Prajna Sparks

31/12/2024

Wishing all beings a new year bristling with the richly embodied, full-throated, and wholehearted promise of pristine buddhanature!

Check out our latest newsletter and podcast episode for more on how to bring that alive here and now...

Much love to all of you dear friends!

Harnessing the hopeful energy of a fresh new year

18/11/2024

Longtime listeners will love the latest episode of the podcast!

RTBS co-host and Prajna Sparks co-host reunite for a wide-ranging discussion on ways of aligning with our highest aspirations for ourselves amidst the uncertainty following the US presidential election.

Don't miss it!

15/11/2024

Join us for a special new feature, Sparks Moments, today focusing on how the Tibetan Buddhist teaching on "bardos" can help us in facing our responses to uncertainty in life's challenges.
https://bit.ly/BARDOSparksMoment

BARDOS refers to intervals, thresholds, or interludes between important things, during which time, transition feels momentous, and opportunities for practice abound...

SPARKS MOMENTS are brief dharma reflections on things of the day, including a guided meditation practice to encounter your experience of the topic directly

For more on post-election responses:

Read Lama Yeshe's article on inspiration from the mighty bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
https://bit.ly/BodhisattvasBreak

Or watch Lama Zopa's live video comments from our weekly sangha practice
https://bit.ly/InspirationDark

03/10/2024

NEW EPISODE
Lama Yeshe leads us through a methodical exploration of what "genuine reality" refers to in the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.

This approach invites us to use our powers of reasoning to connect with what is real in our own experience.

Wherever you listen to podcasts or stream online at the link in bio or
https://bit.ly/Sparks134GRReasoning

10/08/2024

It's almost time...

Have you pre-ordered your copy? We are delighted with ours!

Available from your favorite books purveyor for release this Tuesday, August 13.

Details in comments.

12/07/2024

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.

09/07/2024

Woo-hoo!

All Prajna Sparks episodes are now available via YouTube Music.

No video, alas, but you can access audio, captions, transcript, and leave comments and questions all in one place.

Don't forget to like and subscribe--you have no idea how much it helps!

Of course, we are still available on all major podcast platforms.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoWZq69XzFhj6dandUj0yvejjqcgr89ICv

09/07/2024

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.

01/07/2024

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...

27/05/2024

Still going strong...today is the last day to pick up the Kindle edition of my little book of lojong maxim translations for free...

https://amzn.to/3wKV0sC

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!

23/05/2024

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.

https://amzn.to/3wKV0sC

23/05/2024

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

https://prajnafire.substack.com/p/honoring-the-buddha

15/05/2024

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/

14/03/2024

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/