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The Wisdom Podcast — 231 episodes
Venerable Robina Courtin: Discovering Your True Nature (#234)
H. E. Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche, Atisha Mathur, and Fabrizio Pallotti: Buddhist Education in the Modern World (#233)
Geshe YongDong Losar and Jesse Moussa: Becoming The Master On The Course And In Life (#232)
Gerardo Abboud: Translating the dharma (#231)
Lama Justin von Bujdoss: Dark Retreat (#230)
Jet Li: Beyond Life and Death (#229)
His Eminence Kalu Rinpoche and Michele Loew: The Yoga of Niguma (#227)
John Makransky: How Compassion Works (#226)
Eva Natanya: Śamatha and Vipaśyanā: Part 2 (#225)
Professor John Dunne: Buddhist Philosophy and the Nalanda Tradition (#223)
David M. DiValerio: Mountain Dharma (#221)
Brendan Barca and Pema Sherpa: The Daily Buddhist (#220)
Dasho Karma Ura: The Pursuit of Happiness in Bhutan (#219)
H. E. Khangser Rinpoche: Buddha-Nature and Beyond (#218)
Lama Alan Wallace: Śamatha and Vipaśyanā: Part 1 (#217)
Anu Gupta: Breaking Bias (#216)
Venerable Matthieu Ricard: Presence, Insight, and Compassion: A Guide to Happiness (#215)
Rangjung Neljorma Khandro Tseringma Rinpoche: Presence, Insight, and Compassion: A Guide to Happiness (#214)
James Apple: Atiśa’s Stages Of The Path To Awakening (#213)
Mark Siderits: Buddhism as Philosophy: Part 2 (#212)
Sarah Harding: Severance (#211)
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche And Robert Thurman: Buddhism in Daily Life in Conversation with Two Great Masters (#210)
Cortland Dahl: A Meditator’s Guide to Buddhism (#209)
Alejandro Chaoul, Richard Freeman, and Mary Taylor: Yoga for Meditators (#208)
Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche: The Legacy of Tulku Urgyen and the Path to Kindfulness (#207)
Douglas Duckworth: The Great Hūṃ (#206)
Ācārya Malcolm Smith: The Dzogchen Aural Lineage (#205)
Christopher Ives: Zen Ecology (#204)
Justin Kelley: Beyond Scholarship: The Meeting of Dharma and Education (#203)
Lama Alan Wallace: Dzokchen Dialogues (#202)
Michael Tweed: Lessons and Laughs (#201)
Venerable Thubten Chodron: Vajrayāna and the Culmination of the Path (#200)
Venerable Losang Gendun: Bridging Traditions, Building Communities (#199)
Geshe YongDong Losar: Exploring Breath, Yoga, and Meditation (#198)
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche: Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche’s Legacy (#197)
Tsoknyi Rinpoche: Insights from My Father and Teacher, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (#196)
Erik Pema Kunsang: Timeless Teachings with Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (#195)
Marcia Binder Schmidt: Meeting Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (#194)
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche: Dream Yoga (#193)
H. E. Khangser Rinpoche: A Monk’s Guide to Finding Joy (#192)
Thupten Jinpa: Mind Training (#191)
Jeffrey Hopkins: In Remembrance: The Life of a Buddhist Scholar (#190)
Dr. Joanne Cacciatore: Embracing Grief: Meditation, Journaling, and Self-Reflection (#189)
H. E. Khangser Rinpoche: Rebirth, Meditation, and the Path to Joy (#188)
Klaus-Dieter Mathes and Péter-Dániel Szántó: Saraha’s Spontaneous Songs (#187)
H. E. Kalu Rinpoche: Illusory Body and Mind (#186)
Tim Olmsted: Spontaneous Teachers, Spontaneous Student (#185)
Cortland Dahl: Mahamudra and Daily Life (#184)
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche: Dorje Drolö and the Power of the Mind (#183)
