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In response to a number of requests, here it is .... the Lion's Roar podcast transcript of Lama Yeshe discussing Vajrayana practice of Chenrezig, and guiding an introductory meditation ...
Lama Karma Yeshe Chödrön on the Lion's Roar podcast, discussing Vajrayana and Chenrezig practice, and guiding an introductory meditation.
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Wow, an embarassment of riches!
In conjunction with Lion's Roar Podcast episode featuring Lama Yeshe's discussion with Mariana Howerton-Restrepo on the Vajrayana practice of Chenrezig, the good folks at Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide have also published this extensive interview about my experiencing encountering, practicing, and teaching the Dharma.
As much as I will miss the mini-works of art and consummate practice that are the printed journals of this exemplary Buddhist magazine, I applaud the team in bringing the in-depth, insightful, and inspiring teachings of the Buddhadharma to the web.
Kudos to everyone on the Buddhadharma and Lion's Roar team!
(All links in comments. Check them out and let me know what you think.)
In this conversation with Buddhadharma’s deputy editor, Mariana Restrepo, Lama Karma Yeshe Chodron discusses the interconnectedness of her personal experience, her role as a dharma teacher and translator, and how these different facets are integrated into her dharma practice.
A delight as always to talk to Mariana Howerton-Restrepo Deputy Editor of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide, this time on the Lion's Roar Podcast about Vajrayana practice of Chenrezig, embodiment of compassion.
Click below for the video or stream the audio online wherever you listen to podcasts or stream from the Lion's Roar Podcast website (link in comments).
Mariana Restrepo speaks to Buddhist teacher and translator Lama Karma Yeshe Chödrön about visualization practice, a central aspect of the Tibetan Buddhist tr...
Still going strong...today is the last day to pick up the Kindle edition of my little book of lojong maxim translations for free...
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Thanks to everyone who ordered and carried it to #1 in Amazon's best sellers in the free Kindle Tibetan Buddhism and Buddhist Sacred Writings categories!
Hey! Yeshe's little book of fresh translations for the 59 lojong maxims is available free on Kindle, today through Monday.
Go get you one, and listen to the accompanying Prajna Sparks podcast for insights into this profound Tibetan Buddhist practice for healing, transfoming, and transcending dualistic mind.
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HAPPY SAGA DAWA DUCHEN
Honoring the Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana!
This magnificent painting of the Buddha by Octavio Ocampo has to be my favorite contemporary image. I just love how it expresses all the world, human, animal, mineral, and beyond, as his very bones and sinews and connective tissues.
Visit our latest Substack newsletter for information about how to commemorate this special day and upcoming events in person in Oregon and via Zoom
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So excited to be gearing up for another glorious set of teachings by Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal with the fabulous RDI Online team!
Friday May 17 - Sunday May 19
8am USA Mountain Time / 7:45 PM Nepal time
Register at the link below and in comments...
https://rigpedorjemontreal.org/en/rigpe-dorje-on-line-2024/
I am delighted to share this fascinating forum called "Looking into Vajrayana Buddhism's Future," led by Melvin McLeod of Lion's Roar Magazine for the Spring 2024 Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide, and featuring Lama Drupgyu Tenzin, Justin von Bujdoss, and myself.
The whole issue is dedicated to in-depth exploration of the Six Dharmas of Naropa, with brilliant images and opening commentary by the remarkable Ian Baker.
Don't miss it!
https://www.lionsroar.com/looking-into-vajrayana-buddhisms-future/
Delighted to be joining Kagyu Sukha Choling in Ashland Oregon for a practice weekend via Zoom focused on using integrative dharma practice to rouse our heroic hearts to cultivate bodhicitta in everyday life.
This weekend, USA Pacific Time, via Zoom only. Open to everyone.
Friday, December 8th, 5:00 - 6:30 pm
Saturday, December 9th, 10:00 am - noon & 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Sunday, December 10th, 8:30 - 9:30 am & 10:00 am - noon
Check comments for link ot details and registration.
Come and see the power of intimate encounter with mind through Dharma practice....
Happy Chokor Duchen, the Tibetan Buddhist holiday commemorating the Buddha's first public teachings.
Check out the links in the comments for the Prajna Sparks episode covering the Four Truths of Noble Beings, the text of the Sutra of the Wheel of Dharma, and our latest newsletter...
Sick and tired of "patience?"
Try "magnanimity" on for size, and learn why its transcenedent perfection is a vital part of the Mahayana path to enlightenment.
In the latest episode of Prajna Sparks, available wherever you listen to podcasts, or stream online at the link in this profile and https://bit.ly/SparksE106Shanti
In this interview with Mariana Restrepo, translator Cinthia Font shares not only the place the translator holds in the transmission of the dharma, but also how it feels to sit in that seat and hold that responsibility.
AWAKENING TOGETHER, The last episode of our dynamic series on Nirvana and why it matters, features our dear Dharma friends, Jay Rinsen Weik Roshi and Karen Do'on Weik Osho of the Great Heartland Sangha, Buddhist Temple of Toledo.
Tune in to hear the sensitivity and intelligence they bring to awakening together with their vibrant sangha.
