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Mangala Shri Bhuti - The Link — 810 episodes

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1

Life Release and the Six Perfections (Link #806)

2

Bodhicitta (Link #805)

3

Illness As Path (Link #804)

4

Steps on the Path of Daily Practice (Link #803)

5

From Me to We: Unlocking the Self-Centered Mind (Link #802)

6

Being in Love with Dharma (Link #801)

7

How to Hold It All Lightly: Finding Balance on the Path (Link #800)

8

Unobscured World is Not Elsewhere (Link #799)

9

Guides and Guideposts (Link #798)

10

Transforming Perception (Link #797)

11

Universal Tender Heart and Universal Responsibility (Link #796)

12

Heart of Sadness (Link #795)

13

Cultivating An Uplifted Mind (Link #794)

14

Compassion Without Limit: Talk 2, Part 2 of 2 (Link #793)

15

Compassion Without Limit: Talk 2, Part 1 of 2 (Link #792)

16

From Afar (Link #791)

17

Aging in the Dharma (Link #790)

18

Closing Shop and Preparing to Open (Link #789)

19

Time To Take Time (Link #788)

20

Ignorance and Buddhanature (Link #787)

21

Joy, Enthusiasm, Intention (Link #786)

22

More Mud, More Lotus (Link #785)

23

Investments (Link #784)

24

Be Content (Link #783)

25

Drama Trauma (Link #782)

26

Courageous Self-Reflection: Turning Toward Fears (Link #781)

27

Word By Word (Link #780)

28

Parting from the Four Attachments (Link #779)

29

Breeze of Simplicity: Part 3 (Link #778)

30

Spontaneous Ode to My Father (Link #777)

31

A Glass of Water or a Well (Link #776)

32

Breeze of Simplicity: Part 2 (Link #775)

33

Breeze of Simplicity: Part 1 (Link #774)

34

The Questions We Must Ask (Link #773)

35

Bodhicitta (Link #772)

36

Compassion Without Limit: Talk 1, Part 2 of 2 (Link #771)

37

Compassion Without Limit: Talk 1, Part 1 of 2 (Link #770)

38

Blessings Galore (Link #769)

39

When We Look in the Mirror, the One Thing We Don't Want to See is an Ordinary Human Being (Link #768)

40

Principles of Bodhicitta (Link #767)

41

Everything Is Habit (Link #766)

42

The Vajrayana Art of Joie de Vivre (Link #765)

43

Where Is My Home? (Link #764)

44

The Bodhisattva Vow: A Daily Practice (Link #763)

45

Birth, Death, Practicality and Devotion: The Dharma in My Everyday Life (Link #762)

46

Pilgrimage in Tibet (Link #761)

47

Unshakable Confidence (Link #760)

48

Finding a Path Through the World (Link #759)

49

Time, Trauma, Travel and Love: Reflections of an Aging Practitioner (Link #758)

50

Bodhicitta (Link #757)

51

Opening to Life As It Is: Not Hiding from the Heartbreak (Link #756)

52

Cultivating Choice (Link #755)

53

Connecting the Dots: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha at Home and Abroad (Link #754)

54

Opportunites for Study and Practice (Link #753)

55

Facing Death: Part Two (Link #752)

56

Overcoming Obstacles Through Longing (Link #751)

57

Dharma Fellowship: A Gateway to Joy (Link #750)

58

The Magic of Three: Practice, Patience and Persistence (Link #749)

59

Relying on the Three Jewels in Life and Death (Link #748)

60

Diligence (Link #747)

61

My Doubt and I (Link #746)

62

Four Solaces (Link #745)

63

Power of Mind (Link #744)

64

The Intention to Return (Link #743)

65

Buddha's Advocate Part 2: Know Thyself and Phenomena Too (Link #742)

66

A Bodhisattva Has Only One Wish (Link #741)

67

Moments that Turn My Mind Toward the Dharma (Link #740)

68

Contemplating the New Year (Link #739)

69

Keeping the Aspiration (Link #738)

70

Samten Ling History: Part 4 (Link #737)

71

Reflections on Undertaking Retreat (Link #736)

72

Remembering Gratitude: Especially When Things are Falling Apart (Link #735)

73

Fully Engaged (Link #734)

74

Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma (Link #733)

75

Letting Go of Self-Doubt (Link #732)

76

The Eternal Smile (Link #731)

77

The Power of Bearing Witness (Link #730)

78

Peace in the Face of Suffering (Link #729)

79

Bee Mindful (Link #728)

80

2018 Source of Mahamudra: The Importance of Mind Training (Part 2) (Link #727)

81

2018 Source of Mahamudra: The Importance of Mind Training (Part 1) (Link #726)

82

The Perfect Staircase: Following the Pith Instructions of the Guru to Liberation (Link #725)

83

Exploring Paradox (Link #724)

84

Aspire To Be Born on the Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain (Part 2) (Link #723)

85

Aspire To Be Born on the Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain (Part 1) (Link #722)

86

Getting Out of My Own Way (Link #721)

87

Bodhicitta (Link #720)

88

Bodhicitta (Link #719)

89

Getting to Know Yourself (Link #718)

90

Awakening Compassion (Link #717)

91

2023 Nyingma Summer Seminar: Hinayana (Link #716)

92

Diligence: The Joyful Endeavor (Link #715)

93

Joyfully Embracing Life for a Greater Purpose: Awakened Attitude of Mind (Link #714)

94

Reflections on the Invisible (Link #713)

95

Tangtong Gyalpo: King of the Empty Plain (Link #712)

96

Discipline, Enjoyment and Creativity (Link #711)

97

A Practitioner's True North (Link #710)

98

Discipline: Form and Inspiration (Link #709)

99

Exploring Self-Reflection (Link #708)

100

Love: Immeasurable and Universal (Link #707)

