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Mangala Shri Bhuti - The Link — 821 episodes
Contemplating Claude (Link #816)
Buddhanature vs. Schmuckness (Link #815)
Breeze of Simplicity: Talk 1 (Link #814)
The Good Fortune of Encountering the Dharma and the Confidence to Walk the Path (Link #813)
My Sevas, Challenges and Findings (Link #812)
The Five Perfections (Link #811)
Compassion Without Limit: Talk 3, Part 1 of 2 (Link #810-1)
Compassion Without Limit: Talk 3, Part 2 of 2 (Link #810-2)
From Equality to Compassion (Link #809)
Unconditional Well-Being (Link #808)
Refuge During a Year of Disruption (Link #807)
Life Release and the Six Perfections (Link #806)
Bodhicitta (Link #805)
Illness As Path (Link #804)
Steps on the Path of Daily Practice (Link #803)
From Me to We: Unlocking the Self-Centered Mind (Link #802)
Being in Love with Dharma (Link #801)
How to Hold It All Lightly: Finding Balance on the Path (Link #800)
Unobscured World is Not Elsewhere (Link #799)
Guides and Guideposts (Link #798)
Transforming Perception (Link #797)
Universal Tender Heart and Universal Responsibility (Link #796)
Heart of Sadness (Link #795)
Cultivating An Uplifted Mind (Link #794)
Compassion Without Limit: Talk 2, Part 2 of 2 (Link #793)
Compassion Without Limit: Talk 2, Part 1 of 2 (Link #792)
From Afar (Link #791)
Aging in the Dharma (Link #790)
Closing Shop and Preparing to Open (Link #789)
Time To Take Time (Link #788)
Ignorance and Buddhanature (Link #787)
Joy, Enthusiasm, Intention (Link #786)
More Mud, More Lotus (Link #785)
Investments (Link #784)
Be Content (Link #783)
Drama Trauma (Link #782)
Courageous Self-Reflection: Turning Toward Fears (Link #781)
Word By Word (Link #780)
Parting from the Four Attachments (Link #779)
Breeze of Simplicity: Part 3 (Link #778)
Spontaneous Ode to My Father (Link #777)
A Glass of Water or a Well (Link #776)
Breeze of Simplicity: Part 2 (Link #775)
Breeze of Simplicity: Part 1 (Link #774)
The Questions We Must Ask (Link #773)
Bodhicitta (Link #772)
Compassion Without Limit: Talk 1, Part 2 of 2 (Link #771)
Compassion Without Limit: Talk 1, Part 1 of 2 (Link #770)
Blessings Galore (Link #769)
When We Look in the Mirror, the One Thing We Don't Want to See is an Ordinary Human Being (Link #768)
Principles of Bodhicitta (Link #767)
Everything Is Habit (Link #766)
The Vajrayana Art of Joie de Vivre (Link #765)
Where Is My Home? (Link #764)
The Bodhisattva Vow: A Daily Practice (Link #763)
Birth, Death, Practicality and Devotion: The Dharma in My Everyday Life (Link #762)
Pilgrimage in Tibet (Link #761)
Unshakable Confidence (Link #760)
Finding a Path Through the World (Link #759)
Time, Trauma, Travel and Love: Reflections of an Aging Practitioner (Link #758)
Bodhicitta (Link #757)
Opening to Life As It Is: Not Hiding from the Heartbreak (Link #756)
Cultivating Choice (Link #755)
Connecting the Dots: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha at Home and Abroad (Link #754)
Opportunites for Study and Practice (Link #753)
Facing Death: Part Two (Link #752)
Overcoming Obstacles Through Longing (Link #751)
Dharma Fellowship: A Gateway to Joy (Link #750)
The Magic of Three: Practice, Patience and Persistence (Link #749)
Relying on the Three Jewels in Life and Death (Link #748)
Diligence (Link #747)
My Doubt and I (Link #746)
Four Solaces (Link #745)
Power of Mind (Link #744)
The Intention to Return (Link #743)
Buddha's Advocate Part 2: Know Thyself and Phenomena Too (Link #742)
A Bodhisattva Has Only One Wish (Link #741)
Moments that Turn My Mind Toward the Dharma (Link #740)
Contemplating the New Year (Link #739)
Keeping the Aspiration (Link #738)
Samten Ling History: Part 4 (Link #737)
Reflections on Undertaking Retreat (Link #736)
Remembering Gratitude: Especially When Things are Falling Apart (Link #735)
Fully Engaged (Link #734)
Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma (Link #733)
Letting Go of Self-Doubt (Link #732)
The Eternal Smile (Link #731)
The Power of Bearing Witness (Link #730)
Peace in the Face of Suffering (Link #729)
Bee Mindful (Link #728)
2018 Source of Mahamudra: The Importance of Mind Training (Part 2) (Link #727)
2018 Source of Mahamudra: The Importance of Mind Training (Part 1) (Link #726)
The Perfect Staircase: Following the Pith Instructions of the Guru to Liberation (Link #725)
Exploring Paradox (Link #724)
Aspire To Be Born on the Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain (Part 2) (Link #723)
Aspire To Be Born on the Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain (Part 1) (Link #722)
Getting Out of My Own Way (Link #721)
Bodhicitta (Link #720)
Bodhicitta (Link #719)