Peter Skilling: Buddha’s Words for Tough Times (#182)
John Brehm: Dharma Talk (#181)
Thupten Jinpa: Stages of the Path (#180)
Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi: Noble Truths, Noble Path (#179)
Dr. Richard J. Davidson: Meditation and the Effects on the Brain (#178)
Geoffrey Barstow: Was the Buddha Vegetarian? (#177)
Alejandro Chaoul: Trul Khor (#176)
Charles Manson: The Second Karmapa (#175)
Anne C. Klein: Being Human and a Buddha Too (#174)
Sangye Khandro: The Parinirvana of Venerable Dhomang Gyatrul Rinpoche (#173)
Jay Garfield: Buddhist Philosophy In-Depth (#172)
Geshe Tenzin Namdak: The Mind and Knowing (#171)
Venerable Bhikkhu Anālayo: The Signless and the Deathless (#170)
H. E. Kalu Rinpoche: The Yoga of Niguma (#169)
Thupten Jinpa: Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics (#168)
Lama Tsomo: Ancient Wisdom for Our Times (#167)
Malcolm Smith: Dzogchen: Ten Key Terms (#166)
Khandro Kunga Bumma: Bodhicitta, Happiness, and Interdependence (#165)
Karl Brunnhölzl: Sounds of Innate Freedom: Volume 3 (#164)
Geshe Tenzin Namdak: Freedom Through Correct Knowing (#163)
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche: Dharma in the Modern World (#162)
Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi: Reading the Buddha’s Discourses in Pali (#161)
Karl Brunnhölzl: Sounds of Innate Freedom (#160)
His Eminence the 12th Zurmang Gharwang Rinpoche: Mahāmudrā (#159)
Shaila Catherine: Beyond Distraction (#158)
Cortland Dahl: Meditation and Neuroscience (#157)
Robert Thurman & Susan A. Landesman: The Tārā Tantra (#156)
Koshin Paley Ellison: Untangled (#155)
Khandro Kunzang Dechen Chodron: Immersion in the Ngagpa Tradition (#154)
Geshe YongDong: Calm Breath, Calm Mind (#153)
Mark Siderits: Buddhism as Philosophy (#152)
Thupten Jinpa: Tsongkhapa’s Madhyamaka (#151)
James B. Apple: Stairway to Atiśa (#149)
Malcolm Smith: Dzogchen, Sakya, and Translation (#148)
Klaus-Dieter Mathes: Mahamudra and Shentong (#147)
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche: Recognizing Awareness (#146)
Heidi I. Köppl: Roots of Duality (#145)
Karma Trinlay Rinpoche: Life as a Tulku (#144)
Ven. Anālayo: Early Buddhist Oral Tradition (#143)
Henry Shukman: Radical Simplicity (#142)
Rabkar Wangchuk: Mystery of Life (#141)
Mahāmudrā: A Practical Guide (#140)
Matthew Kapstein: The Reluctant Professor (#139)
Shaila Catherine: Beyond Distraction (#138)
Venerable Robina and Venerable Chokyi: Liberation Prison Project (#137)
Daniel A. Hirshberg: Nyingma Lore and Lineage (#136)
Alejandro Chaoul on Body Buddhism (#135)
H. H. the 42nd Sakya Trizin, Geshe Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, & B. Alan Wallace in Conversation (#134)
Ven. Bhikkhu Anālayo and Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche: Early Buddhism and Dzogchen (#133)
Alexander Berzin: Dharma for Everyone (#132)
Pamela Weiss: Real Health, Real Freedom, and Fierce Feminine Buddhism (#131)
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche: 84000 App Launch Celebration (#130)
Karl Brunnhölzl: Milarepa’s Kungfu (#129)
Achariya Doug Qapel Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat Sensei: Journeying Across Traditions (#128)
David Nichtern: Unsheathing the Sword of Prajna (#127)
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo: Emptiness, Dzogchen, and Women in Buddhism (#126)
Koshin Paley Ellison: Making All of Life a Place of Practice (#125)
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche: Dharma for Difficult Times (#124)