101

Around the World in 72 Days (Link #706)

102

Working With Emotional Pain (Link #705)

103

Contemplating Concepts (Link #704)

104

Getting Cooked By the Warmth of the Dharma (Link #703)

105

Training In Tenderness: 2018 Book Tour (Link #702)

106

Healing the Broken Heart (Link #701)

107

Tolerating Discomfort (Staying Open): An Opportunity to See More Clearly (Link #700)

108

Reviewing My 25 Years As a Student (Link #699)

109

On Meditation (Link #698)

110

Neglecting One of the Pillars (Link #697)

111

Comprehending Our Mind: Removing Vagueness and Establishing Clarity (Link #696)

112

The Posture of Refuge (Link #695)

113

What Have I Learned So Far? (Link #694)

114

Sonam and Appreciation (Link #693)

115

Training In Tenderness: 2018 Book Tour (Link #692)

116

The Meaning of the Words: A Personal Exploration (Link #691)

117

Becoming a Disciple of the Longchen Nyingtik Lineage (Link #690)

118

Self Reflection, Renunciation and Appreciation to Bring in the New Year (Link #689)

119

Showing Up in Life and Death (Link #688)

120

Diligence, Introspection and Dependent Origination (Link #687)

121

Appreciation of the Three Jewels (Link #686)

122

Navigating Dharma and the Habits That Cause Trouble on the Way to the Next Life: Making My Way (Link #685)

123

Creating a Simplified Life (Link #684)

124

Habitual Obscurations (Link #683)

125

Samten Ling History: Part 3 (Link #682)

126

Devotion: For the Record (Link #681)

127

The Four Immeasurables (Link #680)

128

In Search of a Meaningful Life (Link #679)

129

Sangha and Serendipity: Inspiration to Stay on the Path (Link #678)

130

Ease (Link #677)

131

Self Awareness (Link #676)

132

Mind's Health (Link #675)

133

The Guru Principle (Link #674)

134

Understanding the Bone in My Heart (Link #673)

135

Grace (Link #672)

136

Reflections on Renunciation (Link #671)

137

Making Intention and Action Meet (Link #670)

138

Confession, Despair, and Saving Moths (Link #669)

139

Identity and Healthy Relationship with the World (Link #668)

140

Let's Talk About Death (Link #667)

141

Dissolving (Link #666)

142

Appreciation and Taking Refuge (Link #665)

143

Karma (Link #664)

144

Reflections (Link #663)

145

Taking Refuge in the Open (Link #662)

146

Our Brave Hearts (Link #661)

147

Baggage Handling (Link #660)

148

Don't Let the Hidden Boss Interfere with Your Own Growth (Link #659)

149

The Wisdom of Confession and the Shenpa of Guilt (Link #658)

150

Reflections on Grief, Living and Dying (Link #657)

151

Be Nettle (Link #656)

152

Stepping Out of Vagueness (Link #655)

153

Being Present to the Present of the Present in the Present (Link #654)

154

Musings on Magic and Metaphor (Link #653)

155

Making Aspirations (Link #652)

156

Lojong: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet (Link #651)

157

Notes From the Land (Link #650)

158

Be Like India (Link #649)

159

A Few of My Favorite Things: Personal Reflections on Appreciation and Gratitude (Link #648)

160

Service: The Mantle of Responsibility (Link #647)

161

What is Happiness? (Link #646)

162

Everyday Dharma (Link #645)

163

What Makes the Dharma the Dharma? (Link #644)

164

Renunciation and Spontaneity (Link #643)

165

On the Path, Step by Step (Link #642)

166

Cultivating Disillusion (Link #641)

167

Never Look Away (Link #640)

168

The Poetry of Dharma and Devotion (Link #639)

169

New Year's Day Prayer for Peace (Link #638)

170

What a Fortunate Opportunity (Link #637)

171

Between a Rock and a Not-So-Hard Place (Link #636)

172

Devotion and the True Shift (Link #635)

173

Lojong: The Fearless Path (Link #634)

174

Buddha's Advocate (Link #633)

175

Samten Ling History: Part 2 (Link #632)

176

Committing to Mind Training (Link #631)

177

The Seven Riches of the Aryas, Talk #6: Sherab (Link #630)

178

The Seven Riches of the Aryas, Talk #5: Trelyupa and Ngotsa Shepa (Link #629)

179

Is Samsara Fair? (Link #628)

180

Opening the Heart of Sadness (Link #627)

181

The Seven Riches of the Aryas, Talk #4: Tupa (Link #626)

182

The Seven Riches of the Aryas, Talk #3: Jinpa (Link #625)

183

The Inconvenient Truth (Link #624)

184

Dharma and the World (Link #623)

185

The Seven Riches of the Aryas, Talk #2: Tsultrim (Link #622)

186

The Seven Riches of the Aryas, Talk #1: Tepa (Link #621)

187

Thinking From the Frame of Mind of Dharma (Link #620)

188

Practice Now (Link #619)

189

A Rude Awakening (Link #618)

190

Having an Honest Dialogue With Oneself (Link #617)

191

Don't Be a Loyalist To Ego (Link #616)

192

Finding Agency within the Hinayana (Link #615)

193

Choosing Kindness (Link #614)

194

Heart and Head (Link #613)

195

The Juice of Practice (Link #612)

196

Where are the Buddhalands? Lessons in Community (Link #611)

197

Practice Motivation (Link #610)

198

When Life Throws You a Curveball (Link #609)

199

It's Such a Nuisance to be Attached (Link #608)

200

Buddhist Anger Management (Link #607)

201

All the Mother Sentient Beings Equal to Space (Link #606)

202

To Be Determined (Link #605)

203

Some Thoughts on the Four Thoughts that Turn One's Mind to the Dharma (Link #604)

