Mangala Shri Bhuti is pleased to announce weekly teachings by web conference by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Dungse Jampal Norbu, Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, and students of Mangala Shri Bhuti.
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This is the first of two dharma talks given at Marin Sangha in June 2014. In this talk, Lisa Dale Miller refutes the controversial claim by Jon Kabat-Zinn and others, that mindfulness-based interventions (MBSR and the like) deliver a "universal dharma"; an accurate depiction of traditional Buddhist meditation practices and implicitly imparts the profound ethical and philosophical aspects of the actual Buddhadharma.
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We are a diverse community of Contemplative Zen Monks, founded in 1985 by our brother, the Abbot Seijaku Roshi. Inspired by a monastic tradition reaching back centuries, and supported by men and women from all walks of life, we are shaped by the teachings of the Buddhadharma, the Mystical Torah, the Rule of Saint Benedict, and the Gospels. Jizo-an Zen Community, The Zen Society, is a 501c3 non-profit organization. https://www.jizo-an.org
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Culadasa (John Yates, Ph.D.) is a meditation master with over four decades of experience in the Tibetan and Theravadin Buddhist traditions. He taught physiology and neuroscience in college for many years. Later, he worked at the forefront of healthcare education and therapeutic massage, serving as the founding director of the West Coast College of Massage Therapy. Culadasa retired from academia in 1996, moving with his wife into an old Apache stronghold in the Arizona wilderness, where they ...
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An Evolved Dialogue
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The Tibetan Graduates Studies Seminar (TGSS) is a weekly series of colloquia and guest lectures at the Oriental Institute. The intended purpose of the TGSS is to give MPhil and DPhil candidates a platform to present their work-in-progress and receive feedback from staff and affiliated scholars of the field. Additionally, the weekly time slot will also allow visiting scholars to present their current research. They are provided with the opportunity to engage in similar ways with both students ...
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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/worcesterzen/GMT20241115-003125_David.mp3 Dharma talk by David Dae An Rynick, Rōshi, on November 14, 2024Von Corwyn Miyagishima
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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/worcesterzen/GMT20241112-123104_Melissa.mp3 Dharma talk by Melissa Myozen Blacker, Rōshi, on November 12, 2024Von Corwyn Miyagishima
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Letting Go of Self-Doubt (Link #732)
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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 manifest…
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The Eternal Smile (Link #731)
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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 diffic…
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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/worcesterzen/GMT20241029-113107_David.mp3 Dharma talk by David Dae An Rynick, Rōshi, on October 29, 2024Von Corwyn Miyagishima
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The Power of Bearing Witness (Link #730)
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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 wit…
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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/worcesterzen/GMT20241022-113112_Melissa.mp3 Dharma talk by Melissa Myozen Blacker, Rōshi, on October 22, 2024Von Corwyn Miyagishima
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Peace in the Face of Suffering (Link #729)
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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 …
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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/worcesterzen/GMT20241015-113127_David.mp3 Dharma talk by David Dae An Rynick, Rōshi, on October 15, 2024Von Corwyn Miyagishima
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Bee Mindful (Link #728)
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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 pract…
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2018 Source of Mahamudra: The Importance of Mind Training (Part 2) (Link #727)
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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…
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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/worcesterzen/GMT20241001-113056_Melissa_01.mp3 Dharma talk by Melissa Myozen Blacker, Rōshi, on October 1, 2024Von Corwyn Miyagishima
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2018 Source of Mahamudra: The Importance of Mind Training (Part 1) (Link #726)
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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,…
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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/worcesterzen/GMT20240924-113041_David.mp3 Dharma talk by David Dae An Rynick, Rōshi, on September 24, 2024Von Corwyn Miyagishima
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The Perfect Staircase: Following the Pith Instructions of the Guru to Liberation (Link #725)
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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 aspira…
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Sitting Down with Ethan Nichtern about Confidence and His Latest Book
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Ethan Nichtern is the author of Confidence: Holding Your Seat through Life’s Eight Worldly Winds and several other titles, including the widely acclaimed The Road Home. The post Sitting Down with Ethan Nichtern about Confidence and His Latest Book appeared first on The Tattooed Buddha.Von The Tattooed Buddha
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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/worcesterzen/GMT20240917-113052_Melissa.mp3 Dharma talk by Melissa Myozen Blacker, Rōshi, on September 17, 2024Von Corwyn Miyagishima
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Exploring Paradox (Link #724)
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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 …
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Aspire To Be Born on the Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain (Part 2) (Link #723)
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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.Von Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
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The Tattooed Buddha Meets with Claire Parsons: Writer, Lawyer, Blogger and Mom
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Claire E. Parsons is a practicing lawyer in the Cincinnati, Ohio area, and the mom of two girls. She started meditating to manage stress and curb overthinking, but the practice changed her life. The post The Tattooed Buddha Meets with Claire Parsons: Writer, Lawyer, Blogger and Mom appeared first on The Tattooed Buddha.…
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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/worcesterzen/GMT20240903-113058_David.mp3 Dharma talk by David Dae An Rynick, Roshi, on September 3, 2024Von Corwyn Miyagishima