Getting to Know Yourself (Link #718)
Awakening Compassion (Link #717)
2023 Nyingma Summer Seminar: Hinayana (Link #716)
Diligence: The Joyful Endeavor (Link #715)
Joyfully Embracing Life for a Greater Purpose: Awakened Attitude of Mind (Link #714)
Reflections on the Invisible (Link #713)
Tangtong Gyalpo: King of the Empty Plain (Link #712)
Discipline, Enjoyment and Creativity (Link #711)
A Practitioner's True North (Link #710)
Discipline: Form and Inspiration (Link #709)
Exploring Self-Reflection (Link #708)
Love: Immeasurable and Universal (Link #707)
Around the World in 72 Days (Link #706)
Working With Emotional Pain (Link #705)
Contemplating Concepts (Link #704)
Getting Cooked By the Warmth of the Dharma (Link #703)
Training In Tenderness: 2018 Book Tour (Link #702)
Healing the Broken Heart (Link #701)
Tolerating Discomfort (Staying Open): An Opportunity to See More Clearly (Link #700)
Reviewing My 25 Years As a Student (Link #699)
On Meditation (Link #698)
Neglecting One of the Pillars (Link #697)
Comprehending Our Mind: Removing Vagueness and Establishing Clarity (Link #696)
The Posture of Refuge (Link #695)
What Have I Learned So Far? (Link #694)
Sonam and Appreciation (Link #693)
Training In Tenderness: 2018 Book Tour (Link #692)
The Meaning of the Words: A Personal Exploration (Link #691)
Becoming a Disciple of the Longchen Nyingtik Lineage (Link #690)
Self Reflection, Renunciation and Appreciation to Bring in the New Year (Link #689)
Showing Up in Life and Death (Link #688)
Diligence, Introspection and Dependent Origination (Link #687)
Appreciation of the Three Jewels (Link #686)
Navigating Dharma and the Habits That Cause Trouble on the Way to the Next Life: Making My Way (Link #685)
Creating a Simplified Life (Link #684)
Habitual Obscurations (Link #683)
Samten Ling History: Part 3 (Link #682)
Devotion: For the Record (Link #681)
The Four Immeasurables (Link #680)
In Search of a Meaningful Life (Link #679)
Sangha and Serendipity: Inspiration to Stay on the Path (Link #678)
Ease (Link #677)
Self Awareness (Link #676)
Mind's Health (Link #675)
The Guru Principle (Link #674)
Understanding the Bone in My Heart (Link #673)
Grace (Link #672)
Reflections on Renunciation (Link #671)
Making Intention and Action Meet (Link #670)
Confession, Despair, and Saving Moths (Link #669)
Identity and Healthy Relationship with the World (Link #668)
Let's Talk About Death (Link #667)
Dissolving (Link #666)
Appreciation and Taking Refuge (Link #665)
Karma (Link #664)
Reflections (Link #663)
Taking Refuge in the Open (Link #662)
Our Brave Hearts (Link #661)
Baggage Handling (Link #660)
Don't Let the Hidden Boss Interfere with Your Own Growth (Link #659)
The Wisdom of Confession and the Shenpa of Guilt (Link #658)
Reflections on Grief, Living and Dying (Link #657)
Be Nettle (Link #656)
Stepping Out of Vagueness (Link #655)
Being Present to the Present of the Present in the Present (Link #654)
Musings on Magic and Metaphor (Link #653)
Making Aspirations (Link #652)
Lojong: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet (Link #651)
Notes From the Land (Link #650)
Be Like India (Link #649)
A Few of My Favorite Things: Personal Reflections on Appreciation and Gratitude (Link #648)
Service: The Mantle of Responsibility (Link #647)
What is Happiness? (Link #646)
Everyday Dharma (Link #645)
What Makes the Dharma the Dharma? (Link #644)
Renunciation and Spontaneity (Link #643)
On the Path, Step by Step (Link #642)
Cultivating Disillusion (Link #641)
Never Look Away (Link #640)
The Poetry of Dharma and Devotion (Link #639)
New Year's Day Prayer for Peace (Link #638)
What a Fortunate Opportunity (Link #637)
Between a Rock and a Not-So-Hard Place (Link #636)
Devotion and the True Shift (Link #635)
Lojong: The Fearless Path (Link #634)
Buddha's Advocate (Link #633)
Samten Ling History: Part 2 (Link #632)
Committing to Mind Training (Link #631)
The Seven Riches of the Aryas, Talk #6: Sherab (Link #630)
The Seven Riches of the Aryas, Talk #5: Trelyupa and Ngotsa Shepa (Link #629)
Is Samsara Fair? (Link #628)
Opening the Heart of Sadness (Link #627)
The Seven Riches of the Aryas, Talk #4: Tupa (Link #626)
The Seven Riches of the Aryas, Talk #3: Jinpa (Link #625)
The Inconvenient Truth (Link #624)
Dharma and the World (Link #623)
The Seven Riches of the Aryas, Talk #2: Tsultrim (Link #622)
The Seven Riches of the Aryas, Talk #1: Tepa (Link #621)
Thinking From the Frame of Mind of Dharma (Link #620)
Practice Now (Link #619)
A Rude Awakening (Link #618)
Having an Honest Dialogue With Oneself (Link #617)
Don't Be a Loyalist To Ego (Link #616)
Finding Agency within the Hinayana (Link #615)
Choosing Kindness (Link #614)
