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The Wisdom Podcast — 233 episodes

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1

Thupten Jinpa: Illuminating the Intent – An Encore Presentation (#236)

2

Ācārya Malcolm Smith: A Dzogchen Perspective (#235)

3

Venerable Robina Courtin: Discovering Your True Nature (#234)

4

H. E. Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche, Atisha Mathur, and Fabrizio Pallotti: Buddhist Education in the Modern World (#233)

5

Geshe YongDong Losar and Jesse Moussa: Becoming The Master On The Course And In Life (#232)

6

Gerardo Abboud: Translating the dharma (#231)

7

Lama Justin von Bujdoss: Dark Retreat (#230)

8

Jet Li: Beyond Life and Death (#229)

9

His Eminence Kalu Rinpoche and Michele Loew: The Yoga of Niguma (#227)

10

John Makransky: How Compassion Works (#226)

11

Eva Natanya: Śamatha and Vipaśyanā: Part 2 (#225)

12

Professor John Dunne: Buddhist Philosophy and the Nalanda Tradition (#223)

13

David M. DiValerio: Mountain Dharma (#221)

14

Brendan Barca and Pema Sherpa: The Daily Buddhist (#220)

15

Dasho Karma Ura: The Pursuit of Happiness in Bhutan (#219)

16

H. E. Khangser Rinpoche: Buddha-Nature and Beyond (#218)

17

Lama Alan Wallace: Śamatha and Vipaśyanā: Part 1 (#217)

18

Anu Gupta: Breaking Bias (#216)

19

Venerable Matthieu Ricard: Presence, Insight, and Compassion: A Guide to Happiness (#215)

20

Rangjung Neljorma Khandro Tseringma Rinpoche: Presence, Insight, and Compassion: A Guide to Happiness (#214)

21

James Apple: Atiśa’s Stages Of The Path To Awakening (#213)

22

Mark Siderits: Buddhism as Philosophy: Part 2 (#212)

23

Sarah Harding: Severance (#211)

24

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche And Robert Thurman: Buddhism in Daily Life in Conversation with Two Great Masters (#210)

25

Cortland Dahl: A Meditator’s Guide to Buddhism (#209)

26

Alejandro Chaoul, Richard Freeman, and Mary Taylor: Yoga for Meditators (#208)

27

Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche: The Legacy of Tulku Urgyen and the Path to Kindfulness (#207)

28

Douglas Duckworth: The Great Hūṃ (#206)

29

Ācārya Malcolm Smith: The Dzogchen Aural Lineage (#205)

30

Christopher Ives: Zen Ecology (#204)

31

Justin Kelley: Beyond Scholarship: The Meeting of Dharma and Education (#203)

32

Lama Alan Wallace: Dzokchen Dialogues (#202)

33

Michael Tweed: Lessons and Laughs (#201)

34

Venerable Thubten Chodron: Vajrayāna and the Culmination of the Path (#200)

35

Venerable Losang Gendun: Bridging Traditions, Building Communities (#199)

36

Geshe YongDong Losar: Exploring Breath, Yoga, and Meditation (#198)

37

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche: Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche’s Legacy (#197)

38

Tsoknyi Rinpoche: Insights from My Father and Teacher, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (#196)

39

Erik Pema Kunsang: Timeless Teachings with Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (#195)

40

Marcia Binder Schmidt: Meeting Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (#194)

41

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche: Dream Yoga (#193)

42

H. E. Khangser Rinpoche: A Monk’s Guide to Finding Joy (#192)

43

Thupten Jinpa: Mind Training (#191)

44

Jeffrey Hopkins: In Remembrance: The Life of a Buddhist Scholar (#190)

45

Dr. Joanne Cacciatore: Embracing Grief: Meditation, Journaling, and Self-Reflection (#189)

46

H. E. Khangser Rinpoche: Rebirth, Meditation, and the Path to Joy (#188)

47

Klaus-Dieter Mathes and Péter-Dániel Szántó: ⁠Saraha’s Spontaneous Songs (#187)

48

H. E. Kalu Rinpoche: ⁠Illusory Body and Mind (#186)

49

Tim Olmsted: ⁠Spontaneous Teachers, Spontaneous Student (#185)

50

Cortland Dahl: Mahamudra and Daily Life (#184)

51

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche: Dorje Drolö and the Power of the Mind (#183)

52

Peter Skilling: Buddha’s Words for Tough Times (#182)