204

Preparation for Death (Link #603)

205

Kindness As Practice and Medicine (Link #602)

206

Time For Courage (Link #601)

207

Longing: A Saving Grace (Link #600)

208

Lovingkindness is the Essence of Your Path (Link #599)

209

Being With Old Age and Death (Link #598)

210

Thoughts from Retreat (Link #597)

211

Sadhana of Allowing (Link #596)

212

Four Dharmas of Gampopa (Link #595)

213

Don't Forget the Magic (Link #594)

214

Don't Let the Hidden Boss Interfere with Your Own Growth (Link #593)

215

A Sleepy Pilgrim (Link #592)

216

My Mother, Donald Trump (Link #591)

217

Clearing Obscurations: That Asprirations and Actions May Align (Link #590)

218

Know Thyself (Link #589)

219

Stay The Course (Link #588)

220

Dying Without Regret (Link #587)

221

Reflections on My Path After Twenty Years (Link #586)

222

Lojong: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet (Link #585)

223

Service and Self-Reflection (Link #584)

224

Adapting to Dharma (Link #583)

225

Contemplating the Copper-Colored Mountain: Reflections on Kongtrul Rinpoche's Supplication to Guru Rinpoche (Link #582)

226

Aren't Two Jewels Really Enough? Reflections on Sangha (Link #581)

227

Meditative Integration through Psychedelic Therapy (Link #580)

228

Being Present (Link #579)

229

Nyingru: A Bone In the Heart That Overcomes Ambivalence (Link #578)

230

Three Things One Can Do To Make Progress (Link #577)

231

Being Alone and Facing Our Mind (Link #576)

232

Blissy Bliss (Link #575)

233

Bodhicitta 2.0 (Link #574)

234

Three Remedies For Shakiness (Link #573)

235

A Positive Attitude Toward All Experiences (Link #572)

236

Reflections on Staying Open to the World (Link #571)

237

American Dharma (Link #570)

238

Who Dies? (Link #569)

239

Developing Authenticity (Link #568)

240

If Wishes Were Horses (Link #567)

241

Nyingma Summer Seminar- Talk 7 (Link #566)

242

Nyingma Summer Seminar- Talk 4 (Link #565)

243

Making Friends With Death (Link #564)

244

Working With Physical Pain (Link #563)

245

Single Pointed Trust (Link #562)

246

The Space Between (Link #561)

247

Mind Nature, Mind States and Me (Link #560)

248

Death and Deathlessness (Link #559)

249

Training the Mind, Bringing Uncertainty Onto the Path (Link #558)

250

Hidden In Plain Sight (Link #557)

251

Living in the Shoes of Others: Recognizing Basic Human Experience (Link #556)

252

What's Going Well (Link #555)

253

Everything Is Useful (Link #554)

254

Killing Time (Link #553)

255

Can I Check Your ID? (Link #552)

256

Opening To Life and Change as Path (Link #551)

257

How To Change Our Mindsets (Link #550)

258

Early Stories from Samten Ling (Link #549)

259

Serious Need for a Laugh (Link #548)

260

Being Honest (Link #547)

261

Impermanence: Now is the Time to Practice (Link #546)

262

Free Yourself (Link #545)

263

2021 Losar Address (Special Episode)

264

Unconditional Well-Being (Link #544)

265

Meeting Habitual Mind (Link #543)

266

Self Reflection (Link #542)

267

Windhorse and Peaceful Heart (Link #541)

268

Back On Track (Link #540)

269

Learning Through Adversity in 2020 (Link #539)

270

This Is Not My First Rodeo (Link #538)

271

Working The Ground: A Full-Time Job (Link #537)

272

Self and the Little Things (Link #536)

273

In Awe, An Extraordinary Life (Link #534)

274

Thoughts On Recognizing the Nature of Thoughts (Link #533)

275

If Not Now, Then When? (Link #532)

276

Navigating a Practice Dry Spell: A Self-Portrait (Link #530)

277

Shinjang (Link #529)

278

Useful Qualities To Adopt (Link #528)

279

Longing (Link #527)

280

Practice in the Face of Suffering and Death (Link #526)

281

Nonviolence (Link #525)

282

In The Blink of An Eye (Link #524)

283

Resting In Change (Link #523)

284

Service In a Very Busy Time (Link #522)

285

2020 Vision (Link #521)

286

Sadhana (Link #520)

287

Longing For Peace and Stability in the World (Link #519)

288

An Act of Service (Link #518)

289

In the Forest of Wrong Views (Link #517)

290

Don' t Be Hard on Yourself; Engage With the Practice (Link #516)

291

Polishing the Crystal (Link #515)

292

Not Liking What You See But Looking Anyway (Link #514)

293

Mahayana Essentials: Being In Healthy Relationship With the World (Link #513)

294

The Grace of Ours (Link #512)

295

The Alchemy of Fear (Link #511)

296

Tonglen: Expanding The Heart With Wisdom (Link #510)

297

A Touch of Suffering (Link #509)

298

Three Wisdoms for All Eras (Link #508)

299

Open and Relaxed, Ready to Die (Link #507)

300

When The Appearances of This Life Dissolve (Link #506)

301

Open Heart (Link #505)

302

The Benefits of Walking On The Path As A Lay Practitioner (Link #504)

303

Le Bonheur (Link #503)

304

Integrity As Energy (Link #502)

305

More Than This: Being OK With What Arises (Link #501)

306

Imposter Syndrome, Aging and FOMO (Link #500)

307

Practicing in the Face of Calamity (Link #499)

308

On Coming Onto a Buddhist Path (Link #498)

309

Studying Mind and Seeing Clearly (Link #497)

310

Leaving The Palace of Innocence (Link #496)

311

The Fox and The Duck (Link #495)

312

Living In Not Knowing (Link #494)