Heart and Head (Link #613)
The Juice of Practice (Link #612)
Where are the Buddhalands? Lessons in Community (Link #611)
Practice Motivation (Link #610)
When Life Throws You a Curveball (Link #609)
It's Such a Nuisance to be Attached (Link #608)
Buddhist Anger Management (Link #607)
All the Mother Sentient Beings Equal to Space (Link #606)
To Be Determined (Link #605)
Some Thoughts on the Four Thoughts that Turn One's Mind to the Dharma (Link #604)
Preparation for Death (Link #603)
Kindness As Practice and Medicine (Link #602)
Time For Courage (Link #601)
Longing: A Saving Grace (Link #600)
Lovingkindness is the Essence of Your Path (Link #599)
Being With Old Age and Death (Link #598)
Thoughts from Retreat (Link #597)
Sadhana of Allowing (Link #596)
Four Dharmas of Gampopa (Link #595)
Don't Forget the Magic (Link #594)
Don't Let the Hidden Boss Interfere with Your Own Growth (Link #593)
A Sleepy Pilgrim (Link #592)
My Mother, Donald Trump (Link #591)
Clearing Obscurations: That Asprirations and Actions May Align (Link #590)
Know Thyself (Link #589)
Stay The Course (Link #588)
Dying Without Regret (Link #587)
Reflections on My Path After Twenty Years (Link #586)
Lojong: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet (Link #585)
Service and Self-Reflection (Link #584)
Adapting to Dharma (Link #583)
Contemplating the Copper-Colored Mountain: Reflections on Kongtrul Rinpoche's Supplication to Guru Rinpoche (Link #582)
Aren't Two Jewels Really Enough? Reflections on Sangha (Link #581)
Meditative Integration through Psychedelic Therapy (Link #580)
Being Present (Link #579)
Nyingru: A Bone In the Heart That Overcomes Ambivalence (Link #578)
Three Things One Can Do To Make Progress (Link #577)
Being Alone and Facing Our Mind (Link #576)
Blissy Bliss (Link #575)
Bodhicitta 2.0 (Link #574)
Three Remedies For Shakiness (Link #573)
A Positive Attitude Toward All Experiences (Link #572)
Reflections on Staying Open to the World (Link #571)
American Dharma (Link #570)
Who Dies? (Link #569)
Developing Authenticity (Link #568)
If Wishes Were Horses (Link #567)
Nyingma Summer Seminar- Talk 7 (Link #566)
Nyingma Summer Seminar- Talk 4 (Link #565)
Making Friends With Death (Link #564)
Working With Physical Pain (Link #563)
Single Pointed Trust (Link #562)
The Space Between (Link #561)
Mind Nature, Mind States and Me (Link #560)
Death and Deathlessness (Link #559)
Training the Mind, Bringing Uncertainty Onto the Path (Link #558)
Hidden In Plain Sight (Link #557)
Living in the Shoes of Others: Recognizing Basic Human Experience (Link #556)
What's Going Well (Link #555)
Everything Is Useful (Link #554)
Killing Time (Link #553)
Can I Check Your ID? (Link #552)
Opening To Life and Change as Path (Link #551)
How To Change Our Mindsets (Link #550)
Early Stories from Samten Ling (Link #549)
Serious Need for a Laugh (Link #548)
Being Honest (Link #547)
Impermanence: Now is the Time to Practice (Link #546)
Free Yourself (Link #545)
2021 Losar Address (Special Episode)
Unconditional Well-Being (Link #544)
Meeting Habitual Mind (Link #543)
Self Reflection (Link #542)
Windhorse and Peaceful Heart (Link #541)
Back On Track (Link #540)
Learning Through Adversity in 2020 (Link #539)
This Is Not My First Rodeo (Link #538)
Working The Ground: A Full-Time Job (Link #537)
Self and the Little Things (Link #536)
In Awe, An Extraordinary Life (Link #534)
Thoughts On Recognizing the Nature of Thoughts (Link #533)
If Not Now, Then When? (Link #532)
Navigating a Practice Dry Spell: A Self-Portrait (Link #530)
Shinjang (Link #529)
Useful Qualities To Adopt (Link #528)
Longing (Link #527)
Practice in the Face of Suffering and Death (Link #526)
Nonviolence (Link #525)
In The Blink of An Eye (Link #524)
Resting In Change (Link #523)
Service In a Very Busy Time (Link #522)
2020 Vision (Link #521)
Sadhana (Link #520)
Longing For Peace and Stability in the World (Link #519)
An Act of Service (Link #518)
In the Forest of Wrong Views (Link #517)
Don' t Be Hard on Yourself; Engage With the Practice (Link #516)
Polishing the Crystal (Link #515)
Not Liking What You See But Looking Anyway (Link #514)
Mahayana Essentials: Being In Healthy Relationship With the World (Link #513)
The Grace of Ours (Link #512)
The Alchemy of Fear (Link #511)
Tonglen: Expanding The Heart With Wisdom (Link #510)
A Touch of Suffering (Link #509)
Three Wisdoms for All Eras (Link #508)
Open and Relaxed, Ready to Die (Link #507)
When The Appearances of This Life Dissolve (Link #506)
Open Heart (Link #505)
The Benefits of Walking On The Path As A Lay Practitioner (Link #504)
Le Bonheur (Link #503)
Integrity As Energy (Link #502)
