 10:00:00 MST 40:59 Leah Regulinski, Reflections, Aging Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Deborah Haynes Deborah Haynes from Longmont, CO Speaker: Deborah Haynes. Deborah explores how the three wisdoms, hearing, contemplative, and meditative can be cultivated through the artistic process. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_02_21_LINK305_DH.mp3 Sun, 21 Feb 2016 10:00:00 MST 1:09:15 Deborah Haynes, Three Wisdoms, Art Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Ani Nyima Dolma Ani Nyima Dolma from Ashland, OR Speaker: Ani Nyima Dolma. Ani Nyima describes practices to benefit the deceased and reflects on the importance of abiding step-by-step to accumulate wisdom, merit, and compassion. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_02_28_LINK306_AND.mp3 Sun, 28 Feb 2016 10:00:00 MST 34:51 Ani Nyima, Step By Step, Death Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Valeska Agasto Valeska Agasto from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Valeska Agasto. Valeska suggests we examine our motives for practice and how our attachments conflict with our desire for liberation, viewing the struggle as a wealth of insight that can reveal the path to enlightenment. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_03_06_LINK307_VA.mp3 Sun, 06 Mar 2016 10:00:00 MST 45:49 Valeska Agasto, Motivation, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Christopher Kreider Christopher Kreider from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Christopher Kreider. Christopher reflects on how the Dharma can guide us to relate to all kinds of pain with greater compassion and mindfulness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_03_13_LINK308_CK.mp3 Sun, 13 Mar 2016 10:00:00 MST 48:17 Christopher Kreider, Pain, Compassion Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Vivian Bower Vivian Bower from New York, NY Speaker: Vivian Bower. Vivian shares several of her life' s expeiences when she offered an "unexamined yes" and where that path lead, including the path of Dharma. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_03_20_LINK309_VB.mp3 Sun, 20 Mar 2016 10:00:00 MST 33:52 Vivian Bower, Yes, Dharma Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Frank Allen Frank Allen from Brookline, MA Speaker: Frank Allen. Frank explains the importance of continually coming back to practice, the view, and the teachings. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_03_27_LINK310_FA.mp3 Sun, 27 Mar 2016 10:00:00 MST 59:42 Frank Allen, Practice, Teachings Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student David Croke David Croke from Dublin, Ireland Speaker: David Croke. David shares his history meeting Rinpoche and how the practice of self reflection helped him work with depression. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_04_03_LINK311_DC.mp3 Sun, 03 Apr 2016 10:00:00 MST 30:33 David Croke, Basics, Path Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Robin Correll Robin Correll from Eureka, CA Speaker: Robin Correll. Robin explores how cultivating bodhicitta and self-reflection allows us to attain liberation from self-absorption. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_04_10_LINK312_RC.mp3 Sun, 10 Apr 2016 10:00:00 MST 57:04 Robin Correll, Lamp, Bodhicitta Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Sybil Boutilier Sybil Boutilier from Sausalito, CA Speaker: Sybil Boutilier. Sybil explores the meanings and significance of our refuge and bodhisattva names and recounts how her names have affected her contemplation and understanding. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_04_17_LINK313_SB.mp3 Sun, 17 Apr 2016 10:00:00 MST 57:44 Sybil Boutilier, Name, Refuge Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Nancy Young Nancy Young from Crestone, CO Speaker: Nancy Young. Nancy explores how we can fully integrate the teachings with our daily lives by asking, "What would the Buddha do?". http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_04_24_LINK314_NY.mp3 Sun, 24 Apr 2016 10:00:00 MST 50:48 Nancy Young, Buddha, Do Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la investigates the current mindfulness movement in the west and compares and contrasts it with traditional buddhist teachings about mindfulness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_05_01_LINK315_DJN.mp3 Sun, 01 May 2016 10:00:00 MST 1:00:51 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Mindfulness, West Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Michael Noone Michael Noone from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Michael Noone. Michael reflects on how supplicating can help us work with life-shattering experiences and with the feeling of "bad me" that they often evoke in us. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_05_08_LINK316_MN.mp3 Sun, 08 May 2016 10:00:00 MST 53:45 Michael Noone, Supplication, Hardship Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Lindsay Heppner Lindsay Heppner from Watsonville, CA Speaker: Lindsay Heppner. Lindsay recounts her experience with shenpa and shares various antidotes she finds helpful to counteract the "hook" shenpa can have on one' s mind. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_05_15_LINK317_LH.mp3 Sun, 15 May 2016 10:00:00 MST 55:29 Lindsay Heppner, Shenpa, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Fredi Kaufmann Fredi Kaufmann from The Netherlands Speaker: Fredi Kaufmann. Fredi describes how she brings Dharma to life in the classroom and how that affects her students. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_05_22_LINK318_FK.mp3 Sun, 22 May 2016 10:00:00 MST 1:00:28 Fredi Kaufmann, Classroom, Dharma Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Wassilissa Agasto Wassilissa Agasto from New York, NY Speaker: Wassilissa Agasto. Wassya talks about living in New York City and how she stays open to the suffering and pain she sees every day. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_05_29_LINK319_WA.mp3 Sun, 29 May 2016 10:00:00 MST 37:25 Wassilissa Agasto, New York, Balance Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungese Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la investigates how travel stretches our boundaries and takes us out of our comfort zone, a good opportunity to go beyond the self. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_06_05_LINK320_DJN.mp3 Sun, 05 Jun 2016 10:00:00 MST 1:13:57 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Travel, Meaning Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Andy Nicodemus Andy Nicodemus from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Andy Nicodemus. Andy offers specific techniques he has developed to support mindfulness in post-meditation. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_06_12_LINK321_AN.mp3 Sun, 12 Jun 2016 10:00:00 MST 1:13:29 Andy Nicodemus, Mindfulness, Post Meditation Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Rowen Hurley Rowen Hurley from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speajer: Rowen Hurley. Rowen explains how relaxing is the key cornerstone on the path for him. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_06_19_LINK322_RH.mp3 Sun, 19 Jun 2016 10:00:00 MST 1:00:03 Rowen Hurley, Relax, Path Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Samuel Gates Samuel Gates from Brooklyn, NY Speaker: Samuel Gates. Samuel reflects on how a wide variety of practices have supported him on his path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_06_26_LINK323_SG.mp3 Sun, 26 Jun 2016 10:00:00 MST 52:53 Samuel Gates, Interrupters, Doubt Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la speaks to the MSB youth at the annual Illustrious Moon Youth Retreat in Ward, Colorado. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_07_03_LINK324_DJN.mp3 Sun, 03 Jul 2016 10:00:00 MST 1:11:06 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Illustrious Moon, Ego Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel. Elizabeth teaches on the Hinayana at the 19th annual Nyingma Summer Seminar. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016NSS_Talk03_7_10_16.mp3 Sun, 10 Jul 2016 10:00:00 MST 1:48:44 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Hinayana, NSS Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Michaela Ledesma Michaela Ledesma from Barcelona, Spain Speaker: Michaela Ledesma. Michaela reflects on how trusting in the Three Jewels has helped her bring challenging experiences onto the path and guided her through personal and professional challenges. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_07_24_LINK326_ML.mp3 Sun, 24 Jul 2016 10:00:00 MST 53:07 Michaela Ledesma, Path, Challenges Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Peggy Markel Peggy Markel from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Peggy Markel. Using the metaphor of a squid swimming through the world, Peggy conveys what she has learned about keeping an open heart and bringing the wisdom of bodhichitta to all experiences, no matter how difficult they may be to accept. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_07_31_LINK327_PM.mp3 Sun, 31 Jul 2016 10:00:00 MST 54:31 Peggy Markel, Travel, Squid Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la discusses the meaning and practice behind taking refuge and the lineage. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_08_07_LINK328_DJN.mp3 Sun, 07 Aug 2016 10:00:00 MST 59:52 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Refude, Lineage Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Chris Ivanyi Chris Ivanyi from West Fairlee, VT Speaker: Chris Ivanyi. Chris reflects on how he has tried to integrate an experience of profound ease and oneness with the demands of ordinary life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_08_07_LINK329_CI.mp3 Sun, 14 Aug 2016 10:00:00 MST 55:14 Chris Ivanyi, Chicken, Grind Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Laura Budz Laura Budz from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Laura Budz. Laura suggests techniques based on the dharma to respond skillfully to anxiety. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_08_21_LINK330_LB.mp3 Sun, 21 Aug 2016 10:00:00 MST 56:50 Laura Budz, Anxiety, Connection Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Julie Vaught Sullivan Julie Vaught Sullivan from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Julie Vaught Sullivan. Julie reflects on how her path to recovery from alcoholism and her path of the dharma connect with and support each other. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_08_28_LINK331_JVS.mp3 Sun, 28 Aug 2016 10:00:00 MST 51:53 Julie Vaught Sullivan, Skandas, Sobriety Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Alex Rocha Alex Rocha from New York, NY Speaker: Alex Rocha. Alex reflects on how hearing, contemplating, meditating, and service have enriched and deepened his practice. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_09_18_LINK332_AR.mp3 Sun, 18 Sep 2016 10:00:00 MST 59:14 Alex Rocha, Offering, Service Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la addresses the problem of our practice being separate from our "real life". He gives tips on how to integrate the two. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_10_02_LINK333_DJN.mp3 Sun, 2 Oct 2016 10:00:00 MST 51:57 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Meditation, Real World Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Roberta Raworth Roberta Raworth from Florida Speaker: Roberta Raworth. Roberta reflected on the central role that Maitri (unconditional friendship with and acceptance of oneself) has played in her journey on the path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_10_09_LINK334_RR.mp3 Sun, 9 Oct 2016 10:00:00 MST 54:13 Roberta Raworth, Maitri, Devotion Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Judy Evans Judy Evans from Boulder, CO Speaker: Judy Evans. Judy relates stories of death, challenges of meeting the dharma, and how to work with the self-absorption of shyness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_10_16_LINK335_JE.mp3 Sun, 16 Oct 2016 10:00:00 MST 50:46 Judy Evans, Death, Dharma Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Greg Moloney Greg Moloney from Osel Ling in Crestone, CO Speaker: Greg Moloney. Greg reflects on the richness and blessings of the Longchen Nyingtik lineage that guides us on the path, and on the great good fortune we enjoy having a precious human birth and a mind capable of self-reflection. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_10_23_LINK336_GM.mp3 Sun, 23 Oct 2016 10:00:00 MST 1:02:00 Greg Moloney, Resting, Not Knowing Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Ava Evans Ava Evans from Arcata, CA Speaker: Ava Evans. Ava discusses how building empathy and compassion in the heart can help to bridge the separation between self and other. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_10_30_LINK337_AE.mp3 Sun, 30 Oct 2016 10:00:00 MST 1:02:53 Ava Evans, Self, Other Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la speaks about taking personal responsibility for our state of mind especially when encountering difficult situations. He recommends self reflection and the lojong slogan: "Change your attitude and remain natural". http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_11_06_LINK338_DJN.mp3 Sun, 06 Nov 2016 10:00:00 MST 1:05:11 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Difficult Situations, Lojong Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Katy Roth Katy Roth from from Vershire, VT Speaker: Katy Roth. Katy describes how becoming aware of the tendency to close down around experience through aggression, dread and avoidance has led to greater compassion and understanding. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_11_13_LINK339_KR.mp3 Sun, 13 Nov 2016 10:00:00 MST 53:08 Katy Roth, Difficult Situations, Lojong Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Marie Papineau Marie Papineau from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Marie Papineau. Marie recounts how the most challenging events of her life have led her to recognize the need to practice the dharma and how this practice has led to further insight, healing, and growth. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_11_20_LINK340_MP.mp3 Sun, 20 Nov 2016 10:00:00 MST 58:07 Marie Papineau, Child, Mother' s Lap Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Christina Dercum Christina Dercum from Bohatch, Ireland Speaker: Christina Dercum. Christina explains how the Alexander Technique, which focuses on the mind-body connection, supports Buddhist practices that aim to open us to our own experience and to other people. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_11_27_LINK341_CD.mp3 Sun, 27 Nov 2016 10:00:00 MST 1:08:37 Christina Dercum, Practice, Alexander Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from India Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la talks about being on pilgrimage in India and how being on the dana requires practicing the five paramitas. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_12_04_LINK342_DJN.mp3 Sun, 04 Dec 2016 10:00:00 MST 31:28 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Pilgrimmage, India Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Amalia Steinberg Amalia Steinberg from Eagle River, Alaska Speaker: Amalia Steinberg. Amalia talks about how to work with negative thoughts and emotions. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_12_11_LINK343_AS.mp3 Sun, 11 Dec 2016 10:00:00 MST 1:09:53 Amalia Steinberg, Abyss, Wrongdoing Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Peter Aucott Peter Aucott from Longmont, CO Speaker: Peter Aucott. Recollecting the events and circumstances that led him to the dharma, Peter reflects on how being a practitioner has shaped his understanding of himself and his experience. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2016_12_18_LINK344_PA.mp3 Sun, 18 Dec 2016 10:00:00 MST 1:01:41 Peter Aucott, Sangha, Stories Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Scott Gallagher Scott Gallagher from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Scott Gallagher. Scott contemplates the importance of suffering to practitioners: to serve as a guidepost, awareness of where one is stuck, and a doorway, inviting us to choose liberation over attachment. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_01_01_LINK345_SG.mp3 Sun, 01 Jan 2017 10:00:00 MST 1:10:05 Scott Gallagher, Suffering, Friend Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Elizabeth Ready Elizabeth Ready from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Elizabeth Ready. Elizabeth recalls the powerful influence that hearing wisdom has had on her progress on the path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_01_08_LINK346_ER.mp3 Sun, 08 Jan 2017 10:00:00 MST 58:17 Elizabeth Ready, Lineage, Sacred World Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student David Marks David Marks from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: David Marks. David recalls how he came to the dharma, sharing stories about his meetings with his teachers and sangha members. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_01_15_LINK347_DM.mp3 Sun, 15 Jan 2017 10:00:00 MST 54:11 David Marks, Cards, Table Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Peter Matranga Peter Matranga from Seattle, WA Speaker: Peter Matranga. Peter talks about how connecting with the nature of mind helps him remain more open-hearted and less confused amidst the challenging circumstances of caring for his ICU patients and parenting a young daughter. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_01_22_LINK348_PM.mp3 Sun, 22 Jan 2017 10:00:00 MST 43:51 Peter Matranga, Routine, Maintenance Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Lance Dercum Lance Dercum from Bohatch, Ireland Speaker: Lance Dercum. Lance talks about the need to recognize, in all our interactions, the fundamental importance of kindness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_01_29_LINK349_LD.mp3 Sun, 29 Jan 2017 10:00:00 MST 1:07:24 Lance Dercum, Kindness, Change Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kingtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Rinpoche explains how we can cultivate happiness though the practice of bodhicitta and serving others. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_02_05_LINK350_DKR.mp3 Sun, 05 Feb 2017 10:00:00 MST 1:33:44 Dzigar Kongtrul, Joie de Vivre, Art Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Daisuke Inaba Daisuke Inaba from Izu, Japan Speaker: Daisuke Inaba. With humility and candor, Dai-san explains how he uses a slogan from the Lojong practice to counteract afflictive emotions that arise with suffering. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_02_12_LINK351_DI.mp3 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 10:00:00 MST 51:27 Daisuke Inaba, Lojong, Thought Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Greg Seton Greg Seton from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling Speaker: Greg Seton. Greg' s explanation of the Four Noble Truths emphasizes the need to cultivate honesty with oneself at all times. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_02_19_LINK352_GS.mp3 Sun, 19 Feb 2017 10:00:00 MST 1:07:04 Greg Seton, Honesty, Four Noble Truths Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Susan Walp Susan Walp from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling Speaker: Susan Walp. Susan explains how her devotion to making daily offerings and supplications to the Protectors has deepened her connection to the lineage and strengthened her practice. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_02_26_LINK353_SW.mp3 Sun, 26 Feb 2017 10:00:00 MST 58:26 Susan Walp, Protectors, Adversity Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Mark Smith Mark Smith from Crestone, CO Speaker: Mark Smith. Mark recounts his history of being a Buddhist and talks about how important devotion has been to his path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_03_05_LINK354_MS.mp3 Sun, 05 Mar 2017 10:00:00 MST 1:09:00 Mark Smith, Dharma, Heart Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel from Osel Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel. Elizabeth talks about how to navigate unstable times without falling into the extremes of fearful or rigid thinking by being appreciative and open to whatever arises. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_03_12_LINK355_EMN.mp3 Sun, 12 Mar 2017 10:00:00 MST 56:41 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Awe, Perfect Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Suzy Greanias Suzy Greanias from Osel Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Suzy Greanias. Suzy reflects on the importance of cultivating bodhicitta. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_03_19_LINK356_SG.mp3 Sun, 19 Mar 2017 10:00:00 MST 53:57 Suzy Greanias, Bodhicitta, Compassion Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Will Prunkl Will Prunkl from Kyoto, Japan Speaker: Will Prunkl. William weaves together a series of experiences and stories that reveal how interconnected the ordinary and the invisible worlds actually are. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_03_26_LINK357_WP.mp3 Sun, 26 Mar 2017 10:00:00 MST 1:11:33 Will Prunkl, Miracle, Things Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Elizabeth King Elizabeth King from Boulder, CO Speaker: Elizabeth King. Reflecting on forty years as a practitioner, Elizabeth speaks with gratitude of how obstacles, auspicious coincidence and guidance have given rise to confidence and devotion to practice. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_04_02_LINK358_EAK.mp3 Sun, 02 Apr 2017 10:00:00 MST 56:14 Elizabeth King, Seventy, Six Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Joey Waxman Joey Waxman from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Joey Waxman. Joey shares reflections from his study of the 14th century Buddhist master, Longchenpa. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_04_09_LINK359_JW.mp3 Sun, 09 Apr 2017 10:00:00 MST 1:02:05 Joey Waxman, Omniscient, Longchenpa Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la address the importance of integrating our heartfelt connection to others with our activity of service. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_04_16_LINK360_DJN.mp3 Sun, 16 Apr 2017 10:00:00 MST 1:04:02 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Enlightened, Activity Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Polly Banerjee Gallagher Polly Banerjee Gallagher from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Polly Banerjee-Gallagher. Polly reflects on how our relationship with the Three Jewels deepens when we cultivate awareness of our habits of body, speech and mind. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_04_23_LINK361_PBG.mp3 Sun, 23 Apr 2017 10:00:00 MST 50:54 Polly Banerjee Gallagher, Three, Jewels Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Colorado Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la talks about the importance of meditation to help navigate modern day difficulties. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_05_07_LINK363_DJN.mp3 Sun, 07 May 2017 10:00:00 MST 33:09 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Meditate, Instruction Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Jennie Stoller Jennie Stoller from London, England Speaker: Jennie Stoller. Jennie speaks about the importance of working with our minds to cultivate the Four Immeasurables: equanimity, kindness, compassion, and joy. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_05_14_LINK364_JS.mp3 Sun, 14 May 2017 10:00:00 MST 55:40 Jennie Stoller, Turning, Light Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Bob Reid Bob Reid from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Bob Reid. Bob reviews the meaning of the Bodhisattva vow practice and clarifies its importance in daily practice at all stages of the path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_05_21_LINK365_BR.mp3 Sun, 21 May 2017 10:00:00 MST 1:03:37 Bob Reid, Bodhisattva Vow, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Karuna Chung Karuna Chung from Santa Fe, NM Speaker: Karuna Chung. Karuna describes the levels of faith in the Three Jewels that develop along the path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_05_28_LINK366_KC.mp3 Sun, 28 May 2017 10:00:00 MST 56:27 Karuna Chung, Undeceiving, Refuge Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la recounts his recent travels, which revealed the importance of self reflection, the practice of the four immeasurables and how choice matters. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_06_04_LINK367_DJN.mp3 Sun, 04 June 2017 10:00:00 MST 59:15 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Foundations, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Kate Dobbertin Kate Dobbertin from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Kate Dobbertin. Kate reflects on how investigating relationships is a path to dismantle attachments to the eight worldly concerns, deepen our capacity for bodhichitta and penetrate dualistic perceptions. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_06_11_LINK368_KD.mp3 Sun, 11 June 2017 10:00:00 MST 56:39 Kate Dobbertin, Relationship, Non-Duality Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Dana Ming Dana Ming from Osel Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Dana Ming. Dana shares his thoughts on modern day practitioners' impact in bringing Dharma to the west. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_06_18_LINK369_DM.mp3 Sun, 18 June 2017 10:00:00 MST 1:09:30 Dana Ming, Perspective, Appreciation Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Katarina Bergh Katarina Bergh from Boston, MA Speaker: Katarina Bergh. Katarina shares her work as a Buddhist Chaplain at a large hospital in Boston. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_06_25_LINK370_KB.mp3 Sun, 25 June 2017 10:00:00 MST 55:06 Katarina Bergh, Hospital, Chaplain Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dunge Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from New York, NY Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la discusses the illusion of autonomous choice in the realm of interdependence. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_07_02_LINK371_DJN.mp3 Sun, 02 July 2017 10:00:00 MST 32:52 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Choices, Interdependence Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel. Elizabeth teaches on the Hinayana during the annual sangha retreat held in Colorado. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017NSS_Talk03_7_09_17.mp3 Sun, 09 July 2017 10:00:00 MST 2:00:09 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, NSS, Hinayana Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Margit Glassel Margit Glassel from Graus Huesca, Spain Speaker: Margit Glassel. Margit reflects on the importance of recognizing the illusory nature of "difficult" experiences while honoring them as opportunities to cultivate wisdom. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_07_23_LINK373_MG.mp3 Sun, 23 July 2017 10:00:00 MST 44:37 Margit Glassel, Demonic, Wisdom Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Katie Keach Katie Keach from Northampton, MA Speaker: Katie Keach. Katie reflects on how cultivating devotion has allowed her to connect meaningfully with the Vajrayana practices of Ngondro and protectors' prayers. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_07_30_LINK374_KK.mp3 Sun, 30 July 2017 10:00:00 MST 58:06 Katie Keach, Trust, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la talks about the importance of self reflection to keep our spiritual practice genuine and integrated with our life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_08_06_LINK375_DJN.mp3 Sun, 06 August 2017 10:00:00 MST 1:06:49 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Basics, Reflection Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Stephanie Kindberg Stephanie Kindberg from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Stephanie Kindberg. Stephanie illustrates how the more our orientation shifts away from catering to our ego to helping others, the more we will experience the joy and wisdom of the Buddha. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_08_13_LINK376_SK.mp3 Sun, 13 August 2017 10:00:00 MST 50:57 Stephanie Kindberg, Service, Others Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Natasha Carter Natasha Carter from Osel Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Natasha Carter. Natasha shares her experience when mindfulness, practice, and trust in the dharma liberate us from scarcity mind, our capacity to care for others arises naturally. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_08_20_LINK377_NC.mp3 Sun, 20 August 2017 10:00:00 MST 55:33 Natasha Carter, Care, Others Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Gretchen Kahre Holland Gretchen Kahre Holland from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Gretchen Kahre Holland. Gretchen illustrates how current events challenge us to remember that all beings have buddhanature and that we need to keep our hearts and minds open even to those who appear to be "the enemy". http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_08_27_LINK378_GH.mp3 Sun, 27 August 2017 10:00:00 MST 1:03:43 Gretchen Kahre Holland, Lasso, Light Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Lindsay Heppner Lindsay Heppner from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Lindsay Heppner. Lindsay explores how staying open with uncomfortable experiences offers a perfect opportunity to progress on the path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_09_03_LINK379_LH.mp3 Sun, 03 September 2017 10:00:00 MST 59:24 Lindsay Heppener, Staying, Run Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Chime Mattis Chime Mattis from Osel Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Chime Mattis. Chime explains how he separated two important aspects of himself:creativity and spirituality, which were not meant to be separated. Once he removed this fence, he rediscovered his creative life through retreat, self-reflection and study. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_09_24_LINK380_CM.mp3 Sun, 24 September 2017 10:00:00 MST 1:00:42 Chime Mattis, Fences, Retreat Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Osel Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la discusses how examining impermanence and karma is imperative to our well-being. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_10_01_LINK381_DJN.mp3 Sun, 01 October 2017 10:00:00 MST 51:25 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Impermanence, Mind Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz from New York, NY Speaker: Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz. Sasha explores the concept of one' s potential and describes things we can choose to do everyday to lead a life that is more focused on pursuing the path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_10_15_LINK382_SDM.mp3 Sun, 15 October 2017 10:00:00 MST 59:40 Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz, Perfect, Relationship Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Deb Sprague Deb Sprague from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Deb Sprague. Deb describes how Dharma practice has impacted her connection to her co-workers, and an experience she had when the veil of self-absorption fell away. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_10_22_LINK383_DS.mp3 Sun, 22 October 2017 10:00:00 MST 57:00 Deb Sprague, Veil, Self Absorption Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Fredi Kaufmann Fredi Kaufmann from Amsterdam, Netherlands Speaker: Fredi Kaufmann. Fredi describes how relating to the experiences of the body is an essential element of being on the path, teaching us to be open, present and tender. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_10_29_LINK384_FK.mp3 Sun, 29 October 2017 10:00:00 MST 54:35 Fredi Kaufmann, Body, Path Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinoche. Rinpoche discusses the importance of faith, devotion and "nyingru", a strong perseverance to move through all of life' s experiences to accomplish one' s path and feel a deeper sense of ease. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_11_05_LINK385_DKR.mp3 Sun, 05 November 2017 10:00:00 MST 47:44 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Nyingru, Perseverance Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Ram Jyoti Ram Jyoti from Sebastian, FL Speaker: Ram Jyoti. Ram Jyoti reflects on how to use our creativity to make the Seven-branch practice our own. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_11_12_LINK386_RJ.mp3 Sun, 12 November 2017 10:00:00 MST 52:03 Ram Jyoti, Seven Branch, Musings Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Jennifer Shippee Jennifer Shippee from Crestone, CO Speaker: Jennifer Shippee. Jennifer describes how we accumulate merit by cultivating our ability be fully awake to our experiences in the outer, inner, and secret levels. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_11_19_LINK387_JS.mp3 Sun, 19 November 2017 10:00:00 MST 1:03:58 Jennifer Shippee, Merit, Presence Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Mary Newton Mary Newton from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Mary Newton. Mary describes how cultivating a culture of tenderness depends on our willingness to uproot confusions that separate us from others, to listen deeply, and to have confidence in our basic goodness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_11_26_LINK388_MN.mp3 Sun, 26 November 2017 10:00:00 MST 51:35 Mary Newton, Kinship, Tenderness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Samten Ling, Crestone, CO 4 July, 1999, Personal LINK #47 Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Rinpoche extolls the virtue of a "short term" approach to life, creating a daily ceremony to make the commitment to work with the mind on a daily or moment to moment basis. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_12_03_LINK389_DKRL.mp3 Sun, 03 December 2017 10:00:00 MST 1:07:39 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Legacy, 47 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Samten Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Rinpoche explains how remorse and forgiveness are the essential ingredients of the Buddhist path and their practice results in the experience of grace. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_12_10_LINK390_DKR.mp3 Sun, 10 December 2017 10:00:00 MST 44:58 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Grace, Bodhicitta Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Juan Carlos Rojas Ortiz Juan Carlos Rojas Ortiz from Merida, Yucatan, MX Speaker: Juan Carlos Ortiz. Juan Carlos explains how cultivating appreciation is an effective way to work with the habits that perpetuate the suffering that arises in the six realms of samsara. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_12_17_LINK391_JCRO.mp3 Sun, 17 December 2017 10:00:00 MST 59:16 Juan Carlos Ortiz, Karma, Merit, Love Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Amalia Steinberg Amalia Steinberg from Anchorage, AK Speaker: Amalia Steinberg. Amalia describes her experiences as a member of MSB' s 2017 pilgrimage to India, visiting Delhi, Bodhgaya, Nalanda University, Varanasi, and Saranath. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_12_24_LINK392_AS.mp3 Sun, 24 December 2017 10:00:00 MST 56:14 Amalia Steinberg, Pilgrimage, India Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Scott Gallagher Scott Gallagher from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Scott Gallagher. Contemplating the meaning of the refuge vow, the bodhisattva vow and the view of emptiness can support our progress on the path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2017_12_31_LINK393_RSG.mp3 Sun, 31 December 2017 10:00:00 MST 58:45 Scott Gallagher, Why, Refuge Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel from Crestone, CO Speaker: Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel. Elizabeth talks about how we apply relative and absolute bodhicitta in our life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_01_07_LINK394_EMN.mp3 Sun, 07 January 2018 10:00:00 MST 1:32:54 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Burning, Love Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Tom Downey Tom Downey from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Speaker: Tom Downey. Tom describes how bodhicitta, the ground, path and fruition of our practice, is cultivated through the three wisdoms: hearing, contemplation, and meditation. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_01_14_LINK395_TD.mp3 Sun, 14 January 2018 10:00:00 MST 1:02:10 Tom Downey, Supplicating, Bodhicitta Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Vanessa Waxman Vanessa Waxman from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Vanessa Waxman. Vanessa explains how we can work with poverty mind, anxiety and dread by reflecting upon and offering the abundance within and around us. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_01_21_LINK396_VW.mp3 Sun, 21 January 2018 10:00:00 MST 1:05:02 Vanessa Waxman, More, Less Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Helen Connole Helen Connole from Sydney, Australia Speaker: Helen Connole. Helen decribes how reflecting on the four thoughts that turn the mind to the dharma enables us to be fully present with a loved one who is suffering. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_01_28_LINK397_HC.mp3 Sun, 28 January 2018 10:00:00 MST 54:05 Helen Connole, Challenges, Attachment Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Marjorieke Glaudemans Marjorieke Glaudemans from Amsterdam, Netherlands Speaker: Marjorieke Glaudemans. Marjorieke reflects on the beauty and kindness of the practice of self-reflection. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_02_04_LINK398_MG.mp3 Sun, 04 February 2018 10:00:00 MST 55:55 Marjorieke Glaudemans, Storylines, Self Reflection Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Katherine Teahen Katherine Teahen from Carbondale, CO Speaker: Katherine Teahen. Katherine describes ways she has deepened and personalized sadhana practice, kept it fresh and applied it to her daily life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_02_11_LINK399_KT.mp3 Sun, 11 February 2018 10:00:00 MST 45:52 Katherine Teahen, Drupcho, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Tina Toriello Tina Toriello from Point Richmond, CA Speaker: Tina Toriello. Tina explains the difference between fixing and healing painful situations, pointing the way to inner wellbeing independent of external circumstances. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_02_18_LINK400_TT.mp3 Sun, 18 February 2018 10:00:00 MST 1:05:03 Tina Toriello, Eye, Impermanence Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Greg Seton Greg Seton from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Greg Seton. Greg clarifies the meaning of "generating bodhicitta" by exploring the definition of "developing the mindset of awakening." http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_02_25_LINK401_GS.mp3 Sun, 25 February 2018 10:00:00 MST 1:28:06 Greg Seton, Awakening, Bodhicitta Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Rebecca Henry Rebecca Henry from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Rebecca Henry. Rebecca explores how reifying experience gives rise to close-mindedness and reactivity, while recognizing emptiness leads to compassion and responsiveness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_03_04_LINK402_RH.mp3 Sun, 04 March 2018 10:00:00 MST 58:56 Rebecca Henry, Responding, Reacting Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Andrew Shakespeare Andrew Shakespeare from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Andrew Shakespeare. Andrew reflects on the importance of accepting impermanence and the karmic causes and effects. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_03_11_LINK403_AS.mp3 Sun, 11 March 2018 10:00:00 MST 58:57 Andrew Shakespeare, Inconvenient, Truths Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Robin Correll Robin Correll from Fortuna, CA Speaker: Robin Correll. Robin focuses on how aligning our actions with our intention to awaken depends on our confidence, courage, and capacity to aspire, self-reflect, and persevere. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_03_18_LINK404_RC.mp3 Sun, 18 March 2018 10:00:00 MST 1:06:37 Robin Correll, Aspiration, Reflection Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Sulabha Mahajan Sulabha Mahajan from Mumbai, India Speaker: Sulabha Mahajan. Sulabha describes the experience of auspiciousness that arises when we recognize the sacredness and uniqueness of all circumstances, beings, and states of mind. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_03_25_LINK405_SM.mp3 Sun, 25 March 2018 10:00:00 MST 59:05 Sulabha Mahajan, Auspiciousness, Sacredness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Chris Holland Chris Holland from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Chris Holland.Chris distills and clarifies the meaning of, and relationships among buddhanature, sentient beings, shila, samadhi, prajna, guru yoga, devotion and realization. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_04_01_LINK406_CH.mp3 Sun, 01 April 2018 10:00:00 MST 1:09:55 Chris Holland, Ocean, Drop Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Robert Sturm Robert Sturm from Vancouver BC, Canada Speaker: Robert Sturm. Robert recounts how life led him gradually to the Dharma, from growing up in Transylvania to becoming a disciple of Venerable Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_04_08_LINK407_RS.mp3 Sun, 08 April 2018 10:00:00 MST 49:22 Robert Sturm, Seven, Eight Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Michael Velasco Michael Velasco from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Michael Velasco. To transform suffering into peace, we need to experience pain fully and use the power of our imagination to breathe life into our practice. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_04_15_LINK408_MV.mp3 Sun, 15 April 2018 10:00:00 MST 58:58 Michael Velasco, Movement, Suffering Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Jen Kern Jen Kern from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Jen Kern. Jen reflects on her experiences of holding grudges and feeling resentment, offering three practices to transform these habits into bodhicitta. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_04_22_LINK409_JK.mp3 Sun, 22 April 2018 10:00:00 MST 1:00:11 Jen Kern, Resentment, Unarmed Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Jill Oppenheimer Jill Oppenheimer from Montreal, Quebec, CN Speaker: Jill Oppenheimer. Jill shares how engaging the three wisdoms and the four thoughts supported her aspiration to overcome vagueness and fear, to gain conviction, and to move toward embodying the teachings. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_04_29_LINK410_JO.mp3 Sun, 29 April 2018 10:00:00 MST 53:04 Jill Oppenheimer, Vagueness, Moving Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Kim MacAulay Kim MacAulay from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Kim MacAulay. Kim speaks about the importance of cultivating appreciation and devotion through going into retreat and contemplating the four thoughts that turn the mind to the dharma. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_05_06_LINK411_KM.mp3 Sun, 06 May 2018 10:00:00 MST 1:02:15 Kim MacAulay, Appreciating, Life Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Mary Quinn Mary Quinn from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Mary Quinn. Mary expresses gratitude for how the recent loss of her mother deepened what Chogyam Trungpa called the "genuine heart of sadness". http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_05_13_LINK412_MQ.mp3 Sun, 13 May 2018 10:00:00 MST 1:01:00 Mary Quinn, Thoughts, Life Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Padhrig McCarthy Padhrig McCarthy from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Paddy McCarthy. Paddy explores how our experiences are shaped by the skandhas and in recognizing this, we can transform fear and vulnerability into acceptance and groundedness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_05_20_LINK413_PM.mp3 Sun, 20 May 2018 10:00:00 MST 1:04:26 Paddy McCarthy, Realistic, Vulnerable Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la speaks how the practice of maitri or friendliness to one self is the basis of the practice of bodhicitta. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_06_03_LINK414_DJN.mp3 Sun, 03 June 2018 10:00:00 MST 1:05:42 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Friends, Mind Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Mary Mooney Mary Mooney from Bellingham, WA Speaker: Mary Mooney. Mary reflects on the insights gained through the experience of suffering from severe, chronic physical pain. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_06_10_LINK415_MM.mp3 Sun, 10 June 2018 10:00:00 MST 42:08 Mary Mooney, Relax, Sequel Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Ashveen Bucktowar Ashveen Bucktowar from Dublin, Ireland Speaker: Ashveen Bucktowar. Ashveen talks about the daily practices that maintain his connection with the guru and support his aspiration to serve and progress on the path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_06_17_LINK416_AB.mp3 Sun, 17 June 2018 10:00:00 MST 48:34 Ashveen Bucktowar, Mindfulness, Guru Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la explores the concept of reality. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_06_24_LINK417_DJN.mp3 Sun, 24 June 2018 10:00:00 MST 1:18:13 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Disputed, Reality Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Nick Carter Nick Carter from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Nick Carter. Nick emphasizes the need to make the practice personal through honest self-reflection, service, and practice. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_07_01_LINK418_NC.mp3 Sun, 01 July 2018 10:00:00 MST 1:05:36 Nick Carter, Perfect, Practitioner Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Marcia Drake Marcia Drake from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Marcia Drake. Marcia reflects on how the small concerns of everyday life provide a rich opportunity to work with our habits of attachment and aversion. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_07_08_LINK419_MD.mp3 Sun, 08 July 2018 10:00:00 MST 28:44 Marcia Drake, Poetry, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel. Talk 3 given by Elizabeth in the Hinayana section of the 2018 Nyingma Summer Seminar. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/18NSS_T03_HQE_done.mp3 Sun, 15 July 2018 10:00:00 MST 1:51:28 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Hinayana, Three Yana System Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Stanton Dossett Stanton Dossett from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Stanton Dossett. Stanton talks about how essential it is to notice our suffering and to keep returning to the path that teaches us how to pacify it. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_07_29_LINK421_SD.mp3 Sun, 29 July 2018 10:00:00 MST 51:35 Stanton Dossett, Coming Back, Again Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la explores the potential dangers of the careless disassembly of traditional and cultural origins of genuine spiritual practice. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_08_05_LINK422_DJN.mp3 Sun, 5 August 2018 10:00:00 MST 55:34 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Pick, Choose Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Kathleen Boswell Kathleen Boswell from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Kathleen Boswell. Kathleen identifies how various experiences led her to the Dharma. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_08_12_LINK423_KB.mp3 Sun, 12 August 2018 10:00:00 MST 39:55 Kathleen Boswell, Light, Dharma Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Suzy Greanias Suzy Greanias from Osel Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Suzy Greanias. Suzy reflects on the importance of understanding and working with the mind. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_08_19_LINK424_SG.mp3 Sun, 19 August 2018 10:00:00 MST 58:21 Suzy Greanias, Exaggeration, Denial Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Mark Kram Mark Kram from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Mark Kram. Mark identifies how investigating the conceptual mind supports practitioners' progress on the path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_08_26_LINK425_MK.mp3 Sun, 26 August 2018 10:00:00 MST 1:00:19 Mark Kram, Thinking, Mind Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Reveling in the beauty and changes of the fall season, Dungse-la traces the interconnectedness of impermanence, interdependence and emptiness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_09_02_LINK426_DJN.mp3 Sun, 2 September 2018 10:00:00 MST 55:37 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Impermanence, Emptiness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Samten Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In this pre-recorded talk from 3/22/1999, Rinpoche explains the necessity for practitioners to say, "that' s it" and drop the endless string of activities that keep us from our practice. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/PL_034_1999_03_22_forLink_alsoLINK427.mp3 Sun, 09 September 2018 10:00:00 MST 39:01 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, That' s It, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Samten Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In this pre-recorded talk from 3/4/2001, Rinpoche explains how people can be out of balance between head and heart, logic and feeling, emotions and conceptual mind, and gives direction to balance and utlize both effectively. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/PL_095_2001_03_04_P1_alsoLINK428.mp3 Sun, 16 September 2018 10:00:00 MST 59:41 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Head, Heart Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Oka Katsutoshi Oka Katsutoshi from Kyoto, Japan Speaker: Oka Katsutoshi. Oka reflects on the freedom and relaxation he experiences when he allows his own thoughts to arise and fall without grasping, pursuing, or judging them. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_09_23_LINK429_OK.mp3 Sun, 23 September 2018 10:00:00 MST 52:37 Oka Katsutoshi, Relaxing, Midnight Storm Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Amelia Catone Amelia Catone from Glens Falls, NY Speaker: Amelia Catone. Amelia reflects on how not taking things personally allows us to be present and available to support others. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_09_30_LINK430_AC.mp3 Sun, 30 September 2018 10:00:00 MST 38:06 Amelia Catone, Nothing, Personal Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Randy Bach Randy Bach from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Randy Bach. Randy recollects how books and magazines played a role in bringing him to the Dharma, and shares stories about the history of Dharma texts in the world. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_10_07_LINK431_RB.mp3 Sun, 07 October 2018 10:00:00 MST 52:46 Randy Bach, Books, Magazines Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la describes the two aspects of bodhicitta and how the four immeasurables and the three wisdoms are connected to them. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_10_14_LINK432_DJN.mp3 Sun, 14 October 2018 10:00:00 MST 36:32 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Reflections, Bodhicitta Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Jim Sawyer Jim Sawyer from Brooklyn, NY Speaker: Jim Sawyer. Jim describes how he practices bringing dharmic perspective and intention to daily life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_10_28_LINK433_JS.mp3 Sun, 28 October 2018 10:00:00 MST 53:33 Jim Sawyer, 84,000, Doors Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Longmont, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. In this pre-recorded talk from September, 2018 Dungse-la talks about how everyday moments provide the opportunity to liberate ourselves from suffering. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_11_04_LINK434_DJN.mp3 Sun, 4 November 2018 10:00:00 MST 52:33 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Everyday, Conduct Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Deborah Haynes Deborah Haynes from Longmont, CO Speaker: Deborah Haynes. Deborah discusses her experience with home retreats. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_11_11_LINK435_DH.mp3 Sun, 11 November 2018 10:00:00 MST 1:06:19 Deborah Haynes, Home, Retreats Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Jennifer Shippee Jennifer Shippee from Bodhgaya, India Speaker: Jennifer Shippee. Jennifer reflects on the importance of accepting karma, accumulating and dedicating merit, and making aspirations. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_11_18_LINK436_JS.mp3 Sun, 18 November 2018 10:00:00 MST 1:06:48 Jennier Shippee, Karma, Merit Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Barbra Lurie Barbra Lurie from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Barbara Lurie. Barbra talks about bringing difficult experiences to the surface to deal with attachments to self and family. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_11_25_LINK437_BL.mp3 Sun, 25 November 2018 10:00:00 MST 59:39 Barbra Lurie, Leaning, Lenchak Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Lawrence Shourup Lawrence Shourup from Kyoto, Japan Speaker: Lawrence Shourup. Lawrence explores how the sangha supports his progress on the path as companion, mirror, and guide. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_12_02_LINK438_LS.mp3 Sun, 02 December 2018 10:00:00 MST 59:59 Lawrence Shourup, Alone, Sangha Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phutsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la addresses how lay practitioners can maintain the view of emptiness while engaged in worldly activities. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_12_09_LINK439_DJN.mp3 Sun, 09 December 2018 10:00:00 MST 1:46:13 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Empty, Money Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Radha Marcum Radha Marcum from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Radha Marcum. Radha identifies the experiences that arise when she is aligned with the dharma. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_12_16_LINK440_RM.mp3 Sun, 16 December 2018 10:00:00 MST 52:39 Radha Marcum, Aligned, Journey Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Andy Nicodemus Andy Nicodemus from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Andy Nicodemus. Andy explores the differences between ego and essence, explaining how he works with the mind to cultivate wisdom and bodhicitta. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_12_23_LINK441_AN.mp3 Sun, 23 December 2018 10:00:00 MST 1:01:56 Andy Nicodemus, Nature, Neurosis Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Scott Gallagher Scott Gallagher from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Scott Gallagher. Scott reflects on the complexity of making decisions that balance our desire for perfection against the complex demands of life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2018_12_30_LINK442_SG.mp3 Sun, 30 December 2018 10:00:00 MST 59:33 Scott Gallagher, Cult, Imperfect Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la suggests we take the time between western and Tibetan new years to review what has benefitted and harmed us during the past year, aspiring to practice bodhicitta and the four immeasurables as the best way to make the new year meaningful. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_01_06_LINK443_DJN.mp3 Sun, 06 January 2019 10:00:00 MST 1:05:54 Dungse Jampal Norbu, New Years, Aspirations Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Wendy Conquest Wendy Conquest from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Wendy Conquest. Wendy reflects on the need to ground practice in a clear motivation to renounce self-cherishing and aversion. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_01_13_LINK444_WC.mp3 Sun, 13 January 2019 10:00:00 MST 55:05 Wendy Conquest, Motivation, Refuge Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Maki Okabayashi Maki Okabayashi from Kyoto, Japan Speaker: Maki Okabayashi. Maki describes the remedies she uses to monitor and cease the "background music" in her mind to avoid negative thinking. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_01_20_LINK445_MO.mp3 Sun, 20 January 2019 10:00:00 MST 32:52 Maki Okabayashi, Background, Music Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Cintia Soave Cintia Soave from Curitiba, Parana' Brazil Speaker: Cintia Soave. Cintia reflects on how technology has made it possible for more people to connect to the Three Jewels. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_01_27_LINK446_CS.mp3 Sun, 27 January 2019 10:00:00 MST 30:37 Citina Soave, Technology, Distant Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Katie Back Katie Back from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire Vermont Speaker: Katie Back. Katie explores how awareness, acceptance, care and relaxation of the body are an integral element in practice. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_02_03_LINK447_KB.mp3 Sun, 03 February 2019 10:00:00 MST 59:55 Katie Back, Body, Ship Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Abba Hatcher Abba Hatcher from Osel Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Abba Hatcher. Abba identifies elements of the mindset that enable her to maintain awareness of the dharma and align her actions with her aspirations. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_02_17_LINK448_AH.mp3 Sun, 17 February 2019 10:00:00 MST 57:51 Abba Hatcher, Soft, Open Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Joey Waxman Joey Waxman from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Joey Waxman. Joey identifies the thoughts that help him work with feeling discouraged about his progress on the path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_02_24_LINK449_JW.mp3 Sun, 24 February 2019 10:00:00 MST 1:09:03 Joey Waxman, Working, Discouragement Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Polly Banerjee-Gallagher Polly Banerjee-Gallagher from Boulder, CO Speaker: Polly Banerjee-Gallagher. Polly reflects on what tsewa is and how cultivating it opens us to experience joy, serve others, and grow. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_03_03_LINK450_PBG.mp3 Sun, 03 March 2019 10:00:00 MST 52:37 Polly Banerjee-Gallagher, Think, Wait, Fast Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Natasha Carter Natasha Carter from Osel Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Natasha Carter. Natasha identifies three moments of liberation that arise through letting be, caring for others, and prayer. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_03_17_LINK451_NC.mp3 Sun, 17 March 2019 10:00:00 MST 1:03:41 Natasha Carter, Three, Liberation Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Bill Filter Bill Filter from Kapa' au Hawai' i Speaker: Bill Filter. Bill answers questions about attaining enlightenment, understanding free will, maintaining our practice, cultivating bodhicitta, and finding the best way to serve sentient beings. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_03_24_LINK452_BF.mp3 Sun, 24 March 2019 10:00:00 MST 1:01:36 Bill Filter, Ask, Anything Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Janine Kotre Janine Kotre from Ithaca, New York Speaker: Janine Kotre. Janine reflects on how her faith has grown from inquiry, devotion, and gratitude. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_03_31_LINK453_JK.mp3 Sun, 31 March 2019 10:00:00 MST 1:04:31 Janine Kotre, Don' t, Know Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Gretchen Kahre-Holland Gretchen Kahre-Holland from Erie, CO Speaker: Gretchen Holland. Gretchen reflects on how recognizing our capacity to harm others opens the door to empathy, self-awareness, and forgiveness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_04_07_LINK454_GKH.mp3 Sun, 07 April 2019 10:00:00 MST 57:31 Gretchen Kahre-Holland, No, Harm Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Christopher Kreider Christopher Kreider from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Christopher Kreider. Christopher reflects on how the dharma builds the resiliency and wisdom to parent a teenager with equanimity and compassion. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_04_14_LINK455_CK.mp3 Sun, 14 April 2019 10:00:00 MST 42:35 Christopher Kreider, Parenting, Transparent Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Jennifer Shippee Jennifer Shippee from Bir, India Speaker: Jennifer Shippee. Jennifer explores how investigating the painful experiences of self lead naturally to letting go, and experiencing open-hearted, joyful and fearless love. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_04_21_LINK456_JS.mp3 Sun, 21 April 2019 10:00:00 MST 1:27:43 Jennifer Shippee, Love, Letting Go Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Therese Lahaie Therese Lahaie from Oakland, CA Speaker: Therese Lahaie. Therese speaks about practices that have helped her move through the grieving process with awareness and self-compassion. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_04_28_LINK457_TL.mp3 Sun, 28 April 2019 10:00:00 MST 1:03:01 Therese Lahaie, Streets, Laredo Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz from Brooklyn, NY Speaker: Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz. Sasha examines how the lineage provides a ground and context for our relationships with our own minds, the sangha, our teachers and our futures. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_05_05_LINK458_SDM.mp3 Sun, 05 May 2019 10:00:00 MST 1:05:00 Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz, Lineage, Sangha Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Nick Carter Nick Carter from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Nick Carter. Nick explores how mindfulness and vigilant introspection help us connect fully with our experience and serve our intention to cultivate wisdom. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_05_12_LINK459_NC.mp3 Sun, 12 May 2019 10:00:00 MST 1:20:21 Nick Carter, Everyday, Magic Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Greg Seton Greg Seton from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Greg Seton. Greg contrasts the dharmic view of the self as illusory with the conventional view of the self as autonomous, unified, and permanent. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_05_19_LINK460_GS.mp3 Sun, 19 May 2019 10:00:00 MST 1:30:14 Greg Seton, Asking, Self Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Chris Holland Chris Holland from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Chris Holland. Chris demonstrates that the Buddhist and Christian views of God share common ground that can serve as the basis for dialogue and trust. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_05_26_LINK461_CH.mp3 Sun, 26 May 2019 10:00:00 MST 1:17:47 Chris Holland, Christian, Consonance Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Daisuke Inaba Daisuke Inaba from Tashi Choling, Izu, Japan Speaker: Daisuke Inaba. Dai-san reflects on how overcoming an ego-centered approach to service increases the benefit both to himself and to the Sangha. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_06_02_LINK462_DI.mp3 Sun, 02 June 2019 10:00:00 MST 37:45 Daisuke Inaba, Service, Important Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la explains the meaning of Saga Dawa and suggests ways to honor the Buddha during this auspicious month. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_06_09_LINK463_DJN.mp3 Sun, 09 June 2019 10:00:00 MST 1:07:35 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Saga, Dawa Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Elizabeth Ready Elizabeth Ready from West Tisbury, MA Speaker: Elizabeth Ready. Elizabeth reflects on the importance of cultivating a tender heart as we face the suffering that manifests in the world. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_06_16_LINK464_ER.mp3 Sun, 16 June 2019 10:00:00 MST 58:53 Elizabeth Ready, Bone, Heart Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Jennifer O' Keeffe Jennifer O' Keeffe from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Jennifer O' Keeffe. Jennifer explores how we can cultivate wisdom by recognizing the interdependence of our inner experience and our outer situations. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_06_23_LINK465_JO.mp3 Sun, 23 June 2019 10:00:00 MST 1:09:44 Jennifer O' Keeffee, Within, Without Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Caley Crossman Caley Crossman from Montreal, Canada Speaker: Caley Crossman. Caley identifies the benefits of recognizing, aligning with, and supplicating to the positive and omnipresent influences of the buddhas, bodhisattvas, and masters. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_06_30_LINK466_CC.mp3 Sun, 30 June 2019 10:00:00 MST 1:01:57 Caley Crossman, Influence, Rainbows Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Diana Barros Diana Barros from Salvador Bahia, Brazil Speaker: Diana Barros. Diana expresses profound gratitude for the precious gift of having the Three Jewels in her life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_07_07_LINK467_DB.mp3 Sun, 07 July 2019 10:00:00 MST 49:22 Diana Barros, Life, Jewels Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. In the third talk of MSB' s annual, Nyingma Summer Seminar program, Dungse-la talks about taking refuge and what that entails. He explains the five skandas, renunciation, the 8-fold path, being natural, the three wisdoms and habitual patterns. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_07_14_LINK468_DJN.mp3 Sun, 14 July 2019 10:00:00 MST 2:08:18 Dungse Jampal Norbu, NSS, Refuge Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Kristin Lhatso Kristen Lhatso from Redondo Beach, CA Speaker: Kristin Lhatso. Kristin explores how the Dharma has helped her recognize and work with stress. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_07_28_LINK469_KL.mp3 Sun, 28 July 2019 10:00:00 MST 1:05:00 Kristin Lhatso, Stress, Relationship Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Boulder, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. In this pre-recorded talk from 2018, Dungse-la discusses how we accumulate merit through intentional, skillful action, and how to create merit that spans lifetimes. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_08_04_LINK470_DJN.mp3 Sun, 04 August 2019 10:00:00 MST 51:33 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Carrot, Merit Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Stephanie Kindberg Stephanie Kindberg from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Stephanie Kindberg. Stephanie explores the benefits and challenges of extending care to others with an open heart. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_08_11_LINK471_SK.mp3 Sun, 11 August 2019 10:00:00 MST 56:24 Stephanie Kindberg, Innate, Human Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Patricia Targ Patricia Targ from Palo Alto, CA Speaker: Patricia Targ. Patricia reflects on how the dharma has provided the wisdom and tools for working with her mind, pursuing the bodhisattva path, and aspiring to be a light in the world. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_08_18_LINK472_PT.mp3 Sun, 18 August 2019 10:00:00 MST 52:52 Patricia Targ, Ricochet, Road Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Suzy Greanias Suzy Greanias from Osel Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Suzy Greanias. Suzy reflects on how important it is for practitioners to take responsibility for recognizing that the negativity, judgments and projections that arise in our minds only lead to suffering. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_08_25_LINK473_SG.mp3 Sun, 25 August 2019 10:00:00 MST 51:33 Suzy Greanias, Fight, Club Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In this pre-recorded Personal LINK talk given on May 21, 2000, Rinpoche relates daytime, sleep and dream to birth, death and the intermediate state, with questions and answers from students. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/PL_074_2000_05_21_edited_forLINK474.mp3 Sun, 1 September 2019 10:00:00 MST 1:18:12 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Sleep, Dream Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Samten Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In this pre-recorded Personal LINK talk given on October 22, 2000, Rinpoche explains how, with appreciation as the ground, you embark on the path with the teacher and the teachings. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/PL_087_2000_10_22_edited_forLINK475.mp3 Sun, 8 September 2019 10:00:00 MST 1:07:55 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Appreciating, Wealth Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Samten Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In this pre-recorded Personal LINK talk given on August 20, 2000, Rinpoche describes how deeply exploring our mind allows us to discover and dissolve pain and confusion, and uncover our inherent, brilliant clarity. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/PL_083_2000_08_20_edited_forLINK476.mp3 Sun, 15 September 2019 10:00:00 MST 49:49 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Clarity, Confusion Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Josephine Hart Josephine Hart from Osel Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Josephine Hart. Josephine reflects on how she supports her practice by appreciating longing and using discernment to supplicate. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_09_22_LINK477_JH.mp3 Sun, 22 September 2019 10:00:00 MST 1:07:47 Josephine Hart, Longing, Wish Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from New York, NY Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In this pre-recorded Personal LINK talk given on May 7, 2000, Rinpoche explains how to work with fear by dancing with habits, karma and aversions, while also recognizing the ease that comes with knowing the empty nature of all things. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/PL_072_2000_05_07_edited_forLINK478.mp3 Sun, 29 September 2019 10:00:00 MST 40:32 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Dancing, Fears Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la explains the four thoughts that turn one' s mind toward the Dharma and addresses the three lords of materialism. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_10_06_LINK479_DJN.mp3 Sun, 06 October 2019 10:00:00 MST 1:07:32 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Generating, Inspiration Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Alex Rocha Alex Rocha from New York, NY Speaker: Alex Rocha. Alex explores how his idea of samsara shifted from being a realm he is "in" to an addictive condition from which he suffers, emphasizing the importance of self-reflection as a means to cultivate his awareness, longing, and receptivity to blessings. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_10_13_LINK480_AR.mp3 Sun, 13 October 2019 10:00:00 MST 1:05:43 Alex Rocha, Addicted, Blessings Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Kate Dobbertin Kate Dobbertin from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Kate Dobbertin. Kate contemplates the challenges of questioning the ego and taking internal leaps to maintain the sovereignty of our true self. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_10_20_LINK481_KD.mp3 Sun, 20 October 2019 10:00:00 MST 59:40 Kate Dobbertin, Heart, Tsewa Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Bob Lucas Bob Lucas from Point Richmond, CA Speaker: Bob Lucas. Bob shares how he finds support in developing curiosity to examine his mind in all circumstances, and how continually applying self reflection furthers the warmth of his practice. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_10_27_LINK482_BL.mp3 Sun, 27 October 2019 10:00:00 MST 43:29 Bob Lucas, Beautiful, Life Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la describes a practitioner' s path from renouncing the eight worldly concerns to freedom beyond dualism. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_11_03_LINK483_DJN.mp3 Sun, 03 November 2019 10:00:00 MST 1:14:40 Dungse Jampal Norbu, No, Excuses Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Moni Banerjee-Lauritzen Moni Banerjee-Lauritzen from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Moni Banerjee-Lauritzen. Moni explores how to use our day to day experiences as practice to further develop and stabilize bodhicitta. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_11_17_LINK484_MBL.mp3 Sun, 17 November 2019 10:00:00 MST 48:51 Moni Banerjee-Lauritzen, Field, Bodhicitta Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Murray Nossel Murray Nossel from New York, NY Speaker: Murray Nossel. Murray explains how meeting the Dharma helped him see that the violence he experienced in his life is at its core based on fear, and a reflection of violence toward ones self. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_11_24_LINK485_MN.mp3 Sun, 17 November 2019 10:00:00 MST 1:08:07 Murray Nossel, Violence, Dharma Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la adresses how we need to approach our practice with a sense of balance and use self reflection to determine when we are pushing ourselves too hard or not hard enough. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_12_01_LINK486_DJN.mp3 Sun, 01 December 2019 10:00:00 MST 58:10 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Tight, Loose Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Frank Allen Frank Allen from Northampton, MA Speaker: Frank Allen. Frank explores obstacles to practice, one being a low sense of self worth. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_12_08_LINK487_FA.mp3 Sun, 08 December 2019 10:00:00 MST 54:03 Frank Allen, Compassion, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Pat Noyes Pat Noyes from Boulder, CO Speaker: Pat Noyes. Pat describes her progression from initially being resistant to letting go of thinking to closely watching her mind, even in extreme situations. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_12_15_LINK488_PN.mp3 Sun, 15 December 2019 10:00:00 MST 43:15 Pat Noyes, Watch, Mind Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Chris Parmentier Chris Parmentier from Austin, TX Speaker: Chris Parmentier. Chris offers rich stories that illustrate how to walk the line between opposites with openness and equanimity. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_12_22_LINK489_CP.mp3 Sun, 22 December 2019 10:00:00 MST 1:01:48 Chris Parmentier, Inconceivable, Simplicity Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Scott Gallagher Scott Gallagher from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Scott Gallagher. Scott explores the topic of tsewa, and how holding grudges act as an impediment to having a tender, open heart. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2019_12_29_LINK490_SG.mp3 Sun, 29 December 2019 10:00:00 MST 1:05:31 Scott Gallagher, Working, Grudges Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Boston, MA Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. For the new year, Dungse-la advises us to reflect upon our past year using the Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind Toward the Dharma as our guide, then make our new years aspirations based upon bodhicitta. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_01_05_LINK491_DJN.mp3 Sun, 05 January 2020 10:00:00 MST 57:16 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Change, Future Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Andy Wasserman Andy Wasserman from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Andy Wasserman. Andy explores the four thoughts that turn her mind toward the dharma. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_01_12_LINK492_AW.mp3 Sun, 12 January 2020 10:00:00 MST 54:03 Andy Wasserman, Four, Thoughts Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Kate Keach Kate Keach from Northampton, MA Speaker: Kate Keach. Kate discusses what it means for her to be a practictioner of the Buddhadharma from the points of view of conventional and spritual wisdom. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_01_19_LINK493_KK.mp3 Sun, 19 January 2020 10:00:00 MST 55:38 Kate Keach, Becoming, Practitioner Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Mary Newton Mary Newton from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Mary Newton. Mary muses about how to work with the experience of not knowing. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_01_26_LINK494_MN.mp3 Sun, 26 January 2020 10:00:00 MST 1:03:52 Mary Newton, Not, Knowing Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Katarina Bergh Katarina Bergh from Boston, MA Speaker: Katarina Bergh. Katarina talks about what caring for animals has taught her about the Dharma. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_02_02_LINK495_KB.mp3 Sun, 02 February 2020 10:00:00 MST 45:59 Katarina Bergh, Fox, Duck Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Fredi Kaufmann Fredi Kaufmann from Amsterdam, The Netherlands Speaker: Fredi Kaufmann. Fredi reflects on how relating our own experiences to the life story and teachings of the Buddha helps us to cultivate wisdom, tsewa, and happiness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_02_09_LINK496_FK.mp3 Sun, 09 February 2020 10:00:00 MST 45:00 Fredi Kaufmann, Palace, Innocence Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Greg Seton Greg Seton from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Greg Seton. Greg offers an in-depth explanation of the three wisdoms (study, contemplation, and meditation) and explains why training in each is vital to effective practice of the Dharma. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_02_16_LINK497_GS.mp3 Sun, 16 February 2020 10:00:00 MST 1:17:05 Greg Seton, Mind, Clearly Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Peter Lauritzen Peter Lauritzen from Boulder, CO Speaker: Peter Lauritzen. Peter reflects on how suffering offers a precious opportunity to open the mind and heart and to cultivate appreciation for and faith in the Dharma. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_02_23_LINK498_PL.mp3 Sun, 23 February 2020 10:00:00 MST 1:02:32 Peter Lauritzen, Buddhist, Path Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Joey Waxman Joey Waxman from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Joey Waxman. Joey suggests ways we can apply the Dharma to shift our perspective about and our relationship with the problems that confront the country and the world. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_03_01_LINK499_JW.mp3 Sun, 01 March 2020 10:00:00 MST 1:01:40 Joey Waxman, Practicing, Calamity Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Hillary Campbell Hillary Campbell from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Hillary Campbell. Hillary describes how she experiences and explores her thoughts fully in order to transform painful feelings and clarify obscurations. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_03_08_LINK500_HC.mp3 Sun, 08 March 2020 10:00:00 MST 1:02:10 Hillary Campbell, Imposter, FOMO Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Judy Montgomery Judy Montgomery from Boise, ID Speaker: Judy Montgomery. Judy shares how she practices vigilant introspection, mindfulness, acceptance and intention to apply the teachings to her experience. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_03_15_LINK501_JM.mp3 Sun, 15 March 2020 10:00:00 MST 54:32 Judy Montgomery, More, This Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Will Prunkl Will Prunkl from Kyoto, Japan Speaker: Will Prunkl. Will reflects on how cultivating integrity and discipline allows freedom from habit and conceptual mind to arise. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_03_22_LINK502_WP.mp3 Sun, 22 March 2020 10:00:00 MST 57:55 Will Prunkl, Integrity, Energy Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Valeska Agasto Valeska Agasto from Boulder, CO Speaker: Valeska Agasto. Valeska contemplates the lessons presented by the current period of sheltering in place during the coronavirus pandemic and how to bring the Dharma into practice at this time. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_03_29_LINK503_VA.mp3 Sun, 29 March 2020 10:00:00 MST 48:57 Valeska Agasto, Bonheur, Pandemic Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Okabayashi Katsutoshi Okabayashi Katsutoshi from Kyoto, Japan Speaker: Okabayashi Katsutochi. Oka-san conveys how being a practitioner brings the joy of discovery, the ability to apply the dharma to all situations, more confidence and a sense of appreciation and freshness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_04_05_LINK504_OK.mp3 Sun, 05 April 2020 10:00:00 MST 56:51 Okabayashi Katsutoshi, Path, Lay Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Rinpoche advises how we can use the pandemic to enrich our practice with prayers and aspirations to end the suffering this sickness is causing the world. He describes what he is personally doing to help. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_04_12_LINK505_DKR.mp3 Sun, 12 April 2020 10:00:00 MST 57:41 Dzigar Kongtrul, Open, Heart Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Polly Banerjee-Gallagher Polly Banerjee-Gallagher from Boulder, CO Speaker: Polly Banerjee-Gallagher. Polly contemplates impermanence and how she can practice in a way that creates more ease in everyday life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_04_19_LINK506_PBG.mp3 Sun, 19 April 2020 10:00:00 MST 54:45 Polly Banerjee-Gallagher, Appearances, Dissolve Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Matthew Mackay Matthew Mackay from Gatineau, Quebec, Canada Speaker: Matthew Mackay. Matthew identifies contemplations and practices designed to cultivate our understanding and acceptance of death. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_04_26_LINK507_MM.mp3 Sun, 26 April 2020 10:00:00 MST 57:13 Matthew Mackay, Open, Die Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Crestone, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la explains how the three wisdoms of listening, contemplation and meditation are useful during this time of uncertainty. When we join those three wisdoms with bodhicitta, we provide ourselves with a ground to navigate these difficult times. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_05_03_LINK508_DJN.mp3 Sun, 03 May 2020 10:00:00 MST 1:23:08 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Three Wisdoms, Eras Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Angela Rose Angela Rose from Crestone, CO Speaker: Angela Rose. Angela reflects on four important elements of progressing on the path: the blessings of the lineage, the pith instructions of the teacher, our own maturity, and the experience of suffering. As maturity ripens, our understanding of pith instructions grows; as our capacity to experience suffering grows, we are able to connect to the teachings and to others more deeply. Both maturing and deepening our connection to suffering require patience and courage. Throughout this path, the blessings of the unbroken lineage and of our teacher' s pith instructions give us strength and understanding. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_05_10_LINK509_AR.mp3 Sun, 10 May 2020 10:00:00 MST 34:05 Angela Rose, Touch, Suffering Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungese Jampal Norbu from Longmont, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la does a thorough explanation on the basis of the practice of tonglen or exchanging self for other. He reviews how we feel ourselves to be a solid entity and the suffering that arises from that misapprehension. The practice of tonglen undercuts that fixation on a sense of self. He explains the prajna paramita teachings, the four noble truths and then goes on to describe three forms of tonglen. Tonglen can happen on the cushion during a meditation session and also off the cushion after one has developed fearlessness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_05_17_LINK510_DJN.mp3 Sun, 17 May 2020 10:00:00 MST 2:09:30 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Tonglen, Self Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Jasmine Pema Jasmine Pema from Los Angeles, CA Speaker: Jasmine Pema. Jasmine contemplates how exploring our fears allows us to cultivate a more genuine sense of refuge, recognize how essential our feminine and masculine aspects are to our wellbeing, and balance our inner guru with the outer guidance of the teacher and lineage. Working with fears, whether it be our fear of recognizing our doubts about Buddhism, our fear of others who differ from us, or our fear of the coronavirus pandemic, offers opportunities for growth; it is by exploring our fears that we transform them into wisdom. Though it may be uncomfortable for practitioners to question the male-dominated traditions of Buddhism, its own tenets require us to investigate our minds; doing so allows us to cultivate authentic refuge and devotion. In the process, we cultivate our connection to our inner guru, balancing it with our connection to our teacher and lineage. From this perspective, the coronavirus pandemic and the fear it arouses invite us to reconsider the conventional view of productivity as "good" and rest as "bad." By recognizing the need to balance both the masculine and feminine aspects of our energies and our society, we open ourselves to the opportunity to become more united, egalitarian, and compassionate individuals and societies. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_05_24_LINK511_JP.mp3 Sun, 24 May 2020 10:00:00 MST 59:54 Jasmine Pema, Alchemy, Fear Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Lauren Ray Hensey Lauren Ray Hensey from Glencar, County Sligo, Ireland Speaker: Lauren Ray Hensey. Lauren contemplates how the practice of the four immeasurables and the cultivation of bodhicitta enable us to integrate all aspects of our experience and to include all beings in our circle of care. Contemplating the four immeasurables diminishes our sense of self-absorption and shines a light on our tendency not only to exclude others but to hide from the parts of ourselves we prefer not to acknowledge. Rinpoche encourages practitioners to be real on the cushion; to do so, we need to recognize how much our view and circumstances are subject to change, bias, and self-decepton. Opening our hearts to all perceptions, especially those we find uncomfortable, grounds us and allow us to open our hearts to all beings regardless of circumstance, thus gaining what Longchenpa calls Freedom From Partiality. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_05_31_LINK512_LRH.mp3 Sun, 31 May 2020 10:00:00 MST 54:49 Lauren Ray Hensey, Grace, Ours Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel from Crestone, CO Speaker: Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel. This is the first talk of a weekend series given on June 6-7, 2020: In our lives we tend to relate to the world as if it is other. The category encompasses almost everything that we can think of: the weather, the government, the coronavirus, our boss, our adversaries and even our loved ones. Other also includes our unpredictable all-consuming thoughts and emotions. In this dynamic with the world where it seems as if things are always happening to us beyond our control, we have little agency and often encounter suffering and confusion. Mahayana teachings on interdependence encourage us to look deeper into our unconscious assumption that we are separate from our world. They teach us how to poise our mind in a more inclusive way and can heal even our most troubling relationships with other. These teachings form the basis of the bodhisattva path which give clear and practical instructions for a meaningful compassionate and healthy life, and helps us to develop a sense of unconditional well being. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_06_07_LINK513_EMN.mp3 Sun, 07 June 2020 10:00:00 MST 1:50:43 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Mahayana, Healthy Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Julia Sanderson Julia Sanderson from New York, NY Speaker: Julia Sanderson. Julia addresses the need to work fearlessly with challenging circumstances to benefit ourselves and others. Two challenges that confront us today, the coronavirus pandemic and systemic racial injustice, arouse uncomfortable emotions that we may be tempted to avoid; but if we instead use them as opportunities for self reflection, we can learn to work with our minds, see our blinds spots and relax. Shamatha and tonglen are two methods that support our aspiration to align our intentions with our actions, benefitting ourselves and allowing us to serve others. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_06_14_LINK514_JS.mp3 Sun, 14 June 2020 10:00:00 MST 52:21 Julia Sanderson, Not Liking, Looking Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Chris Holland Chris Holland from Erie, Colorado Speaker: Chris Holland. Chris encourages us to respond to current historical crises with wisdom, compassion, and kindness by reconnecting with our buddha nature and remembering our deeper aspirations. A crystal unobstructed by impurities reveals its true nature, refracting light and revealing a rainbow spectrum; so too a mind cleansed of afflictions reveals its buddha nature. Citing the Uttaratantra Shastra, Rumi, and The Venerable Dzigar Kongrul Rinpoche, Chris emphasizes the need to "polish the crystal" of the mind by self-reflection, and by generating and extending kindness and compassion to ourselves and to others. Only through self-acceptance and self-reflection can we experience our buddha nature; recognizing that we share this buddha nature with all beings enables us to embrace our inseparability from others and from the universe itself. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_06_21_LINK515_CH.mp3 Sun, 21 June 2020 10:00:00 MST 1:03:14 Chris Holland, Polishing, Crystal Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz from Brooklyn, NY Speaker: Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz. Instead of struggling with a divided mind, blaming ourselves for our habit of being hard on ourselves, we can recognize ignorance itself as the root of the problem and engage in dharma practice to familiarize ourselves with our nondual buddha nature. Conventional advice for alleviating the habit of beating ourselves up is often not very helpful. To root it out, we need to recognize that the cause of suffering is self-grasping ignorance-the mistaken belief in the true existence of a self. Analyzing our experience reveals how impersonal ignorance gives rise to self-cherishing, self-protecting, and self-importance, and how these in turn lead to the experience of a mind confused and divided against itself. The alternative to this loop of self-blame is to engage in practicing the dharma, which offers a perspective based on our nondual buddha nature. Over time, familiarizing ourselves with the practice will liberate us from the delusion and suffering of a divided mind. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_06_28_LINK516_SDM.mp3 Sun, 28 June 2020 10:00:00 MST 52:12 Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz, Hard On Yourself, Engage Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Christine Anisko Christie Anisko from Warwick, NY Speaker: Christine Anisko. Although we tend to rely on wrong views as dependable coping mechanisms, they do not reduce suffering; seeing this encourages us to examine how they arise from ignorance and perpetuate suffering. Wrong views can take the form of spiritual side-stepping, which we use to avoid directly experiencing suffering, and spiritual "hocus pocus," which convinces us that we are special. But self-reflection and investigation reveal that we see and experience the world through the lens of our skandhas. Realizing that our experiences arise from within our minds gives us the freedom to understand and liberate ourselves from wrong views. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_07_26_LINK517_CA.mp3 Sun, 26 July 2020 10:00:00 MST 57:15 Christine Anisko, Forest, Wrong Views Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Crestone, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la explores the topic of service from multiple angles, enumerating the kinds of service and how the noble attitude of service of benefitting others is best accomplished without grasping to a sense of self. In this way all dharma practice becomes an act of service as it serves that primary intention. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_08_02_LINK518_DJN.mp3 Sun, 02 August 2020 10:00:00 MST 1:07:30 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Act, Service Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Gretchen Holland Gretchen Holland from Erie, CO Speaker: Gretchen Holland. The crises facing us in this moment--the COVID 19 pandemic, racial violence, natural disasters, and widespread fear and anger--call upon us to reflect on how to respond as individuals and Buddhist practitioners dedicated to benefiting all beings. Using Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye' s prayer as guidance and support, we can extend our care by accepting responsibility for the history of oppression in which we all share by listening and educating ourselves about this history, and by recognizing the power of generating tsewa and offering prayers to the world. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_08_09_LINK519_GKH.mp3 Sun, 09 August 2020 10:00:00 MST 57:19 Gretchen Holland, Longing, Stability Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Tatjana Meyerowitz Tatjana Meyerowitz from Brooklyn, NY Speaker: Tatjana Meyerowitz. Practicing sadhana liberates us from our samsaric mindset and introduces us to our own nature and to the sacred world. It is important to practice wholeheartedly and with devotion for an extended period of time, allowing the practice to take root in our mind. The sadhana practice, "a methodical discipline to attain desired knowledge," enables us to realize that we do not have to be at the mercy of karma or external forces. It liberates us from the ego' s habitual grasping and rejecting, allowing us to experience sacred world on and off the cushion. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_08_16_LINK520_TM.mp3 Sun, 16 August 2020 10:00:00 MST 58:49 Tatjana Meyerowitz, Sadhana, Sacred World Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Suzy Greanias Suzy Greanias from Crestone, CO Speaker: Suzy Greanias. The events of 2020, which astrologers have predicted, increase our awareness of the instability of outer circumstances, and can inspire us to contemplate and investigate our inner circumstance and the impermanence and suffering of samsara, which are the first two of the four seals of Buddhism. The Vajrayana path also encourages us to go beyond these, engaging in practice to cultivate the third and fourth seals: the wisdom of emptiness and the promise of liberation. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_08_23_LINK521_SG.mp3 Sun, 23 August 2020 10:00:00 MST 47:48 Suzy Greanias, 2020, Vision Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Daisuke Inaba Daisuke Inaba from Izu, Japan Speaker: Daisuke Inaba. To find time in our busy lives for practice and service, we can apply techniques to calm ourselves, to be kind to ourselves, and to be more aware of our state of mind. Taking deep breaths calms us and gives us the space to be kind to ourselves. Although we may be tempted to blame ourselves or others for not accomplishing our goals, it is important to remember that aggression is not productive. With a calm and accepting mind, we are better able to consider objectively how we use our time; observing our behavior in this way allows us to recognize how we distract ourselves and how---and why---we procrastinate. We can also try to emulate how Rinpoche moves through the world with such relaxation and lightness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_08_30_LINK522_DI.mp3 Sun, 30 August 2020 10:00:00 MST 1:05:45 Daisuke Inaba, Service, Busy Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Longmont, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la discusses change and impermanence as being the very nature of things, what enables everything to function. In our self-cherishing and fixations, we resist change and therefore suffer. However, we can choose to rest in change by engaging a bigger view that acknowledges the reality of impermanence and constant change. For example, we can place the changes we are experiencing in the larger perspective of history. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_09_06_LINK523_DJN.mp3 Sun, 06 September 2020 10:00:00 MST 1:02:16 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Resting, Change Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Bir, India Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In a talk originally given on 12/06/2010 from Bir, India, Rinpoche reminds us how fast time passes, from a day to a month, a year and then our entire life. What will we have made of this precious opportunity? How do we determine what is important, and not? Will we talk in the footsteps of those who have made communicating the dharma to others their priority? http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_09_13_LINK524_DKR.mp3 Sun, 13 September 2020 10:00:00 MST 45:36 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Blink, Eye Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Bob Reid Bob Reid from Longmont, CO Speaker: Bob Reid. When we take refuge in the Dharma, we renounce violence against beings. To adhere to this vow, we need to cultivate awareness of our body, speech and mind through practicing the three wisdoms. In taking the refuge vow we commit to nonviolence, one of the four virtuous disciplines. The practice of nonviolence requires us to adhere to four precepts: never to repay abuse with abuse, never to be angry in return for anger, never to strike back when struck, and never to expose the faults of others when they reveal our own. To understand, accept and practice these disciplines we need to recognize and overcome the obstacles presented by our habitual and conventional mindsets, and to remember that the Buddhist wisdom tradition seeks not to control behavior or adhere to dogma but to cultivate authentic wisdom and alleviate suffering, which arises from self-grasping ignorance. As the Venerable Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche recalls one of his teachers saying, with "genuine renunciation toward self-importance, half the Dharma is accomplished." The process of seeing, understanding and dissolving this ignorance takes place through engagement with the three wisdoms-hearing, contemplation and meditation. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_09_20_LINK525_BR.mp3 Sun, 20 September 2020 10:00:00 MST 1:11:30 Bob Reid, Nonviolence, Refuge Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Deborah Haynes Deborah Haynes from Longmont, CO Speaker: Deborah Haynes. Amidst the heightened suffering in the world today, it is vital to develop a positive relation to impermanence, suffering and death. We are experiencing natural disasters, political and social upheaval, and the Covid19 pandemic, all of which have caused profound suffering and death for billions of beings. As practitioners we are called upon to respond to this suffering through practice, prayer and meditation. Deepening our understanding of suffering, death and the dying process can enable us to develop a positive relationship to our own life and death and to support others to do so as well. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_09_27_LINK526_DH.mp3 Sun, 27 September 2020 10:00:00 MST 1:03:14 Deborah Haynes, Suffering, Death Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Leggett, CA Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This is a re-broadcast of a talk Rinpoche gave on July 11, 1999 at Rangjung Yeshe Gomde in Leggett, California. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_10_04_LINK527_DKR.mp3 Sun, 04 October 2020 10:00:00 MST 53:53 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Longing, Two Types Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Osel Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This is a re-broadcast of a talk Rinpoche gave on August 29, 2004 at Osel Ling in Crestone, CO http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_10_11_LINK528_DKR.mp3 Sun, 11 October 2020 10:00:00 MST 51:50 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Useful Qualities, Adopt Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This is a re-broadcast of a talk Rinpoche gave on March 18, 2001 at Phuntsok Choling in Ward, CO. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_10_18_LINK529_DKR.mp3 Sun, 18 October 2020 10:00:00 MST 53:50 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Shinjang, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Mary Cobb Mary Cobb from Longmont, CO Speaker: Mary Cobb. To cultivate, maintain and renew an intimate relationship with practice, it is helpful to return to the basic practice of shamatha to relax and settle the mind. Dry spells, arising from conditions both internal and external, are natural and inevitable aspects of being on the path. Learning to work with them is essential. One way to navigate such dry spells is to return to the basic practice of shamatha to cultivate calm abiding and to nurture an intimate relationship with the mind. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_10_25_LINK530_MC.mp3 Sun, 25 October 2020 10:00:00 MST 56:17 Mary Cobb, Dry Spell, Shamatha Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Tina Toriello Tina Toriello from Point Richmond, CA Speaker: Tina Toriello. Authentic engagement with the Dharma begins with directly acknowledging impermanence, renouncing attachment to it and seeking refuge from it. When we use distraction and denial to avoid confronting the reality of old age, sickness and death, we are shocked when it touches us directly. Resisting the truth of impermanence and clinging to our attachments and addictions only give rise to suffering; recognizing and accepting impermanence is the ground for renunciation and refuge. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_11_08_LINK532_TT.mp3 Sun, 08 November 2020 10:00:00 MST 25:22 Tina Toriello, Renunciation, Refuge Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Paddy McCarthy Paddy McCarthy from Vershire, VT Speaker: Paddy McCarthy. Three approaches can help us to avoid self-aggression when working with habitual patterns of thought: an outer approach (seeking external support); an inner approach (self-reflecting), and a secret approach (recognizing the nature of interdependent origination). The outer approach, which relies on using external supports such as maintaining practice records or working with "practice buddies," is a useful though limited way to cultivate beneficial habits of thought and to challenge harmful ones. The inner approach, which relies on self-reflection, engages us in investigating the thoughts that present obstacles to progressing on the path; it has the added benefit of allowing us to develop our resolve and to understand how our thought process imputes our reality. Finally, the secret approach, which involves recognizing the nature of interdependent origination, provides a broader context for understanding how habitual patterns of thought arise and how we can free ourselves from them by coming to understand their true nature. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_11_22_LINK533_PM.mp3 Sun, 22 November 2020 10:00:00 MST 59:05 Paddy McCarthy, Thoughts, Dualism Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Natasha Carter Natasha Carter from Crestone, CO Speaker: Natasha Carter. We cultivate the blessings of the lineage by contemplating the four thoughts that turn the mind to the Dharma, by keeping an open heart, and by remembering the ultimate purpose of engaging in the three pillars. The four thoughts that turn the mind towards the dharma---our precious human birth, our impermanence, the karmic effects of our actions, and the truth of suffering---remind us of the importance of taking advantage of our good fortune in being able to practice Dharma. The purpose of engaging in the three pillars of the path---practice, service, and study---is to renounce self-centered attitudes and self-grasping ignorance in order to discover the ultimate truth and to benefit beings. It is only by accumulating merit in these ways that we can receive the blessings of the lineage and progress on the path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_11_29_LINK534_NC.mp3 Sun, 29 November 2020 10:00:00 MST 1:02:41 Natasha Carter, Awe, Extraordinary Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Jennifer Shippee Jennifer Shippee from Crestone, CO Speaker: Jennifer Shippee. To gain liberation from suffering, we need to investigate how our experiences arise from a mistaken understanding of the self. Failing to recognize our Buddha nature, we misperceive the self as separate and solid, a view that gives rise to the desire to protect and cherish ourselves. In turn, the attachment and aversion that arise from self-cherishing generate neurotic tendencies that cause suffering. We can liberate ourselves from this cycle of misperception, affliction, and suffering by noticing how the self manifests in the continual appearance of the "little" things we experience---the moments of tension, reactivity and irritation that reveal self-clinging and self-protection. As we investigate and reflect on the experience of suffering (dukkha), we begin to see precisely how our mistaken view of self generates suffering. From this insight the liberating release of renunciation arises naturally. The four maras, which exemplify the obstacles produced by a deceptive understanding of self, are dispelled once we realize they are illusions produced by our misapprehension of our true nature. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_12_13_LINK536_JS.mp3 Sun, 13 December 2020 10:00:00 MST 1:16:47 Jennifer Shippee, Self, Little Things Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Rebecca Henry Rebecca Henry from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Rebecca Henry. By applying the five slogans of Machik Labdron to our experiences we can challenge our ego, cut through assumptions and false beliefs, and gain skillful means and wisdom. The slogans are: 1. Confess your hidden faults. 2. Approach what you find repulsive. 3. Whoever you think you cannot help, help them. 4. Anything you' re attached to, let it go. 5. Go to the places that scare you. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_12_20_LINK537_RH.mp3 Sun, 20 December 2020 10:00:00 MST 1:04:43 Rebecca Henry, Working, Ground Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Scott Gallagher Scott Gallagher from Boulder, CO Speaker: Scott Gallagher. Scott reflects on Rinpoche' s new book "Peaceful Heart": In order to extend warmth and open-heartedness (Tibetan: tsewa), we need to cultivate patience, tolerance and forbearance. We can do so by applying a variety of skillful means. Instead of shrinking from situations that challenge our patience, we can choose to view them as opportunities to grow. In addition to changing our perspective about future events, we can explore past experiences, reflecting on why we were unable to align our actions with our intentions, identifying the habits and tendencies that disturbed our mind, and applying lessons learned from the past to meet future circumstances more effectively. Through the practice of shamatha, contemplation, and the cultivation of curiosity, humor, and a nonjudgmental attitude, we can gain greater awareness of our habitual responses and empower ourselves to meet any circumstance with greater self-confidence, open-mindedness, and fearlessness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2020_12_27_LINK538_SG.mp3 Sun, 27 December 2020 10:00:00 MST 57:25 Scott Gallagher, First, Rodeo Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Longmont, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la reflects on 2020 as a year of learning through adversity. When the defects of samsara are so plainly evident, so is the opportunity of working with our mind by honestly investigating our reactions to impermanence and other difficulties, noticing where we contract into self-centeredness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_01_03_LINK539_DJN.mp3 Sun, 03 January 2021 10:00:00 MST 46:15 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Learning, Adversity Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Vanessa Waxman Vanessa Waxman from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Vanessa Waxman. Vanessa relates how she emerged from an intense experience of discomfort, unworthiness, and shame with a more profound appreciation for the healing power of Dharma. Despite the good fortune of enjoying auspicious circumstances, anyone can fall prey to afflictive emotions from which it seems impossible to escape. Initially, awareness of such feelings may generate shame, despair, and a sense of hypocrisy. But this suffering can also lead to a deeper appreciation for the healing power of Dharma, which reminds us that all beings suffer in these ways. The Dharma offers the means to understand, work with, and overcome afflictions and their root, self-grasping ignorance. One fundamental practice, the Ngondro, enables us to identify the full range of samsaric suffering and provides methods to develop the wisdom to overcome them. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_01_10_LINK540_VW.mp3 Sun, 10 January 2021 10:00:00 MST 1:06:44 Vanessa Waxman, Back, Track Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Stephanie Kindberg Stephanie Kindberg from Longmont, CO Speaker: Stephanie Kindberg. Stephanie reflects on how the Covid-19 pandemic has renewed her determination to view adversity as an opportunity to cultivate lungta by practicing self-reflection, patience and sympathetic joy. Lungta, "windhorse," is the subtle energy that determines the direction our mind pursues. As thoughts arise, we decide how to react to them and it is this reaction that determines our attitudes, self-confidence and determination. Training our minds to embrace challenges develops our capacity to engage fearlessly with suffering: the essence of the bodhisattva path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_01_17_LINK541_SK.mp3 Sun, 17 January 2021 10:00:00 MST 52:13 Stephanie Kindberg, Windhorse, Peaceful Heart Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Mary Lee Mooney Mary Lee Mooney from Bellingham, WA Speaker: Mary Lee Mooney. Mary contemplates how we can apply the medicine of Dharma to recognize and purify aggression and anger. We unconsciously mistake ourselves to be singular, independent and permanent. This view arises from and reinforces our habitual tendency to protect ourselves with self-importance and aggression, reactions that in turn lead to more pain and less freedom. To liberate ourselves from self-importance and aggression, the Dharma teaches us simply to observe our thoughts and feelings, neither suppressing nor identifying with them. As we learn to recognize and tolerate uncomfortable experiences, we gain greater awareness of their true nature, and greater confidence in our own buddha nature. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_01_24_LINK542_MLM.mp3 Sun, 24 January 2021 10:00:00 MST 55:26 Mary Lee Mooney, Self Reflection, Anger Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Samten Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In this pre-recorded talk given on October 27, 2001 at Samten Ling, Rinpoche explains the term nangwa chi lok. When appearances are seen as separate from the mind, dualistic tendencies arise. Rinpoche reminds us how the essence of Patrul Rinpoche's teachings are to encourage us to withdraw from looking outward and to take refuge, instead, in the mind itself. To believe that obstacles are outside the mind is to lose the game of noble achievement. We must constantly search for a deeper notion of how to relate with the mind. Whatever arises in our experience we must learn to meet it, meet the habit, meet our situation. This is being responsible and present. If one can meet the situation, no matter how difficult, one can get through the world of pakchak. On the other hand if one complains like a prince or princess, one leaves the responsiblity of one's peace of mind in the hands of outer circumstances. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_01_31_LINK543_DKR.mp3 Sun, 31 January 2021 10:00:00 MST 1:04:18 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Meeting, Habitual Mind Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel from Crestone, CO Speakers: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel. In this re-broadcast of the Open Question Podcast #201, Elizabeth speaks with her own teacher, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, about the practice of patience described in Rinpoche' s new book, "Peaceful Heart: The Buddhist Practice of Patience". This practice, Rinpoche says, can protect our hearts and minds in a complex world, opening up new vistas of peace and richness for ourselves and others. It is, as the Buddha said, "a great armor". Together Elizabeth and Rinpoche explore what it means to practice patience as a skillful means on the spiritual path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_02_07_LINK544_DKR_EMNPodcast201.mp3 Sun, 07 February 2021 10:00:00 MST 41:33 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Patience, Well-Being Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Rinpoche delivers his annual Losar Address for the 2021 year of the Metal Ox from Crestone, Colorado. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_02_12_SE1_DKR_LosarAddress.mp3 Sun, 12 February 2021 10:00:00 MST 57:43 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Losar, 2021 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Kate Dobbertin Kate Dobbertin from Jamestown, CO Speaker: Kate Dobbertin. Kate explores how self-cherishing creates samsaric experience and separates us from the freedom of pure perception. Samsara can be understood not as a set of circumstances, "how things are" but as the result of relating to reality through the perspective of a solid, separate self. Viewing ourselves and the world through the lens of a small self distorts and limits our perceptions of reality. Clinging to this self also leads us to become distracted by the concerns of the material world and attached to the belief that protecting this self will free us from suffering. Yet attachment to this small self is actually the source of our suffering and the obstacle that prevents us from experiencing the pure perception of the unseen world that is within our reach at every moment. The effort and insight required to shift our perception is not necessarily comfortable, but it is the only way to free ourselves from a samsaric relation to experience. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_02_14_LINK545_KD.mp3 Sun, 14 February 2021 10:00:00 MST 1:03:49 Kate Dobbertin, Free, Yourself Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Nick Carter Nick Carter from Crestone, CO Speaker: Nick Carter. Nick reflects on how recognizing the impermanence of all things guides us to see that the wisest way to use our precious human birth is to engage in practice. Although habit and attachment lead us to view things as permanent, it is clear that they are not: seasons end; people die. The three marks of existence according to Buddhism-suffering, impermanence, emptiness-teach us that viewing impermanent things as permanent and solid gives rise to suffering. Contemplating the impermanent nature of all things offers us the opportunity to connect to the truth of the Dharma and supports our aspiration to devote our precious human birth to progressing on the path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_02_21_LINK546_NC.mp3 Sun, 21 February 2021 10:00:00 MST 59:26 Nick Carter, Impermanence, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Maki Okabayashi Maki Okabayashi from Kyoto, Japan Speaker: Maki Okabayashi. Maki explores how honesty arises from the willingness to reflect on our intentions, perspectives and attitudes. Being honest involves more than simply not cheating, holding back from, lying to, or manipulating other people; it also involves recognizing how the ego diminishes our ability to see the truth. Led by the ego's self-protecting desire to avoid discomfort, our view solidifies, contracting our ability to respond with flexible, open-minded objectivity. To overcome the resistance of ego we should summon both the courage to reflect deeply on the benefits of honesty, and the determination to cultivate flexibility and open-mindedness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_02_28_LINK547_MO.mp3 Sun, 28 February 2021 10:00:00 MST 52:36 Maki Okabayashi, Being, Honest Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Samten Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la explores lojong slogan 21, always maintain a joyful attitude, and touches on our negativity bias as biological organisms wired for survival. Humor has a great power to cut through our seriousness in the face of suffering. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_03_07_LINK548_DJN.mp3 Sun, 07 March 2021 10:00:00 MST 1:02:47 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Laugh, Lojong Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Kelly Smith Kelly Smith from Tamarac, FL Speaker: Kelly Smith. Kelly tells stories of how Rinpoche's vision for the land in Crestone came to fruition and the MSB Sangha was formed. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_03_14_LINK549_KS.mp3 Sun, 14 March 2021 10:00:00 MST 1:00:05 Kelly Smith, Stories, Samten Ling Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Greg Seton Greg Seton from Vershire, VT Speaker: Greg Seton. Greg offers a framework for purifying our minds by transforming negative mindsets into a mindset of awareness. Mindsets are complex, habitual, often unconscious attitudes that shape our perceptions, form our attitudes and drive our intentions. Mindsets generate and are generated by our storylines about ourselves and the world. Negative mindsets are the source of suffering, but because we create them, we can transform them. We can do this by cultivating renunciation, compassion, and devotion. We generate genuine renunciation by gaining the wisdom and insight to see for ourselves the relation between our suffering and our negative mindsets. Compassion arises from renunciation. It is the desire for the suffering of all beings to end. By recognizing that, like us, all beings suffer from negative habitual mindsets, we overcome our self-centered attitudes and generate the wish for all beings to be free. Devotion, which arises from renunciation and compassion, cultivates an even deeper yearning to free ourselves from suffering. Expressed through supplication, devotion generates a sense of humility that frees us from our fear of seeing ourselves clearly and encourages us to see ourselves from a broader perspective. By generating renunciation, compassion, and devotion when we meditate, we can tame and purify our minds, cultivate the mindset of awakening, and gain freedom for ourselves and all sentient beings. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_03_21_LINK550_GS.mp3 Sun, 21 March 2021 10:00:00 MST 1:27:49 Greg Seton, Change, Mindsets Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Michelle de Raismes Michelle de Raismes from Boulder, CO Speaker: Michelle de Raismes. Michelle recalls her introduction to Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, reflecting on how her awareness and compassion have been cultivated by our teachers, by our practice, and by the sangha. As we age, our perspective changes. The eight worldly concerns fade in importance, and our ability to let go and open fully to the present moment deepens and grows more meaningful. In doing so, we find our ground, open our hearts, overcome fear, and develop trust, wisdom, and compassion. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_03_28_LINK551_MDR.mp3 Sun, 28 March 2021 10:00:00 MST 55:17 Michelle de Raismes, Opening, Path Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Samten Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la contemplates death and identity on this Easter Sunday talk. Our grasping and attachment to the sense of self are the source of our suffering and an obstacle to gracefully meeting the moment of death. And yet a healthy sense of self is important for functioning in the world. Exploring and analyzing our identity is an integral part of Dharma practice. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_04_04_LINK552_DJN.mp3 Sun, 04 April 2021 10:00:00 MST 1:02:27 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Death, Egolessness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Ashveen Bucktowar Ashveen Bucktowar from Dublin, Ireland Speaker: Ashveen Bucktowar. Ashveen reflects on how the contemplation of impermanence clarifies our priorities and deepens our appreciation for our precious human birth. The pandemic of the past year, which has heightened our awareness of death, has encouraged us to clarify our priorities, align our intentions with our actions and simplify our lives to make more time for the Dharma. It reminds us that, while we cannot control external circumstances, we can always make our own choices and direct our karma. It reminds us of the three certainties: that we will die; that we cannot predict how or when we will die; and that at the time of our death only our practice of the Dharma will matter. Beyond this, the contemplation of death and impermanence enriches our lives by reminding us of the beauty and value of our lives and our relationships with others. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_04_11_LINK553_AB.mp3 Sun, 11 April 2021 10:00:00 MST 1:08:21 Ashveen Bucktowar, Killing, Time Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Lindsay Heppner Lindsay Heppner from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Lindsay Heppner. Lindsay reflects on how the recent and unexpected death of a dear friend has inspired her to reflect on her life, her relationships and the importance of her practice of the Dharma. Every experience offers a valuable chance to work with our mind, but the death of a loved one, heightening our awareness of the uncertainty of life and the suffering of loss, offers a particularly powerful opportunity to apply the wisdom of Buddhist teachings. The four immeasurables and the four thoughts that turn the mind to the Dharma remind us of the preciousness of our human birth, the impermanence, uncertainties and suffering of our lives, and the power of karma to determine the circumstances of our rebirth. These contemplations encourage us to view every experience as an invitation to cultivate a warm, open, and compassionate heart, and to strengthen our conviction in the wisdom of renunciation. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_04_18_LINK554_LH.mp3 Sun, 18 April 2021 10:00:00 MST 57:43 Lindsay Heppner, Everything, Useful Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Joey Waxman Joey Waxman from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Joey Waxman. Joey reflects on the importance of cultivating an accurate view of ourselves by discerning the difference between neurotic self-judgments and a healthy recognition of our faults. While it is important to see our own faults clearly, there is no benefit in indulging in guilt or shame, which are merely forms of self-clinging. Mindfulness and vigilant introspection allow us to be aware of habitual negative narratives. Viewing our experiences through the wisdom of emptiness allows us to feel genuine remorse instead of neurotic shame. Through this effort we can develop unshakeable confidence in our buddha nature and cultivate the humility, trust, and devotion that enable us to progress on the path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_04_25_LINK555_JW.mp3 Sun, 25 April 2021 10:00:00 MST 1:00:23 Joey Waxman, Going, Well Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Samten Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In this pre-recorded talk given on February 2, 2003 at Samten Ling, Rinpoche explains how as Buddhists, we need to think about world affairs, social affairs, household affairs and personal affairs. How can we learn from other people and nations? Often we find ourselves living in our own world and this world becomes more solid than the world we live in, creating conflicts that are difficult to resolve. We forget about the basic human qualities that we all share, which is the desire for happiness and freedom from suffering. These are basic to all beings and we are all interconnected in this way. Recognizing this we need to synchronize our inner and outer worlds. We cannot learn only in our own narrow, inner world. We need to find a broader ground by understanding others. Diversity is not the problem. It is important not to forget the common ground we share. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_05_02_LINK556_DKR.mp3 Sun, 02 May 2021 10:00:00 MST 1:26:54 Dzigar Kongtrul, Shoes, Others Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Ram Jyoti Ram Jyoti from Sebastian, FL Speaker: Ram Jyoti. Ram Jyoti identifies patience, self-reflection, confession and devotion as powerful practices to cultivate self-awareness, self-acceptance and liberation from samsara. Feeling offended is a sure sign that karmic seeds are being burnt; by tolerating the discomfort of these experiences, we can burn karma without creating more negative karma. This practice requires patience to endure discomfort and self-reflection to see our own suffering clearly. We can alleviate this suffering through confessing, but only if we approach it from the wisdom of emptiness. If we cling to the belief in a self, confession can simply generate more self-clinging; if we approach it from the perspective of emptiness however, it can liberate us from the self-grasping ignorance that gave rise to our karma. The buddhas and bodhisattvas and our guru are always present to encourage us with unconditional love and kindness. Cultivating devotion to them supports our intention to liberate ourselves and all beings from suffering. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_05_09_LINK557_RJ.mp3 Sun, 09 May 2021 10:00:00 MST 1:02:24 Ram Jyoti, Hidden, Plain Sight Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Crestone, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. This is the third of three talks in an ongoing series Dungse-la is giving on Lojong. The weekend program was held on May 15-16, 2021 in Crestone, Colorado. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_05_16_LINK558_DJN.mp3 Sun, 16 May 2021 10:00:00 MST 1:54:45 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Training the Mind, Uncertainty Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Abba Hatcher Abba Hatcher from Crestone, CO Speaker: Abba Hatcher. Abba applies the Madhyamika teachings on selflessness and absolute reality to the experience of death and impermanence. The death of her mother led her to contemplate the unity of the "two wings of the bird": the relative view of the appearance of death and the absolute, nondual view of the reality of deathlessness. When we mistakenly take the self to be real, independent, unitary and permanent, we separate ourselves from others and accept a dualistic view of the world defined in terms of subject-object relationships. The need to protect the self arises from this view, generating a fear of death. To protect the self from death and from our fear of death, we resist its reality along with all forms of impermanence. This view only generates more suffering. It is by realizing the selflessness of the self that we dissolve dualism and apprehend the nondual nature of absolute reality that excludes nothing. Such contemplations prepare us for the challenges we face when we die and enter the bardo. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_05_23_LINK559_AH.mp3 Sun, 23 May 2021 10:00:00 MST 54:15 Abba Hatcher, Death, Madhyamika Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Jim Hoepfinger Jim Hoepfinger from Ithaca, NY Speaker: Jim Hoepfinger. Jim relates how extensive practice cultivated his insight into the nature of mind and the illusory nature of ego and mind states. Extended periods of meditation gave rise to the direct realization that mind states are transitory and can't be mistaken for the "I." Searching for the "I" gave rise to the realization that there is nothing permanent, solid, or independent to be found. The resulting state of groundlessness gave rise to devotion, appreciation of the blessings of the lineage, the connection to the guru and bodhicitta. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_05_30_LINK560_JH.mp3 Sun, 30 May 2021 10:00:00 MST 57:31 Jim Hoepfinger, Mind, Nature Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la draws contrasts between being in and out of retreat and how the transition between them can be like bardo experiences. Retreat provides an opportunity to relax the process of identification, where we are less focused on projecting a self. Instead we focus intently on practice and resting in the nature. When we transition out of retreat, we get to watch how our tendency to develop identity rushes back in, how we contrive an identity amidst the push and pull of our preferences and aversions. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_06_06_LINK561_DJN.mp3 Sun, 06 June 2021 10:00:00 MST 1:13:32 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Space Between, Retreat Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Polly Banerjee Gallagher Polly Banerjee Gallagher from Boulder, CO Speaker: Polly Banerjee Gallagher. Polly addresses the importance of placing our trust in our basic good nature as we work with obstacles arising from the eight worldly concerns. We can trust in our true nature, which is independent of external circumstances and which gives meaning to our lives and our ability to benefit others. The practices of "simmering" and contemplating the 72 obstacles that arise from the eight worldly concerns allows us to work with the stress that builds when we are distracted from our awakened mind. In practicing patience, it helps to maintain a light-hearted, humorous attitude, be patient with ourselves and remind ourselves of the true nature of the self and the ego. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_06_13_LINK562_PBG.mp3 Sun, 13 June 2021 10:00:00 MST 49:14 Polly Banerjee Gallagher, Single Pointed, Trust Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Greg Seton Greg Seton from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Greg Seton. Greg describes how we can view the experience of physical pain as an occasion for cultivating compassion, wisdom, and devotion to Dharma. The five-step process he suggests begins with acknowledging that the root of all suffering is the craving that perpetuates rebirth in samsara, in which all sentient beings are subject to the suffering of suffering, the suffering of change and the suffering of pervasive, conditioned existence. Since pain in samsara is unavoidable, we should accept and understand it as deeply as possible, viewing it as an opportunity to cultivate compassion for all beings. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_06_20_LINK563_GS.mp3 Sun, 20 June 2021 10:00:00 MST 1:27:49 Greg Seton, Physical, Pain Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Jean Wilkins Jean Wilkins from Devon, England, UK Speaker: Jean Wilkins. Jean reflects on how her experiences with the dying have deepened her understanding of impermanence and her appreciation for the importance of patience and being fully open to the present moment. Recognizing the impermanence of all things enables us to see that life and death are intertwined. Cultivating familiarity with uncertainty can empower us to accept the certainty of death. Our capacity to exercise patience gives us the courage to face all experiences fully, enabling us to make decisions about the circumstances of our death that will support our intention to accept it without fear or resistance. It is important to make aspirations about how we want to experience our death in order to attain a fortunate rebirth. Practices that enable us to keep an open heart, develop patience, deepen tsewa, and connect to our buddha nature will all prepare us for a good death and higher rebirth. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_06_27_LINK564_JW.mp3 Sun, 27 June 2021 10:00:00 MST 59:36 Jean Wilkins, Friends, Death Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel from Sangdo Palri Temple, Crestone, CO Speaker: Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel. Elizabeth teaches on the Hinayana in Talk 4 of the 2021 Nyingma Summer Seminar. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_07_04_LINK565_EMN.mp3 Sun, 04 July 2021 10:00:00 MST 1:56:36 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Hinayana, NSS Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Sangdo Palri Temple, Crestone, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la teaches on the Mahayana in Talk 7 of the 2021 Nyingma Summer Seminar. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_07_11_LINK566_DJN.mp3 Sun, 11 July 2021 10:00:00 MST 2:06:33 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Mahayana, NSS Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Mark Kram Mark Kram from Lafayette, CO Speaker: Mark Kram. Mark Kram reflects on how appreciating and working with our teachers, attaining genuine renunciation and realizing the wisdom of emptiness all require a shift in perspective. Emphasizing the importance of personal experience and contemplation, he points out how the gap between the levels of experience and insight may present challenges to both students and teachers. This gap calls for students to recognize how their own assumptions and projections may limit their understanding of the teachings. The effort to cultivate qualities embodied by the teacher such as lovingkindness, compassion, and devotion, also calls for students to question the belief in "real" self. Realizing the emptiness of self calls for shift in perspective that is ultimately nonconceptual, and that makes it possible to overcome self-cherishing. Finally, a shift in perspective generates the recognition of the cause of suffering---the mistaken belief in a real self---and a new insight into how to attain freedom from it. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_07_25_LINK567_MK.mp3 Sun, 25 July 2021 10:00:00 MST 1:08:22 Mark Kram, Wishes, Horses Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la explores the aspiration to live a meaningful life and how freedom from the need to validate our own identity leads to the development of true authenticity. As we make the commitment to turn to the path of the Dharma and see through our neurotic grasping at a self, we can find a naturalness that goes beyond self. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_08_01_LINK568_DJN.mp3 Sun, 01 August 2021 10:00:00 MST 1:04:34 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Developing, Authenticity Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Karuna Chung Karuna Chung from Santa Fe, New Mexico Speaker: Karuna Chung. Karuna reflects on the importance of contemplating impermanence to make our life meaningful and to prepare for death. Cultivating bodhicitta gives our life meaning by opening our hearts to others; practicing meditation, especially meditation on impermanence, stabilizes our mind, clarifies our understanding of our own buddha nature and deepens our understanding of our mortality. Meeting painful circumstances fearlessly strengthens our renunciation, heightens our appreciation for our lives and encourages us to embrace death as an opportunity for liberation from samsara. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_08_08_LINK569_KC.mp3 Sun, 08 August 2021 10:00:00 MST 54:39 Karuna Chung, Death, Impermanence Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Greg Richardson Greg Richardson from Dallas, TX Speaker: Greg Richardson. Greg Richardson explores how Dharma is established in new cultures and how practitioners can best adapt aspects of their culture to further their attainments on the path. Focusing in particular on the establishment and practice of Dharma in the United States, he cites the American qualities of vigor and grit as traits we can apply to cultivate our own practice. Stripped of competitiveness and re-oriented away from external achievements, vigor can help us overcome the three kinds of laziness (distraction, procrastination, and self-doubt); grit can provide the determination to develop and perfect the skills we need to attain enlightenment and buddhahood. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_08_15_LINK570_GR.mp3 Sun, 15 August 2021 10:00:00 MST 1:02:54 Greg Richardson, American, Dharma Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Matthew Minier Matthew Minier from Lincoln, MA Speaker: Matthew Minier. Matthew contemplates how staying open to the suffering in the world allows us to support our aspiration to benefit beings and to liberate ourselves from samsara. Succumbing to the temptation to avoid discomfort only leads us deeper into our cocoons, narrowing our understanding and ability to respond to painful situations. But if we instead choose to face painful situations directly, we cultivate the means to benefit ourselves and others. Our ability to respond to suffering supports others. It enables us to respond compassionately and to recognize unforeseen possibilities for relieving pain; it develops our sense of grit and perseverance, preparing us to meet future adversity with equanimity and courage; and it enriches our lives with the understanding that the stories we tell ourselves about "how things are" do not actually represent what is true or what is possible. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_08_22_LINK571_MM.mp3 Sun, 22 August 2021 10:00:00 MST 58:30 Matthew Minier, Staying, Open Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Samten Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This is a re-broadcast of a Personal Link Rinpoche gave on 8/15/1999 at Samten Ling in Crestone, Colorado. Rinpoche discusses the benefits of keeping a positive attitude toward all experiences. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_08_29_LINK572_DKR.mp3 Sun, 29 August 2021 10:00:00 MST 49:23 Dzigar Kongtrul, Positive Attitude, Personal Link Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Samten Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This is a re-broadcast of a Personal Link Rinpoche gave on 4/09/2006 at Samten Ling in Crestone, Colorado. Rinpoche discusses the topic of devotion. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_09_05_LINK573_DKR.mp3 Sun, 05 September 2021 10:00:00 MST 49:26 Dzigar Kongtrul, Three Remedies, Personal Link Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Suzy Greanias Suzy Greanias from Crestone, CO Speaker: Suzy Greanias. Suzy addresses the importance of learning how to train the mind in order to cultivate bodhicitta. When we become aware of our thoughts and of the circumstances that generate them, we recognize that they are temporary and dependent on causes and conditions. This leads us to realize that we don't need to identify with them. Meditation and contemplation train the mind to recognize how our habitual responses and concepts merely obscure the true nature of our mind. Contemplating the four immeasurables, beginning with equanimity, gives us the spaciousness to cultivate the wisdom, equanimity and patience necessary to arouse bodhicitta. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_09_12_LINK574_SG.mp3 Sun, 12 September 2021 10:00:00 MST 51:52 Suzy Greanias, Bodhicitta, 2.0 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Ani Nyima Dolma Ani Nyima Dolma from Medford, OR Speaker: Ani Nyima Dolma. Ani Nyima reflects on how the monastic life and the practice of the four immeasurables support the freedom from attachment that leads to sympathetic joy. Drawing a distinction between mundane happiness and sympathetic joy, she explains how becoming ordained liberated her from worldly concerns and enhanced her capacity to generate the virtues of equanimity, happiness, compassion and great joy. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_09_19_LINK575_AND.mp3 Sun, 19 September 2021 10:00:00 MST 52:00 Ani Nyima Dolma, Bliss, Ordination Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This previously recorded Personal Link was given by Rinpoche on February 5, 2006 at Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling in Vershire, Vermont. Rinpoche talks about how devotion in the Vajrayana is fuel to excel in accomplishing the path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_09_26_LINK576_DKR.mp3 Sun, 26 September 2021 10:00:00 MST 51:46 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Alone, Devotion Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This previously recorded Personal Link was given by Rinpoche to the local sangha on March 19, 2006 at Osel Ling in Crestone, Colorado. Rinpoche spoke in how we can move forward in our path as individuals by having clarity and intention, commitment and endurance. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_10_03_LINK577_DKR.mp3 Sun, 03 October 2021 10:00:00 MST 55:22 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Three Things, Progress Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This previously recorded talk was given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche on November 5, 2017 at Longchen Jigme Samten Ling Retreat Center in Crestone, Colorado. Rinpoche addresses the importance of having strong perseverence to accomplish one's goals on the path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_10_10_LINK578_DKR.mp3 Sun, 10 October 2021 10:00:00 MST 46:52 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Nyingru, Ambivalence Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz from Brooklyn, New York Speaker: Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz. Sasha explores how analytical meditation promotes our understanding of the truth and generates growth and faith on the path. Initiating the investigation by tracing the history of the concept of "being present" in the West, he cites the analysis of the Prasangika-Madhyamika philosophical school to explain the nature of time and the relationship between cause and effect. By breaking time down into smaller and smaller increments, we discover that we cannot find a single, discrete moment. Instead, we come to appreciate the interdependent, impermanent, and composite nature of past, present, and future. Similarly, questioning the concepts of cause and effect can transform our understanding of how objects arise and cease. Further, we can apply the insights gained from these investigations to our own experiences, using analytical meditation to understand their absolute nature as empty of objective existence. Engaging in the reasoning of analytical meditation ultimately leads us to a deeper faith in the Dharma and a richer appreciation of the magical, illusory quality of experience. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_10_17_LINK579_SDM.mp3 Sun, 17 October 2021 10:00:00 MST 57:33 Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz, Present, Meditation Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Bill Filter Bill Filter from Hawi, Hawaii Speaker: Bill Filter. Bill describes therapies that use psychedelic drugs to help Navy SEALS struggling to cope with depression and addiction, and explains how he introduces meditation practices to veterans who have undergone these therapies, helping them integrate their therapeutic experiences and provide enduring relief from suffering. He teaches them the practices of shamatha and tonglen, using the metaphor of projector, light, film, and screen to enable them to understand and integrate their experiences of ego dissolution. At the same time, he notes that, however beneficial the use of psychedelics may be for people struggling to come to terms with such strong suffering, it cannot replace the practices of the Hinayana, Mahayana, and Vajrayana paths, which gradually cultivate the insight needed to dissolve the ego and prepare us for successfully navigating the experience of the bardo. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_10_24_LINK580_BF.mp3 Sun, 24 October 2021 10:00:00 MST 1:07:48 Bill Filter, Meditation, Psychedelics Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student John Cobb John Cobb from Crestone, CO Speaker: John Cobb. John addresses the challenges that sanghas have to identify and work to overcome. He points out four questions that sanghas need to consider in the context of their aspiration to establish Buddhism in the West. First, sanghas need to examine how responsibility is assigned ("delegating upward"); second, they need to recognize when it is appropriate and beneficial to seek external guidance and expertise. Third, they need to distinguish the tendency to cling to the "good old days" from the valuable wisdom gained through experience, and to balance the value of their history with the benefits of welcoming fresh perspectives. Finally, they need to develop a beneficial and open connection to the external culture without sacrificing the integrity of the sangha ("barbarians at the gate"). He cites three principles of accountability, transparency and inclusivity that can guide the sangha in establishing a code of conduct that supports the other two jewels, the Buddha and the Dharma. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_10_31_LINK581_JC.mp3 Sun, 31 October 2021 10:00:00 MST 53:15 John Cobb, Two Jewels, Sangha Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Elizabeth Ready Elizabeth Ready from New Haven, Vermont Speaker: Elizabeth Ready. Elizabeth unfolds the meaning she has gained from contemplating the "Supplication to Guru Rinpoche", a prayer written by Dzigar Kongrul Rinpoche for the MSB Sangha. She reflects on how the prayer, recited at the end of MSB programs and practices, invokes all the qualities that practitioners of all three yanas seek to cultivate: longing, refuge, aspiration, bodhicitta, conviction, confidence and devotion. She also includes details on the three types of devotion as defined by Khandro Rinpoche, and cites a recent program honoring the parinirvana of the 16th Karmapa, which is available on Youtube. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_11_07_LINK582_ER.mp3 Sun, 07 November 2021 10:00:00 MST 51:47 Elizabeth Ready, Copper-Colored Mountain, Supplication Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Crestone, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la asks some big questions about how we are approaching life. As we ponder the changing world and issues like climate change and our own mortality, are we just trying to get by in samsara or are we truly applying the Dharma to cut through our negative emotions and cross the ocean of samsara? How are we responding to the challenges of life? Are we contemplating and applying the teachings in a way that penetrate samsara? http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_11_21_LINK583_DJN.mp3 Sun, 21 November 2021 10:00:00 MST 59:27 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Adapting, Dharma Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Wendy Conquest Wendy Conquest from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, Vermont Speaker: Wendy Conquest. Wendy reflects on how she gained a deeper understanding of the root causes of a life-long experience of anxiety, and how she applied the Dharma to work with it. During the pandemic, engaging in new and challenging service to the sangha heightened her tendency to be anxious and to worry, and led her to resolve to re-examine the assumption that this habit was a sign of conscientiousness. The realization that it was actually a form of suffering generated by self-clinging led her to contemplate how to apply the Dharma to overcome this obstacle. By applying the antidotes of self-reflection, mindfulness, vigilant introspection, and supplication, she was able to cultivate more awareness and equanimity and appreciation for the sangha and for the benefit of service to it. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_11_28_LINK584_WC.mp3 Sun, 28 November 2021 10:00:00 MST 50:09 Wendy Conquest, Service, Introspection Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu, hosted by Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, Vermont Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la teaches from the most famous lojong text, Seven Points of Mind Training, drawing on commentaries by great lojong practitioners in this weekend program held December 4-5, 2021. Lojong, the Buddhist practice of mind training, gives us the tools we need to journey through our constantly changing lives and meet unexpected and unwanted experiences with confidence and clarity. The training begins with getting to know ourselves and finding solidarity and friendship with our own minds. Gradually the practice frees us from the negative habits that prevent us from realizing our full potential to benefit others deeply. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_12_05_LINK585_DJN.mp3 Sun, 05 December 2021 10:00:00 MST 2:16:41 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Lojong, Mind Training Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Amalia Steinberg Amalia Steinberg from Anchorage, Alaska Speaker: Amalia Steinberg. Amalia contemplates the tendency to fall into nihilism and eternalism and offers skillful means to adopt the view of the middle way. The view of nhilism rejects the idea of cause and effect and engenders fear, anxiety, and clinging. The view of eternalism engenders a false sense of permanence and solidity that leads to fundamentalism. The middle way is not "halfway" between these two view; rather, it acknowledges the interdependence of all phenomena and offers the opportunity to exert agency. In acknowledging our deep connectedness with all beings and situations, it fosters respect, kindness, and an open heart. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_12_12_LINK586_AS.mp3 Sun, 12 December 2021 10:00:00 MST 55:01 Amalia Steinberg, Reflections, Middle Way Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Jennifer Shippee Jennifer Shippee from Crestone, CO Speaker: Jennifer Shippee. Jennifer contemplates how dying without regret is possible only if we liberate ourselves from self-clinging and allow genuine compassion and devotion to arise. By developing mindfulness and vigilant introspection, we sharpen our awareness of our aversions and attachments, all of which are rooted in self-clinging. Confronting these habits enables us gradually to subdue our confusion, realize the nature of mind, and allow genuine compassion to manifest spontaneously. Just as contemplating self-clinging gives rise to compassion, contemplating the attainments, efforts, and kindness of our teachers deepens our sense of appreciation and gratitude, which are the roots from which genuine devotion spring. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_12_19_LINK587_JS.mp3 Sun, 19 December 2021 10:00:00 MST 50:09 Jennifer Shippee, Dying, Regret Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Stephanie Kindberg Stephanie Kindberg from Longmont, CO Speaker: Stephanie Kindberg. Stephanie discusses the importance of staying the course on the path of the Buddhadharma, and the power of aspiration for the upcoming new year. Several listeners shared their aspirations for 2022 for all to reflect upon, and Stephanie encouraged us all to join in making our own meaningful aspirations as well. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2021_12_26_LINK588_SK.mp3 Sun, 26 December 2021 10:00:00 MST 54:24 Stephanie Kindberg, Course, Aspiration Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Chris Holland Chris Holland from Erie, CO Speaker: Chris Holland. Chris expands on the importance of developing, clarifying, and honoring our knowledge both of ourselves and of the Buddhist teachings. In coming to know ourselves deeply, we learn how best to engage on the path and avoid common pitfalls in relating to the teachings, the sangha, and the teacher. Understanding the teachings clearly is the most effective way to integrate them into our life and practice. Chris concludes his talk by sharing the guidelines he has developed to assess his progress on the path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_01_09_LINK589_CH.mp3 Sun, 09 January 2022 10:00:00 MST 1:07:48 Chris Holland, Know, Thyself Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Allie Bauer Allie Bauer from Shelter Cover, CA Speaker: Allie Bauer. Allie reflects on how to purify obscurations and see through the allure of samsara. Taking refuge, generating bodhicitta, practicing the four immeasurables and making aspirations are all powerful antidotes to the deep fog of ignorance that confuses us when we succumb to the delusion that happiness arises from seeking happiness for ourselves. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_01_16_LINK590_AB.mp3 Sun, 16 January 2022 10:00:00 MST 1:01:50 Allie Bauer, Aspirations, Actions Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Bill Roberts Bill Roberts from Crestone, CO Speaker: Bill Roberts. Bill reflects on the importance of relating honestly to the aggression both in our minds and in the external world. As Buddhists we are committed to recognizing our kleshas and to taming our attachments and aversions. The five poisons (aggression, desire, pride, jealousy, and ignorance) are the roots of suffering. However, we should also cultivate bodhicitta and extend our care to others. We cannot turn away from the suffering in the world by dismissing it as "just karma" or "just samsara." We have an obligation to relate to it skillfully, neither ignoring it nor making it our enemy. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_01_23_LINK591_BR.mp3 Sun, 23 January 2022 10:00:00 MST 55:51 Bill Roberts, Mother, Trump Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Michael Velasco Michael Velasco from Longmont, CO Speaker: Michael Velasco. Michael talks about the challenges and blessings of going on pilgrimages and how they contribute to our progress on the path. The challenges of encountering India can be disorienting, but the discomfort opens us to new experiences. The pilgrimage sites themselves offer transformative blessings that allow us to relate more directly to the Buddha, the Dharma, and the sangha. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_01_30_LINK592_MV.mp3 Sun, 30 January 2022 10:00:00 MST 1:08:35 Michael Velasco, Sleepy, Pligrim Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In a previously recorded LINK talk given on June 13, 2004 at Osel Ling in Crestone, Colorado, Rinpoche gives commentary on the text, "Vast As The Heaven, Deep As The Sea, Versus in Praise of Bodhicitta". http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_02_06_LINK593_DKR.mp3 Sun, 06 February 2022 10:00:00 MST 1:08:07 Dzigar Kongtrul, Hidden, Boss Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Greg Moloney Greg Moloney from Crestone, CO Speaker: Greg Moloney. Greg reminds us to keep our minds poised to recognize the magic that surrounds us and that provides inspiration, guidance, and support along the path. He identifies three categories of magic: the outer magic of the natural world and relative experience, the inner magic we discover through working with our minds, and the secret magic of the sacred world of the lineage masters, dakinis, and devas. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_02_13_LINK594_GM.mp3 Sun, 13 February 2022 10:00:00 MST 1:02:48 Greg Moloney, Magic, Wonder Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Re-broadcast of LINK talk originally given on November 1, 2015 to the sangha at Longchen Jigme Samten Ling Retreat Center in Crestone, Colorado. Rinpoche provides detailed commentary on Gampopa' s " Four Blessed Lines" prayer. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_02_20_LINK595_DKR.mp3 Sun, 20 February 2022 10:00:00 MST 1:25:37 Dzigar Kongtrul, Four, Gampopa Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Tomas Downey Tomas Downey from New Brunswick, Canada Speaker: Tomas Downey. Tomas relates how the practice of "allowing" enriched his Dharma practice. One way to connect to the Dharma and to progress on the path is to "fake it till you make it." While some people find this approach useful, Tomas discovered he benefited more from focusing on how loving kindness, compassion, and joy are already part of his nature. Instead of making an effort to arouse these qualities, he shifted his perspective and used an approach that simply allowed them arise naturally from his own experiences. He describes how warmth, peace, joy, awareness and awakeness arise naturally if we allow them to. He also notes that this perspective of allowing, which emphasizes our enlightened nature, is also a helpful way to approach Vajrayana practices that may initially appear strange or foreign. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_02_27_LINK596_TD.mp3 Sun, 27 February 2022 10:00:00 MST 56:55 Thomas Downey, Sadhana, Allowing Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Crestone, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la shares thoughts from his current retreat. Retreat is not vacation. The point is to face everything that arises in our mind. If we look closely, we see that in moments of fear and anxiety, we often default to the sense of self and the five afflictive emotions resulting in our acting with attachment and aggression. Moving beyond this worry, "what about me?" to asking "how can I benefit others?" opens up so many more options to us. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_03_06_LINK597_DJN.mp3 Sun, 06 March 2022 10:00:00 MST 1:37:51 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Thoughts, Retreat Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Sybil Boutilier Sybil Boultilier from Sausalito, CA Speaker: Sybil Boutilier. Sybil reflects on the importance of meeting old age and death with wisdom and confidence. In our ignorance, we have imprisoned ourselves in a net of self-cherishing. To navigate old age and death with less fear and suffering, we need to cultivate bodhicitta, acknowledge our regrets, and forgive ourselves and others. Preparing for death in this way enables us to create the conditions that make it possible to have a good rebirth. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_03_13_LINK598_SB.mp3 Sun, 13 March 2022 10:00:00 MST 49:50 Sybil Boutilier, Old Age, Death Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Phuntsok Choling, Ward CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This is a re-broadcast of a Shedra talk given to the sangha on September 16, 2012 at Phuntsok Choling in Ward, Colorado. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_03_20_LINK599_DKR.mp3 Sun, 20 March 2022 10:00:00 MST 1:01:45 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Lovingkindness, Path Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Natasha Carter Natasha Carter from Crestone, CO Speaker: Natasha Carter. Natasha meditates on how the longing to be free of suffering is at the heart of Dharma. It is important to understand this longing from a Dharmic point of view. Desensitizing ourselves to suffering will only render us immune to the Dharma; trying to escape it by pursuing worldly concerns will not work, either. The aim of genuine Dharma practice is to cultivate our capacity to cherish and care for all beings; to do so we have to remain open to suffering, surrendering to what is. Instead of trying to satisfy our longing we should view it as a source of inspiration and devotion, and as a sign of our connection to others. The yearning to free ourselves and all beings from suffering is the essence of "mugu" devotion. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_03_27_LINK600_NC.mp3 Sun, 27 March 2022 10:00:00 MST 49:04 Natasha Carter, Longing, Grace Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Crestone, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la offers his contemplations on bodhicitta and compassion as the universally profound, true source of courage. He describes courage as the flip side of fear, pointing to the source of fear as grasping, rejection and ignorance. Because of these three habitual tendencies, it takes a great deal of compassion, steeped in bodhicitta, to be truly courageous. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_04_03_LINK601_DJN.mp3 Sun, 03 April 2022 10:00:00 MST 1:39:01 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Bodhicitta, Courage Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Anya Hunter Anya Hunter from Burlington, VT Speaker: Anya Hunter. Anya emphasizes the importance of cultivating kindness and taming our minds. To be kind to ourselves we have to challenge conditioned beliefs such as perfectionism and self-aggression; to extend kindness to others, we have to widen our perspective and care to include all beings. To attain these qualities, we need to heighten our awareness and discipline our minds through practices like the four immeasurables, tonglen, and shamatha. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_04_10_LINK602_AH.mp3 Sun, 10 April 2022 10:00:00 MST 46:57 Anya Hunter, Kindness, Medicine Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Bob Reid Bob Reid from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Bob Reid. Bob explores the importance of cultivating a positive attitude to death and a clear vision for our rebirth. Dying will be easier if we have confidence in our genuine, warm-hearted connection to the Three Jewels. Beings passing through the bardos will encounter four opportunities to influence their rebirth. Generally, only advanced practitioners are prepared to seize the first two opportunities, which offer the possibility to attain enlightenment. But less advanced practitioners may seize the third and fourth opportunities: to take rebirth either in the Pure Lands or in the human realm. Pure Land traditions, which are practiced by the majority of Buddhists, are also woven into Tibetan Buddhism and play a significant role in the ngondro and tsok practices of the MSB Sangha. We can cultivate the intention to be reborn in the pure lands or in the human realm through prayer, aspiration, and dedicating our merit. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_04_17_LINK603_BR.mp3 Sun, 17 April 2022 10:00:00 MST 1:14:33 Bob Reid, Preparation, Death Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Stanton Dossett Stanton Dossett from Shreveport, LA Speaker: Stanton Dossett. Stanton conveys the importance of deeply contemplating the four thoughts that turn the mind to the Dharma: precious human birth, impermanence, karma, and samsara. Appreciating our precious human birth and its impermanence inspires us to make the most of our opportunity to practice the Dharma. Grasping the power of karma to shape our future lives focuses our attention on engaging in right action. Being aware of the unnecessary suffering samsaric beings experience, lifetime after lifetime, opens our hearts and cultivates bodhicitta, the "mind set on enlightenment." http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_04_24_LINK604_SD.mp3 Sun, 24 April 2022 10:00:00 MST 50:22 Stanton Dossett, Four Thoughts, Dharma Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la reflects on working with our emotions and neuroses by examining our determination to practice the Dharma. Where are we investing our freedom? Are we making time for practice and retreat? Are we working with our habits? Are we accumulating merit? http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_05_01_LINK605_DJN.mp3 Sun, 01 May 2022 10:00:00 MST 1:16:56 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Determined, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Gretchen Kahre-Holland Gretchen Kahre-Holland from Erie, CO Speaker: Gretchen Kahre-Holland. Gretchen offers an appreciation of the tremendous power of prayer to heal and transform, and guides listeners through a session of tonglen practice dedicated to our mothers. Over the years, Rinpoche has provided us with prayers to respond to difficult situations like the death of George Floyd, the fires in Colorado, and the war in Ukraine. One particular form of prayer, the tonglen practice of giving and taking, is essential to attaining enlightenment. On this Mother's Day Gretchen reminds us that, over the course of our countless lifetimes, all sentient beings have been our mothers. Soliciting specific prayers from listeners, she leads a guided tonglen practice devoted to benefiting our all our mothers. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_05_08_LINK606_GKR.mp3 Sun, 08 May 2022 10:00:00 MST 45:24 Gretchen Kahre-Holland, Mother, Sentient Beings Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Paul Greene Paul Greene from New York, NY Speaker: Paul Greene. Paul reviews the Buddhist perspective on anger and identifies a variety of skillful means to work with it. Although Western culture sometimes seems to accept anger as appropriate and inevitable, Buddhism recognizes it as a poison that threatens our well-being and impedes our path to enlightenment. We can work with anger by recalling the egolessness of the self, the enlightened Buddha nature of all beings, the causes and conditions that give rise to situations, the negative karmic results of aggression, and the positive karmic results of allowing negative karmic seeds to ripen. From the perspective of the Mahayana path, the bodhisattva intention to benefit beings is dependent on our ability to overcome aggression. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_05_15_LINK607_PG.mp3 Sun, 15 May 2022 10:00:00 MST 51:18 Paul Greene, Anger, Management Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This is a re-broadcast of a LINK talk originally given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche on November 6, 2011 at Phuntsok Choling in Ward, Colorado. A life of meaning and true connection has to come from living a full life. Attachment does not allow that. Attachment is not the same as appreciation. When you are attached to life, life becomes a burden and can wear you down. You spend time trying to fix things rather than embracing life and what life may bring. Life and karma are not fixable. It takes more wisdom than attachment to fix the problems in life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_05_22_LINK608_DKR.mp3 Sun, 22 May 2022 10:00:00 MST 56:48 Dzigar Kongtrul, Nuisance, Attachment Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Paula Breymeier Paula Breymeier from Boulder, CO Speaker: Paula Breymeier. Paula reflects on how peace, stability, and realization are to be found only in discipline, devotion, and wisdom. We try to alleviate our sense of anxiety and loneliness by numbing or distracting ourselves, but this only generates more confusion. To alleviate suffering, we need to understand our true nature; realizing the emptiness of self enables us to face adversity fearlessly. The lineage, the source of this wisdom, provides the context we need to cultivate devotion and prajna. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_05_29_LINK609_PB.mp3 Sun, 29 May 2022 10:00:00 MST 1:00:09 Paula Breymeier, Curveball, Life Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Daisuke Inaba Daisuke Inaba from Shimoda, Japan Speaker: Daisuke Inaba. Dai-san talks about how self-reflection helped him navigate the changes in his practice and appreciate the importance of trusting himself. Initially, when he practiced to alleviate intense suffering, his motivation was equally intense. As his suffering diminished, his motivation also weakened and he began to question the sincerity and value of his practice. Through self-reflection, he was able to overcome the discomfort of seeing the limitations of his practice and to accept them as part of the path. He emerged from this experience with a greater understanding of how to work with obstructions on the path and a greater appreciation for the importance of trusting in himself. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_06_05_LINK610_DI.mp3 Sun, 05 June 2022 10:00:00 MST 44:41 Daisuke Inaba, Practice, Motivation Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Andrew Shakespeare Andrew Shakespeare from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Andrew Shakespeare. Andrew reflects on the importance of sangha. Even in conventional communities, our individual well-being depends on the quality of our relationships with others. For Buddhist practitioners, the value of sangha is even more profound. Our appreciation of the sangha deepens as we gain a greater understanding of Buddhist principles like karma and interdependence. Like the benefits of bodhicitta, those of relating to sangha are two-fold: our participation benefits ourselves as well as others. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_06_12_LINK611_AS.mp3 Sun, 12 June 2022 10:00:00 MST 58:39 Andrew Shakespeare, Buddhalands, Sangha Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Jill Oppenheimer Jill Oppenheimer from St. Lambert, Quebec, Canada Speaker: Jill Oppenheimer. Jill reflects on the benefits of pursuing her motivation to deepen her connection to her practice. Sometimes practice lacks vitality and becomes a matter of habit and we find ourselves just going through the motions. To cultivate a deeper connection, we can slow down and stimulate our sense of curiosity, pausing to reflect on the meaning of the liturgy and visualizations, reflecting on the roots of habitual patterns, and shifting our perspective from the "checklist" mentality to the intention to benefit all beings. The efforts we make to connect more deeply with practice cultivate self-confidence and joy. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_06_19_LINK612_JO.mp3 Sun, 19 June 2022 10:00:00 MST 42:24 Jill Oppenheimer, Juice, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Joey Waxman Joey Waxman from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Joey Waxman. Joey considers how the Buddhist path to enlightenment is supported by both emotion (heart) and reasoning (head). Above all, Buddhism values a kind and loving heart. There are no substitutes for compassion and devotion, which, when powerful enough, are sufficient to lead to realization. But reasoning can also support, clarify, strengthen, and stabilize an open heart. At the same time, the negative aspects of both emotions and reasoning can obstruct our progress: emotions are unreliable, while unclear reasoning can reinforce ignorance and bias. Vigilant introspection and mindfulness of the activities of our heart and head can enable us to balance their beneficial aspects and support our path to realization. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_06_26_LINK613_JW.mp3 Sun, 26 June 2022 10:00:00 MST 1:11:46 Joey Waxman, Heart, Head Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Speaking from the Illustrious Moon Children's Summer Camp, Dungse-la explores the relevance of Dharma for daily life, how samsara and its incessant change doesn't lend itself to being fixable. We always have the power to respond to what feels unfair or uncomfortable in life with kindness and compassion. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_07_03_LINK614_DJN.mp3 Sun, 03 July 2022 10:00:00 MST 53:29 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Illustrious Moon, Kindness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel from the Sangdo Palri Temple, Crestone, CO Speaker: Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel. Elizabeth discusses the Hinayana vehicle on the first of three weekends at the 25th annual Nyingma Summer Seminar. She emphasizes the need for analysis which she translates as "to loosen or to set free". A flexible mind is needed to traverse the path of the three yana system. This path is based on having a realistic view of what it means to be alive. Having a sense of agency counteracts feeling we are living in a state of emergency all the time. In the Hinayana we have a choice to feel like a victim or own our suffering and karma. If we don't take that leap in the Hinayana we drag it with us into the other two yanas. This is not a path of vulnerability but a path of strength. Elizabeth spoke on vows and precepts, the three wisdoms, the nature of trust, karma and agency. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_07_10_LINK615_EMN.mp3 Sun, 10 July 2022 10:00:00 MST 1:54:19 Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Hinayana, Agency Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from the Sangdo Palri Temple, Crestone, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Speaking from the 25th annual Nyingma Summer Seminar on the second weekend, covering the Mahayana vehicle, Dungse-la encourages not being a loyalist to the ego's narrative and impulses. By applying lojong mind training practice, we can have the tenacity to be with our own mind with the intention to be kind and compassionate. If instead we're focused on building a fortress around the heart, it will be very hard to see from a Dharmic perspective. Lojong gives us the ability to train in the face of difficulties, to not trust the ego, and see through its desire for immediate gratification for oneself. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_07_16_LINK616_DJN.mp3 Sun, 16 July 2022 10:00:00 MST 2:11:04 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Loyalist, Ego Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Nicholas Carter Nicholas Carter from the Longchen Jigme Samten Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Nicholas Carter. Nick contemplates the importance of making the Dharma your own by meeting your own experience directly. To do so, it is necessary to overcome the habit of believing in a solid self; to cut through the ego's storytelling; and to engage in self-reflection, vigilant introspection, mindfulness and contemplation. These practices make it possible simply to be present with the body and one's actual experience, and in this way to cultivate humility, strength, resolve and courage. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_07_31_LINK617_NC.mp3 Sun, 31 July 2022 10:00:00 MST 1:02:09 Nicholas Carter, Honest, Dialogue Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Alex Rocha Alex Rocha from Queens, New York Speaker: Alex Rocha. Alex reflects on how a challenging situation led him to re-assess his progress on the path. Years of diligent practice may lead us to overestimate our attainments and allow pride to creep in. But a crisis that jolts us out of our complacency can force us to see how deeply we have really assimilated the teachings. We can regard such experiences either as obstacles or as opportunities to grow. Alex relates how he navigated this kind of experience to gain more humility and a deeper appreciation of shamatha, renunciation, taking refuge, and familiarization with the nature of mind. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_08_07_LINK618_AR.mp3 Sun, 07 Aug 2022 10:00:00 MST 1:00:05 Alex Rocha, Rude, Awakening Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. We can practice with whatever arises in our life, immediately. Even our busyness and especially our challenges in daily life are opportunites to look at life through the lens of the Dharma. We can "Make Good Art" with whatever arises. At the root of all suffering is self-importance. We don't grow in the Dharma or even experience genuine connection until we start to let go of this self-importance. Enthusiastically engaging in service to the sangha is a powerful context for releasing self-importance. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_08_14_LINK619_DJN.mp3 Sun, 14 Aug 2022 10:00:00 MST 1:10:06 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Practice Now, Lojong Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Scott Gallagher Scott Gallagher from Boulder, CO Speaker: Scott Gallagher. Scott explores what Rinpoche meant by two phrases he used in the 2022 Nyingma Summer Seminar: "thinking from the frame of mind of the Dharma" and "catching the beginning of the tail of liberation." In the face of major life transitions, Scott suggests that, for him, "thinking from the frame of mind of the Dharma" means cultivating self-reflection and perseverance, and taking inspiration from the great masters, who overcame the same kinds of challenges that we experience. And that "catching the beginning of the tail of liberation" calls for transforming habitual mind, deepening our understanding of both the relative and absolute truths, and remembering the suffering and futility of samsara. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_08_21_LINK620_SG.mp3 Sun, 21 Aug 2022 10:00:00 MST 52:26 Scott Gallagher, Frame of Mind, Dharma Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Legacy Series Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This LINK was originally given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche on April 6, 2014 at Phuntsok Choling in Ward, Colorado. It is the first in a series of talks given by Rinpoche called, "The Seven Riches of the Aryas", and it covers "Tepa", which is Tibetan for Faith. In this first talk, Rinpoche contrasts the differences between a life with and a life without devotion and faith. He examines how devotion supports one's life, bringing ease and happiness, and a sense of security and sanity and how the flow of intelligence and discernment happens through acceptance and faith in situations. He explains how fear and anxieties do not stick in the core of one's heart when devotion is present. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_08_28_LINK621_DKRL.mp3 Sun, 28 Aug 2022 10:00:00 MST 52:26 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Aryas, Tepa Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Legacy Series Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This LINK was originally given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche on October 5, 2014 at Phuntsok Choling, in Ward, Colorado. It is the second in the series called, "The Seven Riches of the Aryas", and it covers "Tsultrim" which is Tibetan for discipline. Rinpoche speaks about Buddhist ethics and delves into the topic of treating others as we would like to be treated as a way to cut through religious dogma and cultivate peace in our lives. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_09_04_LINK622_DKRL.mp3 Sun, 04 Sep 2022 10:00:00 MST 54:57 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Aryas, Tsultrim Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la points out that last thing we usually do in difficult circumstances is to appreciate and respect them. We tend to respond in a dualistic framework to get rid of "the bad" and grasp onto "the good." As practitioner's of the Dharma, we have the opportunity to use adversity to work with our own mind. We can see beyond the consensus view using the lenses of emptiness and interdependence. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_09_11_LINK623_DJN.mp3 Sun, 11 Sep 2022 10:00:00 MST 55:15 Dungse Jampal Norbu, World, Dharma Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Fredi Kaufmann Fredi Kaufmann from The Netherlands Speaker: Fredi Kaufmann. Fredi reflects on how the relationship we cultivate with our experiences determines how much we suffer. When we reject experiences by ignoring them, assigning meaning to them, or trying to fix them, we contract, and suffering increases. When we open our heart in full acceptance of the present moment, suffering recedes. Shamatha practice cultivates our capacity to calmly abide with whatever arises. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_09_18_LINK624_FK.mp3 Sun, 18 Sep 2022 10:00:00 MST 51:26 Fredi Kaufmann, Inconvenient, Truth Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Legacy Series Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This LINK was originally given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche on November 2, 2014 at Phuntsok Choling, in Ward, Colorado. It is the third in the series called, "The Seven Riches of the Aryas", and it covers "Jinpa" which is Tibetan for generosity. Rinpoche speaks of generosity as a "hook" for a happy, joyful and meaningful life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_09_25_LINK625_DKRL.mp3 Sun, 25 Sep 2022 10:00:00 MST 1:27:11 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Aryas, Jinpa Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Legacy Series Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This LINK was originally given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche on December 7, 2014 from Longchen Jigme Samten Ling in Crestone, Colorado. It is the fourth in a series of talks given by Rinpoche called, "The Seven Riches of the Aryas", and it covers "Tupa", which is Tibetan for Hearing Wisdom. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_10_02_LINK626_DKRL.mp3 Sun, 02 Oct 2022 10:00:00 MST 1:07:06 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Aryas, Tupa Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Sara Namgyel Sara Namgyel from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Sara Namgyel. Sara identifies the genuine heart of sadness as the key to generating bodhicitta, cultivating renunciation, taking refuge, and attaining enlightenment. The genuine heart of sadness (choshe) arises from our willingness accept all our feelings fully. Unlike depression or despair, which lead us to feel stuck, choshe motivates us to gain freedom from samsara. Accepting our feelings fully develops the fundamental quality of Dharmic warriorship: fearlessness in the face of fear. By cultivating the genuine heart of sadness, we foster renunciation, the desire to liberate ourselves from samsara, and the determination to take refuge in the Three Jewels and attain enlightenment. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_10_09_LINK627_SN.mp3 Sun, 09 Oct 2022 10:00:00 MST 57:02 Sara Namgyel, Sadness, Choshe Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Fairness seems to be a contemporary ideal that does not clearly appear in the Dharma. It refers largely to what is reasonable or equal. But what arises is governed by karmic theory, the nature of the vast web of interdependence, not by fairness. Fairness is usually a view from the standpoint of self-importance. The fact that samsara is not fair calls us to examine when we are caught in attachment to our ideas of fairness and self-importance. We have a great future ahead of us as practitioners when we apply the Dharma to our sufferings in samsara, applying the views of karma, interdependence, emptiness, the Four Immeasurables, and so on. Being motivated by bodhicitta is a far better approach than being motivated by fairness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_10_16_LINK628_DJN.mp3 Sun, 16 Oct 2022 10:00:00 MST 1:32:51 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Samsara, Fair Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Legacy Series Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This LINK was originally given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche on January 4, 2015 from Osel Ling in Crestone, Colorado. It is the fifth in a series of talks given by Rinpoche called, "The Seven Riches of the Aryas", and it covers "Trelyupa and Ngotsa Shepa", which are Tibetan for Conscientiousness and Propriety. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_10_23_LINK629_DKRL.mp3 Sun, 23 Oct 2022 10:00:00 MST 1:09:02 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Aryas, Trelyupa and Ngotsa Shepa Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Legacy Series Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This LINK was originally given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche on February 8, 2015 from Phuntsok Choling in Ward, Colorado. It is the sixth in a series of talks given by Rinpoche called, "The Seven Riches of the Aryas", and it covers "Sherab", which is Tibetan for Wisdom. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_10_30_LINK630_DKRL.mp3 Sun, 30 Oct 2022 10:00:00 MST 1:13:09 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Aryas, Sherab Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse Jampal Norbu explores our polarized political climate through the lens of Lojong mind training. How do these seeds of anxious thinking arise? Can we cut through catastrophic narratives? Are we prepared to deal with loss? Mind training gives us tools to steer ourselves out of whirlpools of thinking and shift our focus to equanimity and bodhicitta. In this way, we can be a practitioner first. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_11_06_LINK631_DJN.mp3 Sun, 06 Nov 2022 10:00:00 MST 1:11:18 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Committing, Mind Training Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Kelly Smith Kelly Smith from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Kelly Smith. Kelly Smith recounts how MSB's centers at Samten Ling, Phuntsok Choling, and Pema Osel developed, how Rinpoche shaped the culture of the Sangha, and what it means to be a practitioner of the Longchen Nyingtik lineage. It took the great, sustained effort of many people to build these centers. The culture that took root from these efforts reflects Rinpoche's intention for his students: through practice, renunciation and surrender, to accumulate the blessings of the lineage. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_11_13_LINK632_KS.mp3 Sun, 13 Nov 2022 10:00:00 MST 1:18:35 Kelly Smith, Samten Ling, History Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Suzy Greanias Suzy Greanias from Crestone, CO Speaker: Suzy Greanias. Suzy coined the term, "the Buddha's advocate" as a counterpoint to the more familiar phrase, "devil's advocate.' Recalling Rinpoche's advice to his students never to think we have something to teach others, but to pursue our paths, she concludes that the best way to be the Buddha's advocate is to have faith in his teachings. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_11_27_LINK633_SG.mp3 Sun, 27 Nov 2022 10:00:00 MST 51:46 Suzy Greanias, Buddha, Advocate Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Lojong, the Buddhist practice of mind training, is where compassion and wisdom meet. The slogans on mind training provide an important framework for how we meet the world with kindness and equanimity. In this weekend program hosted by Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling in Vermont, Dungse-la continues his teachings on Lojong, drawing on commentaries by great Lojong practitioners, and other texts referring to foundational teachings of Buddhadharma. This program is a continuation of a series of talks Dungse-la has given on Lojong over the past three years. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_12_04_LINK634_DJN.mp3 Sun, 04 Dec 2022 10:00:00 MST 2:01:37 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Lojong, Fearless Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Katsutoshi Okabayashi Katsutoshi Okabayashi from Kyoto, Japan Speaker: Katsutoshi Okabayashi. Oka-san reflects on how the quality of our devotion depends on the depth of our conviction in the Dharma. When motivated by a desire for appreciation and esteem, service and practice do not reflect authentic devotion to the guru or the lineage. Only deep conviction in the wisdom of the Dharma can generate genuine devotion. To gain this conviction we need to contemplate how the four thoughts that turn the mind to the Dharma are relevant to our own lives. Grasping the truths of impermanence, our precious human birth, karma, and the suffering of samsara will motivate us to work with our minds. And by focusing our efforts on transforming our minds, we can give birth to genuine devotion to the guru, the lineage, and the Dharma. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_12_11_LINK635_KO.mp3 Sun, 11 Dec 2022 10:00:00 MST 54:33 Katsutoshi Okabayashi, Devotion, Shift Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz from Crestone, CO Speaker: Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz. Sasha addresses how he responds to the challenges that confront him as a practitioner. It is important to acknowledge unconscious self-doubts and to skillfully address the tendencies that undermine one's practice. The Dharma offers several remedies to work with these doubts and habits. We can choose to accept our experience fully without letting regrets distract us or using the Dharma to avoid pain. We can apply the wisdom of emptiness to remember that experience is not solid. We can recognize that our integrity is grounded in self-respect and nyingru ("the bone in the heart"), which fortify our motivation to persevere. And we can remember the rare and extraordinary blessing of being in the mandala of the guru. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_12_18_LINK636_SDM.mp3 Sun, 18 Dec 2022 10:00:00 MST 57:07 Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz, Rock, Hard Place Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Stephanie Kindberg-Velasco Stephanie Kindberg-Velasco from Longmont, CO Speaker: Stephanie Kindberg-Velasco. Stephanie expresses her appreciation for the Sangha as a community that provides opportunities to study, serve, and practice. The transformation practitioners seek depends on the cultivation of choshe, the sadness that comes from recognizing the suffering of samsara and that leads to renunciation. It depends on having faith in and devotion to the Three Jewels as the only remedy for the suffering of cyclic existence. It depends on the commitment to put the Dharma into practice by maintaining a warm and open heart. In providing a context for faith, devotion, and commitment to the path and to others, the Sangha represents a fortunate opportunity for inner transformation. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_12_25_LINK637_SKV.mp3 Sun, 25 Dec 2022 10:00:00 MST 48:58 Stephanie Kindberg-Velasco, Fortunate, Opportunity Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Rinpoche gives a New Year's Day talk with prayers for deep peace in the world during this time of war, conflicts, corruption, and refugee crises, including reflections on the spirit of the bodhisattva who lives to benefit all sentient beings. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_01_01_LINK638_DKR.mp3 Sun, 01 Jan 2023 10:00:00 MST 45:47 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Peace, New Year Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Jim Kinkaid Jim Kinkaid from Long Island, NY Speaker: Jim Kinkaid. Jim speaks about how writing poetry has enriched his connection to the Dharma. It is a vehicle to stay mindful, to contemplate, to express devotion, to enliven and strengthen his practice, and to share with the Sangha. Jim reads several of his poems and explains the sources of his inspiration to write. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_01_08_LINK639_JK.mp3 Sun, 08 Jan 2023 10:00:00 MST 50:41 Jim Kinkaid, Poetry, Devotion Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Vanessa Waxman Vanessa Waxman from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire VT Speaker: Vanessa Waxman. Vanessa reflects on the importance of putting the Dharma at the center of one's life, applying its wisdom and skillful means throughout our everyday experiences. To fully commit to the Dharma, it is necessary to shift from fitting practice into our life to fitting our life into our practice. In addition to being aware of the truth, cause and cessation of suffering, we need to put the path to ending suffering into practice. Doing so requires perseverance, devotion and patience. It requires us to contemplate deeply the Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind toward the Dharma. And it requires us to practice vigilant introspection, being aware of our mind's activities and applying the remedies that will pacify confusion and generate clarity and wisdom. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_01_15_LINK640_VW.mp3 Sun, 15 Jan 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:04:06 Vanessa Waxman, Never, Look Away Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling in Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la explores the defects of cyclical samsara and how disillusionment is an important seed for our commitment to the path of transformation rather than just hoping for change. This requires moving beyond our comfort zone, like we do when on pilgrimage. Dungse-la shares his New Year's resolutions. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_01_22_LINK641_DJN.mp3 Sun, 22 Jan 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:00:18 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Cultivating, Disillusion Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Sarah Thompson Sarah Thompson from Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland Speaker: Sarah Thompson. Sarah describes how self-reflecting enables us to cultivate merit, self-confidence, appreciation, gratitude, and trust in our ability to progress on the path. Self-reflection allows us to recognize that our connection with the Dharma, the lineage, the Sangha, and Rinpoche could have arisen only through merit gained in this or previous lifetimes. Recognizing this merit builds confidence to work with the conditions that arise in life, which in turn enables us to continue to accumulate merit and to progress on the path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_01_29_LINK642_ST.mp3 Sun, 29 Jan 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:02:20 Sarah Thompson, Path, Step Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This previously-recorded Personal Link was given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche to the local Sangha on October 21, 2001 at Phuntsok Choling in Ward, Colorado. Rinpoche explores the two general tendencies of either over-managing or mismanaging our lives. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_02_05_LINK643_DKRL.mp3 Sun, 05 Feb 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:01:36 Dzigar Kongtrul, Renunciation, Spontaneity Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Joe Wilson Joe Wilson from Crestone, CO Speaker: Joe Wilson. Joe suggests that cultivating a scholarly understanding of Tibetan Buddhism can ground and enrich our contemplative and meditative practices. There are subtle nuances involved in translating Sanskrit and Tibetan words into English. Appreciating these nuances can lead us to clarify the meanings of commonly-used terms like "dharma," "sangha," and "dzogchen." To make our aspirations more precise and deepen our connections to the Three Jewels, it is useful to contemplate what we mean when we take "refuge" in them. By studying the system of Tibetan Buddhism, and the scholars and practitioners who developed and transmitted it to us, we can cultivate a deeper appreciation for the blessings of our connection to the Longchen Nyingtik lineage, to our guru, and to our Sangha. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_02_12_LINK644_JW.mp3 Sun, 12 Feb 2023 10:00:00 MST 56:01 Joe Wilson, Dharma, Tibetan Buddhism Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la reflects on what it means to orient ourself toward enlightenment, from the moment we wake up in the morning. Gratitude for our precious human birth, the Dharma, and even things we enjoy like tea and coffee, uplifts us and cuts through the tendency toward cynicism. When our mood is affected by an experience we don't like, it can be an opportunity to analyze our self-grasping and practice compassion for others. He touches on many topics, including death practice, guilt, privilege and merit. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_02_19_LINK645_DJN.mp3 Sun, 19 Feb 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:03:07 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Dharma, Everyday Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kontrul Rinpoche from Bir, India Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This previously recorded LINK talk was given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche at the Guna Institute in Bir, India on May 16, 2011. Rinpoche talks about the necessity of some suffering in developing a happy and cheerful mind that has stability. He goes on to discuss how to experience the growth that comes from this kind of suffering. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_02_26_LINK646_DKRL.mp3 Sun, 26 Feb 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:03:02 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Happiness, Suffering Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Longchen Jigme Samten Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la explores service from the perspective of the Dharma, reminding us that we have a responsibility to apply our good merit and skills through service to others. The proper motivation for this is not guilt or self-importance, but interaction with the world through bodhicitta and a growing freedom from our habitual patterns through the practice of service. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_03_05_LINK647_DJN.mp3 Sun, 05 Mar 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:16:21 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Service, Responsibility Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Jennifer Shippee Jennifer Shippee from Varanasi, India Speaker: Jennifer Shippee. Jennifer reflects on the value of taking the time to feel and appreciate gratitude. Pausing to appreciate the natural intelligence of our buddha nature enables us to feel a connection to all beings. It lightens our load and softens our hearts. Instead of rejecting feelings, situations, and people, we can make the choice to find a way to feel grateful for them. Doing so helps us overcome our kleshas, reduce our aggression, and cultivate a peaceful heart. This does not mean we should not exercise discernment. But by exercising discernment without aggression we can maintain an open-hearted perspective that allows us to embrace all experience. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_03_12_LINK648_JS.mp3 Sun, 12 Mar 2023 10:00:00 MST 53:44 Jennifer Shippee, Favorite, Gratitude Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Joey Waxman Joey Waxman from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire VT Speaker: Joey Waxman. Joey refers to two recent Link talks to trace the causes that recently led him to experience a sense of heaviness about samsara. One talk, given at Losar by Dungse Jampal Norbu, explored the importance of cultivating disillusionment with samsara. The other, given last week by Jennifer Shippee, expressed appreciation for the capacity of Indian culture to accommodate and embrace all experiences without rejecting anything. Disillusionment requires us to develop a sense of sadness or "kyoshe", which is associated with renunciation, by recognizing the suffering of samsara. This disillusionment might give rise to a sense of heaviness. However, as Jennifer's talk suggests, we can see India's capacity to accept all experience as a metaphor for the nature of mind: when purified of self-importance and ignorance, it, too, is capable of embracing all experience without suffering. If we realize that all beings have Buddha nature, and therefore the capacity to be enlightened, we can maintain cheerfulness as we cultivate disillusionment. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_03_19_LINK649_JW.mp3 Sun, 19 Mar 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:09:44 Joey Waxman, India, Gratitude Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Doug Larsen Doug Larsen from Longchen Jigme Samten Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Doug Larsen. Doug describes the challenges and blessings of living as a retreatant at Samten Ling. The physical, financial and social demands, and the spiritual gifts that come from the practices and from the energy of the land itself. He describes how HH Dilgo Khyentse first identified Samten Ling as the site to establish the Sangha, the interactions with the elements and animals on the land, and the daily rhythms of retreat life ordered by the lunar cycle. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_03_26_LINK650_DL.mp3 Sun, 26 Mar 2023 10:00:00 MST 53:25 Doug Larsen, Land, Retreat Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Longmont, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. This LINK is an excerpt from a talk originally given on December 4th, 2021, at a three-day program called, "Lojong: Where Wisdon and Compassion Meet". Dungse-la gives a history of Lojong with a focus on Chekawa Yeshe Dorje's Seven Points of Mind Training and its numerous, available English translations. Developing bodhicitta, the intention to generate warmth and become enlightened for the benefit of all sentient beings, is at the core of the Lojong teachings. Dungse-la reviews foundational teachings of Buddhism and how they enable us to switch gears from the eight worldly concerns to the four immeasureables, where generating bodhicitta becomes a central aim of our life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_04_02_LINK651_DJN.mp3 Sun, 02 Apr 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:14:16 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Lojong, Mind Training Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Bob Reid Bob Reid from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Bob Reid. Bob explores the meaning, benefits, and practice of making aspirations. Since they take place in the mind, they are always available to all of us, and are unlimited in their scope. Rooted in humility, they are important because they help us to clarify and reinforce our intentions to benefit beings. Aspiration bodhicitta is the basis for all other bodhicitta practices; as one of the ten paramitas, aspiration is also related to application bodhicitta. Making aspirations creates karmic links, which are essential for bodhisattvas who wish to benefit all beings. Although the practice of making aspirations is a powerful way to accumulate merit, it may not seem to have any real benefit for others. This is not so. Aspirations transmit energy that can have an immediate and direct benefit to beings, even to who are unaware of them. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_04_09_LINK652_BR.mp3 Sun, 09 Apr 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:12:51 Bob Reid, Aspirations, Bodhichitta Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Marcia Drake Marcia Drake from Barre, VT Speaker: Marcia Drake. Marcia recollects the poems, stories, fables, and novels that sparked her imagination as a child and teenager, and expresses appreciation for how they continue to inform her understanding of the dharma. Aesop's fables, poems by Shelley, Longfellow, and R. L. Stevenson, and Dickens' novel A Tale of Two Cities all echo the aspirations expressed by Shantideva in The Bodhisattvacharyavatara and evoke appreciation for impermanence and interdependent origination. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_04_16_LINK653_MD.mp3 Sun, 16 Apr 2023 10:00:00 MST 39:46 Marcia Drake, Magic, Metaphor Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Bela Hatvany Bela Hatvany from Nice, France Speaker: Bela Hatvany. Bela reflects on how his spiritual journey has unfolded over the course of his long life, nourished by books, by his experiences as an entrepreneur and philanthropist, by his spiritual friends, and by his meditation practice. He expresses reverence and gratitude for the "present" of being present in the present moment, for the systems of trust that humanity has built to support our world, for the opportunities to serve others, and for the teachings that have enabled him to refine his ability to distinguish the states of mind that arise in his awareness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_04_23_LINK654_BH.mp3 Sun, 23 Apr 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:04:05 Bela Hatvany, Present, Awareness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Natasha Carter Natasha Carter from Samten Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Natasha Carter. Natasha explores how progressing as practitioners depends on how effectively we work with the ego. Clinging to the ego as real is the root of all suffering; liberation from samsara arises from learning to recognize that this clinging is dependently-originated and that the ego is illusory. To counteract the universal tendency to cater to the habitual self-cherishing mind of ego, the Dharma offers many remedies: analytical meditation, vigilant introspection, humor, vision, and the aspiration to free all beings from samsara. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_04_30_LINK655_NC.mp3 Sun, 30 Apr 2023 10:00:00 MST 57:05 Natasha Carter, Vagueness, Ego Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Ashveen Bucktowar Ashveen Bucktowar from Limerick, Ireland Speaker: Ashveen Bucktowar. Ashveen speaks of the qualities that make service possible and beneficial. Service is altruistic activity that, if approached with the right attitude, can remedy self-cherishing. Whether it is done on behalf of our own vows, the sangha, the lineage, the Dharma, or all sentient beings, it is most beneficial when approached with clarity about our intentions and motivations, devotion and commitment to the vision, and measured expectations. Service invites us to be introspective, to stretch ourselves, to appreciate the blessings of the protectors and the lineage, and to cultivate community. The nettle plant serves as a symbol of all these qualities. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_05_07_LINK656_AB.mp3 Sun, 07 May 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:06:34 Ashveen Bucktowar, Service, Nettle Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Moni Banerjee-Lauritzen Moni Banerjee from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Moni Banerjee-Lauritzen. Moni speaks movingly on how deeply she was affected by the death of her parents this year and how she drew from the wisdom of the Dharma to work with her grief and loss. Her understanding of grief deepened, and she sought wisdom from all three yanas for support: from the Hinayana, teachings on the selflessness of the person; from the Mahayana, teachings on emptiness, dependent origination, and bodhicitta; and from the Vajrayana, teachings on welcoming all experience as an opportunity to progress on the path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_05_14_LINK657_MB.mp3 Sun, 14 May 2023 10:00:00 MST 50:20 Moni Banerjee-Lauritzen, Grief, Dying Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Jen Kern Jen Kern from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Jen Kern. Jen reflects on how we can liberate ourselves from shenpa--the raw, uncomfortable energy of self-clinging---by engaging fully and deeply in the practice of confession. The Lojong teachings encourage us to work on our strongest reactions first. To do so, we have to recognize and reflect on our shenpa, resolve to overcome it, and confess it in the presence of the Three Jewels. Although we might resist confessing because we fear the shame and guilt that may accompany it, we can overcome this fear by recognizing that shenpa, too, is impermanent; it is merely the expression of ego itself. We do not have to be critical of our emotions. Acknowledging this frees us to confess deeply and without self-aggression, cleansing our hearts and allowing bodhicitta to increase. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_05_21_LINK658_JK.mp3 Sun, 21 May 2023 10:00:00 MST 58:28 Jen Kern, Confession, Guilt Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Osel Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In a previously recorded LINK talk given on June 13, 2004 at Osel Ling in Crestone, Colorado, Rinpoche gives commentary on the text, "Vast As The Heavens, Deep As The Sea: Verses in Praise of Bodhicitta". http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_05_28_LINK659_DKR.mp3 Sun, 28 May 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:07:41 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Boss, Bohdicitta Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la explores how the practice of bodhicitta (awakened mind) includes investigating one's own egoic reactions in daily life. Holding onto our history with self-importance results in emotional baggage that leads to habitual reactions in the present that cause suffering. Our emotional baggage is not who we are; it is not intrinsically existent. We can transform it as it surfaces through self-reflection using lojong mind training teachings like "transform obstacles into the path of awakening". Using the four immeasurables to meditate on our "enemies" and objects of hurt or heartbreak can change our relationship with them, turning them into a source of inspiration. Waking up includes letting go of the dream. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_06_04_LINK660_DJN.mp3 Sun, 04 Jun 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:13:36 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Baggage, Handling Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Robin Correll Robin Correll from Fortuna, CA Speaker: Robin Correll. Robin reflects on how cultivating the five strengths helps us develop a brave heart that allows us to meet challenging circumstances with confidence, openness, curiosity, and courage. The five strengths identified by the Dharma are determination, familiarization, seeds of virtue, reproach (remorse, exposure), and aspiration. We can develop these strengths through the consistent practice of mindfulness, self-reflection, prayer, and contemplation. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_06_11_LINK661_RC.mp3 Sun, 11 Jun 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:02:48 Robin Correll, Brave, Hearts Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Jonathan Hulbert Jonathan Hulbert from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Jonathan Hulbert. Jonathan contemplates how taking refuge in the Three Jewels requires faith, trust, and devotion. Taking refuge in the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha is an ongoing process to free ourselves from the suffering that arises from the dualistic belief in a self that is real and separate. In general, taking refuge implies seeking shelter or protection from danger. Paradoxically, however, in the context of the Dharma, this protection can be attained only by choosing to be "in the open". http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_06_18_LINK662_JH.mp3 Sun, 18 Jun 2023 10:00:00 MST 51:06 Jonathan Hulbert, Refuge, Open Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Gretchen Kahre-Holland Gretchen Kahre-Holland from Erie, CO Speaker: Gretchen Kahre-Holland. Gretchen reflects on two opportunities presented by the pandemic: to go into retreat, and to emerge with a fresh perspective on how to relate with our own minds and with others. Rinpoche once advised his students to "pray that your life falls apart---but not to put it back together in the same way"; more recently, he advised us to treat the pandemic as a retreat. As we emerge from this "retreat" and prepare to gather at NSS in person for the first time since 2019, we have an opportunity to apply Rinpoche's advice. As we put our lives back together, we can reflect on how we want to engage with our own minds and with the Sangha, using our experience and natural intelligence to cultivate an open, curious, and fresh approach. In this way, we can overcome the cycle of discontent, craving, and speed that characterizes modern life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_06_25_LINK663_GKH.mp3 Sun, 25 Jun 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:01:14 Gretchen Kahre-Holland, Reflections, Pandemic Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la, speaking from the Illustrious Moon children's program, explores karma or cause and effect. Each of our actions and the primary tone of our approach to life will eventually come back to us as karmic results. The effect will be related to the cause, so if we're angry a lot, the effect will be related to anger. Our intention matters and amplifies karmic results. Lojong mind training slogans like "don't be so predictable" remind us to be less habitually reactive to karmic results that appear in our life and respond in new ways that gradually shift our karma in a positive direction due to the workings of cause and effect. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_07_02_LINK664_DJN.mp3 Sun, 02 Jul 2023 10:00:00 MST 58:11 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Karma, Mind Training Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la, speaking from the 2023 Nyingma Summer Seminar, reminds us that the Buddha's first teaching in Sarnath was that there is suffering. The Buddha went into great detail about his investigation into how we suffer. Our suffering springs more from our own mind and attitude than from the our physical conditions, as evidenced by people in developing countries. Our neurotic self-attachment and the five destructive emotions spin the wheel of samsara. The Dharma teaches that the path to the cessation of suffering involves working with karmic cause and effect in an open-eyed manner, seeing the results of our negative and positive actions and steering our life toward a dharmic life using practices like the Noble Eightfold Path and the Four Immeasurables. Karma is not about fault or punishment, but simply about cause and effect, our action and Nature's reaction, the wonders of interdependent arising. As practitioners, we drip-feed samsara into our practice to develop a healthy relationship with the world and transform samsara. We take refuge in the Three Jewels as guide, path, and community as an act of appreciation and gratitude, as an alternative to the spiral of our negative habits. Dungse-la ends with an in-depth explanation of lenchak (karmic debt and codependence). http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_07_09_LINK665_DJN.mp3 Sun, 9 Jul 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:58:20 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Refuge, Suffering Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Bill Filter Bill Filter from Hawi, HI Speaker: Bill Filter. Bill recounts the story of how he came to the Dharma and met Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_07_23_LINK666_BF.mp3 Sun, 23 Jul 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:04:43 Bill Filter, Dissolving, Dharma Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Paddy McCarthy Paddy McCarthy from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Paddy McCarthy. Paddy reflects on how we can use the process of aging as an opportunity to meet the challenges of dying, training ourselves to pass with fearless confidence through illness, dissolution, and the bardos. Learning how to accept the process of aging teaches us how to die with clarity and openness. By doing so, we can increase the likelihood of attaining either enlightenment or an auspicious human rebirth that will enable us to continue on the spiritual path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_07_30_LINK667_PM.mp3 Sun, 30 Jul 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:04:45 Paddy McCarthy, Death, Bardo Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la reflects on identity and how to have a healthy relationship with the world as a Dharma practitioner. An understanding of the Four Noble Truths illuminates how sentient beings try to build a world that suits their preferences, and how this leads to suffering. The bodhisattva path provides a way beyond suffering based on reducing our neurotic attachment to self and developing a strong basis to navigate and fully engage the world in a healthy manner. This requires working with one's identity with the skillful means of the Dharma, especially in the midst of the identity crisis of modernity and all of its challenges. A tree needs strong roots and then branches out into the world and the elements. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_08_06_LINK668_DJN.mp3 Sun, 06 Aug 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:11:16 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Identity, Healthy Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Ram Jyoti Ram Jyoti from Mangalam Dharma Center in Sebastian, FL Speaker: Ram Jyoti. Drawing from a broad array of sources, including the Dharma, the enneagram, A Course in Miracles, Carolyn Myss, and The Gnostic Gospels, Ram Jyoti reflects on what she has learned about confession, despair, aspiration, and kindness. Confession requires us to look honestly at ourselves, offering in return a sense of relief and purification. Cultivating the courage to "simmer" prepares us to learn the lessons that can be taught only by experiencing betrayal and despair. Extending patience and tolerance to our neuroses engenders kindness to all beings, and generates the aspiration to liberate all beings. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_08_13_LINK669_RJ.mp3 Sun, 13 Aug 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:06:58 Ram Jyoti, Confession, Moths Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Polly Banerjee-Gallagher Polly Banerjee-Gallagher from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Polly Banerjee-Gallagher. Polly Gallagher tells the story of how she and her siblings held vigil at her mother's deathbed a year ago and how Rinpoche and the Sangha showed up for her family during that time as well as later when she took her parent's ashes to India. She also shares details about her mother's generous approach to life and reflects on the impact of the Dharma in her life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_08_20_LINK670_PBG.mp3 Sun, 20 Aug 2023 10:00:00 MST 47:06 Polly Banerjee-Gallagher, Intention, Action Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Owen Ziols Owen Ziols from Osel Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Owen Ziols. Owen reflects on how he understands and cultivates renunciation. Renunciation may be understood in the context of ground, path, and fruition, the four thoughts that turn the mind to the Dharma, and the eight worldly concerns. Underlying all approaches, however, is the need for self-reflection and skillful means. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_08_27_LINK671_OZ.mp3 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:08:23 Owen Ziols, Reflections, Renunciation Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Longchen Jigme Samten Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This previously recorded talk was given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche on December 10, 2017 at Longchen Jigme Samten Ling Retreat Center in Crestone, Colorado. Rinpoche explains how remorse and forgiveness are the essential ingredients of the Buddhist path and their practice results in the experience of grace. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_09_03_LINK672_DKR.mp3 Sun, 03 Sep 2023 10:00:00 MST 44:59 Dzigar Kongtrul, Grace, Forgiveness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Diane de Ford Diane de Ford from Arcata, CA Speaker: Diane de Ford. Diane contemplates how the meaning of the phrase "having a bone in one's heart" expresses the essence of bodhicitta. To have a bone in one's heart is to have both the courage and the compassion that are required to gather insight into the nature of our own afflictive emotions, to overcome self-cherishing, and to create the conditions that allow us to put others before ourselves. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_09_10_LINK673_DDF.mp3 Sun, 10 Sep 2023 10:00:00 MST 22:39 Diane de Ford, Bone, Heart Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Markus Stobbs Markus Stobbs from Phutsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Markus Stobbs. Markus reflects on how the guru principle has acted as a guide on his ever-unfolding path both within the Hindu and Buddhist traditions. Markus describes how the guru can accelerate our awakening through their teachings and their physical presence. He gives examples of the different aspects of the guru principle, weaving a thread through his journey starting with his first "guru" being his mother, many years as a student of Hinduism, to his current guru, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Markus's devotion to the guru shines bright throughout the talk. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_09_17_LINK674_MS.mp3 Sun, 17 Sep 2023 10:00:00 MST 56:15 Markus Stobbs, Guru, Principle Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This previously recorded LINK talk was given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche on June 6, 2004 at Phuntsok Choling in Ward, CO. This talk is part of an ongoing commentary on the text, "Vast as the Heavens, Deep as the Sea: Verses in Praise of Bodhicitta". http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_09_24_LINK675_DKR.mp3 Sun, 24 Sep 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:10:13 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Mind, Health Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This previously recorded LINK talk was given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche on March 29, 2015 at Phuntsok Choling in Ward, CO. Rinpoche illustrates the necessity of self-awareness to cleanse one's mind and reduce suffering. With practice, we develop the wisdom and skillful means to free ourselves from ego's drives. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_10_01_LINK676_DKR.mp3 Sun, 01 Oct 2023 10:00:00 MST 56:35 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Self Awareness, Introspection Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Scott Gallagher Scott Gallagher from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Scott Gallagher. Reflecting on the 2023 Nyingma Summer Seminar, Scott was particularly struck by Rinpoche's encouraging students to approach practice with a state of ease. Scott differentiates the notion of ease from his habitual ways of relating to practice, characterized by a focus on challenges, dwelling on areas for improvement and fixating on whether or not he's doing "it" right. He investigates ease in practice through an example of a friend who looks forward to curling up and enjoying a good book. What would it take to shift one's practice from a problem-centered approach to one of such enjoyment and immersion? Scott presents various ways to let go of habitual, discursive thinking and direct our minds towards a more relaxed approach to practice: We can confidently rely on the lineage and deities as our supports. We are not in this alone. We can remind ourselves of the precious opportunity we have to become liberated. We can make genuine, heartfelt aspirations to benefit all beings, which allows our practice to flow with ease. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_10_08_LINK677_SG.mp3 Sun, 08 Oct 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:03:46 Scott Gallagher, Ease, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Samuel Gates Samuel Gates from Chapel Hill, North Carolina Speaker: Samuel Gates. Sam shared his experiences where he allowed serendipity to guide him on the spiritual path. Attending this year's Nyingma Summer Seminar, being with Sangha and offering his service restored something in him. Being seen and heard by others on the same path inspired him to prioritize his spiritual practice more often. He acknowledged how the power of coming together with like-minded people provides motivation and inspiration for practice. Growing up in a Christian family, Sam heard his mother use the words "God Winks" to describe a sense of being called, which he experienced as serendipitous events that have guided him. Sam embodies these many experiences with a sense of adventure and gratitude, and shared that as he opens to them, over time, more and more is revealed. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_10_15_LINK678_SG.mp3 Sun, 15 Oct 2023 10:00:00 MST 48:58 Samuel Gates, Sangha, Serendipity Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Pontus Strömdahl Pontus Strömdahl from Malmö, Sweden Speaker: Pontus Strömdahl. Pontus shares his story of how he was led to the Dharma, to the Sangha of Mangala Shri Bhuti and to his teacher, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Books and study groups were not enough; his search took him to Nepal, India and the U.S. where he encountered many enlightened teachers. His longing to make his life more meaningful and to devote himself to the Dharma is a wonderful reminder for anyone who wishes to step onto the path, but one must first find an authentic teacher. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_10_22_LINK679_PS.mp3 Sun, 22 Oct 2023 10:00:00 MST 49:24 Pontus Strömdahl, Search, Meaningful Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Suzy Greanias Suzy Greanias from Crestone, CO Speaker: Suzy Greanias. Suzy gives us an explanation of how four immeasurables practice is a meaningful framework to cope with current world affairs. She walks us through a heartfelt journey of her thoughts using tonglen, the concept of impermanence, and equanimity in a practice of compassion. Suzy demonstrates the relevance of the practice for navigating the challenges of everyday life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_10_29_LINK680_SG.mp3 Sun, 29 Oct 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:07:05 Suzy Greanias, Four Immeasurables, Equanimity Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Samten Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This Personal LINK was originally given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche on January 29, 2006 at Samten Ling in Crestone, Colorado. Rinpoche talks about how devotion is the fuel to excel on the Vajrayana path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_11_05_LINK681_DKR.mp3 Sun, 05 Nov 2023 10:00:00 MST 45:56 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Devotion, Record Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Kelly Smith Kelly Smith from Crestone, CO Speaker: Kelly Smith. This is Kelly's third talk on the history of Longchen Jigme Samten Ling, MSB's long-term retreat center. Kelly tells the origin story of long-term retreats commencing in 1995, when Rinpoche began imparting the Longchen Nyingtik lineage and its rituals to a handful of students. In 1997, Rinpoche's sister continued to demonstrate how ritual practices were conducted in the monastic tradition. Kelly shares what it was like to be among the first students to go into long-term retreat, including challenges with the physical environment, extended work periods, managing expectations and navigating uncertainty. These proved seminal in facing her ego attachment and self-clinging. In retrospect, she recognizes how these pioneering days were also filled with wonderment and joy, having shaped current retreat practices including work periods, being of service to others and seamlessly re-entering the quotidian world after retreat. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_11_12_LINK682_KS.mp3 Sun, 12 Nov 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:11:56 Kelly Smith, Retreat, History Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Bob Reid Bob Reid from Longmont, CO Speaker: Bob Reid. Bob summarizes two talks given by Rinpoche at this year's Shedra. In these talks, Rinpoche discusses the topic of habitual obscurations, one of the four obscurations that hinders the progress of practitioners. Rinpoche tells us that the biggest habitual obscuration we face as practitioners is American culture conditioning. Bob sheds light on these talks with clear and concise examples, elaborating on the eight worldly dharmas, and providing a summary of the Rinpoche's teaching on four principles of Kadampa. With his humble sense of humor, insight and wisdom, Bob encourages us to review these precious teachings for ourselves in order to develop our own understanding of how habitual obscurations manifest in our personal lives, and how we can begin to overcome them. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_11_26_LINK683_BR.mp3 Sun, 26 Nov 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:13:10 Bob Reid, Habitual, Obscurations Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Bir, India Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This LINK was originally given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche on May 6, 2012 in Bir, India. Rinpoche talks about the importance of simplifying one's life and moving away from the eight worldly concerns. Simplifying one's life is a practical form of renunciation and should be done before one regrets it. He encourages us to prioritize our life's activities based on merit, and to examine our motivations before beginning the process. Creating a simplified life requires discernment, conviction, and resilience. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_12_03_LINK684_DKR.mp3 Sun, 03 Dec 2023 10:00:00 MST 42:22 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Simplified Life, Renunciation Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Mary Newton Mary Newton from Santa Fe, New Mexico Speaker: Mary Newton. Mary talks about how Dharma helps her to engage with life and its vicissitudes. While dwelling on thoughts and feelings can mire us in a samsaric mindset, they are also a means of letting go when we are able to step back and analyze them. Mary gives the poignant example of being diagnosed with cancer, and feeling that she just wanted to give up and have it all be over with. But then she recalled what Rinpoche has taught us; that what we have not faced in this life will be carried over into the next. When she finds her mind mired in suffering, Mary remembers the four immeasurables. When she's in a state of mental turmoil she derives strength, confidence and grounding by having those four specific steps to redirect her mind towards the Dharma. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_12_10_LINK685_MN.mp3 Sun, 10 Dec 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:03:19 Mary Newton, Habits, Navigating Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Hillary Campbell Hillary Campbell from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Hillary Campbell. Hillary uses the metaphor of a three-tiered torma to outline the qualities of the Three Jewels: the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. Her analogy is based upon Rinpoche's book, "Like A Diamond". She shares personal examples of how being challenged by study and service has served to deepen her appreciation of the Three Jewels and what they have come to mean for her. The question and answer in Hillary's LINK provides the listener with a glimpse into her unique upbringing in a Dharmic family, and offers advice for practitioners who would like to guide their children on the path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_12_17_LINK686_HC.mp3 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:04:10 Hillary Campbell, Three Jewels, Appreciation Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Nicholas Carter Nicholas Carter from Crestone, CO Speaker: Nicholas Carter. Nick shares his personal insights from many years of service, study, practice and retreat at Longchen Jigme Samten Ling Retreat Center in Crestone, Colorado, where he resides. Nick defines these three aspects of Dharma- introspection, diligence and dependent origination, and how to apply them in life and practice. He is an example of someone who has turned his life towards the Dharma and is committed to fulfilling his bodhisattva vow under all circumstances, especially in the light of the recent challenges he has had to overcome. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_12_24_LINK687_NC.mp3 Sun, 24 Dec 2023 10:00:00 MST 1:09:36 Nicholas Carter, Introspection, Diligence Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Stephanie Kindberg-Velasco Stephanie Kindberg-Velasco from Phuntsok Choling in Ward, CO Speaker: Stephanie Kindberg-Velasco. Stephanie reflects on the past year focusing on several Sangha members who've died and also on Rabjam Rinpoche's visit to Boulder, Colorado. Her contemplation of these events is guided by Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel's question: "When are we at our best?" Stephanie relates how the Sangha shows up for one another around sickness and death, and the opportunity it provides for directing our minds away from self-clinging and towards tsewa, for example, through the practice of tonglen. This applies not only to those who are dying but also to working with our own suffering. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_12_31_LINK688_SKV.mp3 Sun, 31 Dec 2023 10:00:00 MST 55:54 Stephanie Kindberg-Velasco, Living, Dying Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling in Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la speaks about self reflection as the entry to Dharma practice, about disillusionment, and appreciation for our present opportunity as practitioners, particularly as we enter the new year. Topics include a profound appreciation for this precious human life, reflections on the past year to motivate us to make changes when we see how they contribute to our suffering and disillusionment, and the power of aspiration for the future. In order to rise above our circumstances, we can start by asking ourselves if we are still looking for short term benefit or if we truly appreciate this poignant gift of the Three Jewels as an opportunity for growth. Dungse-la also discusses the benefits of being uncomfortable to shake ourselves out of complacency, and to appreciate these moments as opportunities to expand the heart and realize Buddhanature. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_01_07_LINK689_DJN.mp3 Sun, 07 Jan 2024 10:00:00 MST 1:10:51 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Renunciation, Self Reflection Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Christopher Kreider Christopher Kreider from Boulder, Colorado Speaker: Christopher Kreider. Christopher explores what it means to be a student of the Longchen Nyingtik Lineage. He begins by exploring the meaning of lineage and the line of transmission from teacher to student. Christopher reflects on the ways he has assumed personal responsibility for the Lineage through his relationship to Phuntsok Choling, seeing the Center as if it was his own. He contrasts this definition of "ownership" to the dominant capitalist model in which self worth is equated with material wealth, which results in people becoming very hard on themselves. He recalled hearing Rinpoche say that being hard on oneself is not in accordance with the Buddha's teachings. Christopher adds that self deprecation is adventitious; it can be unlearned through kindness and gentleness towards the self and others, allowing one to turn towards our own inner wisdom guru. Only an unbroken lineage can provide a gateway towards enlightenment. This is not conceptual but must be deeply experiential. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_01_14_LINK690_CK.mp3 Sun, 14 Jan 2024 10:00:00 MST 50:34 Christopher Kreider, Lineage, Disciple Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Joseph Waxman Joseph Waxman from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling in Vershire, VT Speaker: Joseph Waxman. Joey explains how to listen to the Dharma, how to interpret the words and integrate them into our lives. Language never expresses the absolute truth; language can only express the relative truth. In that way, understanding the context of the words is necessary so we can come as close to understanding the meaning as they are given. Joey talks about the three wisdoms as our path to understand the teachings completely so they become part of us, and not just words we hear. With hearing wisdom, he points out that hearing and understanding the words also require trusting where the words are coming from and the intention behind them. This allows one to move to the next step in contemplating what was received, bringing them deeply within to make the teachings a part of who we are through meditative wisdom. Joey illustrates this by examining each word of the Lojong slogan #21 from the Seven Points of Mind Training, "Always Maintain a Joyful Attitude". http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_01_21_LINK691_JW.mp3 Sun, 21 Jan 2024 10:00:00 MST 1:08:20 Joseph Waxman, Words, Meaning Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Boston, MA Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This is a previously-recorded talk given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche in Boston, Massachusetts on May 19, 2018. The talk was from Rinpoche's 2018 Book Tour, 'Training in Tenderness: Buddhist Teachings on "Tsewa", the Radical Openness of Heart That Can Change the World'. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_01_28_LINK692_DKR.mp3 Sun, 28 Jan 2024 10:00:00 MST 55:25 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Tenderness, Tsewa Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling in Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la speaks about "sonam" or merit, and explains how things manifest in our lives. Merit is the energy that brings joy. We cannot be dependent on circumstances for our happiness and well-being as it is dependent on sonam. We know that even those who have wealth are sometimes unable to appreciate their wealth. What's more, we are naturally predisposed to avoid suffering, and rather than seeking to find an outer remedy for our suffering, we need to generate merit through actions that are in line with bodhicitta (based on an altruistic mind). Dungse-la further speaks to dedication as a powerful tool to conserve the energy of a particular action towards a particular goal. It allows the momentum of an action to go in a particular direction and not slow down due to circumstances. Therefore, we need to dedicate the merit of our actions towards the enlightenment of all beings. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_02_04_LINK693_DJN.mp3 Sun, 04 Feb 2024 10:00:00 MST 1:09:34 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Sonam, Appreciation Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Cary Yang Cary Yang from Osel Ling in Crestone, CO Speaker: Cary Yang. Cary's question, ‘What have I learned so far?’ as a practitioner and student stems from a conversation with her mother who was curious to know. Cary provides deep reflections on Rinpoche's 2024 Year of the Wood Dragon Losar address, which deals with developing positive habits of mind, including seeing the best in others to create the optimal atmosphere for tsewa to arise. Contrastingly, a disturbed mind blocks the opportunity for tsewa. She refers to Patrul Rinpoche who, in Words of My Perfect Teacher, guides us to contemplate how we listen, as it can be a barometer to gauge our state of mind. Listening filled with obstacles like distraction and toxic thinking is not conducive to cultivating tsewa. However, an awareness of how we listen is a step toward overcoming such obstacles and developing a positive mindset. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_02_11_LINK694_CY.mp3 Sun, 11 Feb 2024 10:00:00 MST 55:06 Cary Yang, Learned, So Far Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Amy Hayes Amy Hayes from Carbondale, CO Speaker: Amy Hayes. As a ngondro practitioner in the refuge section, Amy introduces the idea of prostration as a mudra of refuge. Amy demonstrates how, through the humbling act of prostrations, our bodies become vehicles of refuge using the Refuge Prayer as her main point of reference. The Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha) are companions we take along the path. The Buddha is our own enlightened nature, the Dharma the teachings, and through our connections with Sangha our hearts can crack open. Amy views the physicality of full body prostrations as an opportunity for purification. Fully flat, with one's forehead to the ground, one is expressing humility, faith and devotion. Our body and how we relate to it becomes a gateway to self awareness. Just as the seated posture of meditation may be viewed as a mudra of transformation, prostration can be seen as a mudra of refuge. In this way, prostrations are a path and a gateway to enlightenment. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_02_18_LINK695_AH.mp3 Sun, 18 Feb 2024 10:00:00 MST 50:01 Amy Hayes, Posture, Refuge Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Samten Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Rinpoche describes how to understand our relationship to our mind, and what supports our well being. There are two sides to the mind: thoughts and emotions. Thoughts are made up of our perceptions and the labels we put on them. We will always remain vague about what holds us back and what supports us to move forward, until we learn how to self-recognize our experiences. In order to remove vagueness and establish clarity we must "bring everything out onto the table". We then begin to develop a certain intelligence and sophistication of mind which sees the relative truth of what arises, as well as the absolute truth, which is beyond dualism. Holding relative and absolute simultaneously and inseparably, not abandoning one and accepting another, is the mark of a truly mature mind. The second side of mind – emotions – is crucial to understand as well. Emotions are nothing more than a façade. When the façade is exposed to all aspects of mind, things become free and open. Nothing gets stuck. Emotions are free to arise and cease. They are part of a bigger awareness that sees everything clearly but does not get caught in believing that things are intrinsically good or bad. It takes focus, discipline and stillness to observe our own mind. This is how we will gain true maturity and intelligence. With this special kind of intelligence – based not on thoughts but direct observation of the mind – there will never be an agony that cannot be overcome. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_02_25_LINK696_DKR.mp3 Sun, 25 Feb 2024 10:00:00 MST 43:43 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Comprehendning Mind, Clarity Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Mary Lee Mooney Mary Lee Mooney from Bellingham, WA Speaker: Mary Lee Mooney. Mary Lee reflects on discovering that she had been neglecting one of the three pillars- study, and how she has come to embrace it on her path as a practitioner. Over the past few years, spurred on by the forced solitude of the pandemic lockdown, Mary found that her interest in study had grown. Becoming a lobpon for MSB's online courses encouraged her as the wealth of the contemplations in these classes changed her view. Mary shared that studies didn't come easily to her since childhood, and she became aware of the creative ways she pushed forward through life on her own terms. When Mary recognized that she was not fully relating with the three pillars, she began including them into her daily contemplative practice. In doing so, she realized the importance of self-compassion and humor in relating to our humanness as critical for waking up. Mary now feels more grounded in the three pillars of study, practice and service, and in truly being "with" the Buddhadharma. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_03_03_LINK697_MLM.mp3 Sun, 03 Mar 2024 10:00:00 MST 48:09 Mary Lee Mooney, Three Pillars, Study Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Mary Cobb Mary Cobb from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Mary Cobb. Mary shares her experience of meditation on the Vajrayana path of Tibetan Buddhism. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_03_10_LINK698_MC.mp3 Sun, 10 Mar 2024 10:00:00 MST 51:03 Mary Cobb, Meditation, Vajrayana Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Daisuke Inaba Daisuke Inaba from Kyoto, Japan Speaker: Daisuke Inaba. Dai-san analyzes the ways in which he's dealt with unexpected life events, including things about himself he hasn't wanted to face. Dai-san described some recent, unexpected events that caused damage to the entrance gate at Tashi Gachil. Staying present with the events and calmly investigating the source, Dai-san was able to respond with equanimity, instead of panic and blame. In looking back over his 25 years as a student of Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, he remembered being very hard on himself, but now sees clearly the source of his pain as self-clinging. Practices such as Lojong allow Dai-san to view one’s own suffering as a way to decrease the suffering of others. This has helped him disrupt habitual self-clinging and focus more on alleviating the suffering of others, with meditation and prayer. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_03_17_LINK699_DI.mp3 Sun, 17 Mar 2024 10:00:00 MST 51:55 Daisuke Inaba, Student, 25 Years Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Natasha Carter Natasha Carter from Nice, France Speaker: Natasha Carter. Natasha discusses how the practice of staying open allows her to see more clearly her patterns of mind, particularly when the mind is disturbed and agitated. Caring for elderly parents can be challenging, but Natasha uses this as an opportunity to lean into her discomfort to cultivate self-awareness. Reading Rinpoche's book, "Peaceful Heart" with her mother has provided a framework for reflecting on her repetitive patterns of anger, irritation and remorse that sometimes arise while relating to her parents. In particular, she examines how the eight worldly concerns (pleasure and pain, loss and gain, praise and blame, fame and disgrace) show up to hook her, causing pain to herself and others. Rather than criticizing, she remains curious about her own disturbance of mind. The willingness to face these destructive mindsets takes humility, courage and resolve. It also requires an agile mind: the capacity to think clearly in the face of reactivity. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_03_24_LINK700_NC.mp3 Sun, 24 Mar 2024 10:00:00 MST 1:02:38 Natasha Carter, Discomfort, Open Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Kate Dobbertin Kate Dobbertin from Deer Isle, Maine Speaker: Kate Dobbertin. Kate speaks about her journey to bring her heart to a state of well being by breaking down the false realities within herself. Kate describes how being nearer to her mother during a time of illness and her siblings brought to light various attachments and storylines to reflect upon and investigate more deeply. Being part of a lineage built on self-reflection, coupled with Kate's hunger to shift her consciousness to a larger reality, she delved into what obscures her heart- a solidified sense of self. Kate describes how samsara, karma and attachment cut deep into the idea of self, and describes samsara as what we experience when we have preferences. It is represented by a constant wish that things were different from the way they are, driven by our own individual karma. She believes that every practice in this lineage offers healing, and healing is creating a state of well being, or a heart unburdened by layers of self-deception. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_03_31_LINK701_KD.mp3 Sun, 31 Mar 2024 10:00:00 MST 1:00:03 Kate Dobbertin, Healing, Heart Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Manchester, VT Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This is a previously-recorded talk given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Northshire Book Store in Manchester, Vermont on August 31, 2018. The talk was from Rinpoche's 2018 Book Tour, 'Training in Tenderness: Buddhist Teachings on "Tsewa", the Radical Openness of Heart That Can Change the World'. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_04_07_LINK702_DKR.mp3 Sun, 07 Apr 2024 10:00:00 MST 41:15 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Tenderness, Tsewa Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Catherine Houston Catherine Houston from Half Moon Bay, CA Speaker: Catherine Houston. Catherine shares her experience of the parinirvana of her root teacher, Venerable Gyatrul Rinpoche, and her experiences in retreat following his passing. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_04_14_LINK703_CH.mp3 Sun, 14 Apr 2024 10:00:00 MST 54:04 Catherine Houston, Cooked, Warmth Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Scott Kleihege Scott Kleihege from Fort Collins, CO Speaker: Scott Kleihege. Scott delves into the topic of conceptual mind in this LINK given from Fort Collins, Colorado. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_04_21_LINK704_SK.mp3 Sun, 21 Apr 2024 10:00:00 MST 42:02 Scott Kleihege, Contemplating, Madhyamika Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Greg Seton Greg Seton from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling in Vershire, VT Speaker: Greg Seton. Greg delves into working with emotional pain, outlining the process from a ground, path and fruition perspective. Emotional pain or "klesha" in Sanskrit is loosely translated as "affliction". It causes pain and contaminates our thoughts, feelings and actions. The afflicted ego-mind is the cause of klesha. It is afflicted because it struggles to maintain what it constructs as self-image and becomes attached to that mental image, which is painful. In the path, we need to first learn to recognize our emotions, then apply antidotes. To learn about the relative-based, Mahayana approach, Greg recommends reading 'Light Comes Through' by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche as it covers the five, self-centered emotions and their antidotes. For the absolute-based, Vajrayana approach, he suggests we bring the pain of the emotion into our experience and then stare at it, seeing its emptiness and luminosity. Thus, the fruitional aspect (the goal of the Mahayana and Vajrayana) is not to end up emotionless but to have one's nature shine forth with non-dual wisdom and compassion. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_04_28_LINK705_GS.mp3 Sun, 28 Apr 2024 10:00:00 MST 1:22:44 Greg Seton, Emotional, Pain Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Osel Ling in Crestone, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la shares his experience of travel and the unique opportunity it brings to step out of our comfort zone and actively engage with our mind. He describes the difference between being a pilgrim or a tourist, the latter being one who seeks fun and comfort, the former being one who brings Dharma practice along for the ride, perhaps even seeking discomfort. Experiencing his own discomfort, Dungse-la closely examined his own mind and discovered that his experience was dependent on his attitude. Knowing there is no happiness to be found in outer circumstances, he allowed himself to relax into his discomfort and a positive mindset blossomed. That mindset allowed him to walk through the world and offer everything as if he owned it; his enjoyment and appreciation became a mandala of offering. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_05_05_LINK706_DJN.mp3 Sun, 05 May 2024 10:00:00 MST 1:10:58 Dungse Jampal Norbu, World, 72 Days Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Chris Holland Chris Holland from Erie, CO Speaker: Chris Holland. Chris examines buddhanature as the foundation of enlightened qualities, including love. In this talk, he sets the stage to understand the genuine or absolute ground of buddhanature in order to see how the path functions. He describes absolute ground as a living presence, primordially existent with radiant qualities, the "enlightened essence" or absolute nature. Love is the radiance of absolute nature. Chris sees the Four Immeasurables practice as the "structure" of enlightened essence because the practice stirs up the qualities of enlightened essence (wisdom, love and power). Enlightened essence is the limitless source of all worlds, all positive qualities, all goodness. What separates us from allowing this essence to flow freely through us is grasping to a limited self; the path is simply to purify the obstacles that block us from recognizing the absolute nature. From there, we become a limitless source of love. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_05_12_LINK707_CH.mp3 Sun, 12 May 2024 10:00:00 MST 1:03:38 Chris Holland, Love, Buddhanature Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Jill Oppenheimer Jill Oppenheimer from Montreal, Quebec, CN Speaker: Jill Oppenheimer. Jill explores the practice of self-reflection and shares her experience of working with hindrances that can arise as part of this process. The point of all Buddhist teachings is to reduce self-importance and make room for the truth, and this begins with self-reflection. It involves turning the mind inward and looking without judgment at whatever arises in our experience. Jill explains the necessity to pause before engaging in self-reflection as it is only with the discipline of shamatha and vipashyana that the wisdom to self-reflect is available. She explores how confusion can arise if we hold hopes of certain outcomes and try to use the practice of self-reflection to fix things. We also need to appreciate that self-reflection is not just a single practice but involves many skillful means such as simmering practice, analytical meditation, mindfulness, observing thoughts without judgment and contemplating the eight worldly concerns and the four immeasurables. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_05_19_LINK708_JO.mp3 Sun, 19 May 2024 10:00:00 MST 52:26 Jill Oppenheimer, Self-Reflection, Meditation Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz from Brooklyn, NY Speaker: Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz. Sasha describes how discipline is a natural feature of our longing to attain a state of awakening. The Latin word ‘disciplina’ refers to teaching, learning and knowledge. A disciple is someone who listens and learns. In the conventional world, our lives are not patterned towards practice; practice feels inconvenient and seems to contradict our belief in finding happiness in samsara. The diligent practitioner recognizes that discipline aligns our actions and intentions, fortifying us against neurotic habits. The discipline of directing our minds towards the Dharma and away from ego-clinging provides us with a greater experience of confidence and freedom. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_05_26_LINK709_SDM.mp3 Sun, 26 May 2024 10:00:00 MST 56:49 Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz, Discipline, Inspiration Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la explores the practice of self-reflection as the way of finding our true north as practitioners. We can use the interrelated methods of analysis (‘tokpa’, in Tibetan) to look at things in general and ‘chopa’ to examine details for clarifying our own thought process. With the internet and social media we meet with many contrasting perspectives and narratives that push agendas. Dungse-la encourages us to align ourselves with the perspectives of the Buddhas by being honest with ourselves, holding ourselves accountable to mind training and facing our mind with equanimity. We learn to trust ourselves as the primary witness. Then, we do not build new stories of ourselves or the nature of reality. We transform the negative emotions by seeing they are ultimately empty of intrinsic characteristics and remain natural- a child of illusion. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_06_02_LINK710_DJN.mp3 Sun, 02 June 2024 10:00:00 MST 1:03:40 Dungse Jampal Norbu, True, North Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Susan Walp Susan Walp from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire VT Speaker: Susan Walp. Following Rinpoche's advice, Susan shares her personal journey in learning to practice the Dharma from a place of enjoyment, rather than discipline. Discipline is important for the practitioner, but there are two kinds of discipline: one that comes from a feeling of obligation, competitiveness and wanting to be a good student, and the other which has enjoyment as its basis. In examining what inspires her to practice, she is learning to approach her practice from a place of appreciation, warmth, creativity and inner joy. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_06_09_LINK711_SW.mp3 Sun, 09 June 2024 10:00:00 MST 55:55 Susan Walp, Discipline, Creativity Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Michaela Ledesma Michaela Ledesma from Salida, CO Speaker: Michaela Ledesma. The Outer, Inner and Secret Refuge Prayer of Tangtong Gyalpo and the power of its tremendous blessings is the focus of this talk. Michaela shares stories about her personal connection to the prayer and her continuing relationship with Tangtong Gyalpo in her own life. Drawing on the namthar, or spiritual biography by Cyrus Stearns entitled, ‘King of the Empty Plain: The Tibetan Iron-Bridge Builder Tangtong Gyalpo’, she provides background information on this great lineage master and his impact on the mystical tradition of Tibet. He is known as a mind emanation of Guru Padmasambhava and is believed to have recovered numerous caches of terma (hidden treasure teachings) concealed by the Indian master. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_06_16_LINK712_ML.mp3 Sun, 16 June 2024 10:00:00 MST 54:52 Michaela Ledesma, Tangtong Gyalpo, King Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Christine Anisko Christine Anisko from Warwick, NY Speaker: Christine Anisko. Christine addresses the ways in which our preoccupations with material reality and the fast-paced nature of our lives block our awareness of an expansive spiritual realm. When Christine's parents recently passed away, she experienced firsthand how the animation of being alive suddenly ceases. To avoid the pain of becoming invisible we distract ourselves with external preoccupations, which prevent us from contemplating the true meaning of death. Only through meditative awareness can we access the expansive invisible realm in which the death of a body marks a passage of continuation towards future incarnations. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_06_23_LINK713_CA.mp3 Sun, 23 June 2024 10:00:00 MST 1:01:19 Christine Anisko, Reflections, Invisible Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Katsutoshi Okabayashi Katsutoshi Okabayashi from Kyoto, Japan Speaker: Katsutoshi Okabayashi. Oka-san shares his thoughts on the importance of establishing a daily reflection on the precepts of Bodhicitta. He has been examining how he might engage with his world each day versus how he might habitually engage with a world full of stressful, confusing or annoying situations. Although difficult because of years of habit, it is important for him to re-commit each day, keep a more awakened attitude of mind, and practice viewing daily stressors with curiosity and when possible, with humor. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_06_30_LINK714_KO.mp3 Sun, 30 June 2024 10:00:00 MST 56:04 Katsutoshi Okabayashi, Awakened, Bodhicitta Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Jennifer Shippee Jennifer Shippee from Crestone, CO Speaker: Jennifer Shippee. Jennifer speaks about excerpts from Rinpoche's upcoming book on diligence. She investigates both discipline (Tib. tsultrim) and diligence (Tib. tsöndrü), how their meanings differ and overlap, and explains how to harness diligence based on Chapter 4 of Shantideva's ‘Bodhisattvacharyavatara’. The first step in harnessing diligence involves understanding the inner obstacle of laziness, which comes in three forms. The first is an attachment to sleep and idleness, the second, an attachment to mundane distractions and the third is self-denigration. To counter these obstacles, one can rely on the four allies: aspiration, steadfastness, moderation and taking breaks. Explaining this and more in great detail, Jennifer views these exercises as a fundamental part of our Dharma education where we are taught how to work with our mind and ultimately experience deeper meaning in our lives. As Shantideva reveals, working with diligence uncovers tremendous joy. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_07_07_LINK715_JS.mp3 Sun, 07 July 2024 10:00:00 MST 1:06:25 Jennifer Shippee, Diligence, Joy Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This previously recorded teaching was given by Rinpoche at the 2023 Nyingma Summer Seminar on July 8, 2023 at Phuntsok Choling in Ward, Colorado. Opening the Hinayana section of this annual summer program, Rinpoche discusses self-awareness and how Dharma is the medicine to reduce self-attachment. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_07_14_LINK716_DKR.mp3 Sun, 14 July 2024 10:00:00 MST 1:38:38 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, NSS, 2023 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Jennifer O'Keeffe Jennifer O'Keeffe from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Jennifer O'Keeffe. Jennifer describes how the Lojong practice supports us in transforming adversity into a path of awakening. As a mind training tool, Lojong helps to liberate ourselves from attachment to self cherishing and to cultivate a compassionate heart. In today's talk, Jennifer covers slogans 11-14: (11) ‘When the world is full of evil, transform misfortune into the path of awakening’: When we bring our obstacles onto the path, they help clarify our practice; (12) ‘Realize all faults spring from one source: Ego clinging, belief in "I"’: Rather than blaming others for challenging circumstances we turn to our own minds, analyzing how all phenomena result from multiple causes and conditions; (13) ‘Meditate upon gratitude toward all’: Being grateful for beings who do us harm or irritate us, seeing their provocations as our true teachers; (14) ‘Use whatever you face as a practice immediately’: With awareness, our suffering can be a gateway to bodhicitta with such practices as tonglen, the four immeasurables and recitation of mantras and prayers. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_07_28_LINK717_JO.mp3 Sun, 28 July 2024 10:00:00 MST 54:48 Jennifer O'Keeffe, Compassion, Lojong Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la describes the spiritual path as a path of getting know oneself. Having grown up in a Dharmic family, the practice of self reflection has been a constant in his life from a young age. Being a Dharmic person means going beyond improving the self based on worldly concerns, to develop a relationship with one’s internal world of thoughts and emotions. A daily practice of meditation is foundational to self-knowing. By observing thoughts and emotions arising and dissipating, the habit of identifying with them as belonging to one's self begins to unravel. Looking more deeply at our thoughts, feelings and emotions in the context of the five skandhas uncovers the concept of looking-but-not-finding, which brings great relief. Self-knowing that arises from not finding a single, intrinsic self is referred to as ‘Egolessness of Self’. It is the foundation for discovering who and what we truly are: intrinsically enlightened. In sum, self reflection is the practice that leads us to recognize our Buddha nature. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_08_04_LINK718_DJN.mp3 Sun, 04 Aug 2024 10:00:00 MST 1:11:52 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Buddhanature, Self Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Bob Reid Bob Reid from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Bob Reid. In the first of a two-part talk, Bob speaks about the four immeasurables, reviewing two of the three supreme methods: to arouse the bodhicitta, and while carrying out an action, to avoid getting lost in any conceptualization. He describes bodhicitta as an attitude where you wish for others the happiness that you have, with a broad mind and perspective. He points out that it is the truth of suffering that brings us to engage in the path of Dharma. Relating to the second method, Bob says it is from the state of confusion that there is a journey to be made at all. From the perspective of genuine reality there is no independent, singular and permanent self to make this journey. Ultimately, it is waking up from the dream that is the aspiration, as all beings are Buddhas who have not yet recognized it. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_08_11_LINK719_BR.mp3 Sun, 11 Aug 2024 10:00:00 MST 1:13:10 Bob Reid, Bodhicitta, Four Immeasurables Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Bob Reid Bob Reid from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Bob Reid. Following up on his talk from August 11, 2024, Bob discusses the three supreme methods and the four metaphors, laying the framework for a further talk on bodhcitta. He shares some ‘provocative contemplations’ that he uses in his own practice, arising from the implications of the second of these supreme methods. The inseparability of the ground and fruition and the illusory nature of reality mean we should avoid a goal-oriented or materialistic attitude towards our practice. Bob explains how this teaching can inspire our courage and confidence as it gives us an important perspective on the illusory notions of time, the path and enlightenment. Bob then explores how Rinpoche's teachings on self-reflection and natural intelligence open our hearts to bodhicitta and to our own Buddha nature. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_08_18_LINK720_BR.mp3 Sun, 18 Aug 2024 10:00:00 MST 1:09:14 Bob Reid, Bodhicitta, Supreme Methods Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Inigo Batterham Inigo Batterham from Poulaphuca, Carron, County Clare, Ireland Speaker: Inigo Batterham. Inigo shares his experience with mental illness and addiction, juxtaposed against an unfolding Dharmic path. He emphasizes how his life has been indelibly altered by great masters such as H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, and how Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche's guidance and constant presence have helped him manage his addiction and mental struggles and turn his mind towards the Dharma. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_08_25_LINK721_IB.mp3 Sun, 25 Aug 2024 10:00:00 MST 49:38 Inigo Batterham, Addiction, Mental Illness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Samten Ling in Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This previously-recorded Personal LINK was given by Rinpoche on May 30, 2004 at Samten Ling in Crestone, Colorado. The talk was split into two parts, aired on consecutive weekends while Rinpoche and the Sangha are engaged in the annual Mahayoga and Sadhana of Mahamudra programs at Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling in Vershire, Vermont. In this talk, Rinpoche encourages us to not waste this precious tendrel of having met the Mahayana and Vajrayana Dharma. He stresses that our connection to Guru Rinpoche is not random. The path we follow being part of the Nyingma lineage comes directly from Guru Rinpoche and his great kindness. Not only is the Nyingma path connected to Guru Rinpoche, but all the schools have a strong connection to his enlightened mind and have flourished due to his kindness. As such, he strongly encourages his students to make daily, heartfelt aspirations to be reborn in the Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_09_01_LINK722_DKR.mp3 Sun, 01 Sep 2024 10:00:00 MST 59:14 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Aspire, Copper-Colored Mountain Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Samten Ling in Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This previously-recorded Personal LINK was given by Rinpoche on May 30, 2004 at Samten Ling in Crestone, Colorado. It was re-broadcast in two parts, Part 1 on September 1st and Part 2 on September 8th, 2024. Please refer to Part 1 for a full summary of the talk. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_09_08_LINK723_DKR.mp3 Sun, 08 Sep 2024 10:00:00 MST 1:05:01 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Aspire, Copper-Colored Mountain Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Mark Kram Mark Kram from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Mark Kram. Mark shares his experience exploring emptiness, the foundational Mahayana teaching that is distilled in the Heart Sutra, 'The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom'. He explains that our wisdom increases directly as a function of how close we are to understanding this teaching. Each of us must arrive at the realization of emptiness through our own process of contemplation and meditation. Yet, because the Heart Sutra so profoundly upends our ideas about what is real, it is critical to examine our assumptions and notions before we can fully engage with emptiness. We come to understand that our mistaken "reality" is shaped by the physical senses, emotions, cultural experiences, the conceptualising mind and by the "vulgar illusions" of language itself. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_09_15_LINK724_MK.mp3 Sun, 15 Sep 2024 10:00:00 MST 1:02:52 Mark Kram, Exploring, Emptiness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Elizabeth Ready Elizabeth Ready from Lincoln, VT Speaker: Elizabeth Ready. Elizabeth discusses various pith instructions of the guru, from Dzigar Kongtrul's request to generate bodhicitta before we listen to the teachings, to Patrul Rinpoche's encouragement to generate the unsurpassable skillful means of the Mantrayana. She recounts Bob Reid's talk on the three supreme methods: the supreme aspiration for the benefit of beings, the supreme view of trutal, the ineffable, luminous nature and the supreme dedication that all attain enlightenment at the end of any activity or practice, all of which are teachings on the ground, path and fruition. She describes how relative and ultimate bodhicitta are at the heart of all the pith instructions we receive at MSB, the thread that runs through all the teachings. She asks, "What is there other than resting in that genuine heart of enlightenment and how heartfelt is our wish?" http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_09_22_LINK725_ER.mp3 Sun, 22 Sep 2024 10:00:00 MST 55:24 Elizabeth Ready, Pith, Staircase Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This is the first part of a two-hour teaching Rinpoche gave in 2018 at the annual, Source of Mahamudra program held at Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling in Vershire, Vermont. The talk was split for rebroadcast over two consecutive weekends while Rinpoche and the Sangha were engaged in the annual Shedra program. In Part 1, Rinpoche speaks about negative thinking and attachment, and the importance of mind training especially as we age. In Part 2, he provides the remedies (MSB podcast LINK #727). http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_09_29_LINK726_DKR.mp3 Sun, 29 Sep 2024 10:00:00 MST 59:07 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Mahamudra, 2018 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This is the second part of a two-hour teaching Rinpoche gave in 2018 at the annual, Source of Mahamudra program held at Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling in Vershire, Vermont. The talk was split for rebroadcast over two consecutive weekends while Rinpoche and the Sangha were engaged in the annual Shedra program. In Part 1 (MSB podcast LINK #726), Rinpoche spoke about negative thinking and attachment, and the importance of mind training especially as we age. In Part 2, he provides the remedies. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_10_06_LINK727_DKR.mp3 Sun, 06 Oct 2024 10:00:00 MST 1:12:35 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Mahamudra, 2018 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Michael McIlmurray Michael McIlmurray from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Michael McIlmurray. Michael describes how working with honey bees is a vehicle for his practice of mindfulness. As an example, a beekeeper's movement in the apiary can accidentally squash and kill the bees. Honoring his bodhisattva vow of not harming others, he brings mindful awareness and patience in caring for the bee colonies. His practice of patience also includes accepting his mistakes. Michael describes how being stung by a bee may result in a flash of anger or resentment, which provides an excellent opportunity to examine and work with these emotions, remaining calm and composed in the moment. Beekeeping also enhances Michael's ability to visualize the Buddhanature of vast numbers of beings including all beings’ collective quest for happiness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_10_13_LINK728_MM.mp3 Sun, 13 Oct 2024 10:00:00 MST 51:34 Michael McIlmurray, Bee, Mindful Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Pat Noyes Pat Noyes from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Pat Noyes. Pat talks about her exploration of the Dharma as it pertains to a current mental health challenge within her family. She offers a compilation of foundational teachings, practices and contemplations that have helped in understanding the pain and fear she experiences. Starting with the four noble truths, Pat shares her search for a way through suffering by drawing on the words of her teachers. What gets her to the cushion when times are bleak are Rinpoche's teachings on the 51 mental states, tonglen, impermanence, karma, the four immeasurables, the four thoughts, and the four seals. Pat shares with us how these teachings and practices can help us all in overcoming the mental and emotional obscurations that keep us bound in samsara. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_10_20_LINK729_PN.mp3 Sun, 20 Oct 2024 10:00:00 MST 57:48 Pat Noyes, Peace, Suffering Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Ava Evans Ava Evans from Arcata, CA Speaker: Ava Evans. Ava gives a personal account of how her practices of bodhicitta and tonglen have been essential in navigating grief and loss. Her commitment to walk the path of a bodhisattva and follow Rinpoche's advice that, "our hearts must be strong and brave" have provided the support she needed to care for her brother during his battle with brain cancer until his death, and her father's decline into dementia. Turning toward suffering and bearing witness to their pain allowed Ava to step out of her limited sense of self and extend love, patience and compassion to her family members. In doing so, she touches the buddhanature in herself and her loved ones, strengthening her understanding that we are all the same. These experiences have also brought a deeper connection to her own mind's nature to always be in touch with itself. The power of that recognition allows confusion to be transformed into compassion and wisdom, which is the ultimate ally in difficult and uncertain times. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_10_27_LINK730_AE.mp3 Sun, 27 Oct 2024 10:00:00 MST 58:10 Ava Evans, Bearing, Witness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Rinpoche originally originally gave this teaching on February 2, 2014 in Crestone, Colorado. In this talk, Rinpoche speaks about the importance of cultivating maitri or unlimited friendliness toward oneself and others as a way to cheer ourselves up and experience a lightness of being, especially in times of difficulty. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_11_03_LINK731_DKR.mp3 Sun, 03 Nov 2024 10:00:00 MST 1:17:39 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Smile, Maitri Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Deb Spragg Deb Spragg from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire VT Speaker: Deb Spragg. Deb explains how self-doubt or unworthiness can be an indicative of not trusting our own mind. In the same vein, seeking affirmation from others can distract us from developing our own wisdom and skillful means to see ourselves and others as equal. While self-doubt doesn't offer us real inner truth, awareness of how it manifests in our physical bodies helps to recognize and overcome the self-absorption accompanying it. Rinpoche emphasizes the vital importance of cultivating confidence and exuberance in our practice. Self-doubt undermines this aspiration and can be indicative of a lazy state of mind. It takes effort to observe self-doubt and let go of nervous and restless energy, which creates space for confidence to arise and settle. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_11_10_LINK732_DS.mp3 Sun, 10 Nov 2024 10:00:00 MST 1:03:13 Deb Spragg, Self-Doubt, Body Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Daniel Dranetz Daniel Dranetz from Portland, ME Speaker: Daniel Dranetz. Daniel reflects on the three turnings of the wheel of Dharma starting with the first turning and its central teaching on the four noble truths. As he considers the foundational teachings of each of the yanas and the eightfold path, he offers examples of human and animal suffering. Drawing on both his personal and professional life as a mental health counsellor, Daniel muses on our persistent and habitual belief that happiness is available through samsara. Flowing inevitably from this confused belief are the chronically ineffective strategies with which we try to combat our suffering. He illustrates his talk by reading some of his favourite passages from Words of my Perfect Teacher and finishes by reminding us that because of our Buddha nature, enlightenment is possible for us all. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_11_24_LINK733_DD.mp3 Sun, 24 Nov 2024 10:00:00 MST 1:08:16 Daniel Dranetz, Three, Turnings Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la describes how the spiritual life asks us to look inside of our mind to find peace from the constant grasping and rejection of things- "the eight worldly concerns" in Buddhism. We strive to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings, and learn that our own true happiness comes from wishing for the happiness of others. In this way, the spiritual life involves not only engaging our mind but also being fully engaged in life and our environment where our activity is expressed. If we sometimes get stuck generating this intention, Dungse-la suggests that we ask ourselves what's going to serve and what's not going to serve. He assures us that this aspect of skillful means is not a difficult but delicate choice of threading the needle of present circumstances. Then, in holding the understanding of interdependent origination, more skillful opportunities will arise that have no assumptions or bias. Dungse-la concludes by saying that there can't be anything more meaningful than a life infused with bodhicitta. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_12_01_LINK734_DJN.mp3 Sun, 01 Dec 2024 10:00:00 MST 1:20:58 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Fully, Engaged Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Chris Parmentier Chris Parmentier from Austin, TX Speaker: Chris Parmentier. Chris shares how her experience with depression provided the opportunity to practice patience, mindfulness and loving-kindness for herself and others, while also helping to let go of judgmental concepts such as success and failure. The focus on and protection of a "real" self causes pain and suffering. It takes practice and time to let go of this habitual mindset and way of being. Letting go also involves others; Chris recalls being reminded that without others there can be no enlightenment. We can learn to be grateful for everyone and everything in our lives, even those we may dislike and reject. Chris specifically recommended the Thangtong Gyalpo Refuge Prayer as a practice for overcoming pain and discovering intrinsic joy. This also results in having less resentment toward the world and ourselves. By naturally being present, we can face even old age, sickness and death with equanimity. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_12_08_LINK735_CP.mp3 Sun, 08 Dec 2024 10:00:00 MST 1:01:26 Chris Parmentier, Gratitude, Falling Apart Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Martha Asselin Martha Asselin from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Martha Asselin. Martha recalls her experiences in retreat ranging from durations of one weekend to six weeks, eight months and three years. Whether they were solitary or in group settings, retreats present an opportunity to let go of everyday distractions to observe and direct one's mind. Rinpoche guides us to view retreat as ideal for encountering our basic nature and seeing things exactly how they are. We bring all of our experiences onto the path from fear, confusion and preferences to insight and wisdom. Martha shares advice she received from Elizabeth and others regarding how to manage retreat: start slow, ease into practice, structure one's time, let go of expectations and allow leaving retreat to be natural. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_12_15_LINK736_MA.mp3 Sun, 15 Dec 2024 10:00:00 MST 1:07:52 Martha Asselin, Reflections, Retreat Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Kelly Smith Kelly Smith from Pompano Beach, FL Speaker: Kelly Smith. Kelly shares more of the history of Longchen Jigme Samten Ling, MSB's long-term retreat center in Crestone, Colorado. This is an ongoing series wherein Kelly describes in great detail her personal memories of being present since the center's beginning in 1993. Kelly shares an especially touching story of caring for a squirrel named "Norbu". http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_12_22_LINK737_KS.mp3 Sun, 22 Dec 2024 10:00:00 MST 1:07:52 Kelly Smith, Samten Ling, History Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz from Longmont, CO Speaker: Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz. Sasha reflects on the idea of aspiration being connected to a deeper intelligence. Rather than being a plea we can express aspiration toward a particular outcome, giving that aspiration stronger form. By living daily through the eight worldly concerns and sitting with the suffering we experience, we can tune into our aspiration throughout the day. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_12_29_LINK738_SDM.mp3 Sun, 29 Dec 2024 10:00:00 MST 54:33 Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz, Aspiration, Devotion Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dunsge Jampal Norbu from Longchen Jigme Samten Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la shares his thoughts and advise for the new year ahead. For a fresh start, he underscores the importance of cultivating a positive mental attitude to counteract negativity. Looking forward to brighter horizons, he recommends setting aspirations for the year ahead. We must remind ourselves that despite how things may appear, we have the ability to break the cycle of samsara and this starts with taking refuge in the Three Jewels. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_01_05_LINK739_DJN.mp3 Sun, 05 Jan 2025 10:00:00 MST 30:28 Dungse Jampal Norbu, 2025, New Year address Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Lindsay Heppner Lindsay Heppner from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Lindsay Heppner. Lindsay describes how everyday life provides her with meaningful opportunities for practice "on the spot", including tonglen, mantra recitation and shamata meditation. Recent natural disasters such as the earthquake in Tibet and the fires in Los Angeles, as well as past travels to India allowed her to feel acutely the suffering of others, provoking a sincere wish to alleviate that suffering. In these cases, Lindsay relied on the practice of tonglen. Feeling the pain and suffering of others, Lindsay inhales their pain into herself and in return, and exhales while sending them love and complete relief from their suffering. After having been injured in a recent ski accident, Lindsay described how reciting the 100-syllable mantra in the moment provided immediate relief from her own fear and suffering. Whether performing her work as an in-home, elder care counselor or as a mother relating to her teenage sons, she has found shamata meditation to be a reliable practice to maintain a calm and peaceful state of mind, allowing her to remain present in her interactions with others. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_01_12_LINK740_LH.mp3 Sun, 12 Jan 2025 10:00:00 MST 54:47 Lindsay Heppner, Mindfulness Practice, Tonglen Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Nicholas Carter Nicholas Carter from Crestone, CO Speaker: Nicholas Carter. Nick shares something Rinpoche told him on his 19th birthday: "Remember Nicholas, a bodhisattva has only one wish", but Rinpoche did not say what that wish was. Since then, Nick has come to learn that the path of the bodhisattva is a very personal path of discovery- discovery of the truth, in Sanskrit, "Dharma". We start with ourselves. We examine how we feel, how we behave, and we examine our motivations, which inevitably lead us to the truth of emptiness and dependent origination, the essence of the Buddha's teachings. Over time, and through the application of the three principles, we come to appreciate more fully the profundity of the four immeasurables in discovering for ourselves the path and wish of the bodhisattva. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_01_19_LINK741_NC.mp3 Sun, 19 Jan 2025 10:00:00 MST 55:55 Nicholas Carter, Bodhisattva, One Wish Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Suzy Greanias Suzy Greanias from Crestone, CO Speaker: Suzy Greanias. Suzy delves into the two truths, the worldly relative truth and the supreme ultimate truth, which are the framework in which the Buddha taught. As Buddhists, we are familiar with the words of the Heart Sutra, "Form is emptiness, emptiness is form", but rather than understanding their profound inseparability, many of us have the tendency to split these two truths. We all want the realization of emptiness, but we regard the appearance of compounded phenomena as painful, a kind of a nuisance. This lead Suzy on a journey to unpack the three types of valid cognition, which we can use to investigate the absolute and the relative. She then spoke about the nature of things within the Mahayana and how the Buddha's teaching on non-self is one of the main tenets of the two truths. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_01_26_LINK742_SG.mp3 Sun, 26 Jan 2025 10:00:00 MST 56:47 Suzy Greanias, Advocate, Phenomena Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Samten Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la stresses the importance of aspiration to navigate life's circumstances and work with them in an uplifted manner. For example, when we get lost in our daily activities, not moving in any particular direction, he advises us to apply ourselves to a meaningful goal, or aspiration. In this way all our intentions culminate toward that goal. He speaks at length about having a fierce intention to return to aspiration bodhicitta, the vehicle that transforms an obstacle into a blessing. In this way we avoid the subtle neurosis of ego-grasping, which can turn blessings into obstacles. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_02_02_LINK743_DJN.mp3 Sun, 02 Feb 2025 10:00:00 MST 1:04:12 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Intention, Aspiration Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Maki Okabayashi Maki Okabayashi from Kyoto, Japan Speaker: Maki Okabayashi. Maki-san offers her reflections on how the power of our mind can move us in a positive direction. We engage the outer world with our body, speech and mind, but the mind is the driving force behind it all. In order to avoid misunderstandings and conflicts in our lives, we must learn how our mind holds power over us through habitual patterns. If we try, our mind also has the power to transform itself because all habits are created by the mind itself. Maki acknowledges the difficulty of changing habits formed over a lifetime, but reminds us that habits are temporary, formed by causes and conditions and therefore are not absolute. Dharma offers us the skillful means and for Maki, tsewa is key. Tsewa or "a radical open heart" allows us to access a peaceful mind by generating warmth and tenderness within ourselves. We all have a desire to be understood by others. At the same time, do we make an effort to understand others? Starting the flow of giving and receiving tsewa creates a cycle of kindness where we nuture ourselves by nurturing others. It can start with a smile. As our hearts open with tsewa our reach can be limitless because it is generated from within. With this, our joy can also become limitless. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_02_09_LINK744_MO.mp3 Sun, 09 Feb 2025 10:00:00 MST 51:54 Maki Okabayashi, Power, Tsewa Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Longchen Jigme Samten Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This LINK was originally given at Longchen Jigme Samten Ling in Crestone, Colorado on October 4, 2015. In this talk, Rinpoche examines the Four Solaces of the Kadampa: placing deep trust and finding solace in the Dharma, using the minimum resources to support yourself, placing your trust in "the cave" or in the solitude of retreat, and practicing until death comes to you. He examines the ways in which we are affected by our attachments, the benefits of letting go and living a simple life, and the importance of consistent practice until the day one dies. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_02_16_LINK745_DKR.mp3 Sun, 16 Feb 2025 10:00:00 MST 1:11:34 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Solaces, Kadampa Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Abra Havens Abra Havens from New York, NY Speaker: Abra Havens. Abra shares how doubt has played a pivotal role in her life, specifically in relation to religion. Having been raised as a Jehovah's Witness with a devout mother and non-believing father, the seeds of doubt were planted early for Abra. Becoming liberated from her childhood religion as an adult felt liberating and empowering, but Abra also came to realize how doubt had become a habit. After having encountered and embraced the Dharma, her first several years of practice were influenced by unexamined doubt. Having realized this, Abra began applying the instructions she received exactly as they were given. Examining every corner of her mind, she came upon several poignant discoveries. Eventually she learned to stop examining everything through the lens of doubt and began looking instead at doubt itself, understanding it as a habit based in fear and self-deception. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_02_23_LINK746_AH.mp3 Sun, 23 Feb 2025 10:00:00 MST 54:27 Abra Havens, Doubt, Jehovah Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Paddy McCarthy Paddy McCarthy from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Paddy McCarthy. Paddy discusses the introduction to Rinpoche's latest book: Diligence: The Joyful Endeavor of the Buddhist Path. In Buddhist thought, laziness is defined as internal hindrances that prevent us from achieving what we truly desire. It manifests in three forms: attachment to rest, attachment to distractions, and self-denigration/self-deprecation. Diligence is the antidote. In The Way of the Bodhisattva, Shantideva describes the six paramitas or transcendent perfections of generosity, moral discipline, patience, diligence, meditation, and wisdom. These are the core practices of a bodhisattva (one who aspires to benefit all beings) to act accordingly and become fully realized. Diligence is essential for progress in these perfections, helping us recognize and overcome laziness in our mental patterns. It enables us to work through unconscious habits that hinder growth. At its core, diligence is about cultivating joy in our efforts, allowing us to sustain ourselves and accomplish our goals with purpose and perseverance. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_03_09_LINK747_PM.mp3 Sun, 09 Mar 2025 10:00:00 MST 1:04:35 Paddy McCarthy, Diligence, Joy Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Stephanie Kindberg-Velasco Stephanie Kindberg-Velasco from Phuntsok Choling in Ward, CO Speaker: Stephanie Kindberg-Velasco. As a hospice caregiver and death doula, Stephanie shares her experiences being with those who transition from this life, and the profundity of relying on the Three Jewels in the process. She offers resources to prepare for our own end of life and those of our loved ones such as the Advance Directive for Conscious Dying and the Five Wishes, and for MSB students, the Bardo Manual. Stephanie discusses what helps us to let go with ease at the end, as the great practitioners of our lineage have done. Rinpoche has said that if we have utter unwavering faith in the Three Jewels they will be there to greet us as we make our transition. She asks herself, "What kind of faith do I have? What am I doing to cultivate and increase my faith? How are the practices I am doing going to support me in the end?" For Stephanie, consistent practice deepens her faith, connection and trust in the Guru and the deities, thereby becoming a ring for their hook. In addition, fostering community and connection within the Sangha is invaluable, which creates a heartfelt, mutual reliance like an extended family. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_03_16_LINK748_SK.mp3 Sun, 16 Mar 2025 10:00:00 MST 1:04:14 Stephanie Kindberg-Velasco, Three Jewels, Death Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Meryl Yoss Meryl Yoss from Boynton Beach, FL Speaker: Meryl Yoss. Meryl describes in detail the three foundational pillars of her life as a student of the Venerable Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche: practice, patience, and persistence. She covers a wide range of the techniques and tools of her practice, and in the process uncovers deep wisdoms of the Dharma. In preparing for the talk, Meryl also shares various questions and issues that require more thinking, contemplation and investigation on her part. Despite the importance of asking questions and examining the Dharma ‘as a goldsmith examines gold’, Meryl has learned that it takes time to fully understand, and therefore requires patience with herself and resting in not knowing. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_03_23_LINK749_MY.mp3 Sun, 23 Mar 2025 10:00:00 MST 59:13 Meryl Yoss, Magic, Practice, Patience Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Ani Nyima Dolma Ani Nyima Dolma from Sebastian, FL Speaker: Ani Nyima Dolma. Ani shares some of her daily positivity practices, prayers and readings, including a gratitude mala for those who are or have been in her life. This has proven to be an uplifting morning alternative to waking in rushed anxiety thinking of all the things that need to be done. She goes on to share details about the new, MSB online program to foster fellowship and build community. Ani sees it as an excellent way to get to know Sangha, especially those who don't live close to a community retreat center. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_03_30_LINK750_AND.mp3 Sun, 30 Mar 2025 10:00:00 MST 51:29 Ani Nyima Dolma, Fellowship, Joy Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Wanaka, NZ Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la reminds us to review the eighteen freedoms and advantages and ascertain whether we are meeting them in our lives. If we find that we are lacking any, then we can strive to overcome the obstacles that prevent them from being present. Pointing to Milarepa as an example, Dungse-la emphasizes that it was his longing to meet the Dharma and his deep devotion that allowed him to overcome all circumstantial obstacles. Therefore, we too, need to keep our longing alive to whatever extent it currently resides in each of us, and reaffirm aspiration bodhicitta to engage our minds to benefit beings and bring them to enlightenment. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_04_06_LINK751_DJN.mp3 Sun, 06 Apr 2025 10:00:00 MST 27:26 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Longing, Obstacles Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Deborah Haynes Deborah Haynes from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Deborah Haynes. In this second installment on the topic of death, Deborah recounts many losses experienced throughout her life. These include the recent death of her spouse and her son's current, terminal illness. These encounters with suffering and impermanence inform her Dharma path and animate her daily practice. Deborah's Buddhist path is the aspiration to meet whatever arises, both now and in lifetimes to come, with unwavering fearlessness and compassion. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_04_13_LINK752_DH.mp3 Sun, 13 Apr 2025 10:00:00 MST 58:24 Deborah Haynes, Death, Part Two Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Deborah Crouse Deborah Crouse from Agness, OR Speaker: Deborah Crouse. Deborah expresses her gratitude for the many resources that are available for practice and study and for the way Rinpoche has organized MSB to support his students. Some examples include the Study and Practice Representatives, Lobpons and Khenchungs who lead classes year round. She recalls Rinpoche saying that the point of study is certitude and study helps us untangle the knots. Because he is passionate about his students learning to study correctly, Deborah discusses his ‘How to Study’ guide, which provides detailed methods of study using the three wisdoms of hearing, contemplating and meditating. She also remembers Rinpoche saying that when we are able to grasp concepts previously unknown, we can fill the storehouse of our alaya with the “gold coins of wisdom” that will serve us on our path both now and in future lives. Finally, Deborah reminds us of how rare it is to find a teacher in the west who so generously offers word for word transmissions of classical texts in both Tibetan and English, as well as detailed commentaries. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_04_20_LINK753_DC.mp3 Sun, 20 Apr 2025 10:00:00 MST 49:12 Deborah Crouse, Study, Practice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Stanton Dossett Stanton Dossett from Shreveport, LA Speaker: Stanton Dossett. Stanton contemplates the phrase, ‘connecting the dots’, used by Rinpoche in his book The Intelligent Heart. The first dot is suffering. For Stanton, it is only with the aid of daily practice that the dots become connectable, and the relationship between self-importance and negative karma can be understood. When walking one day in his local neighbourhood, Stanton had a sudden, vivid insight that everyone wishes, just like him, for happiness and to be free of suffering. Contemplating this insight and the aspiration of the Buddha to become enlightened for the benefit of all beings was a profound experience that stayed with him on the MSB Dana pilgrimage to Bodhgaya. Aware of the passage of time, Stanton encourages us to ask ourselves, as he does, "At what point do I commit completely to the aspiration of the Buddha, putting Dharma at the centre of my life?" http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_04_27_LINK754_SD.mp3 Sun, 27 Apr 2025 10:00:00 MST 54:07 Stanton Dossett, Dots, Footsteps Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. This LINK was originally given on August 2, 2015. In this talk, Dungse-la describes how careful introspection coupled with the study of karma cultivates choice, changes perceptions, clears habitual tendencies and creates one's environment. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_05_04_LINK755_DJN.mp3 Sun, 04 May 2025 10:00:00 MST 54:27 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Cultivating, Choice Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Morgan Starr Morgan Starr from Thomaston, ME Speaker: Morgan Starr. Morgan describes how navigating personal challenges has allowed him to explore the idea of turning toward suffering rather than avoiding it. Leaning into grief and heartbreak rather than resisting or numbing it has opened the door to compassion, presence, and growth. He recalls a sense of sacredness and wonder he felt in early life, which has faded over time but is now restored through his spiritual practice with MSB. Morgan recounts multiple quotes from Rinpoche about pain, which, when met with courage and curiosity, can serve as the gateway to liberation. Choosing to soften, lighten up, and cultivate self-awareness and love for others can create spaciousness and clarity even in moments of heartbreak. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_05_11_LINK756_MS.mp3 Sun, 11 May 2025 10:00:00 MST 54:10 Morgan Starr, Opening, Heartbreak Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Bob Reid Bob Reid from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Bob Reid. Bob delves into the Four Immeasurables: loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity as the foundation for arousing bodhicitta, the altruistic intention to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. Drawing from the Mahayana tradition, Bob explores how these boundless qualities open the heart and mind to the vast path of awakening. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_05_18_LINK757_BR.mp3 Sun, 18 May 2025 10:00:00 MST 1:13:46 Bob Reid, Bodhicitta, Four Immeasurables Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Vaishali Mamgain Vaishali Mamgain from Orrs Island, ME Speaker: Vaishali Mamgain. Referring to herself as a "brainiac" who is more comfortable with wisdom than compassion, Vaishali shares how she used to approach the Dharma as a mental exercise. In her recent travels to Sri Lanka, surrounded by beauty and kind and humble people, she learned the value of simple ways of being. This experience opened up a path of embodiment, and discovery of new practices helping her to slow down, take care of herself, appreciate the wisdom of her body, feel gratitude for the natural world and deepen compassion toward herself and other people. Becoming more embodied has allowed Vaishali to work through her own trauma and become more sensitive to others. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_05_25_LINK758_VM.mp3 Sun, 25 May 2025 10:00:00 MST 1:00:42 Vaishali Mamgain, Time, Aging Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Bill Bothwell Bill Bothwell from Los Angeles, CA Speaker: Bill Bothwell. Fresh out of retreat, Bill shares his journey from a young poet and songwriter to his encounter with the Buddhadharma and becoming a student of Choygam Trungpa Rinpoche. Taking to heart Rinpoche's instruction that working within society is a necessity on the spiritual path, Bill became a lawyer. He recollects the essential teachings of his root teacher who challenged his students to embrace the view that conventional society was an expression of the ultimate truth, and that our tendency to judge others and our habit of wanting to fix things disrupts our ability to experience the natural purity of the world. Bill also shares experiences of his time at Naropa University with Alan Ginsburg, and Trungpa Rinpoche's instruction that his students call themselves Buddhist in order to establish an enlightened society of serious practitioners while living a conventional life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_06_01_LINK759_BB.mp3 Sun, 01 June 2025 10:00:00 MST 52:56 Bill Bothwell, Path, World Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la shares open questions he is exploring on how to develop genuine confidence in our own direct experience of life in a world full of contrasting information. He describes the complexity of making a commitment to the path amidst contemporary discourses overloaded with opinions. Rather than providing answers, he offers a few questions for reflection including, (1) How do we reconcile the universal insights of Dharma with our culturally conditioned narratives, including those shaped by culture, family, and personal identity? (2) How can we have genuine confidence in our experience in an age dominated by relativism, where our experience is constantly questioned by cultural trends and competing worldviews? (3) How do we cultivate a healthy sense of self that is not rooted in ego clinging? http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_06_08_LINK760_DJN.mp3 Sun, 08 June 2025 10:00:00 MST 55:32 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Unshakable, Confidence Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Katherine Teahen Katherine Teahen from Carbondale, CO Speaker: Katherine Teahen. Katherine recounts the sights and sounds of a pilgrimage she made to Tibet thirty years ago, reflecting on how the journey profoundly transformed her relationship with the Dharma. Drawing from her journal entries written during the trip, she offers a vivid portrayal of the sacred sites she visited. Her time spent in caves and shrines associated with great masters such as Vimalamitra, Guru Rinpoche, and Longchenpa became moments of deep connection with the lineage and teachings. By retracing her steps to Lhasa and sharing these reflections, Katherine hopes to inspire other practitioners to embark on their own pilgrimages and deepen their spiritual practice. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_06_15_LINK761_KT.mp3 Sun, 15 June 2025 10:00:00 MST 52:21 Katherine Teahen, Pilgrimage, Tibet Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Sarah Ellsworth Sarah Ellsworth from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Sarah Ellsworth. Sarah shares how the Dharma informs and enriches her work as a nurse and midwife. Although shift work and long hours can make it challenging to maintain a consistent meditation practice, her professional life offers profound opportunities for spiritual growth. She reflects on how her contemplations of the Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind Towards the Dharma are vividly present in her daily work. Sarah describes how the Dharma softens and ripens the heart and mind, which has lead to a deep sense of contentment and happiness in her personal relationships. The inner shift that Dharma brings not only transforms one's own experience but also creates space for those around us to change and grow as well. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_06_22_LINK762_SE.mp3 Sun, 22 June 2025 10:00:00 MST 58:21 Sarah Ellsworth, Birth, Death Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Jennifer Shippee Jennifer Shippee from Crestone, CO Speaker: Jennifer Shippee. Jennifer expounds on how all sentient beings, without exception, are connected in their desire to be happy and to avoid the pain of suffering. Jennifer invites us to contemplate equanimity, loving-kindness, compassion, and sympathetic joy on a daily basis. By establishing a deep familiarity with the bodhisattva vow and the four immeasurables contemplation, how we relate to the world will naturally shift. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_06_29_LINK763_JS.mp3 Sun, 29 June 2025 10:00:00 MST 1:02:37 Jennifer Shippee, Bodhisattva Vow, Daily Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Scott Gallagher Scott Gallagher from Longmont, CO Speaker: Scott Gallagher. Scott describes how he accommodates the powerful imagery and energy of a space like Tara Dzong, where he was recently in retreat. He shares how he normally thinks of himself as a solitary being on the path with a small view, but his experiences have revealed a much larger world that is available to him. In retreat, Scott recognized the many different forces at play in his life, leaving him with a valuable reminder that, even if he cannot see them, these forces can have a significant impact on his life moving forward. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_07_06_LINK764_SG.mp3 Sun, 06 July 2025 10:00:00 MST 1:02:32 Scott Gallagher, Retreat, Home Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In this LINK, originally given on February 5, 2017 from Crestone, Colorado, Rinpoche explains how we can cultivate happiness though the practice of bodhicitta and serving others. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_07_13_LINK765_DKR.mp3 Sun, 13 July 2025 10:00:00 MST 1:33:29 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Bodhicitta, Joie de Vivre Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Polly Banerjee-Gallagher Polly Banerjee-Gallagher from Longchen Jigme Samten Ling, Crestone, CO Speaker: Polly Banerjee-Gallagher. Polly explores how deeply-rooted habits can block our ability to appreciate the blessings of practice. Drawing from Rinpoche's book Diligence and teachings from the 2023 Shedra, Polly discusses the four key factors shaping positive and negative habits. She explains their fluid and dynamic nature and our power to change them. The Dharma offers tools like Lojong slogans, prayer and mantras to support this work. Polly concludes the talk with a reflection on the Four Reliances of the Kadampa tradition, highlighting their guidance in cultivating habits that support our Dharmic journey. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_07_27_LINK766_PBG.mp3 Sun, 27 July 2025 10:00:00 MST 1:02:54 Polly Banerjee-Gallagher, Everything, Habit Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse Jampal Norbu examines how we let go of holding onto principles and concepts in order to enter into an authentic relationship with how things appear, and therefore act from a place of harmony. Investment in our personal principles and ideas can become neurotic, preventing us from relating with a flexible frame of mind to the interdependent nature of our experience. For example, in valuing generosity, we might expect it to be reflected in the world around us in a particular way. Dungse-la encourages us to be uncompromising with our ego attachments and value bodhicitta as a basic principle, which provides us with a skillful means to respond to life's specific situations. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_08_03_LINK767_DJN.mp3 Sun, 3 Aug 2025 10:00:00 MST 54:38 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Principles, Bodhicitta Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Joey Waxman Joey Waxman from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Joey Waxman. Joey reflects on Rinpoche's book, It's Up to You, asking why we resist seeing ourselves as ordinary. We cling to self-importance seeking comfort, resources, and reputation while fearing loss, discomfort, or criticism. This clinging arises from the belief in a fixed self. If dismantled, we uncover our Buddha-nature, which is the same as the Buddha's, and see our connection to all beings, even insects, without hierarchy. When obscurations fall away, we gain the freedom to benefit others with creativity and joy. The path begins with self-reflection: look deeply in the mirror and you may discover you are gazing at the body of a Buddha. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_08_10_LINK768_JW.mp3 Sun, 10 Aug 2025 10:00:00 MST 1:04:57 Joey Waxman, Mirror, Ordinary Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Michael Velasco Michael Velasco from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Michael Velasco. Michael recounts the early days of becoming a student of Mangala Shri Bhuti, and a series of auspicious coincidences he encountered before meeting his teacher. Unsuspecting of what was to come, Michael shares how he has been the beneficiary of myriad opportunities to fully enter the path including pilgrimages, living in India and spending his life in service. He expresses deep gratitude for how fully the Dharma has transformed his life through the extraordinary generosity of his teacher's efforts to "increase his capacity" over the years. Having been given these gifts, including the gift of self-reflection, he realizes he can now relax into the tremendous opportunity to transform his mind on this noble path of the Bodhisattva. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_08_17_LINK769_MV.mp3 Sun, 17 Aug 2025 10:00:00 MST 1:00:28 Michael Velasco, Blessings, Galore Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This two-hour talk, originally given on September 14, 2024 to an online, European audience was split into two parts for rebroadcast on August 24 and 31, 2025. In this first part, Rinpoche begins by saying that in order to cultivate compassion, we must first recognize, open up to and understand our own suffering. This involves looking more deeply and clearly at our fears, our guilt, the desire to be perfect and the habit of indulging our emotions. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_08_24_LINK770_DKR.mp3 Sun, 24 Aug 2025 10:00:00 MST 55:04 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Compassion, Limit Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This two-hour talk, originally given on September 14, 2024 to an online, European audience was split into two parts for rebroadcast on August 24 and 31, 2025. In this second part, Rinpoche explains that as we begin to have some objectivity towards our suffering and recognize the causes of it, we can find a tremendous sense of compassion for ourselves and others, and wisdom begins to dawn. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_08_31_LINK771_DKR.mp3 Sun, 31 Aug 2025 10:00:00 MST 50:52 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Compassion, Limit Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Bob Reid Bob Reid from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Bob Reid. Following up on two LINKs from August 2024, Bob talks about the four immeasurables practice with a focus on loving-kindness. He describes loving-kindness as the sense of care, warmth and tenderness that we feel towards others in our life as well as to ourselves. He goes on to explain how it is the care towards oneself that is particularly difficult for westerners who have become accustomed to a competitive culture based on comparison and critique. Bob stresses how we all equally wish for happiness and to obtain the causes and conditions of happiness. He suggests we can be curious and investigate with an open mind when thoughts of being hard on ourselves arise, allowing ourselves to be fully present with our minds while also not believing our thoughts. Finally, as practitioners, we can open our hearts to the three jewels and surrender to Guru Rinpoche. In doing so our heart can recognize that our nature is the same as the deity's. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_09_07_LINK772_BR.mp3 Sun, 07 Sep 2025 10:00:00 MST 1:06:46 Bob Reid, Bodhicitta, Four Immeasurables Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This is a recorded reading of notes taken from a LINK talk given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche on September 14, 2025. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_09_14_LINK773_DKR.mp3 Sun, 14 Sep 2025 10:00:00 MST 22:27 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, NAME, NAME Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Naropa University, Boulder, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This previously-recorded LINK was the first teaching of a weekend program that was given to the Naropa University student body by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel in October 2012. Part 1 included an introduction to shamatha and calm abiding as a practice that Buddhism offers to the world at large. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_09_21_LINK774_DKR.mp3 Sun, 21 Sep 2025 10:00:00 MST 1:10:38 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Breeze, Part 1 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Naropa University, Boulder, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This previously-recorded LINK was the second teaching of a weekend program that was given to the Naropa University student body by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel in October 2012. In Part 2, Rinpoche gave detailed instructions on shamatha meditation including the five (5) obstacles and the eight (8) antidotes. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_09_28_LINK775_DKR.mp3 Sun, 28 Sep 2025 10:00:00 MST 1:27:58 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Breeze, Part 2 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Longmont, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Generally speaking, we tend to separate our spiritual practice from the rest of our life, especially when the demands of a busy life set in. Dungse-la encourages us to bring Dharma into our life holistically. He also discusses the disparate impact that negative thinking has on our minds compared to positive thinking. Oftentimes what becomes a habitual tendency begins without much thought, such as scrolling on our phones. Unraveling from this requires time, clarity and intention to improve our life, specifically our internal life. As we become free from neurotic emotions and ego-grasping, our life becomes free, and our ongoing circumstances improve because we are now moving in a positive direction. The trick is to keep moving. As practitioners, we are not seeking temporary experiences; we are seeking complete and total freedom. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_10_05_LINK776_DJN.mp3 Sun, 05 Oct 2025 10:00:00 MST 42:20 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Glass, Water Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Rebecca Henry Rebecca Henry from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Rebecca Henry. Having recently lost her father, Rebecca shares poignant memories through poetry and verse on the profound love she and her dad shared. She immediately saw the many ways her father had been training her throughout her life to become a practitioner. Rebecca shares that his passing and what they shared in the final days was a most precious training that exemplified confidence, spontaneous presence, unpredictability and proving that living does not need to make sense. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_10_12_LINK777_RH.mp3 Sun, 12 Oct 2025 10:00:00 MST 57:53 Rebecca Henry, Ode, Father Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Naropa University, Boulder, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This previously-recorded LINK was the third teaching of a weekend program called, "Breeze of Simplicity", given to the Naropa University student body by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel in October 2012. Part 1 aired on the September 21st LINK, and included an introduction to shamatha and calm abiding practice. Part 2 aired on September 28th where Rinpoche introduced the five (5) obstacles and the eight (8) antidotes. Today's teaching includes the nine (9) ways of resting. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_10_19_LINK778_DKR.mp3 Sun, 19 Oct 2025 10:00:00 MST 1:38:44 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Breeze, Part 3 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This previously-recorded teaching was originally given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche to the Sangha on December 6, 2015 in Crestone, Colorado. Rinpoche extensively explains the meaning of four famous lines from the Sakya tradition that address being a spiritual practitioner, renunciation, bodhicitta and the ultimate view. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_10_26_LINK779_DKR.mp3 Sun, 26 Oct 2025 10:00:00 MST 1:30:45 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Parting, Four Attachments Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Fredi Kaufmann Fredi Kaufmann from The Netherlands Speaker: Fredi Kaufmann. Fredi reflects on how language shapes experience and spiritual growth. Words are creative forces- our inner and outer speech manifest reality. Cultivating kind, compassionate self-talk supports well being and transformation. On the Buddhist path, mantra recitation is a sacred language, which becomes a means of transformation. Mantras hold vibrational power beyond meaning. Repetition of mantras or prayers calms the mind, aligns us with deep aspiration, and reveals the mind's nature. Over time, repetition rewires thought patterns and allows sacred words to surface in daily life, aligning us with deep wisdom and compassion. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_11_09_LINK780_FK.mp3 Sun, 09 Nov 2025 10:00:00 MST 51:20 Fredi Kaufmann, Word, Language Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Jen Kern Jen Kern from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Jen Kern. Jen reflects on maitri aspiration and how it leads to warm-hearted courage and "buddhanature self esteem". She contemplates two profound questions related to maitri that came up after recent talks given by Rinpoche: "Why am I still putting up walls of protection and closing down when I aspire to expand?" "How am I shirking my responsibility to self-reflect, be present with fear, and shine a light on obscurations?" Jen discovered that her fear of self-cherishing resulted in a failure to direct loving-kindness to herself, which then became an obstacle to feeling genuine compassion and open-heartedness. Reflecting on the benefits of "placing the fearful mind in the loving cradle of maîtri", she leads listeners in a loving-kindness practice that starts with oneself. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_11_16_LINK781_JK.mp3 Sun, 16 Nov 2025 10:00:00 MST 59:41 Jen Kern, Courageous, Fears Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Bill Roberts Bill Roberts from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Bill Roberts. Using the first and second noble truth as a starting point, Bill talks about the deep fear of failure and unrelenting anxiety that overshadowed his career as an actor. Offering his experience as a window into the workings of ego, Bill states that until we choose to boycott the demands of this indefatigable tyrant, even spiritual practice can become a place where we perform the drama of failure. Two helpful practices are bodhicitta and "putting the mind of fear in the cradle of loving kindness", which become an endless offering to the world: not to fix, save or even help, but to allow the heart's openness to express itself as love. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_11_23_LINK782_BR.mp3 Sun, 23 Nov 2025 10:00:00 MST 1:09:21 Bill Roberts, Drama, Trauma Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Vanessa Waxman Vanessa Waxman from Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling, Vershire, VT Speaker: Vanessa Waxman. "Be content! Be content! Be content!". That is what Rinpoche told her. Vanessa shares her reflections on advice from her guru and the art of being content. She begins by contemplating how one stays in the present moment, remaining content, when one is anxious about the next unknown future event. How does one come to know, 'the grass is greener right here, right now'? By examining the teachings and the lessons she has learned from practice, Vanessa shares experiences in examining her own habitual thinking. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_11_30_LINK783_VW.mp3 Sun, 30 Nov 2025 10:00:00 MST 59:05 Vanessa Waxman, Content, Present Moment Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Osel Ling in Crestone, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la discusses Dharmic investments in mind and meritorious action. He discusses the unexamined premise of investing in external factors that we believe will bring us closer to our goal of obtaining happiness and being free from suffering. Dungse-la examines the basis of a good investment from external and internal perspectives, capping the discussion on investing in merit, the best long-term investment strategy of all. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_12_07_LINK784_DJN.mp3 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 10:00:00 MST 1:03:54 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Investments, Merit Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Mary Albrittain Mary Albrittain from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Mary Albrittain. Mary shares a number of personal experiences that have allowed her to bring suffering onto the path of awakening. Having faced profound loss, including the deaths of loved ones and health issues of her own, Mary meets these experiences with curiosity and compassion. She asks, "How do I transform suffering into awakening? How do I meet what is inevitable with care?" Suffering can bring us to our knees, not in defeat but in supplication, transforming how we live, love, and see the world. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_12_14_LINK785_MA.mp3 Sun, 14 Dec 2025 10:00:00 MST 58:29 Mary Albrittain, Mud, Lotus Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Jill Oppenheimer Jill Oppenheimer from Montreal, Quebec, Canada Speaker: Jill Oppenheimer. Jill reflects on how clarity of intention and confidence in practice unveil the causes of happiness and suffering. She analyzes three primary obstacles to clarity and stability of mind: ego-clinging, lack of enthusiasm, and internet use. She emphasizes the antidotal qualities of developing confidence in buddhanature, cultivating joy through the care of others, and setting the intention not to waste precious time. Jill concludes with a poetic reflection: "Joy is riding the waves of my mind, enthusiasm is the wind in my sails, and intention is the clear map to my destination". http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_12_21_LINK786_JO.mp3 Sun, 21 Dec 2025 10:00:00 MST 53:42 Jill Oppenheimer, Joy, Enthusiasm Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz from Truro, MA Speaker: Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz. While gathering information for one of Rinpoche's books, ‘It's Up To You’, Sasha describes the profound impact that revisiting past teachings on ignorance had on him- "an openness to a new way of being". Sasha realized that ignorance and buddhanature are two sides of the same coin. The root cause of suffering is ignorance, and because it is universal, it is not personal. This dispels the urge to blame ourselves. Buddhanature is our true nature, obscured by ignorance. Ignorance stems from grasping to self and dissolving that attachment sets us on the path to freedom. Sasha offers a few practices that assist in moving away from ignorance toward the call of our true nature. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2025_12_28_LINK787_SDM.mp3 Sun, 28 Dec 2025 10:00:00 MST 1:01:41 Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz, Ignorance, Buddhanature Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Longmont, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la emphasizes the importance of reflection as we enter into a new year. It is, "the time to take time" to bear witness to what has unfolded and to allow that experience to shape our aspirations for the future. As we enter 2026 and the Year of the Fire Horse, we are invited to renew our connection to the Dharma and recommit ourselves to the bodhisattva vow. The key is simply to show up with an open heart and an open mind to whatever arises, like the lotus opening in the middle of a swamp. From this space, he encourages us to set strong, bold aspirations to fulfill that vow in the year ahead. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2026_01_04_LINK788_DJN.mp3 Sun, 04 Jan 2026 10:00:00 MST 41:12 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Time, New Year Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Katsutoshi Okabayashi Katsutoshi Okabayashi from Tashi Gachil in Kyoto, Japan Speaker: Katsutoshi Okabayashi. Oka-san uses "closing shop" as a metaphor for letting go, and "preparing to open" as a means of finding freedom through gratitude. Though sadness may arise from facing endings, openness dawns, which brings joy and natural cheerfulness. This is achieved by working with the mind daily, to continually let go with appreciation and welcome the future. Oka-san finds that the four immeasurables practice reveals how fragile and unsteady the mind is, particularly when pride arises. Pride's corresponding belief is that everything is achievable through personal will and effort. Relying on the help and support of others, one can step out of this self-centered state. When we recognize that our existence is the result of the care, guidance, and generosity of others, especially our parents, gratitude naturally arises. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2026_01_11_LINK789_KO.mp3 Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:00:00 MST 38:14 Katsutoshi Okabayashi, Closing, Opening Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Nicholas Carter Nicholas Carter from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Nicholas Carter. "We are all moving towards death". With this fundamental recognition, Nick contemplates how the Dharma offers meaning, purpose, and direction in aging and death. He acknowledges the profound inspiration he has received from older women in his life who are aging with clarity and courage. Nick emphasizes how strength in Dharma practice brings contentment, allowing us to surrender to our lives and embrace aging. Furthermore, he points to mindfulness and vigilant introspection as essential practices that bring clarity of mind and the capacity to be present as we age in the Dharma. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2026_01_18_LINK790_NC.mp3 Sun, 18 Jan 2026 10:00:00 MST 1:00:01 Nicholas Carter, Aging, Dharma Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Alice Gormley Alice Gormley from Milwaukee, WI Speaker: Alice Gormley. Alice discusses the importance of the four immeasurables practice in her life. She expresses deep gratitude for the ability to connect remotely, which has allowed her to maintain a connection to the Dharma and precious family members. She marvels at all of the modern methods that keep us connected, assuring the listener that it is possible to have meaningful conversation from afar. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2026_01_25_LINK791_AG.mp3 Sun, 25 Jan 2026 10:00:00 MST 51:14 Alice Gormley, Remote, Sangha Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This talk was originally given to an online, European audience on September 15, 2024 as part of a weekend program, "Compassion Without Limit". The first of three talks aired on the LINK in August 2025. This is the second talk from that program and it is split into two parts for rebroadcast on February 1 and 8, 2026. In this first part, Rinpoche begins by describing the origins of clinging to a sense of self and the attachments, emotions and karma that arise from that. He then decribes the path to nirvana and bliss. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2026_02_01_LINK792_DKR.mp3 Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:00:00 MST 41:55 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Compassion, Limit Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This talk was originally given to an online, European audience on September 15, 2024 as part of a weekend program, "Compassion Without Limit". The first of three talks aired on the LINK in August 2025. This is the second talk from that program and it is split into two parts for rebroadcast on February 1 and 8, 2026. In this second part, Rinpoche explains how to get beyond habitual mind and emotions through examination of the sixth consciousness and attachment to the self. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2026_02_08_LINK793_DKR.mp3 Sun, 08 Feb 2026 10:00:00 MST 41:33 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Compassion, Limit Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la emphasizes the responsibilities and benefits of uplifting our internal world and cultivating "sweet" relationships with others and the world. He reflects on how this practice of setting a positive tone in our mind aligns with the Dharma because it involves letting go of grudges, heaviness, and ego-clinging. Anticipating the Year of the Fire Horse, Dungse-la concludes: "We are always foremost working with our internal world, and we have the power to set that world on fire in a positive or negative way." http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2026_02_15_LINK794_DJN.mp3 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:00:00 MST 1:09:17 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Uplifted, Mind Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Tara Di Gesu Tara Di Gesu from Crestone, CO Speaker: Tara Di Gesu. Tara draws our attention to Dzigar Kongtrul's teaching on "the saddened heart that recognizes the futility of seeking happiness in samsara." She explores how chyoshe, or ‘unconditioned sadness’ as described by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, holds profound potential. Chyoshe may arise when we notice that we have not followed through on our intentions. When we recognize this sense of being lost and allow ourselves to surrender to the genuine heart of sadness within us, it offers something precious. Rather than imparting a sense a failure, chyoshe reminds us to identify with our deepest intentions rather than with our obscurations. It can open us to genuine joy on the path and strengthen our determination to be free. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2026_02_22_LINK795_TDG.mp3 Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:00:00 MST 59:39 Tara Di Gesu, Heart, Sadness Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche from Osel Ling in Crestone, CO Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This is a rebroadcast of a talk given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche to the local sangha on January 5, 2014 at Osel Ling in Crestone, Colorado. Rinpoche describes the wish for happiness that all beings share, that when stripped down to its very basic form, awakens our tender heart and increases our sensitivity as we move out of our bubble of self-absorption toward a sense of universal responsibility. From the perspective of Buddhist teachings, this is the meaning of true happiness. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2026_03_01_LINK796_DKR.mp3 Sun, 01 Mar 2026 10:00:00 MST 1:07:08 Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Universal, Responsibility Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students Dungse Jampal Norbu Dungse Jampal Norbu from New Delhi, India Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Speaking from New Delhi at the start of the MSB Dana Pilgrimage, Dungse-la explains that the journey is not about comfort or sightseeing but about transforming perception. By stepping outside familiar environments and accepting discomfort and uncertainty, practitioners learn to let go of preferences and see beyond assumptions. What's revealed is there nothing to fix in the outer world with its constantly changing causes and conditions. Real change comes from training the mind: resting in uncertainty, cultivating compassion and releasing attachment to comfort, status and control. When the mind changes, our experience of the world changes with it. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2026_03_08_LINK797_DJN.mp3 Sun, 08 Mar 2026 10:00:00 MST 27:11 Dungse Jampal Norbu, Perception, Preferences Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Suzy Greanias Suzy Greanias from Crestone, CO Speaker: Suzy Greanias. Suzy calls to mind significant guides on her spiritual path and urges listeners to reflect on, and rest in the presence of their guides. She shares two guideposts that serve as her personal "lines of defense" against inner obscurations and suffering: 1) the problem is not outside, and 2) appearances don't bind you; your shenpa binds you. Underlying these guideposts are the fundamentals of Buddhism- bodhicitta and buddhanature. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2026_03_15_LINK798_SG.mp3 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:00:00 MST 1:04:43 Suzy Greanias, Guides, Guideposts Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students MSB Student Amy Wallace Amy Wallace from Phuntsok Choling, Ward, CO Speaker: Amy Wallace. Amy describes her experience of unobscured world as that which is revealed when nothing is pushed away. Sharing her poetry and her lived experience of intense loss and grief, she explores how we can stay close to direct experience even in the midst of "the raw scene of now". When we sit in awareness with what is happening at the moment, when we are willing to stay present with what hurts, when grasping and aversion soften even for a moment, then the ever-present, unobscured world reveals itself. She describes this as a place where wisdom, compassion and awareness reside. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2026_03_22_LINK799_AW.mp3 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:00:00 MST 56:28 Amy Wallace, Unobscured, Elsewhere Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and students