313

Becoming A Practitioner (Link #493)

314

Transformation Through The Four Thoughts (Link #492)

315

How To Change Our Future (Link #491)

316

Working With My Grudges (Link #490)

317

Inconceivable Simplicity (Link #489)

318

Learning To Watch My Mind (Link #488)

319

Self Compassion as a Support for Practice (Link #487)

320

Not Too Tight, Not Too Loose (Link #486)

321

Field Trips: Applying Bodhicitta To My Life and Mind (Link #484)

322

Facing Violence With the Dharma (Link #485)

323

No Excuses (Link #483)

324

This Is Not My Beautiful Life (Link #482)

325

Why Do I Ever Close My Heart? (Link #481)

326

Addicted to Samsara and Letting the Blessings Come Through (Link #480)

327

Generating Inspiration (Link #479)

328

Dancing With Fears and Habits (Link #478)

329

The Power of Longing: Being Careful What You Wish For (Link #477)

330

Clarity and Confusion (Link #476)

331

Appreciating Your Wealth (Link #475)

332

Fresh, Sleep, Dream, Awake (Link #474)

333

Fight Club (Link #473)

334

Ricochet Down The Road (Link #472)

335

Training Our Innate Care and Concern: The Human Heart Condition (Link #471)

336

The Carrot of Merit (Link #470)

337

Finding A New Relationship To Stress (Link #469)

338

2019 Nyingma Summer Seminar (Link #468)

339

A New and Meaningful Life With The Three Jewels (Link #467)

340

Being Open To Influence and Seeing Rainbows Everywhere (Link #466)

341

As Within, So Without (Link #465)

342

Bone In The Heart: These Times We Were Born For (Link #464)

343

Saga Dawa (Link #463)

344

An Approach To Service That I Find Important (Link #462)

345

Christian and Buddhist Consonance (Link #461)

346

Asking Myself: Who Do You Think You Are? (Link #460)

347

Everyday Magic (Link #459)

348

Lineage (Link #458)

349

Streets of Laredo (Link #457)

350

Love and Letting Go (Link #456)

351

Being Transparent: Bringing Parenting To The Path (Link #455)

352

Do No Harm (Link #454)

353

What I Don' t Know For Sure (Link #453)

354

Ask Anything (Link #452)

355

Three Moments of Liberation (Link #451)

356

I Can Think, I Can Wait, I Can Fast (Link #450)

357

Working With Discouragement (Link #449)

358

Stay Soft, Stay Open: Reflections From Retreat (Link #448)

359

Precious Human Body: Ship or Stone? (Link #447)

360

Technology That Supports The Practice of Dharma In Distant Places (Link #446)

361

Paying Attention to the BGM In My Mind (Link #445)

362

Motivation and Refuge (Link #444)

363

A New Year' s Message (Link #443)

364

The Cult of the Imperfect (Link #442)

365

Identifying With Our Nature vs. Our Neurosis: A Sadhana Practitioner' s Perspective (Link #441)

366

Aligned For The Journey (Link #440)

367

Empty Money (Link #439)

368

Alone Together: An Appreciation of Sangha (Link #438)

369

Leaning Into Lenchak (Link #437)

370

Jennie Stoller' s Passing: Karma and Merit (Link #436)

371

Why and How I Conduct Home Retreats (Link #435)

372

Everyday Conduct (Link #434)

373

84,000 Doors (Link #433)

374

Reflections on Bodhicitta (Link #432)

375

Books and Magazines (Link #431)

376

Nothing Personal (Link #430)

377

Relaxing in the Midst of a Midnight Storm (Link #429)

378

How to Balance Head and Heart (Link #428)

379

That' s It (Link #427)

380

Season' s Impermanence (Link #426)

381

Thinking About Thinking (Link #425)

382

Exaggeration and Denial (Link #424)

383

Light Comes Through: Embracing Dharma (Link #423)

384

Pick and Choose Dharma (Link #422)

385

Coming Back. Again. And Again (Link #421)

386

2018 Nyingma Summer Seminar (Link #420)

387

Poetry and Practice (Link #419)

388

Being A Perfect Practitioner (Link #418)

389

Disputed Reality (Link #417)

390

Mindfulness Of The Guru (Link #416)

391

Relax: The Sequel (Link #415)

392

Making Friends With The Mind (Link #414)

393

Staying Realistic and Staying Vulnerable (Link #413)

394

Some Thoughts On Sangha and Life (Link #412)

395

Appreciating Your Life (Link #411)

396

Moving Out of Vagueness (Link #410)

397

Walking Through Life Unarmed (Link #409)

398

In Movement (Link #408)

399

Fall Down Seven Times, Stand Up Eight (Link #407)

400

You Are The Ocean In A Drop (Link #406)

401

Wherever One Is, Auspiciousness Is Ever Present (Link #405)

402

Aspiration, Self-Reflection, and Getting Down on Yourself (Link #404)

403

Inconvenient Truths and Discordant Factors (Link #403)

404

Responding Versus Reacting (Link #402)

405

Developing The Mindset of Awakening (Link #401)

406

In The Blink of An Eye: The Experience of Impermanence (Link #400)

407

The Drupcho: A Personal History (Link #399)

408

Realizing The Storylines (Link #398)

409

The Challenges of Attachment (Link #397)

410

No More and No Less Than Who I Am (Link #396)

411

Supplicating Bodhicitta (Link #395)

412

Burning With Love In a World We Can' t Fix (Link #394)

413

Why Should I Keep Doing This? (Link #393)

414

Pilgrimage To India: Like the Reflection of the Moon in Water (Link #392)

415

Good Karma, Great Merit, and Abundant Love (Link #391)

416

Grace (Link #390)

417

The LINK Legacy Series: Conduct this Day as a Ceremony: Whatever Comes Don' t Be Self-Defeating (Link #389)