More Than This: Being OK With What Arises (Link #501)
Imposter Syndrome, Aging and FOMO (Link #500)
Practicing in the Face of Calamity (Link #499)
On Coming Onto a Buddhist Path (Link #498)
Studying Mind and Seeing Clearly (Link #497)
Leaving The Palace of Innocence (Link #496)
The Fox and The Duck (Link #495)
Living In Not Knowing (Link #494)
Becoming A Practitioner (Link #493)
Transformation Through The Four Thoughts (Link #492)
How To Change Our Future (Link #491)
Working With My Grudges (Link #490)
Inconceivable Simplicity (Link #489)
Learning To Watch My Mind (Link #488)
Self Compassion as a Support for Practice (Link #487)
Not Too Tight, Not Too Loose (Link #486)
Field Trips: Applying Bodhicitta To My Life and Mind (Link #484)
Facing Violence With the Dharma (Link #485)
No Excuses (Link #483)
This Is Not My Beautiful Life (Link #482)
Why Do I Ever Close My Heart? (Link #481)
Addicted to Samsara and Letting the Blessings Come Through (Link #480)
Generating Inspiration (Link #479)
Dancing With Fears and Habits (Link #478)
The Power of Longing: Being Careful What You Wish For (Link #477)
Clarity and Confusion (Link #476)
Appreciating Your Wealth (Link #475)
Fresh, Sleep, Dream, Awake (Link #474)
Fight Club (Link #473)
Ricochet Down The Road (Link #472)
Training Our Innate Care and Concern: The Human Heart Condition (Link #471)
The Carrot of Merit (Link #470)
Finding A New Relationship To Stress (Link #469)
2019 Nyingma Summer Seminar (Link #468)
A New and Meaningful Life With The Three Jewels (Link #467)
Being Open To Influence and Seeing Rainbows Everywhere (Link #466)
As Within, So Without (Link #465)
Bone In The Heart: These Times We Were Born For (Link #464)
Saga Dawa (Link #463)
An Approach To Service That I Find Important (Link #462)
Christian and Buddhist Consonance (Link #461)
Asking Myself: Who Do You Think You Are? (Link #460)
Everyday Magic (Link #459)
Lineage (Link #458)
Streets of Laredo (Link #457)
Love and Letting Go (Link #456)
Being Transparent: Bringing Parenting To The Path (Link #455)
Do No Harm (Link #454)
What I Don' t Know For Sure (Link #453)
Ask Anything (Link #452)
Three Moments of Liberation (Link #451)
I Can Think, I Can Wait, I Can Fast (Link #450)
Working With Discouragement (Link #449)
Stay Soft, Stay Open: Reflections From Retreat (Link #448)
Precious Human Body: Ship or Stone? (Link #447)
Technology That Supports The Practice of Dharma In Distant Places (Link #446)
Paying Attention to the BGM In My Mind (Link #445)
Motivation and Refuge (Link #444)
A New Year' s Message (Link #443)
The Cult of the Imperfect (Link #442)
Identifying With Our Nature vs. Our Neurosis: A Sadhana Practitioner' s Perspective (Link #441)
Aligned For The Journey (Link #440)
Empty Money (Link #439)
Alone Together: An Appreciation of Sangha (Link #438)
Leaning Into Lenchak (Link #437)
Jennie Stoller' s Passing: Karma and Merit (Link #436)
Why and How I Conduct Home Retreats (Link #435)
Everyday Conduct (Link #434)
84,000 Doors (Link #433)
Reflections on Bodhicitta (Link #432)
Books and Magazines (Link #431)
Nothing Personal (Link #430)
Relaxing in the Midst of a Midnight Storm (Link #429)
How to Balance Head and Heart (Link #428)
That' s It (Link #427)
Season' s Impermanence (Link #426)
Thinking About Thinking (Link #425)
Exaggeration and Denial (Link #424)
Light Comes Through: Embracing Dharma (Link #423)
Pick and Choose Dharma (Link #422)
Coming Back. Again. And Again (Link #421)
2018 Nyingma Summer Seminar (Link #420)
Poetry and Practice (Link #419)
Being A Perfect Practitioner (Link #418)
Disputed Reality (Link #417)
Mindfulness Of The Guru (Link #416)
Relax: The Sequel (Link #415)
Making Friends With The Mind (Link #414)
Staying Realistic and Staying Vulnerable (Link #413)
Some Thoughts On Sangha and Life (Link #412)
Appreciating Your Life (Link #411)
Moving Out of Vagueness (Link #410)
Walking Through Life Unarmed (Link #409)
In Movement (Link #408)
Fall Down Seven Times, Stand Up Eight (Link #407)
You Are The Ocean In A Drop (Link #406)
Wherever One Is, Auspiciousness Is Ever Present (Link #405)
Aspiration, Self-Reflection, and Getting Down on Yourself (Link #404)
Inconvenient Truths and Discordant Factors (Link #403)
Responding Versus Reacting (Link #402)
Developing The Mindset of Awakening (Link #401)
In The Blink of An Eye: The Experience of Impermanence (Link #400)
The Drupcho: A Personal History (Link #399)
Realizing The Storylines (Link #398)
The Challenges of Attachment (Link #397)
No More and No Less Than Who I Am (Link #396)
Supplicating Bodhicitta (Link #395)
Burning With Love In a World We Can' t Fix (Link #394)
Why Should I Keep Doing This? (Link #393)