Robert Thurman: Mind, Self, and Reality (#123)
Vesna Wallace: Exploring the Kalachakra Tantra (#122)
Guy Armstrong: Illuminating Emptiness (#121)
Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche: Lineage, Renunciation, and Engaged Buddhism (#120)
Ven. Sangye Khadro: How to Meditate (#119)
Lama Alan Wallace: Solitude and Resilience (#118)
Donald S. Lopez Jr. : Encounters with Great Texts and Great Lamas (#117)
Rima Fujita: Illustrating the Dalai Lama’s Life (#116)
Christopher Ives: Meditations on the Trail (#115)
Lama Migmar Tseten: The Play of Mahamudra (#114)
Thupten Jinpa: Inspiration for Practice and Study (#113)
Sarah Harding: Dharma Journeys of Practice & Translation (#112)
Leo Babauta: Zen Habits (#111)
Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche: Peaceful Heart: The Buddhist Practice of Patience (#110)
Thupten Jinpa: Illuminating the Intent (#109)
Malcolm Smith: Translating the Tantras (#108)
Mark Van Buren: Your Life Is Meditation (#107)
John Brehm: The Dharma of Poetry (#106)
Michael Imperioli: Acting, Success, and the Buddhist Path (#105)
Anne C. Klein: Finding Wholeness in the Dzogchen Path (#104)
John Tarrant Roshi: Koans, Uncertainty, and Insight (#103)
Venerable Thubten Chodron: In Praise of Great Compassion (#102)
David Nichtern: Buddhist Wisdom for Realizing Your Creative Vision (#101)
His Holiness the Dalai Lama: Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics (#100)
Alejandro Chaoul: Body, Breath, and Mind in Tibetan Yoga (#99)
Toni Bernhard: Self-Compassion and the First Noble Truth (#98)
Evan Thompson: The Conversation Between Buddhism and Science (#97)
John Dunne: Dharmakīrti, Conceptuality, and Antidotes for Distorted Thinking (#96)
Jessica Pimentel: Tibetan Buddhism, Creativity, and the Work of the Imagination (#95)
Roger Jackson: Mahāmudrā in the Geluk and Kagyü Traditions (#94)
Michael Mendizza: Conversations with Samdhong Rinpoche and J. Krishnamurti
Malcolm Smith: Translating The Tantra Without Syllables and The Blazing Lamp Tantra
Venerable Robina Courtin: Understanding the Buddha’s Teachings for Ourselves
Shohaku Okumura Roshi: Stories from Modern Zen Masters
Norman Fischer: A Poet’s Path to Awakening
Gil Fronsdal: The Wisdom of Many Traditions
Daniel Goleman: The Mind and Meditation
Tara Brach: Radical Compassion
Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche: Spiritual Heir to a Tibetan Master
Larry Rosenberg: Early Pioneer of Buddhism in the West
Koshin Paley Ellison: How to Forgive
Ajahn Brahm and Shaila Catherine: Dialogue on the Deep States of Samadhi
Robert Thurman: The Practice of Deity Yoga
Ajahn Brahm: Letting Go, Stillness, and Vanishing
Cyrus Stearns: Translating for the Great Sakya Masters
H. H. the Sakya Trizin: Preservation of the Dharma and the Sakya Tradition
Barry Magid: Psychologically Minded Zen
John Dunne: Dharmakīrti, Perception, and Cognitive Science
Charles Hallisey: Reimagining Buddhist Scripture
H. H. Karmapa: Vegetarianism, Online Education and Nuns’ Ordination
Graham Coleman: Preserving Tibetan Culture in the Digital Age
Narayan Helen Liebenson: The Immediacy of Freedom
Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche: Prioritizing Aspirations Along the Path
Alejandro Chaoul: The Bön Tradition and the Art of Tibetan Yoga
Mark Van Buren: Actual Happiness
Sharon Salzberg: Loving-Kindness: More than Just a Concentration Practice
Malcolm Smith: The Seventeen Tantras of the Great Perfection
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Foundations for the Flourishing of Dharma in the West