418

Radical Kinship: Creating An Irresistable Culture of Tenderness (Link #388)

419

What Is Merit, and Why Do We Need It? (Link #387)

420

Musings on the Seven Branch Practice (Link #386)

421

Nyingru: A Bone in the Heart That Overcomes Ambivalence (Link #385)

422

The Body and the Path (Link #384)

423

Dropping The Veil (Link #383)

424

The Perfect Relationship (Link #382)

425

Following Impermanence (Link #381)

426

Fences (Link #380)

427

Staying When I' d Rather Run (Link #379)

428

The Lasso of Light (Link #378)

429

What Allows Us to Care for Others? (Link #377)

430

What Are We Doing For Others (Link #376)

431

Getting Back To Basics (Link #375)

432

What Do You Trust? (Link #374)

433

Relating To The Demonic (Link #373)

434

2017 Nyingma Summer Seminar (Link #372)

435

Ability To Make Choices (Link #371)

436

Becoming a Buddhist Hospital Chaplain (Link #370)

437

Perspective and Appreciation (Link #369)

438

The Mystery Of Relationship and Non-Duality (Link #368)

439

Foundations Of Practice (Link #367)

440

Undeceiving Refuge (Link #366)

441

Bodhisattva Vow Practice (Link #365)

442

Turning To The Light (Link #364)

443

How To Meditate (Link #363)

444

Being In The Company Of The Three Jewels (Link #361)

445

Enlightened Activity (Link #360)

446

Omniscient Longchenpa (Link #359)

447

Growing Up At Seventy-Six (Link #358)

448

Miracle Things (Link #357)

449

Bodhicitta (Link #356)

450

Practical Nature of Awe (Link #355)

451

Dharma At The Heart (Link #354)

452

Transforming Adversity With the Support of the Protectors (Link #353)

453

Honesty With Oneself As The Path (Link #352)

454

A Thought I Find Very Helpful (Link #351)

455

The Vajrayana Art of Joie de Vivre (Link #350)

456

Kindness: The Catalyst for Change (Link #349)

457

Reflections On Routine Maintenance (Link #348)

458

Putting Your Cards On The Table (Link #347)

459

Hearing Lineage And Sacred World (Link #346)

460

Treat Suffering As A Friend (Link #345)

461

Early Sangha Stories (Link #344)

462

Protected From The Abyss Of Great Wrongdoing (Link #343)

463

The Paramita Of Pilgrimmage (Link #342)

464

Coming To Life In Practice and Coming To Live in Practice (Link #341)

465

Like A Child Running Into Its Mother' s Lap (Link #340)

466

Learning To Bear The Fullness Of Experience (Link #339)

467

Working With Difficult Situations (Link #338)

468

Reconciling Self and Other (Link #337)

469

Resting In Not Knowing (Link #336)

470

Deaths And Other Journeys To The Dharma (Link #335)

471

Doing Your Best With Maitri and Devotion (Link #334)

472

Practice In The "Real" World (Link #333)

473

Hearing, Contemplating, Meditating and Service: Offering to Our Guru (Link #332)

474

Storylines, Skandhas and Sobriety (Link #331)

475

Dealing With Anxiety And The Benefits Of Connection (Link #330)

476

Practice Of The Daily Grind: How I' ve Come To Love Chicken Shit (Link #329)

477

The Practice of Taking Refuge (Link #328)

478

Swimming Through The World Like A Squid (Link #327)

479

Trusting Our Spiritual Path (Link #326)

480

2016 Nyingma Summer Seminar (Link #325)

481

Everyday Ways of Working With Ego (Link #324)

482

The Interrupters: Relating With Self Doubt On The Spiritual Path (Link #323)

483

Relax: We' ve Done This Before (Link #322)

484

Moving Toward Continuity of Mindfulness and Constant Remembrance of the Practice in Post-Meditation (Link #321)

485

Adventure and Meaning (Link #320)

486

Finding Balance as a Dharma Practitioner in New York City (Link #319)

487

Classroom Dharma (Link #318)

488

Shenpa: An Opportunity For Everyday Practice (Link #317)

489

Supplication and The Bad Me (Link #316)

490

Practice Versus Path: Mindfulness (Link #315)

491

What Would Buddha Do? (Link #314)

492

What' s In A Name? (Link #313)

493

Be Like A Lamp: Reflections On Bodhicitta (Link #312)

494

Back To Basics, Again and Again (Link #311)

495

Keep Coming Back (Link #310)

496

Saying Yes (Link #309)

497

Being In Relationship With Our Pain (Link #308)

498

The Magic of Motivation (Link #307)

499

Step By Step Abode And Trained (Link #306)

500

Engaging The Three Wisdoms (Link #305)

501

Reflections (Link #304)

502

2016 Losar Address(Link #303)

503

We Shall Overcome (Link #302)

504

Finding Longing In The Midst Of Schmuck (Link #301)

505

How The Bardo That Is Las Vegas Reminds Me I Need To Practice (Link #300)

506

Glimpses Of Understanding of Karma: Key To Happiness (Link #299)

507

Becoming a Vajrayana Practitioner (Link #298)

508

Let' s Talk About The Weather (Link #297)

509

Solstice: Living In A World Of Shadows (Link #296)

510

The Season For Appreciation (Link #295)

511

Parting From The Four Attachments (Link #294)

512

Being Comfortable With Magic (Link #293)

513

Inviting Bliss, Loving More, Going Beyond Conflict (Link #292)

514

The Most Difficult Attitude To Have In Response To Tragedy: An Open Heart (Link #291)

515

Bringing The Teachings and Practice Off The Cushion (Link #290)

516

Four Dharmas of Gampopa (Link #289)

517

Gentle Hypocrisy (Link #288)