Pilgrimage To India: Like the Reflection of the Moon in Water (Link #392)
Good Karma, Great Merit, and Abundant Love (Link #391)
Grace (Link #390)
The LINK Legacy Series: Conduct this Day as a Ceremony: Whatever Comes Don' t Be Self-Defeating (Link #389)
Radical Kinship: Creating An Irresistable Culture of Tenderness (Link #388)
What Is Merit, and Why Do We Need It? (Link #387)
Musings on the Seven Branch Practice (Link #386)
Nyingru: A Bone in the Heart That Overcomes Ambivalence (Link #385)
The Body and the Path (Link #384)
Dropping The Veil (Link #383)
The Perfect Relationship (Link #382)
Following Impermanence (Link #381)
Fences (Link #380)
Staying When I' d Rather Run (Link #379)
The Lasso of Light (Link #378)
What Allows Us to Care for Others? (Link #377)
What Are We Doing For Others (Link #376)
Getting Back To Basics (Link #375)
What Do You Trust? (Link #374)
Relating To The Demonic (Link #373)
2017 Nyingma Summer Seminar (Link #372)
Ability To Make Choices (Link #371)
Becoming a Buddhist Hospital Chaplain (Link #370)
Perspective and Appreciation (Link #369)
The Mystery Of Relationship and Non-Duality (Link #368)
Foundations Of Practice (Link #367)
Undeceiving Refuge (Link #366)
Bodhisattva Vow Practice (Link #365)
Turning To The Light (Link #364)
How To Meditate (Link #363)
Being In The Company Of The Three Jewels (Link #361)
Enlightened Activity (Link #360)
Omniscient Longchenpa (Link #359)
Growing Up At Seventy-Six (Link #358)
Miracle Things (Link #357)
Bodhicitta (Link #356)
Practical Nature of Awe (Link #355)
Dharma At The Heart (Link #354)
Transforming Adversity With the Support of the Protectors (Link #353)
Honesty With Oneself As The Path (Link #352)
A Thought I Find Very Helpful (Link #351)
The Vajrayana Art of Joie de Vivre (Link #350)
Kindness: The Catalyst for Change (Link #349)
Reflections On Routine Maintenance (Link #348)
Putting Your Cards On The Table (Link #347)
Hearing Lineage And Sacred World (Link #346)
Treat Suffering As A Friend (Link #345)
Early Sangha Stories (Link #344)
Protected From The Abyss Of Great Wrongdoing (Link #343)
The Paramita Of Pilgrimmage (Link #342)
Coming To Life In Practice and Coming To Live in Practice (Link #341)
Like A Child Running Into Its Mother' s Lap (Link #340)
Learning To Bear The Fullness Of Experience (Link #339)
Working With Difficult Situations (Link #338)
Reconciling Self and Other (Link #337)
Resting In Not Knowing (Link #336)
Deaths And Other Journeys To The Dharma (Link #335)
Doing Your Best With Maitri and Devotion (Link #334)
Practice In The "Real" World (Link #333)
Hearing, Contemplating, Meditating and Service: Offering to Our Guru (Link #332)
Storylines, Skandhas and Sobriety (Link #331)
Dealing With Anxiety And The Benefits Of Connection (Link #330)
Practice Of The Daily Grind: How I' ve Come To Love Chicken Shit (Link #329)
The Practice of Taking Refuge (Link #328)
Swimming Through The World Like A Squid (Link #327)
Trusting Our Spiritual Path (Link #326)
2016 Nyingma Summer Seminar (Link #325)
Everyday Ways of Working With Ego (Link #324)
The Interrupters: Relating With Self Doubt On The Spiritual Path (Link #323)
Relax: We' ve Done This Before (Link #322)
Moving Toward Continuity of Mindfulness and Constant Remembrance of the Practice in Post-Meditation (Link #321)
Adventure and Meaning (Link #320)
Finding Balance as a Dharma Practitioner in New York City (Link #319)
Classroom Dharma (Link #318)
Shenpa: An Opportunity For Everyday Practice (Link #317)
Supplication and The Bad Me (Link #316)
Practice Versus Path: Mindfulness (Link #315)
What Would Buddha Do? (Link #314)
What' s In A Name? (Link #313)
Be Like A Lamp: Reflections On Bodhicitta (Link #312)
Back To Basics, Again and Again (Link #311)
Keep Coming Back (Link #310)
Saying Yes (Link #309)
Being In Relationship With Our Pain (Link #308)
The Magic of Motivation (Link #307)
Step By Step Abode And Trained (Link #306)
Engaging The Three Wisdoms (Link #305)
Reflections (Link #304)
2016 Losar Address(Link #303)
We Shall Overcome (Link #302)
Finding Longing In The Midst Of Schmuck (Link #301)
How The Bardo That Is Las Vegas Reminds Me I Need To Practice (Link #300)
Glimpses Of Understanding of Karma: Key To Happiness (Link #299)
Becoming a Vajrayana Practitioner (Link #298)
Let' s Talk About The Weather (Link #297)
Solstice: Living In A World Of Shadows (Link #296)
The Season For Appreciation (Link #295)
Parting From The Four Attachments (Link #294)
Being Comfortable With Magic (Link #293)
Inviting Bliss, Loving More, Going Beyond Conflict (Link #292)
The Most Difficult Attitude To Have In Response To Tragedy: An Open Heart (Link #291)