Christopher Ives: Zen, Ethics, and the Wildness of Nature
Janet Gyatso: Tibetan Buddhism, Animal Ethics and Compassion
David Nichtern: Mantra and the Power of Pure Sound
Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel: On Faith and Dependent Arising
Thupten Jinpa: Translating for His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Lama Tsultrim Allione: Path of the Sacred Feminine
Geshe Tashi Tsering: From Monk to Abbot at Sera Mey Monastery
Bhikkhu Anālayo: Rebirth in Early Buddhism
H. E. Dza Kilung Rinpoche: Jigme Lingpa and the Longchen Nyingtik Tradition
Sonam Thakchoe: In the Laboratory of Meditation
Richard Salomon: Early Buddhism in Ancient Gandhāra
Karl Brunnhölzl: Stories of Translation and Transformation
Dungse Jampal Norbu: A New Generation of American Buddhists
Karen Derris: A Professor and Her Students Engage H. H. the Karmapa
Tulku Dakpa Rinpoche: Lineage and Transmission in the Nyingma Tradition
Ani Choying Drolma: A Voice for Nepalese Buddhist Nuns
H. H. the Sakya Trichen: Learning from the Lives of Great Masters
Bhante Gunaratana: A Special Teaching on Mindfulness
Sumi Loundon Kim: Mindfulness for the Whole Family
Jan Westerhoff: Nāgārjuna and Madhyamaka
Barbara Bonner: Reimagining Courage and Generosity
Josh Korda: Honoring Transparency and Disclosure
Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche: In Praise of Spiritual Teachers
Malcolm Smith: Translating Dzogchen Texts
Geshema Kelsang Wangmo: Becoming the First Female Geshe
H. E. the 12th Zurmang Gharwang Rinpoche: The History of the Zurmang Kagyu Tradition
Joanne Cacciatore: Bearing the Unbearable
Lama Alan Wallace: Meditation for Balanced Living
Marcus Perman: Translation and Transmission of Tibetan Buddhism in the West
Ross Bolleter: The Intimacy of Zen Koan Practice
Harold Talbott: Remembering Thomas Merton’s Encounters with the Dalai Lama
Andy Rotman: The Divine Stories of Early Buddhism
Leonard van der Kuijp: Discovering Tibet with a Leading Scholar
Kathleen Dowling Singh: Grace and Awakening
Kamala Masters: Dhamma in Daily Life
David Nichtern: Awakening from the Daydream
Koshin Paley Ellison: Zen and the Art of Caregiving
H.E. the 7th Ling Rinpoche: The Training of a Tulku
Bhikkhu Anālayo: The Satipatthana Sutta
Jay Garfield: Engaging Buddhist Philosophy
Dan Harris: 10% Happier
Mingyur Rinpoche: Stories of Wandering and Awakening
Guy Newland: A Buddhist Grief Observed
Lama Alan Wallace: Dzogchen and the Science of Mind
Sharon Salzberg: Faith and Doubt
Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen: Drikung Teachings
Christina Feldman: Meditation as Cultivation
Joseph Goldstein: Bringing the Dharma from the Masters to the West
Shaila Catherine: Mastering the Jhānas
Steve Armstrong: Insight Meditation in America
Bhikkhu Bodhi: The Buddha on Social Harmony
Gerry Stribling: Buddhism for Dudes
Pascal Auclair: Living Buddhism from the Heart
C.W. Huntington and Francisca Cho: Emptiness and Fiction
Robert Thurman: A Life in Buddhism
Elsie Walker: The Dalai Lama and the Presidents Bush
Stephen Batchelor: After Buddhism
Deborah Schoeberlein David: The Meaning of Living Mindfully
Jeffrey Hopkins: The Life of a Buddhist Scholar
Ven. Thubten Chodron: An American Buddhist Abbess
Jamyang Rinchen 2: My Guru, the Dalai Lama
Jamyang Rinchen 1: Translating for the Dalai Lama
David Loy: Modern Buddhism
Bhikkhu Bodhi: Translating the Buddha
Elijah Ary: The First Western Geluk Tulku
H. H. the Karmapa: Vegetarianism, Online Education, and Nuns’ Ordination