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Aspire To Be Born on the Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain (Part 1) (Link #722)
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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 Vers…
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Getting Out of My Own Way (Link #721)
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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…
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Bodhicitta (Link #720)
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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…
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Bodhicitta (Link #719)
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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 broa…
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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/worcesterzen/GMT20240808-233214_Melissa.mp3 Dharma talk by Melissa Myozen Blacker, Rōshi, on August 8, 2024Von Corwyn Miyagishima
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Getting to Know Yourself (Link #718)
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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 in…
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Awakening Compassion (Link #717)
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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 …
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Talking with Guest Rod Meade Sperry, Editor of Buddhadharma at Lion’s Roar
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In this podcast, we talk about how Rod found the Dharma, his journey to writing and eventually editing for both Wisdom Publications and then later, Lion's Roar. The post Talking with Guest Rod Meade Sperry, Editor of Buddhadharma at Lion’s Roar appeared first on The Tattooed Buddha.Von The Tattooed Buddha
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2023 Nyingma Summer Seminar: Hinayana (Link #716)
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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.…
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Diligence: The Joyful Endeavor (Link #715)
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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 d…
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Asian Territorial Deity Cosmologies as Vehicles for the Transmission of Buddhadharma (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series)
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Robert Mayer's analysis of Guru Chowang's enduring connection between territorial deity cosmologies and the preservation of hidden teachings in Tibetan Buddhism Academic scholars are accustomed to understanding gter as sacred texts often associated with Padmasambhava, within a cult deriving historically from ancient imperial burials. Yet the great …
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Nāgas and relic treasures in the Mahāvaṃsa (Oxford Treasure Seminar Series)
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Kristin Scheible uncovers the hidden role of nāgas in defining Buddhist treasures and explores their surprising significance in safeguarding sacred relics through early texts Much of the literature on nāgas in Indian Buddhist monasticism has focused on their rain-making and monastery-protecting duties. However, early Buddhist texts are full of narr…
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Joyfully Embracing Life for a Greater Purpose: Awakened Attitude of Mind (Link #714)
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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 …
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Gary Sanders Ordains as a Temporary Monk
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Gary walks us through some of the aspects of this process, such as wearing robes all of the time (including while he slept), eating only two meals a day and shaving his cherished beard. The post Gary Sanders Ordains as a Temporary Monk {Podcast} appeared first on The Tattooed Buddha.Von The Tattooed Buddha
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Reflections on the Invisible (Link #713)
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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…
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Tangtong Gyalpo: King of the Empty Plain (Link #712)
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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…
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Discipline, Enjoyment and Creativity (Link #711)
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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, …
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A Practitioner's True North (Link #710)
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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 w…
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Discipline: Form and Inspiration (Link #709)
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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…
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Exploring Self-Reflection (Link #708)
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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 with…
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Love: Immeasurable and Universal (Link #707)
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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 "enl…
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Around the World in 72 Days (Link #706)
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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 th…
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Working With Emotional Pain (Link #705)
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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 becaus…
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Contemplating Concepts (Link #704)
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Speaker: Scott Kleihege. Scott delves into the topic of conceptual mind in this LINK given from Fort Collins, Colorado.Von MSB Student Scott Kleihege
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Getting Cooked By the Warmth of the Dharma (Link #703)
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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.Von MSB Student Catherine Houston
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Training In Tenderness: 2018 Book Tour (Link #702)
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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'.…
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Healing the Broken Heart (Link #701)
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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…
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Escaping from Jehovah's Witnesses through a Buddhist Path
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We discuss the trauma as a result, the aspects of shunning as control and being disfellowshipped, the use of fear to control, and how Buddhism and mindfulness became a path toward healing. The post Escaping from Jehovah’s Witnesses through a Buddhist Path appeared first on The Tattooed Buddha.Von The Tattooed Buddha
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Tolerating Discomfort (Staying Open): An Opportunity to See More Clearly (Link #700)
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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…
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