Bringing The Teachings and Practice Off The Cushion (Link #290)
Four Dharmas of Gampopa (Link #289)
Gentle Hypocrisy (Link #288)
Letting Go Into Humbleness (Link #287)
Relationship (Link #286)
Four Solaces (Link #285)
Simplifying Your Kingdom (Link #284)
Lineage Coursing (Link #283)
Inconvenient Truth (Link #281)
Establishing The Field of Benefits (Link #280)
Cultivating Choice (Link #279)
Politics (Link #278)
Self Reflection and the Four Noble Truths: Openness is Required (Link #277)
The Garden of Feelings and Grief (Link #276)
Longing To Leap (Link #275)
Interconnectedness (Link #274)
Radically Present (Link #273)
My Way or Middle Way (Link #272)
Our Living Breathing Lineage (Link #271)
Mother Nature (Link #270)
Contemplating Busyness (Link #269)
Mind Games (Link #268)
Recollecting: Fresh and Open (Link #266)
Accepting Where You Are: The Doorway To Self-Reflection (Link #265)
Art in Everyday Life (Link #264)
Self Awareness (Link #263)
Fake It Until You Make It (Link #262)
Frog Seeking Big Pond (Link #261)
The Value of Suffering (Link #260)
People Are Waking Up Here (Link #259)
Opportunities Great and Small (Link #258)
Relax (Link #257)
Seven Riches of the Aryas Series- Talk 6: Sherab (Wisdom) (Link #256)
When Rock Meets Bone: What Actually Wakes Us Up (Link #255)
Digital Dharma (Link #254)
Why Worry (Link #253)
Seven Riches of the Aryas Series- Talk 5: Trelyupa and Ngotsa Shepa (Conscientiousness and Propriety) (Link #252)
Practice in the In-Between Spaces (Link #251)
Realizing Our World: Transitory, Illusory and Pure (Link #250)
Real Dharma (Link #249)
Seven Riches of the Aryas Series- Talk 4: Tupa (Hearing Wisdom) (Link #248)
Kitchen Talk (Link #247)
Appreciation of the Nature (Link #246)
Reflections on Right Size (Link #245)
Telling Stories of Jackalopes (Link #244)
Seven Riches of the Aryas Series- Talk 3: Jinpa (Generosity) (Link #243)
Stumbling Along The Middle Way (Link #242)
The Art and Artifice of Memory (Link #241)
Keeping Track of the Essential Point (Link #240)
Seven Riches of the Aryas Series- Talk 2: Tsultrim (Discipline/Buddhist Ethics) (Link #239)
Home (Link #238)
RSVP (Link #237)
How To Live and Age Skillfully (Link #236)
Breadcrumbs: Finding Our Path (Link #235)
What' s So Important About Being Important? (Link #234)
Beginner' s Mind and The Back Side of Life (Link #233)
Note To Self: Don' t Be So Mundane (Link #232)
Bodhicitta and Authenticity (Link #231)
Practice of the Five Strengths (Link #230)
2014 Nyingma Summer Seminar (Link #229)
Taking Responsibility For One' s Own Mind (Link #228)
Addictive Emotions and Learning To Be Kind to Onesself and Others (Link #227)
Writing Your Biography and Walking With The Bigshots (Link #226)
A Dose of Perspective (Link #225)
A Clear Spiritual Perspective (Link #224)
Fuzzy Logic (Link #223)
Blind Faith and Black Holes (Link #222)
He Must Have Liked It, Right? (Link #221)
My Own Inner Wisdom Guru (Link #220)
Ability In Vulnerability (Link #219)
Nothing Not To Know (Link #218)
Waking Up: Penetrating Our Projections and Resting In Openness (Link #217)
As He Lay Dying: Reflections on Being Alive (Link #216)
Seven Riches of the Aryas Series- Talk 1: Tepa (Faith) (Link #215)
Accepting Life is Difficult and Bumpy (Link #214)
Refining Resolution (Link #213)
Impermanence (Link #212)
Reflections On Death and Dying and the Practice of Tonglen (Link #211)
2014 Losar Address (Link #210)
Practical Magic: Building the Sangdo Palri Temple (Link #209)
Reflections On Consistency (Link #208)
How A Westerner Can Develop Faith and Devotion (Link #207)
The Eternal Smile (Link #206)
Prayer As An Expression of Awe (Link #205)
Relating with Personal Trauma as a Means Toward Awakening (Link #203)
Universal Tender Heart and Universal Responsibility (Link #202)
Enlightenment Is Not Just An Old Fashioned Idea (Link #201)
Service-Action (Link #200)
The Winding Path of Devotion (Link #199)
You Can Visit The Cocoon But You Can' t Stay (Link #198)
Painful Spurs (Link #197)
Faith and Hard Times (Link #196)
Giving Thanks, The Old Lamas (Link #195)
Social Skillful Means (Link #194)
Myth, Choice and Wonder (Link #193)
Not a "Hi, Bye" Relationship: Caring for Sangha Even When Difficulties Arise (Link #192)
Pioneers (Link #191)
Contemplations on Mindfulness (Link #190)
Whose Discomfort Are We Talking About? (Link #189)
Family As Guru (Link #188)
Be Wary of Samsara (Link #187)
A Tender Subject (Link #186)
Impermanence and Death: Cultivating a Reasonable Approach to an Unreasonable Topic (Link #185)
Never Say Never (Link #184)
Equanimity, Path and Rejoicing (Link #183)
Finding Joy in Bodhicitta (Link #182)
Fail, Fail More, Fail Better (Link #181)
The Foundational Path: Discovering Choice (Link #180)