518

Letting Go Into Humbleness (Link #287)

519

Relationship (Link #286)

520

Four Solaces (Link #285)

521

Simplifying Your Kingdom (Link #284)

522

Lineage Coursing (Link #283)

523

Inconvenient Truth (Link #281)

524

Establishing The Field of Benefits (Link #280)

525

Cultivating Choice (Link #279)

526

Politics (Link #278)

527

Self Reflection and the Four Noble Truths: Openness is Required (Link #277)

528

The Garden of Feelings and Grief (Link #276)

529

Longing To Leap (Link #275)

530

Interconnectedness (Link #274)

531

Radically Present (Link #273)

532

My Way or Middle Way (Link #272)

533

Our Living Breathing Lineage (Link #271)

534

Mother Nature (Link #270)

535

Contemplating Busyness (Link #269)

536

Mind Games (Link #268)

537

Recollecting: Fresh and Open (Link #266)

538

Accepting Where You Are: The Doorway To Self-Reflection (Link #265)

539

Art in Everyday Life (Link #264)

540

Self Awareness (Link #263)

541

Fake It Until You Make It (Link #262)

542

Frog Seeking Big Pond (Link #261)

543

The Value of Suffering (Link #260)

544

People Are Waking Up Here (Link #259)

545

Opportunities Great and Small (Link #258)

546

Relax (Link #257)

547

Seven Riches of the Aryas Series- Talk 6: Sherab (Wisdom) (Link #256)

548

When Rock Meets Bone: What Actually Wakes Us Up (Link #255)

549

Digital Dharma (Link #254)

550

Why Worry (Link #253)

551

Seven Riches of the Aryas Series- Talk 5: Trelyupa and Ngotsa Shepa (Conscientiousness and Propriety) (Link #252)

552

Practice in the In-Between Spaces (Link #251)

553

Realizing Our World: Transitory, Illusory and Pure (Link #250)

554

Real Dharma (Link #249)

555

Seven Riches of the Aryas Series- Talk 4: Tupa (Hearing Wisdom) (Link #248)

556

Kitchen Talk (Link #247)

557

Appreciation of the Nature (Link #246)

558

Reflections on Right Size (Link #245)

559

Telling Stories of Jackalopes (Link #244)

560

Seven Riches of the Aryas Series- Talk 3: Jinpa (Generosity) (Link #243)

561

Stumbling Along The Middle Way (Link #242)

562

The Art and Artifice of Memory (Link #241)

563

Keeping Track of the Essential Point (Link #240)

564

Seven Riches of the Aryas Series- Talk 2: Tsultrim (Discipline/Buddhist Ethics) (Link #239)

565

Home (Link #238)

566

RSVP (Link #237)

567

How To Live and Age Skillfully (Link #236)

568

Breadcrumbs: Finding Our Path (Link #235)

569

What' s So Important About Being Important? (Link #234)

570

Beginner' s Mind and The Back Side of Life (Link #233)

571

Note To Self: Don' t Be So Mundane (Link #232)

572

Bodhicitta and Authenticity (Link #231)

573

Practice of the Five Strengths (Link #230)

574

2014 Nyingma Summer Seminar (Link #229)

575

Taking Responsibility For One' s Own Mind (Link #228)

576

Addictive Emotions and Learning To Be Kind to Onesself and Others (Link #227)

577

Writing Your Biography and Walking With The Bigshots (Link #226)

578

A Dose of Perspective (Link #225)

579

A Clear Spiritual Perspective (Link #224)

580

Fuzzy Logic (Link #223)

581

Blind Faith and Black Holes (Link #222)

582

He Must Have Liked It, Right? (Link #221)

583

My Own Inner Wisdom Guru (Link #220)

584

Ability In Vulnerability (Link #219)

585

Nothing Not To Know (Link #218)

586

Waking Up: Penetrating Our Projections and Resting In Openness (Link #217)

587

As He Lay Dying: Reflections on Being Alive (Link #216)

588

Seven Riches of the Aryas Series- Talk 1: Tepa (Faith) (Link #215)

589

Accepting Life is Difficult and Bumpy (Link #214)

590

Refining Resolution (Link #213)

591

Impermanence (Link #212)

592

Reflections On Death and Dying and the Practice of Tonglen (Link #211)

593

2014 Losar Address (Link #210)

594

Practical Magic: Building the Sangdo Palri Temple (Link #209)

595

Reflections On Consistency (Link #208)

596

How A Westerner Can Develop Faith and Devotion (Link #207)

597

The Eternal Smile (Link #206)

598

Prayer As An Expression of Awe (Link #205)

599

Relating with Personal Trauma as a Means Toward Awakening (Link #203)

600

Universal Tender Heart and Universal Responsibility (Link #202)

601

Enlightenment Is Not Just An Old Fashioned Idea (Link #201)

602

Service-Action (Link #200)

603

The Winding Path of Devotion (Link #199)

604

You Can Visit The Cocoon But You Can' t Stay (Link #198)

605

Painful Spurs (Link #197)

606

Faith and Hard Times (Link #196)

607

Giving Thanks, The Old Lamas (Link #195)

608

Social Skillful Means (Link #194)

609

Myth, Choice and Wonder (Link #193)

610

Not a "Hi, Bye" Relationship: Caring for Sangha Even When Difficulties Arise (Link #192)

611

Pioneers (Link #191)

612

Contemplations on Mindfulness (Link #190)

613

Whose Discomfort Are We Talking About? (Link #189)

614

Family As Guru (Link #188)

615

Be Wary of Samsara (Link #187)

616

A Tender Subject (Link #186)

617

Impermanence and Death: Cultivating a Reasonable Approach to an Unreasonable Topic (Link #185)

618

Never Say Never (Link #184)

619

Equanimity, Path and Rejoicing (Link #183)