53

John Brehm: Dharma Talk (#181)

54

Thupten Jinpa: Stages of the Path (#180)

55

Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi: Noble Truths, Noble Path (#179)

56

Dr. Richard J. Davidson: Meditation and the Effects on the Brain (#178)

57

Geoffrey Barstow: Was the Buddha Vegetarian? (#177)

58

Alejandro Chaoul: Trul Khor (#176)

59

Charles Manson: The Second Karmapa (#175)

60

Anne C. Klein: Being Human and a Buddha Too (#174)

61

Sangye Khandro: The Parinirvana of Venerable Dhomang Gyatrul Rinpoche (#173)

62

Jay Garfield: Buddhist Philosophy In-Depth (#172)

63

Geshe Tenzin Namdak: The Mind and Knowing (#171)

64

Venerable Bhikkhu Anālayo: The Signless and the Deathless (#170)

65

H. E. Kalu Rinpoche: The Yoga of Niguma (#169)

66

Thupten Jinpa: Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics (#168)

67

Lama Tsomo: Ancient Wisdom for Our Times (#167)

68

Malcolm Smith: Dzogchen: Ten Key Terms (#166)

69

Khandro Kunga Bumma: Bodhicitta, Happiness, and Interdependence (#165)

70

Karl Brunnhölzl: Sounds of Innate Freedom: Volume 3 (#164)

71

Geshe Tenzin Namdak: Freedom Through Correct Knowing (#163)

72

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche: Dharma in the Modern World (#162)

73

Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi: Reading the Buddha’s Discourses in Pali (#161)

74

Karl Brunnhölzl: Sounds of Innate Freedom (#160)

75

His Eminence the 12th Zurmang Gharwang Rinpoche: Mahāmudrā (#159)

76

Shaila Catherine: Beyond Distraction (#158)

77

Cortland Dahl: Meditation and Neuroscience (#157)

78

Robert Thurman & Susan A. Landesman: The Tārā Tantra (#156)

79

Koshin Paley Ellison: Untangled (#155)

80

Khandro Kunzang Dechen Chodron: Immersion in the Ngagpa Tradition (#154)

81

Geshe YongDong: Calm Breath, Calm Mind (#153)

82

Mark Siderits: Buddhism as Philosophy (#152)

83

Thupten Jinpa: Tsongkhapa’s Madhyamaka (#151)

84

James B. Apple: Stairway to Atiśa (#149)

85

Malcolm Smith: Dzogchen, Sakya, and Translation (#148)

86

Klaus-Dieter Mathes: Mahamudra and Shentong (#147)

87

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche: Recognizing Awareness (#146)

88

Heidi I. Köppl: Roots of Duality (#145)

89

Karma Trinlay Rinpoche: Life as a Tulku (#144)

90

Ven. Anālayo: Early Buddhist Oral Tradition (#143)

91

Henry Shukman: Radical Simplicity (#142)

92

Rabkar Wangchuk: Mystery of Life (#141)

93

Mahāmudrā: A Practical Guide (#140)

94

Matthew Kapstein: The Reluctant Professor (#139)

95

Shaila Catherine: Beyond Distraction (#138)

96

Venerable Robina and Venerable Chokyi: Liberation Prison Project (#137)

97

Daniel A. Hirshberg: Nyingma Lore and Lineage (#136)

98

Alejandro Chaoul on Body Buddhism (#135)

99

H. H. the 42nd Sakya Trizin, Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, & B. Alan Wallace in Conversation (#134)

100

Ven. Bhikkhu Anālayo and Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche: Early Buddhism and Dzogchen (#133)

101

Alexander Berzin: Dharma for Everyone (#132)

102

Pamela Weiss: Real Health, Real Freedom, and Fierce Feminine Buddhism (#131)

103

Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche: 84000 App Launch Celebration (#130)

104

Karl Brunnhölzl: Milarepa’s Kungfu (#129)

105

Achariya Doug Qapel Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei: Journeying Across Traditions (#128)

106

David Nichtern: Unsheathing the Sword of Prajna (#127)

107

Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo: Emptiness, Dzogchen, and Women in Buddhism (#126)

108

Koshin Paley Ellison: Making All of Life a Place of Practice (#125)

109

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche: Dharma for Difficult Times (#124)

110

Robert Thurman: Mind, Self, and Reality (#123)