Think Globally, Practice Locally (Link #179)
A Commitment To Wake Up (Link #178)
From Dharma Brat to Dharma Student (Link #177)
The First Noble Truth: The Suffering of Samsara (Link #176)
Turning of Voices (Link #175)
Seeking Balance (Link #174)
Hide and Seek (Link #173)
Who Is Ironman? (Link #172)
"..that perchance..." (Link #171)
Just Keep Swimming (Link #170)
Free Time: Buddha Nature As Foundation For Practice (Link #168)
Weaving Practice and Every Day Life (Link #167)
The Rope A Dope of Renunciation (Link #166)
No Mud, No Lotus- Grief As Path (Link #165)
Not Giving In To Contraction (Link #163)
A Few Lessons From The Past 40 Years (Link #162)
Reflections On Refuge (Link #161)
Nowhere To Escape (Link #160)
Polished In The Stream of Wisdom (Link #159)
Letting Go Is The Essence of Practice (Link #158)
Fear and Fearlessness Part 2 (Link #157)
Buddhism and Pop Culture (Link #155)
Being Honest With Oneself (Link #154)
The Practice of Rejoicing: An Antidote to Jealousy and the Small Self (Link #153)
Appreciation and Contentment (Link #152)
Trust As Path (Link #151)
Applications Of Modern Day Bodhisattva Training (Link #150)
Perserverence: Making The Path Personal (Link #149)
Impermanence and Kindness (Link #148)
Exploring Beliefs (Link #147)
Using Language to Illuminate (Link #146)
An Extraordinary Life (Link #145)
Paranoia, Fear and Fantasy- How Can We Trust This Mind? (Link #144)
Everyone Is and Isn' t The Main Character (Link #143)
Games, Challenges and Play (Link #142)
From Escaping To Embracing Responsibility (Link #141)
You Are Not Your Reaction (Link #140)
Dragon Eats Experience to Grow- Self Encouragement (Link #139)
Loving Kindness is the Fundamental Essence of the Spiritual Path (Link #138)
We Humans Are All Potential Lamps (Link #137)
Working with Overwhelm: Identifying Our Ability to Choose (Link #136)
Becoming a Student (Link #135)
Waiting Things Out (Link #134)
Appreciation (Link #133)
Aspire Beyond The Bubble of Wrong Means (Link #132)
Latent and Manifest Potential (Link #131)
Going Beyond Our Comfort Zone (Link #130)
Merit and Non-Merit (Link #129)
2012 Nyingma Summer Seminar Live Talk (Link #128)
Doing Some Work Together as Teacher and Student (Link #127)
The Four Thoughts (Link #126)
Human- All Too Human (Link #125)
The Definition of a Modern Day Bodhisattva (Link #124)
In Times of Uncertainty (Link #123)
The Ego of Identity (Link #122)
The Power of Imagination (Link #121)
Zeal in Practice (Link #120)
Creating a Simplified Life (Link #119)
Cultivating Practice (Link #118)
Sangha: Servants of Wakefulness (Link #117)
Reflections on The Teachings (Link #116)
Softening The Heart, Awakening The Mind (Link #115)
Appreciation (Link #114)
Appreciation (Link #113)
True Renunciation (Link #112)
A Mathematical Aspiration (Link #111)
The Clear Aspect of Compassion (Link #110)
Losar Address- Year of the Water Dragon (Link #109)
Staying on the Peak (Link #108)
Strength of Intention (Link #107)
Transforming the Root (Link #106)
Dunzhi and Distraction (Link #105)
The Future of Buddhism in the West: Looking Deep (Link #104)
Intimacy and Non-Separation (Link #103)
Devotion and Distraction (Link #102)
New Year' s Day Address (Link #101)
Merging Systems, Responding to the Suffering in the World (Link #100)
Bodhicitta is in the Details (Link #99)
Sustained From Within: Faith, Surrender and Acknowledgment (Link #98)
Arrogance (Link #97)
Light Comes Through-The Power of Accumulating Merit (Link #96)
Bodhicitta As A Bridge (Link #95)
It' s Such A Nuisance To Be Attached (Link #94)
Don' t Make Yourself Small- Become the Trutral" (Link #93)
Enter The Circle of Dogs (Link #91)
Clinging to the Concept of Self and Other (Link #90)
Purifying the Small Self (Link Legacy Series)
Purifying the Small Self (Link Legacy Series)
Child of Enlightened Nature (Link Legacy Series)
How Learning Should Shape the Mind (Link Legacy Series)
The Predator Mentality and Developing Bodhicitta (Link Legacy Series)
The Joy of Sadness (Link #89)
Loving Even More.....After Grief and Loss (Link #88)
The Individual and The Community (Link #87)
Back To Our Roots (Link #86)
Psychology and Buddhism (Link #85)
Awakening In The Charnel Ground (Link #84)
Exploring Beliefs (Link #83)
The Affliction of Timuk (Link #82)
Organized Mind (Link #81)
What Is Happiness? (Link #80)
Letting Go Into Humbleness (Link #79)
Maintaining Awareness as a Bodhicitta Practice (Link #78)
Five Steps to Handle Chaos (Link #77)
Exertion: Honoring our Buddha Nature (Link #76)
Certainty (Link #75)
The Propensity To be Bothered (Link #74)
The Essence of Mother' s Day (Link #73)
Starstruck- A Dubious State (Link #72)
Letting Go Leads to Liberation (Link #71)