620

Finding Joy in Bodhicitta (Link #182)

621

Fail, Fail More, Fail Better (Link #181)

622

The Foundational Path: Discovering Choice (Link #180)

623

Think Globally, Practice Locally (Link #179)

624

A Commitment To Wake Up (Link #178)

625

From Dharma Brat to Dharma Student (Link #177)

626

The First Noble Truth: The Suffering of Samsara (Link #176)

627

Turning of Voices (Link #175)

628

Seeking Balance (Link #174)

629

Hide and Seek (Link #173)

630

Who Is Ironman? (Link #172)

631

"..that perchance..." (Link #171)

632

Just Keep Swimming (Link #170)

633

Free Time: Buddha Nature As Foundation For Practice (Link #168)

634

Weaving Practice and Every Day Life (Link #167)

635

The Rope A Dope of Renunciation (Link #166)

636

No Mud, No Lotus- Grief As Path (Link #165)

637

Not Giving In To Contraction (Link #163)

638

A Few Lessons From The Past 40 Years (Link #162)

639

Reflections On Refuge (Link #161)

640

Nowhere To Escape (Link #160)

641

Polished In The Stream of Wisdom (Link #159)

642

Letting Go Is The Essence of Practice (Link #158)

643

Fear and Fearlessness Part 2 (Link #157)

644

Buddhism and Pop Culture (Link #155)

645

Being Honest With Oneself (Link #154)

646

The Practice of Rejoicing: An Antidote to Jealousy and the Small Self (Link #153)

647

Appreciation and Contentment (Link #152)

648

Trust As Path (Link #151)

649

Applications Of Modern Day Bodhisattva Training (Link #150)

650

Perserverence: Making The Path Personal (Link #149)

651

Impermanence and Kindness (Link #148)

652

Exploring Beliefs (Link #147)

653

Using Language to Illuminate (Link #146)

654

An Extraordinary Life (Link #145)

655

Paranoia, Fear and Fantasy- How Can We Trust This Mind? (Link #144)

656

Everyone Is and Isn' t The Main Character (Link #143)

657

Games, Challenges and Play (Link #142)

658

From Escaping To Embracing Responsibility (Link #141)

659

You Are Not Your Reaction (Link #140)

660

Dragon Eats Experience to Grow- Self Encouragement (Link #139)

661

Loving Kindness is the Fundamental Essence of the Spiritual Path (Link #138)

662

We Humans Are All Potential Lamps (Link #137)

663

Working with Overwhelm: Identifying Our Ability to Choose (Link #136)

664

Becoming a Student (Link #135)

665

Waiting Things Out (Link #134)

666

Appreciation (Link #133)

667

Aspire Beyond The Bubble of Wrong Means (Link #132)

668

Latent and Manifest Potential (Link #131)

669

Going Beyond Our Comfort Zone (Link #130)

670

Merit and Non-Merit (Link #129)

671

2012 Nyingma Summer Seminar Live Talk (Link #128)

672

Doing Some Work Together as Teacher and Student (Link #127)

673

The Four Thoughts (Link #126)

674

Human- All Too Human (Link #125)

675

The Definition of a Modern Day Bodhisattva (Link #124)

676

In Times of Uncertainty (Link #123)

677

The Ego of Identity (Link #122)

678

The Power of Imagination (Link #121)

679

Zeal in Practice (Link #120)

680

Creating a Simplified Life (Link #119)

681

Cultivating Practice (Link #118)

682

Sangha: Servants of Wakefulness (Link #117)

683

Reflections on The Teachings (Link #116)

684

Softening The Heart, Awakening The Mind (Link #115)

685

Appreciation (Link #114)

686

Appreciation (Link #113)

687

True Renunciation (Link #112)

688

A Mathematical Aspiration (Link #111)

689

The Clear Aspect of Compassion (Link #110)

690

Losar Address- Year of the Water Dragon (Link #109)

691

Staying on the Peak (Link #108)

692

Strength of Intention (Link #107)

693

Transforming the Root (Link #106)

694

Dunzhi and Distraction (Link #105)

695

The Future of Buddhism in the West: Looking Deep (Link #104)

696

Intimacy and Non-Separation (Link #103)

697

Devotion and Distraction (Link #102)

698

New Year' s Day Address (Link #101)

699

Merging Systems, Responding to the Suffering in the World (Link #100)

700

Bodhicitta is in the Details (Link #99)

701

Sustained From Within: Faith, Surrender and Acknowledgment (Link #98)

702

Arrogance (Link #97)

703

Light Comes Through-The Power of Accumulating Merit (Link #96)

704

Bodhicitta As A Bridge (Link #95)

705

It' s Such A Nuisance To Be Attached (Link #94)

706

Don' t Make Yourself Small- Become the Trutral" (Link #93)

707

Enter The Circle of Dogs (Link #91)

708

Clinging to the Concept of Self and Other (Link #90)

709

Purifying the Small Self (Link Legacy Series)

710

Purifying the Small Self (Link Legacy Series)

711

Child of Enlightened Nature (Link Legacy Series)

712

How Learning Should Shape the Mind (Link Legacy Series)

713

The Predator Mentality and Developing Bodhicitta (Link Legacy Series)

714

The Joy of Sadness (Link #89)

715

Loving Even More.....After Grief and Loss (Link #88)

716

The Individual and The Community (Link #87)

717

Back To Our Roots (Link #86)

718

Psychology and Buddhism (Link #85)

719

Awakening In The Charnel Ground (Link #84)

720

Exploring Beliefs (Link #83)

721

The Affliction of Timuk (Link #82)

722

Organized Mind (Link #81)

723

What Is Happiness? (Link #80)

724

Letting Go Into Humbleness (Link #79)

725

Maintaining Awareness as a Bodhicitta Practice (Link #78)

