Mangala Shri Bhuti - The Link

Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In this pre-recorded talk from 3/4/2001, Rinpoche explains how people can be out of balance between head and heart, logic and feeling, emotions and conceptual mind, and gives direction to balance and utlize both effectively.

Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In this pre-recorded talk from 3/22/1999, Rinpoche explains the necessity for practitioners to say, "that' s it" and drop the endless string of activities that keep us from our practice.

Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Reveling in the beauty and changes of the fall season, Dungse-la traces the interconnectedness of impermanence, interdependence and emptiness.

Speaker: Mark Kram. Mark identifies how investigating the conceptual mind supports practitioners' progress on the path.

Speaker: Suzy Greanias. Suzy reflects on the importance of understanding and working with the mind.

Speaker: Kathleen Boswell. Kathleen identifies how various experiences led her to the Dharma.

Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la explores the potential dangers of the careless disassembly of traditional and cultural origins of genuine spiritual practice.

Speaker: Stanton Dossett. Stanton talks about how essential it is to notice our suffering and to keep returning to the path that teaches us how to pacify it.

Speaker: Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel. Talk 3 given by Elizabeth in the Hinayana section of the 2018 Nyingma Summer Seminar.

Speaker: Marcia Drake. Marcia reflects on how the small concerns of everyday life provide a rich opportunity to work with our habits of attachment and aversion.

Speaker: Nick Carter. Nick emphasizes the need to make the practice personal through honest self-reflection, service, and practice.

Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la explores the concept of reality.

Speaker: Ashveen Bucktowar. Ashveen talks about the daily practices that maintain his connection with the guru and support his aspiration to serve and progress on the path.

Speaker: Mary Mooney. Mary reflects on the insights gained through the experience of suffering from severe, chronic physical pain.

Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la speaks how the practice of maitri or friendliness to one self is the basis of the practice of bodhicitta.

Speaker: Paddy McCarthy. Paddy explores how our experiences are shaped by the skandhas and in recognizing this, we can transform fear and vulnerability into acceptance and groundedness.

Speaker: Mary Quinn. Mary expresses gratitude for how the recent loss of her mother deepened what Chogyam Trungpa called the "genuine heart of sadness".

Speaker: Kim MacAulay. Kim speaks about the importance of cultivating appreciation and devotion through going into retreat and contemplating the four thoughts that turn the mind to the dharma.

Speaker: Jill Oppenheimer. Jill shares how engaging the three wisdoms and the four thoughts supported her aspiration to overcome vagueness and fear, to gain conviction, and to move toward embodying the teachings.

Speaker: Jen Kern. Jen reflects on her experiences of holding grudges and feeling resentment, offering three practices to transform these habits into bodhicitta.