Determined Focus (Link #70)
Reflections on Faith (Link #69)
A Moment of Pure Sympathetic Joy: The Cricket World Cup and The Power of Mind to Bring Happiness (Link #68)
Shoot the Hostage: The Wisdom of Letting Go May at First Seem Counterintuitive (Link #67)
Bearing Witness (Link #66)
Small Self, Large Self (Link #65)
2011 Losar Address (Link #64)
Understanding How We Suffer (Link #63)
The Purpose of Generating Bodhicitta (Link #62)
The Medicine of the Four Immeasurables (Link #61)
How to Meditate (Link #60)
Opening the Door to Emptiness (Link #59)
A Short Personal History (Link #58)
Commentary on "Looking into the World", a poem by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche (Link #57)
How to Accomplish a New Year' s Resolution (Link #56)
Welcoming the New Year: Clarity about the Past and Intention for the Future (Link #55)
What motivates us to practice? (Link #54)
What Drives us? (Link #53)
Karma and Responsibility (Link #52)
In the Blink of An Eye(Link #51)
Something Too Important To Forget (Link #49)
Is it Karma or Fate? (Link #48)
Gifts of Silence (Link #47)
The Link #46: Emic, Edic and Faith
The Link #45: Exploring Absolute Bodhicitta
The Link Legacy Series: Elegance and Grace
The Link #44: Mangala Shri Bhuti' s Mission: Service and Meditation
The Link Legacy Series: Dancing with Habits and Fears
The Link Legacy Series: Dynamics of Insecurity, Two Kinds of Merit
The Link Legacy Series: A Strong Case Against Attachment
The Link Legacy Series: To Be Free of Mind' s Illusion
The Link Legacy Series: Using Kerosene to Put out the Fire
The Link Legacy Series: Not a One-Hand Clap
The Link Legacy Series: Searching for Wealth Outside: Ignoring the Mind
The Link Legacy Series: Sense of Humour
The Link Legacy Series: Fear and Fearlessness
The Link Legacy Series: Kongtrul Rinpoche from Lerab Ling, 18 Aug 2008
The Link #43: Natasha Carter' s Link, 27 Jun 2010
The Link #42: Three Aspects of Faith by Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel, 20 Jun 2010
The Link #41: Not Taking Ourselves Too Seriously: Accomplishment Without Grasping
The Link #39: Supplication
The Link #37: Drive All Blames Into One: Life as an Opportunity for Learning
The Link #36: Being Deliberate: Creating Conditions for Practice
The Link #35:Becoming a more cultured person: refining our relationships with others
The Link #34: Distraction: A Reminder of our Purpose
The Link #33: CSI: Investigating Our Mind
The Link #32: Bodhicitta: Make it Personal
The Link #31:Critical Intelligence Hand and Hand with Positive Attitude
The Link #30: Wealth: A Deeper Ownership in the Sangha
The Link #29: Wonderment: The Ability to Not Know
The Link #28: Jampal Norbu Namgyel
The Link #27: Knowing the Ins and Outs of the Ego: Renouncing Reactivity
The Link #26: Kelly Smith
The Link #25: The Perfect Teacher
The Link #24: Nicholas Carter
The Link #23: Know Your Own Mind
The Link #22: Fear, Being Fearful, and Fearlessness: Cutting the Roots of Attachment and Aversion
The Link #21: Five Magic Potions that Counteract Obstacles: Intention, Appreciation, Humility, Contentment, Goodwill Towards All
The Link #20: Aspiration: Be The Pecha
The Link #19: Living in the Center of the Human Predicament: Trying with all our Might
The Link #18: Contentment: The Supreme Treasure of Not Wanting to be Anywhere Other Than Where You Are
The Link #17: Liberty to Let Go: The Personal Sanctuary of Peace in Samsara
The Link #16:The Sangha Guidelines: Measuring the Impact of Our Ego Footprint
The Link #15: Comradeship in the Vision: Allowing Space for Mind' s Natural Ability
The Link #14: The Body and Practice: Going Beyond Grasping and Rejecting
The Link #13: What to do when in a rut: positive attitude and flexible mind
The Link #12: Personal Integrity: Preserving the Character of a Practitioner
The Link #11: When Am I Practicing?: Form, Struggle or Something More Essential
The Link #10: Confidence: Its Imposters and Its Partnership with Critical Intelligence
The Link #8: Discernment: Trusting a Process of Knowing
The Link #7: Making the Teachings Personal
The Link #6: Deepening One' s Connection, Commitment, and Dedication to Sail Across the Ocean of Samsara
The Link #5: Bringing Meaning to One' s Life Through the Path of Service
The Link #4: We Are Big Enough to Hold it All: At Ease with Fundamental Uncertainty
The Link #3: Digesting Experience
The Link #2: From the Cushion to the Grocery Store: Developing Positive Habits
The Link #1: Three Goals of a Practitioner: String-Free Kindness, Freedom from Self-Concern and Stability in the Nature
The Link Legacy Series: Cutting Through the Haunted Dominion of Mind (verse 27)