111

Vesna Wallace: Exploring the Kalachakra Tantra (#122)

112

Guy Armstrong: Illuminating Emptiness (#121)

113

Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche: Lineage, Renunciation, and Engaged Buddhism (#120)

114

Ven. Sangye Khadro: How to Meditate (#119)

115

Lama Alan Wallace: Solitude and Resilience (#118)

116

Donald S. Lopez Jr. : Encounters with Great Texts and Great Lamas (#117)

117

Rima Fujita: Illustrating the Dalai Lama’s Life (#116)

118

Christopher Ives: Meditations on the Trail (#115)

119

Lama Migmar Tseten: The Play of Mahamudra (#114)

120

Thupten Jinpa: Inspiration for Practice and Study (#113)

121

Sarah Harding: Dharma Journeys of Practice & Translation (#112)

122

Leo Babauta: Zen Habits (#111)

123

Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche: Peaceful Heart: The Buddhist Practice of Patience (#110)

124

Thupten Jinpa: Illuminating the Intent (#109)

125

Malcolm Smith: Translating the Tantras (#108)

126

Mark Van Buren: Your Life Is Meditation (#107)

127

John Brehm: The Dharma of Poetry (#106)

128

Michael Imperioli: Acting, Success, and the Buddhist Path (#105)

129

Anne C. Klein: Finding Wholeness in the Dzogchen Path (#104)

130

John Tarrant Roshi: Koans, Uncertainty, and Insight (#103)

131

Venerable Thubten Chodron: In Praise of Great Compassion (#102)

132

David Nichtern: Buddhist Wisdom for Realizing Your Creative Vision (#101)

133

His Holiness the Dalai Lama: Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics (#100)

134

Alejandro Chaoul: Body, Breath, and Mind in Tibetan Yoga (#99)

135

Toni Bernhard: Self-Compassion and the First Noble Truth (#98)

136

Evan Thompson: The Conversation Between Buddhism and Science (#97)

137

John Dunne: Dharmakīrti, Conceptuality, and Antidotes for Distorted Thinking (#96)

138

Jessica Pimentel: Tibetan Buddhism, Creativity, and the Work of the Imagination (#95)

139

Roger Jackson: Mahāmudrā in the Geluk and Kagyü Traditions (#94)

140

Michael Mendizza: Conversations with Samdhong Rinpoche and J. Krishnamurti

141

Malcolm Smith: Translating The Tantra Without Syllables and The Blazing Lamp Tantra

142

Venerable Robina Courtin: Understanding the Buddha’s Teachings for Ourselves

143

Shohaku Okumura Roshi: Stories from Modern Zen Masters

144

Norman Fischer: A Poet’s Path to Awakening

145

Gil Fronsdal: The Wisdom of Many Traditions

146

Daniel Goleman: The Mind and Meditation

147

Tara Brach: Radical Compassion

148

Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche: Spiritual Heir to a Tibetan Master

149

Larry Rosenberg: Early Pioneer of Buddhism in the West

150

Koshin Paley Ellison: How to Forgive

151

Ajahn Brahm and Shaila Catherine: Dialogue on the Deep States of Samadhi

152

Robert Thurman: The Practice of Deity Yoga

153

Ajahn Brahm: Letting Go, Stillness, and Vanishing

154

Cyrus Stearns: Translating for the Great Sakya Masters

155

H. H. the Sakya Trizin: Preservation of the Dharma and the Sakya Tradition

156

Barry Magid: Psychologically Minded Zen

157

John Dunne: Dharmakīrti, Perception, and Cognitive Science

158

Charles Hallisey: Reimagining Buddhist Scripture

159

H. H. Karmapa: Vegetarianism, Online Education and Nuns’ Ordination

160

Graham Coleman: Preserving Tibetan Culture in the Digital Age

161

Narayan Helen Liebenson: The Immediacy of Freedom

162

Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche: Prioritizing Aspirations Along the Path

163

Alejandro Chaoul: The Bön Tradition and the Art of Tibetan Yoga

164

Mark Van Buren: Actual Happiness

165

Sharon Salzberg: Loving-Kindness: More than Just a Concentration Practice

166

Malcolm Smith: The Seventeen Tantras of the Great Perfection

167

Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Foundations for the Flourishing of Dharma in the West

168

Christopher Ives: Zen, Ethics, and the Wildness of Nature

169

Janet Gyatso: Tibetan Buddhism, Animal Ethics and Compassion

170

David Nichtern: Mantra and the Power of Pure Sound

171

Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel: On Faith and Dependent Arising

