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EveryBodhi Podcast
by Jampal Norbu
How do we navigate our lives in the midst of uncertainty? How do we bring our deepest intentions together with our actions? What is the purpose of spirituality? How do we accommodate both the beauty and the pain of life? These questions may never find definitive answers, but they are questions to live by. Join Buddhist student and teacher, Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, as she explores some of those genuine questions.
Episodes
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eB 146 - In Your Own Way
The experience of getting in your own way is what we are referring to in Dharma teachings when we say neurosis. Dharma practice is intended to reduce that neurosis. But take care, because we can convince ourselves that we are shining a light on our inner world, when we are really dragging subtle...
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eB 145 - Friendly Competition
Survival of the fittest, is a well worn cliche deeply seeped into the fibers of our contemporary culture. Our every relationship can be influenced by a sense of competition and comparison if we don't learn to observe ourselves honestly. Jampal Norbu examines the ways Lojong acts as both a…
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eB 144 - The Buck Stops Here
We're quick to point a finger at another when anything's wrong. Sometimes the accusation might even be reasonable, but the point is, we have a tendency to blame others. Passing the buck, though, has a gradual weakening effect on our own mind. In the service of integrity and resilience we must…
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eB 143 - A Question of Integrity
On the surface, many Lojong verses seem like do-this-don't-do-that dictates restricting and prohibiting our freedom. These verses are actually friendly cautions alerting us to subtle attitudes that act against our well being. The integrity of our spiritual path depends upon a willingness to leave...
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eB 142 - The Best Revenge
We are full of stories. Our whole relative experience can be seen as such, just stories. Stories are helpful in comprehending experience, but stories also confuse our very perceptions. When our sense of self importance writes the narrative, we typically arrive at stories that are corrosive to...
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EB 141 - What A Life
There are 59 verses in the root text of Lojong that function as pithy mind training slogans. Each verse is dialed into a specific way that we struggle with our self importance. Through the years on this podcast, we've contemplated the verses one-by-one because each verse is worth considering....
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eB 140 - The Great Debate
Humans have used debate for millennia because it effectively exposes assumption, bias and misunderstanding. Most debates these days, though, are undertaken not for the sake of clarity and understanding, but for the sake of argument. In the spirit of argument, the main objective is to win, not to...
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eB 139 - A Question of Loyalty
Loyalty is a charged concept these days. For some, loyalty is a noble quality. For others, loyalty provokes dismissive disdain, as if it were just another outdated notion. But all of us demonstrate loyalty more often than we might be willing to admit. In this episode, Jampal Norbu reflects on the...
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eB 138 - I AM NOT PREDICTABLE
Each of Lojong's 59 slogans are composed of carefully selected words that can become powerful and reliable resources on the spiritual path. One's own words. Years ago, when Jampal Norbu worked on a Tibetan to English translation of the Lojong verses he was surprised to learn that Trungpa…
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eB 137 - The Thought That Counts
Ego loves attention. It loves to call the shots. Ego even inserts itself into otherwise positive, altruistic actions. The Buddhist tradition of Lojong enables us to refine our practice of self-reflection so that we might observe and remedy ego's sneakier tactics. In this episode, Jampal Norbu...
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eB 136 - Adventurous Mindset
Jampal Norbu considers the examined, meaningful life beyond self indulgence and impulse. Our impulsive behavior is dictated by the self important rascal called ego, whose every action results in the five afflictive emotions. The Buddhist practice of Lojong trains us to spot and acknowledge those...
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eB 135 - The Land of Dragons
Sit by a riverside in The Kingdom of Bhutan with Jampal Norbu as he reflects on the value of our Buddhist heritage and history. The people, places and surprises encountered along a pilgrim's trail can illuminate many aspects of study, practice and experience. Lojong too connects us to the genuine...
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eB 134 - A Pilgrim In Sarnath
Jampal Norbu discusses the historical and cultural significance of the Deer Park at Sarnath, where the Buddha first turned The Wheel of Dharma. He emphasizes the unique context these teachings offer by acknowledging the root cause of all our suffering. Understanding this, we can proceed to...
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eB 133 - Mind Your Own Business
The Lojong mind training slogans don't offer practitioners advice so that we might simply become nice or agreeable people. Mind training aims to aid us in genuine transformation, but we need to challenge ourselves to understand its deeper, nuanced layers. In this episode, Jampal Norbu is joined…
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eB 132 - Everyone's A Critic
Have you heard of negativity bias? Recognizing threats to our well being is intuitive and alerts a sense of urgency around perceived negativities. However, this same quality can run out of control in a world where social criticism, and doom scrolling keep us locked into negative patterns. Lojong...
