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Dr. Anne Klein: Trained Imagination, Heartfelt Confidence & Buddhas Masquerading as Humans
00:00:00 Anne's early days coming onto her spiritual journey 00:09:00 Her time in India with HHDL, Rabten Rinpoche and others. 00:14:00 Longchen Nyingtig pilgrimage in Tibet and meeting Adz.om Rinpoche emanation of Jigme Lingpa. 00:20:00 Terton and visionary...
Tracee Stanley: The Universe Inside You & Benevolent Beings Having Your Back
00:03:00 True self and imposture syndrome 00:09:00 On misperception and ignorance 00:14:00 Ego, loss and instability 00:18:00 On the two parts of us during grief 00:20:00 Nature as guru 00:23:00 Influences on our relationship with nature 00:28:00 Tantra and inner and...
Stephen Jenkinson: Giving Your Best Away
Image from Orphan Wisdom website 00:03:00 Mistakes driven learning 00:07:00 Awe and mystery 00:11:00 Crisis and choice 00:15:00 Giving away your best stuff, wisdom and dying 00:19:00 Leaving room for others 00:22:00 Suffering and being a burden 00:28:00 Grief,...
Sangye Khandro: On the Three Kayas & Embracing the Dharma
00:00:00 Relating with the passing of her teacher and partner Gyatrul Rinpoche 00:04:00 Humility and dharma before material phenomena. 00:11:00 Dudjom Rinpoche and Sangyum Wangmo. 00:15:00 16th Karmapa 00:19:00 3 Kayas and wisdom aspects 00:37:00 Reading...
Minaa B.: Four Circles of Support & Healing to be Connected
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXYA1Egxt9E 00:01:19 The 4 Circles of Support 00:09:00 Healthful dependency in friendships 00:12:00 Supporting yourself and receiving support 00:18:00 Busyness, pushing and stressing 00:25:00 Going beyond western culture to influence...
Chöying Khandro: Dakini Journey & Paradox of Reality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4hfL0L6_hQ 00:00:00 Who and what is Dakini including the play of the outer, inner and secret aspects 00:07:25 - Directly experiencing these sky goers. 00:13:40 Five elements and five dakinis and how they support each other. ...
Dr. Tim Bodt: On Himalayan Borderlands & Ethnolinguistics of Duhumbi and Kusunda
00:01:04 Himalayan languages origin, overlap and geographical influences 00:11:00 Self-sufficiency, socioeconomic development, education and the impact on languages. 00:17:00 Becoming interested in 'Monyul' borderland region 00:22:00 Karmic link in Bhutan 00:28:00 ...
Dr. Sarah Jacoby: Auspicious Connections (རྟེན་འབྲེལ་), Treasure Revelation & Sera Khandro
Sarah in Tibet at Dralek Monastery in Ganze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, PRC. Sarah is reading different editions of Sera Khandro’s collected works. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:00 On translating Sera Khandro's autobiography and what makes her...
Dr. Andreas Weber: Accepting to Truly Exist & Everything is Given to You
00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:00 Productivity and ecology of love 00:09:21 Rules of erotic exchange 00:13:00 Looking out to confirm our realness as an obstacles for relationship 00:17:00 Narcissism and success 00:24:00 Meaning of love from Erich Fromm and the risk of...
Nóirín Ní Riain: Theosony, Listening to the Divine & Blessing Transitions
Rev. Nóirín Ní Riain PhD is an Interfaith Minister, an internationally acclaimed spiritual singer, theologian, writer, musicologist, and Celtic Spirituality expert. Nóirín shares how decades of singing, surviving a painful marriage transition, sixteen years in a...
Justin von Bujdoss: Dark Retreat, Formlessness & Returning to Completion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qoo0DeU6D8o&list=PLbj5FAGzDx9WhJ7N5iJhGkZ_tY9ZnJL4m&index=13&t=0s 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:28 Background to Dark Retreat 00:05:44 Some experiences that Justin has had in dark retreat and what he learned about himself. 00:13:00...
Dr. Andrea Loseries: Charnel Ground Practice, Mahayoga Tantra & Ritual
Some of what Andrea shares: 00:00:00 Meeting her teacher 16th Karmapa 00:22:00 Bone Relics and losing a skull that impacted her life 00:27:00 Proper care of ritual objects 00:30:00 Legendary snow lion expedition 00:36:00 How monastic institutions changed tantric...
Dr. Rick Hanson: Neuroscience, Dharma & Healing
00:01:00 Rick's sabbatical 00:03:00 The difference between mind, the brain and consciousness. 00:13:09 Why change and interconnection can be difficult to recognize and how to find the benevolence in endings. 00:19:00 The influence of the breath on the mind 00:22:56 On...
Robert Masters: Art of Intimacy & Connection as the Aphrodisiac
00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:42 Intimacy Essentials 00:02:51 Working with resistance to the journey of intimacy 00:05:07 When a relationship is workable and when it is not. 00:05:58 Projections 00:07:24 Conditioning, erotic wounding and sexual habits. 00:13:10...
Cristina Moon: Rinzai Zen & Embodied Dharma through Martial Arts
Cristina shares how her unconventional path—from Stanford business school to Zen priesthood in Hawaii—taught her that true leadership isn't about charisma or being out front, but about breath, posture, and staying present enough to serve others, whether that's through...
Charles Eisenstein: Exiled Questions & Emerging out of Habitual Rubrics into the Gifts
00:00:00 Introduction 00:04:00 Charles experience of gaslighting into greater self-trust through the corona pandemic days. 00:12:00 Shadow versus light side of spirituality, health and self-improvement. 00:18:36 Being an agent of change through friendship and...
Christina Monson: Naturalness of Illness, Dakini Guidance, Mountain Retreat & Chatral Rinpoche
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvzEbhqaw1g&t=7s Christina Monson (1969-2023) was a Buddhist practitioner and teacher and Tibetan language translator, and interpreter with over 30 years of study, translation and practice experience in Buddhism. The following year...
Londin Angel Winters & Justin Patrick Pierce: The Naturalness of Union, Unconditional Love & the Practice of Sacred Intimacy
Some of what intimacy teachers Londin and Justin share includes: 0:00 Sexual yoga and sacred intimacy in the context of modern life 8:00 How their intimacy intensifying practice of Alpha and Omega differs from common masculine feminine polarity teachings 18:00 The...
Adele Tomlin: The Inner Level of Tantric Union, Celibacy, Bliss & Love
Adele Tomlin is an independent writer, scholar, translator, practitioner and student of Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism. Some of what Adele shares includes: 00:00 Introduction 00:57 Realizations through relationship and everyday living 04:26 Challenges of relationships...