Mindrolling Ep. 635 – Inheriting the Lineage with David Silver & Raghu Markus

Continuing their talk on the lineage of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, David Silver and Raghu Markus chat about carrying forward the wisdom of great masters. Check out part 1 of this conversation on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/beherenownetwork/life-beyond-solidity-an-exploration-of-dzogchen-mindrolling-podcast-ep-627 In this episode, Raghu and David chat about: - Being guided toward unconditional love, selflessness, and devotion to the Divine Mother - The role of lineage holders and treasure revealers in Tibetan Buddhism - Tulku Urgyen’s unique style of teaching - Deep humility as an essential spiritual practice - How ‘being here now’ becomes a gateway to embodied wisdom - Releasing skepticism and misunderstanding around the concept of a guru - Honoring great spiritual masters and transmitting their wisdom across generations - The powerful film, Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion - Reaching a state of deathlessness and timeless awareness - Starting our day with compassion for ourselves and others “As soon as I wake up in the morning, I remind myself that nothing exists as it appears. Then I think about sentient beings who want happiness, but experience suffering. I generate compassion for them, determined to help them as much as I can to eliminate their negative emotions.” –The Dalai Lama About David Silver: David Silver is the former co-host of the Mindrolling podcast. He is a filmmaker and director, most recently coming out with Brilliant Disguise. Brilliant Disguise tells the unique story of a group of inspired Western spiritual seekers from the 60s, who in meeting the great American teacher, Ram Dass, followed him to India to meet his Guru, Neem Karoli Baba, familiarly known as Maharaj-ji. Two days before he left his body, Maharaj-ji instructed K.C. Tewari to take care of the Westerners, which he did resolutely until the day he died in 1997. Silver’s #1 charting MGM/UA/Warners film, “The Compleat Beatles” is the critically acclaimed biopic movie about history’s most famous band. The term ‘rockumentary’ was first applied to this two-hour movie. Rolling Stone recently described the film as a “masterwork.” Silver’s Warner Brothers’ feature film, “No Nukes” also started the whole trend of music/activism feature documentaries. “‘Be Here Now’ is not only Ram Dass’s precept of just be in the present, it’s saying, ‘Be here now, and you’re everywhere. Be here now, and you’re in wisdom.’ If you’re not here now, you’re veering away from wisdom.” — David Silver