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eB 131 - Freedom Through Discipline Pt 2 with Pema Chodron
The practice of Lojong has a long and well established history. Many great practitioners have composed invaluable commentaries on its liberating effects. Their guidebooks reach across centuries, and transform even our fast paced, modern day negativities. These illuminating texts make Lojong one…
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eB 130 - Freedom Through Discipline pt 1 with Pema Chödron
The practice of Lojong has a long and well established history. Many great practitioners have composed invaluable commentaries on its liberating effects that can reach across centuries and transform even our fast paced, modern day negativities. These illuminating guidebooks make Lojong one of the...
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eB 129 - The Responsibility of Freedom
Freedom is one of the fundamental rights for all human beings. But what does freedom look like on a personal level…on a spiritual level? Are we seeking freedom from responsibility, freedom from persecution or freedom from consequences? All beings are answerable to the laws of cause and effect,...
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eB 128 - Self Discovery
Jampal Norbu examines the 22nd verse of Lojong: "You have reached proficiency if you can practice even while distracted." Transforming self concern into care for others is the core of Buddhist meditation. How then do we gauge our progress on that path? The key lies in self reflection, which makes...
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eB 127 - Sunnny Side Up
Suffering happens, sometimes in heaps. It takes a great deal of strength to overcome the internal darkness of neurotic emotions. While forced positivity can be just a bypass of a difficult experience in life, we're still responsible for our own minds. So what to do? Lojong verse 21, "Always...
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eB 126 - Genuine Confidence
The proliferation of opinions is endless, and many of them are misinformed. How do we come to trust the direct perception of our own mind over the assumptions of others? Through contemplation and practice, we can learn to find genuine confidence in our own experience. In this episode, Jampal…
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eB 125 - What Is The Point?
In this episode, Jampal Norbu examines the 19th verse of Lojong, "All dharma agrees at a single point." This verse identifies the common ground shared by all schools of Buddhism; a ground that provides the essential basis of Dharma practice. Theme music by Matt Quentin.
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eB 124 - We Die As We Live
Jampal Norbu considers the 18th verse of Lojong, "The Mahayana Instructions for the transference of consciousness are the five thoughts. Conduct is vital." We examined how the Five Strengths apply to everyday life in the previous episode. Now, we will see how the Five Strengths apply to the end…
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eB 123 - The Precious Path
Jampal Norbu explores the fourth point of mind training, which encourages practitioners to make Lojong a way of life. The seventeenth verse of Lojong, "The pith instructions briefly summarized: Apply the five strengths," shows us the path to a life wholly integrated with bodhicitta. Theme music…
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eB 122 - A Flexible Framework
Jampal Norbu examines what it means to bring the practice of Lojong fully into your life. The sixteenth verse of lojong, "use whatever you face as a practice immediately", is a commitment to go beyond the framework of conventional thinking and to bring practice to everything as it arises. The…
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eB 121 - Fueled By Merit
Jampal Norbu explores the practice of applying Tonglen in everyday life by utilizing specific skillful means. The fifteenth verse of Lojong, "The Four Practices are the Best of Means," outline specific methods of practice which enhance Lojong practice in general. Theme music by Matt Quentin
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eB 120 - The Mind Protector
Jampal Norbu gives a brief introduction to the four kayas, and the significance of emptiness as guardian against samsara's influence. The fourteenth verse of lojong, "Meditate upon illusory appearance as the four kayas. This is the unsurpassable protection of emptiness" takes the relative...
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eB 119 - Great Wealth Great Wisdom
Jampal Norbu takes a look at the importance of gratitude in life, including gratitude for challenging events and people. The thirteenth verse of lojong, "Meditate upon gratitude towards all", builds on the twelfth verse which focuses on taking responsibility for one's mind. Adopting a practice of...
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eB 118 - The Blame Game
Jampal Norbu looks into the importance of taking responsibility for the activity of our own minds, without succumbing to self-aggression. The twelfth verse of lojong, "Realize all faults spring from one source" is a difficult verse to adopt into practice, but it gives rise to empowering results....
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eB 117 - Carrying the Path
Jampal Norbu opens up the third point of mind training - transforming adversity into the path of enlightenment. The chapters starts with the eleventh verse of lojong, 'When the world is full of evil, transform misfortune into the path of awakening", which speaks to the stoic quality of taking all...
