How to Feed Your Demons with Lama Tsultrim Allione - BHNN Guest Podcast Ep. 190

Lama Tsultrim Allione shares the practice of feeding our demons in order to dissolve that which prevents us from being free. In this episode from the 2023 Summer Mountain Retreat, Lama Tsultrim Allione shares: How she first discovered Buddhism and meditation The beauty within silence and quiet attention to our surroundings Lama Tsultrim’s first trip to India and studying the mystic east Her connection with Ram Dass and Maharaji’s early devotees The practice of feeding our demons (the parts of ourselves that drain us) Dissolving that which prevents us from being free Fighting our demons versus feeding our demons The demons of the fear of abandonment, depression, anxiety, and addiction Parts of ourselves that are trying to get attention The difference between the wants and needs of our demons A guided practice for listeners About Lama Tsultrim Allione: Lama Tsultrim Allione is the bestselling author of Women of Wisdom (1984), Feeding Your Demons (2008), and Wisdom Rising Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine (2018). Lama Tsultrim is the founder of Tara Mandala, a 700-acre retreat center with a three-story temple and library dedicated to the divine feminine in the Buddhist tradition near Pagosa Springs, in southwest Colorado. She leads a vibrant international community with over forty groups around the world. Learn more about Lama Tsultrim Allione’s work at TaraMandala.org “I know that demons means a lot of different things in this country, in different cultural contexts. What I mean by it is the different parts of ourselves that drain us, that cause us to be not free. In fact, the word mara, which is the word for demon in Sanskrit, means that which blocks freedom.” – Lama Tsultrim Allione