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The Wisdom Podcast — 200 episodes

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1

Jet Li: Beyond Life and Death (#229)

2

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

3

John Makransky: How Compassion Works (#226)

4

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

5

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

6

David M. DiValerio: Mountain Dharma (#221)

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

Anu Gupta: Breaking Bias (#216)

12

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

13

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

14

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

15

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

16

Sarah Harding: Severance (#211)

17

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

18

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

19

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

20

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

21

Douglas Duckworth: The Great Hūṃ (#206)

22

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

23

Christopher Ives: Zen Ecology (#204)

24

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

25

Lama Alan Wallace: Dzokchen Dialogues (#202)

26

Michael Tweed: Lessons and Laughs (#201)

27

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

28

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

29

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

30

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

31

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

32

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

33

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

34

Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche: Dream Yoga (#193)

35

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

36

Thupten Jinpa: Mind Training (#191)

37

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

38

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

39

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

40

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

41

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

42

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

43

Cortland Dahl: Mahamudra and Daily Life (#184)

44

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

45

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

46

John Brehm: Dharma Talk (#181)

47

Thupten Jinpa: Stages of the Path (#180)

48

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

49

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

50

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

51

Alejandro Chaoul: Trul Khor (#176)

52

Charles Manson: The Second Karmapa (#175)

53

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

54

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

55

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

56

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

57

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

58

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

59

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

60

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

61

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

62

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

63

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

64

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

65

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

66

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

67

Karl Brunnhölzl: Sounds of Innate Freedom (#160)

68

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

69

Shaila Catherine: Beyond Distraction (#158)

70

Cortland Dahl: Meditation and Neuroscience (#157)

71

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

72

Koshin Paley Ellison: Untangled (#155)

73

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

74

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

75

Mark Siderits: Buddhism as Philosophy (#152)

76

Thupten Jinpa: Tsongkhapa’s Mādhyamaka (#151)

77

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

78

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

79

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

80

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche: Recognizing Awareness (#146)

81

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

82

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

83

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

84

Henry Shukman: Radical Simplicity (#142)

85

Rabkar Wangchuk: Mystery of Life (#141)

86

Mahāmudrā: A Practical Guide (#140)

87

Matthew Kapstein: The Reluctant Professor (#139)

88

Shaila Catherine: Beyond Distraction (#138)

89

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

90

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

91

Alejandro Chaoul on Body Buddhism (#135)

92

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

93

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

94

Alexander Berzin: Dharma for Everyone (#132)

95

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

96

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

97

Karl Brunnhölzl: Milarepa’s Kungfu (#129)

98

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

99

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

100

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

101

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

102

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

103

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

104

Vesna Wallace: Exploring the Kalachakra Tantra (#122)

105

Guy Armstrong: Illuminating Emptiness (#121)

106

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

107

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

108

Lama Alan Wallace: Solitude and Resilience (#118)

109

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

110

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

111

Christopher Ives: Meditations on the Trail (#115)

112

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

113

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

114

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

115

Leo Babauta: Zen Habits (#111)

116

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

117

Thupten Jinpa: Illuminating the Intent (#109)

118

Malcolm Smith: Translating the Tantras (#108)

119

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

120

John Brehm: The Dharma of Poetry (#106)

121

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

122

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

123

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

124

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

125

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

126

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

127

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

128

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

129

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

130

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

131

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

132

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

133

Michael Mendizza: Conversations with Samdhong Rinpoche and J. Krishnamurti

134

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

135

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

136

Shohaku Okumura Roshi: Stories from Modern Zen Masters

137

Norman Fischer: A Poet’s Path to Awakening

138

Gil Fronsdal: The Wisdom of Many Traditions

139

Daniel Goleman: The Mind and Meditation

140

Tara Brach: Radical Compassion

141

Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche: Spiritual Heir to a Tibetan Master

142

Larry Rosenberg: Early Pioneer of Buddhism in the West

143

Koshin Paley Ellison: How to Forgive

144

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

145

Robert Thurman: The Practice of Deity Yoga

146

Ajahn Brahm: Letting Go, Stillness, and Vanishing

147

Cyrus Stearns: Translating for the Great Sakya Masters

148

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

149

Barry Magid: Psychologically Minded Zen

150

John Dunne: Dharmakīrti, Perception, and Cognitive Science

151

Charles Hallisey: Reimagining Buddhist Scripture

152

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

153

Graham Coleman: Preserving Tibetan Culture in the Digital Age

154

Narayan Helen Liebenson: The Immediacy of Freedom

155

Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche: Prioritizing Aspirations Along the Path

156

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

157

Mark Van Buren: Actual Happiness

158

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

159

Malcolm Smith: The Seventeen Tantras of the Great Perfection

160

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

161

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

162

Janet Gyatso: Tibetan Buddhism, Animal Ethics and Compassion

163

David Nichtern: Mantra and the Power of Pure Sound

164

Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel: On Faith and Dependent Arising

165

Thupten Jinpa: Translating for His Holiness the Dalai Lama

166

Lama Tsultrim Allione: Path of the Sacred Feminine

167

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

168

Bhikkhu Anālayo: Rebirth in Early Buddhism

169

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

170

Sonam Thakchoe: In the Laboratory of Meditation

171

Richard Salomon: Early Buddhism in Ancient Gandhāra

172

Karl Brunnhölzl: Stories of Translation and Transformation

173

Dungse Jampal Norbu: A New Generation of American Buddhists

174

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

175

Tulku Dakpa Rinpoche: Lineage and Transmission in the Nyingma Tradition

176

Ani Choying Drolma: A Voice for Nepalese Buddhist Nuns

177

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

178

Bhante Gunaratana: A Special Teaching on Mindfulness

179

Sumi Loundon Kim: Mindfulness for the Whole Family

180

Jan Westerhoff: Nāgārjuna and Madhyamaka

181

Barbara Bonner: Reimagining Courage and Generosity

182

Josh Korda: Honoring Transparency and Disclosure

183

Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche: In Praise of Spiritual Teachers

184

Malcolm Smith: Translating Dzogchen Texts

185

Geshema Kelsang Wangmo: Becoming the First Female Geshe

186

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

187

Joanne Cacciatore: Bearing the Unbearable

188

Lama Alan Wallace: Meditation for Balanced Living

189

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

190

Ross Bolleter: The Intimacy of Zen Koan Practice

191

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

192

Andy Rotman: The Divine Stories of Early Buddhism

193

Leonard van der Kuijp: Discovering Tibet with a Leading Scholar

194

Kathleen Dowling Singh: Grace and Awakening

195

Kamala Masters: Dhamma in Daily Life

196

David Nichtern: Awakening from the Daydream

197

Koshin Paley Ellison: Zen and the Art of Caregiving

198

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

199

Bhikkhu Anālayo: The Satipatthana Sutta

200

Jay Garfield: Engaging Buddhist Philosophy