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eB 116 - Compassionate Boundaries Pt 2
Jampal Norbu explores the application of tonglen within everyday life - especially in relationship with our selves. The tenth verse of Lojong, "Begin the sequence of taking with oneself", is a potent slogan for caregivers who know what is required to relate with the suffering of those around…
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eB 115 - Compassionate Boundaries pt 1
Jampal Norbu explores the application of tonglen within everyday life - especially in relationship to oneself. The tenth verse of lojong, "Begin the sequence of taking with oneself", is a potent slogan for caregivers who know what is required to relate with the suffering of those around them.…
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eB 114 - Effortless Practice
Jampal Norbu explores the necessity of mind training as a living practice through developing a deeper understanding of the lojong slogans. The diligent application of self reflection and the nature of mind will lead us to experience freedom from ego attachment and the afflictive emotions. It is,...
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eB 113 - Internal Alchemy and Transforming Poisions
Jampal Norbu examines how dharma practice is meant to transform negative emotions. The goal of a Buddhist path is to transform negative states of mind instead of avoiding or denying them. The path to freedom begins with simple sitting practice which allows us to identify neurotic states of mind....
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eB 112 - Invest in the Self Exchange
Jampal Norbu shares his personal reflections on tonglen practice, the exchange of self for others. By emphasizing bodhichitta, and the teachings on the four noble truths, Jampal looks at the qualities of tonglen practice, which have made the greatest impact on him. Theme music by Matt Quentin
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eB 111 - Sage Advice With Pema Chodron
Renowned author and meditator Ani Pema Chodron answers questions and gives advice on the practice of tonglen. Tonglen is the exchange of self for others and is considered one of the greatest practices within Mahayana Buddhism. With characteristic good humor and kindness Ani Pema addresses the...
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eB 110 - An Exchange With Pema Chodron
Renowned author and meditator Ani Pema Chodron shares her own experience with tonglen practice, from her introduction to the practice by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, to her own present insights; all with characteristic good humor and kindness. Tonglen is the exchange of self for others and is...
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eB109 - Introducing Tonglen
Jampal Norbu introduces the practice of tonglen: the exchange of self for others. This practice is an essential step on the path of Mahayana Buddhism, and it is said that one cannot attain enlightenment without developing this exchange. "Tonglen" literally means "to send and receive." By…
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eB108 - Roots in Bodhichitta
Jampal Norbu examines the main practice of Bodhichitta, which rests at the heart the Lojong text. Bodhichitta is the aspiration to attain enlightenment in order to benefit all beings and to assist them in attaining freedom from suffering. An examination of this aspiration reveals the deep rooted...
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eB107 - Childlike Wonder
Jampal Norbu examines the 6th verse of Lojong: IN POST MEDITATION, BE A CHILD OF ILLUSION. In this context, "childlike" refers to a sense of wonder rather than immaturity. Meditation practice can dissolve narrow views into an uncontrived openness. The state of open awareness is sometimes called...
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eB106 - Do You Abide?
Jampal Norbu examines the fifth verse of Lojong: "Rest in the Nature of the Alaya". This verse explores what it means to rest the mind in meditation and the open-dimensionality of shunyata. There is more to meditation than just relaxing the mind or quieting our thoughts. Lojong mind training...
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eB105 - The Ultimate Medicine
Jampal Norbu examines the fourth verse of Lojong: "The Antidote in Itself is Liberated". This verse explores emotional suffering through the five negative emotions, also known as kleshas, or the five poisons. Antidotes to these negative emotions are revealed through the Lojong practice along with...
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eB104 - A Spontaneous World
In this episode Jampal Norbu leads a guided meditation to explore the nature of mind as we contemplate the third verse of the Lojong text, 'Examine the nature of unborn awareness.' All buddhist meditation is based on self reflection and awareness of one's own mind. Through that awareness…
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eB103 - Like a Dream
Jampal Norbu examines the second verse of Lojong: "Consider All Phenomena as a Dream". This verse introduces one of the great philisophical cornerstones of Mahayana Buddhism, understanding emptiness. Far from a nihilistic view, emptiness, or the experience of shunyata, grounds our meditation...
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eB102 - First Things First
Jampal Norbu welcomes Dharma teacher and author Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel to examine the first verse of Lojong: "First, train in the preliminaries. The preliminary practices in Mahayana Buddhism are an essential support for any student of Lojong. They set the stage to inspire and motivate, while...
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eB101 - You've Been Warned
In this episode, Jampal Norbu begins his examination of the various commentaries on Lojong, the classic teachings on Mahayana mind transformation. He considers the deep experiences that bring us to the spiritual path and the negative habits that make Lojong essential to our lives. (music by Matt...
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How do we navigate our lives in the midst of uncertainty? How do we bring our deepest intentions together with our actions? What is the purpose of spirituality? How do we accommodate both the beauty and the pain of life? These questions may never find definitive answers, but they are questions to live by. Join Buddhist student and teacher, Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, as she explores some of those genuine questions.
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