172

Thupten Jinpa: Translating for His Holiness the Dalai Lama

173

Lama Tsultrim Allione: Path of the Sacred Feminine

174

Geshe Tashi Tsering: From Monk to Abbot at Sera Mey Monastery

175

Bhikkhu Anālayo: Rebirth in Early Buddhism

176

H. E. Dza Kilung Rinpoche: Jigme Lingpa and the Longchen Nyingtik Tradition

177

Sonam Thakchoe: In the Laboratory of Meditation

178

Richard Salomon: Early Buddhism in Ancient Gandhāra

179

Karl Brunnhölzl: Stories of Translation and Transformation

180

Dungse Jampal Norbu: A New Generation of American Buddhists

181

Karen Derris: A Professor and Her Students Engage H. H. the Karmapa

182

Tulku Dakpa Rinpoche: Lineage and Transmission in the Nyingma Tradition

183

Ani Choying Drolma: A Voice for Nepalese Buddhist Nuns

184

H. H. the Sakya Trichen: Learning from the Lives of Great Masters

185

Bhante Gunaratana: A Special Teaching on Mindfulness

186

Sumi Loundon Kim: Mindfulness for the Whole Family

187

Jan Westerhoff: Nāgārjuna and Madhyamaka

188

Barbara Bonner: Reimagining Courage and Generosity

189

Josh Korda: Honoring Transparency and Disclosure

190

Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche: In Praise of Spiritual Teachers

191

Malcolm Smith: Translating Dzogchen Texts

192

Geshema Kelsang Wangmo: Becoming the First Female Geshe

193

H. E. the 12th Zurmang Gharwang Rinpoche: The History of the Zurmang Kagyu Tradition

194

Joanne Cacciatore: Bearing the Unbearable

195

Lama Alan Wallace: Meditation for Balanced Living

196

Marcus Perman: Translation and Transmission of Tibetan Buddhism in the West

197

Ross Bolleter: The Intimacy of Zen Koan Practice

198

Harold Talbott: Remembering Thomas Merton’s Encounters with the Dalai Lama

199

Andy Rotman: The Divine Stories of Early Buddhism

200

Leonard van der Kuijp: Discovering Tibet with a Leading Scholar

201

Kathleen Dowling Singh: Grace and Awakening

202

Kamala Masters: Dhamma in Daily Life

203

David Nichtern: Awakening from the Daydream

204

Koshin Paley Ellison: Zen and the Art of Caregiving

205

H.E. the 7th Ling Rinpoche: The Training of a Tulku

206

Bhikkhu Anālayo: The Satipatthana Sutta

207

Jay Garfield: Engaging Buddhist Philosophy

208

Dan Harris: 10% Happier

209

Mingyur Rinpoche: Stories of Wandering and Awakening

210

Guy Newland: A Buddhist Grief Observed

211

Lama Alan Wallace: Dzogchen and the Science of Mind

212

Sharon Salzberg: Faith and Doubt

213

Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen: Drikung Teachings

214

Christina Feldman: Meditation as Cultivation

215

Joseph Goldstein: Bringing the Dharma from the Masters to the West

216

Shaila Catherine: Mastering the Jhānas

217

Steve Armstrong: Insight Meditation in America

218

Bhikkhu Bodhi: The Buddha on Social Harmony

219

Gerry Stribling: Buddhism for Dudes

220

Pascal Auclair: Living Buddhism from the Heart

221

C.W. Huntington and Francisca Cho: Emptiness and Fiction

222

Robert Thurman: A Life in Buddhism

223

Elsie Walker: The Dalai Lama and the Presidents Bush

224

Stephen Batchelor: After Buddhism

225

Deborah Schoeberlein David: The Meaning of Living Mindfully

226

Jeffrey Hopkins: The Life of a Buddhist Scholar

227

Ven. Thubten Chodron: An American Buddhist Abbess

228

Jamyang Rinchen 2: My Guru, the Dalai Lama

229

Jamyang Rinchen 1: Translating for the Dalai Lama

230

David Loy: Modern Buddhism

231

Bhikkhu Bodhi: Translating the Buddha

232

Elijah Ary: The First Western Geluk Tulku

233

H. H. the Karmapa: Vegetarianism, Online Education, and Nuns’ Ordination