726

Five Steps to Handle Chaos (Link #77)

727

Exertion: Honoring our Buddha Nature (Link #76)

728

Certainty (Link #75)

729

The Propensity To be Bothered (Link #74)

730

The Essence of Mother' s Day (Link #73)

731

Starstruck- A Dubious State (Link #72)

732

Letting Go Leads to Liberation (Link #71)

733

Determined Focus (Link #70)

734

Reflections on Faith (Link #69)

735

A Moment of Pure Sympathetic Joy: The Cricket World Cup and The Power of Mind to Bring Happiness (Link #68)

736

Shoot the Hostage: The Wisdom of Letting Go May at First Seem Counterintuitive (Link #67)

737

Bearing Witness (Link #66)

738

Small Self, Large Self (Link #65)

739

2011 Losar Address (Link #64)

740

Understanding How We Suffer (Link #63)

741

The Purpose of Generating Bodhicitta (Link #62)

742

The Medicine of the Four Immeasurables (Link #61)

743

How to Meditate (Link #60)

744

Opening the Door to Emptiness (Link #59)

745

A Short Personal History (Link #58)

746

Commentary on "Looking into the World", a poem by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche (Link #57)

747

How to Accomplish a New Year' s Resolution (Link #56)

748

Welcoming the New Year: Clarity about the Past and Intention for the Future (Link #55)

749

What motivates us to practice? (Link #54)

750

What Drives us? (Link #53)

751

Karma and Responsibility (Link #52)

752

In the Blink of An Eye(Link #51)

753

Something Too Important To Forget (Link #49)

754

Is it Karma or Fate? (Link #48)

755

Gifts of Silence (Link #47)

756

The Link #46: Emic, Edic and Faith

757

The Link #45: Exploring Absolute Bodhicitta

758

The Link Legacy Series: Elegance and Grace

759

The Link #44: Mangala Shri Bhuti' s Mission: Service and Meditation

760

The Link Legacy Series: Dancing with Habits and Fears

761

The Link Legacy Series: Dynamics of Insecurity, Two Kinds of Merit

762

The Link Legacy Series: A Strong Case Against Attachment

763

The Link Legacy Series: To Be Free of Mind' s Illusion

764

The Link Legacy Series: Using Kerosene to Put out the Fire

765

The Link Legacy Series: Not a One-Hand Clap

766

The Link Legacy Series: Searching for Wealth Outside: Ignoring the Mind

767

The Link Legacy Series: Sense of Humour

768

The Link Legacy Series: Fear and Fearlessness

769

The Link Legacy Series: Kongtrul Rinpoche from Lerab Ling, 18 Aug 2008

770

The Link #43: Natasha Carter' s Link, 27 Jun 2010

771

The Link #42: Three Aspects of Faith by Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel, 20 Jun 2010

772

The Link #41: Not Taking Ourselves Too Seriously: Accomplishment Without Grasping

773

The Link #39: Supplication

774

The Link #37: Drive All Blames Into One: Life as an Opportunity for Learning

775

The Link #36: Being Deliberate: Creating Conditions for Practice

776

The Link #35:Becoming a more cultured person: refining our relationships with others

777

The Link #34: Distraction: A Reminder of our Purpose

778

The Link #33: CSI: Investigating Our Mind

779

The Link #32: Bodhicitta: Make it Personal

780

The Link #31:Critical Intelligence Hand and Hand with Positive Attitude

781

The Link #30: Wealth: A Deeper Ownership in the Sangha

782

The Link #29: Wonderment: The Ability to Not Know

783

The Link #28: Jampal Norbu Namgyel

784

The Link #27: Knowing the Ins and Outs of the Ego: Renouncing Reactivity

785

The Link #26: Kelly Smith

786

The Link #25: The Perfect Teacher

787

The Link #24: Nicholas Carter

788

The Link #23: Know Your Own Mind

789

The Link #22: Fear, Being Fearful, and Fearlessness: Cutting the Roots of Attachment and Aversion

790

The Link #21: Five Magic Potions that Counteract Obstacles: Intention, Appreciation, Humility, Contentment, Goodwill Towards All

791

The Link #20: Aspiration: Be The Pecha

792

The Link #19: Living in the Center of the Human Predicament: Trying with all our Might

793

The Link #18: Contentment: The Supreme Treasure of Not Wanting to be Anywhere Other Than Where You Are

794

The Link #17: Liberty to Let Go: The Personal Sanctuary of Peace in Samsara

795

The Link #16:The Sangha Guidelines: Measuring the Impact of Our Ego Footprint

796

The Link #15: Comradeship in the Vision: Allowing Space for Mind' s Natural Ability

797

The Link #14: The Body and Practice: Going Beyond Grasping and Rejecting

798

The Link #13: What to do when in a rut: positive attitude and flexible mind

799

The Link #12: Personal Integrity: Preserving the Character of a Practitioner

800

The Link #11: When Am I Practicing?: Form, Struggle or Something More Essential

801

The Link #10: Confidence: Its Imposters and Its Partnership with Critical Intelligence

802

The Link #8: Discernment: Trusting a Process of Knowing

803

The Link #7: Making the Teachings Personal

804

The Link #6: Deepening One' s Connection, Commitment, and Dedication to Sail Across the Ocean of Samsara

805

The Link #5: Bringing Meaning to One' s Life Through the Path of Service

806

The Link #4: We Are Big Enough to Hold it All: At Ease with Fundamental Uncertainty

807

The Link #3: Digesting Experience

808

The Link #2: From the Cushion to the Grocery Store: Developing Positive Habits

809

The Link #1: Three Goals of a Practitioner: String-Free Kindness, Freedom from Self-Concern and Stability in the Nature

810

The Link Legacy Series: Cutting Through the Haunted Dominion of Mind (verse 27)