Links to the episode and the Buddhist Temple of Toledo website in comments.
https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks/episode/3600a32f/101-or-awakening-together-rinsen-roshi-and-doon-sensei-on-whynirvanamatters
Join us at Prajna Sparks for our latest episode in our series , to explore how our mind is the pivot between Samsara and Nirvana.
Come join us ... link below and in comments
https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks/episode/d76c7b3e/100-or-mistaken-vs-authentic-perception-the-skandhas-on-whynirvanamatters
Don't miss in these delicate and tender reflections on NIRVANA.
This Contemplation Interlude does double duty, introducing our new series, , in which we talk to contemporary Buddhist teachers across traditions about Nirvana, what it is, how they relate to it now, and Why It Matters.
Wherever you listen to podcasts, at the link in this profile, or stream online at https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks/episode/2f31e6c8/qanda-or-nirvana-is-peace
Full text of Yeshe's practice piece in Tricycle Magazine's Fall 2022 issue
Text of Yeshe's piece in the Fall 2022 issue of Tricycle Magazine Read the article on the Tricycle website The unifying thread of my diverse life experiences is the use of language to ferry meaning from the abstract to the accessible. From a young age I translated for my parents, exiles who fled Cub...
EXPERIENCING THE SKANDHAS with LAMA YESHE AND LAMA ZOPA OF PRAJNA FIRE HOSTED BY ACCESS TO ZEN, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Mondays, August 1 to 29, 2022 7:00 - 8:30 PM US PDT ZOOM ONLINE | FREE & DONATION | OPEN TO ALL Uncover the richly layered teaching of the Buddha on the five skandhas, or aggrega...
Wow! Such a dynamic session of inquiry, rest, and discovery, recorded live and offered today in honor of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's birthday...
Experience for yourself the difference that the Buddha's contemplative technology can make in your life...
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Delighted that the integrative dharma practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating is getting more attention! Click the image above to read Yeshe's latest article in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide (a division of Lion's Roar). Or click below to read it in our online journal, Prajna Ri...
MAY THE BLESSINGS OF BUDDHAHOOD SUFFUSE ALL BEINGS... Today's new moon begins the fourth month in the Tibetan lunar calendar, called Saga Dawa, commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana of the Buddha Shakyamuni. A time rich for harvesting merit and receiving blessings, there is no bett...
A Life of Beauty, guided by Sacred Creativity and fueled with Merit
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Rather than any economy, merit is an ecology.
Rather than a currency, merit is a current, a momentum.
The kinetic energy, the very aura of positivity, that fragrances all goodness of body, speech and mind.
The podcast episode on Merit dropped last night, on the full moon peak of Vesak.
Dharma talk by and guided meditation by
Tune in on the quarter moon for more discussion
Available wherever you listen to podcasts,or stream online at link in comments.
NEW EPISODE | NEW SCHEDULE | NEW OPPORTUNITY
What is life? How can we live it to the fullest?
In this episode we explore how to understand birth, life, death...and beyond, from a multidimensional, rather than dualistic perspective, and learn how ironically, the consistent recollection of our own mortality supports, nourishes, and enhances life.
Co-create a community of engaged listener-practitioners, as we open up the podcast to you, inviting your questions and comments, fueled by the contemplation prompts in the episode. Feel free to message us here or
https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks/episode/59d31021/83-or-life-and-death
PRAJNA FIRE | Tibetan Buddhism | Kagyu | Study Meditate | Integrative Practice
Are you ready to transcend, to rise up, to be fearless? Check out the latest episode of Prajna Sparks for a dharma teaching, conversation, song, and a big announcement. Find us on your favorite podcast platform or on our website: https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks/episode/27659719/82-or-transcend
Maxim 59: Stop yearning for standing ovations.
In this special series, 59 Days of Healing, we explore the Tibetan Lojong text, Seven Points for Healing Dualistic Mind. We hope you will join us as we discuss one maxim per day.
To hear more about today’s maxim, tune into the Prajna Sparks podcast on your favorite podcast platform or on our website: www.prajnafire.com/sparks
Maxim 58: Don’t be a drama queen.
In this special series, 59 Days of Healing, we explore the Tibetan Lojong text, Seven Points for Healing Dualistic Mind. We hope you will join us as we discuss one maxim per day.
To hear more about today’s maxim, tune into the Prajna Sparks podcast on your favorite podcast platform or on our website: www.prajnafire.com/sparks
Maxim 57: Don’t be so touchy.
In this special series, 59 Days of Healing, we explore the Tibetan Lojong text, Seven Points for Healing Dualistic Mind. We hope you will join us as we discuss one maxim per day.
To hear more about today’s maxim, tune into the Prajna Sparks podcast on your favorite podcast platform or on our website: www.prajnafire.com/sparks
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Prajna Sparks 59 Days of Healing series starts on January 2. How can you get ready for it? 1. Read Yeshe’s brief introduction to the Lojong maxims (https://www.prajnafire.com/post/heal-transform-transcend) 2. Download Yeshe’s e-book, Heal, Transform, Transcend (https://www.prajnafire.com/downloads) 3. Listen to the Prajna Sparks episodes, Heal and Transform (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) #59daysofhealing #Lojong #Buddhism #Dharma #PrajnaSparks #podcast #HealTransformTranscend #BuddhistSelfCare
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