Mangala Shri Bhuti - The Link

Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la discusses the meaning and practice behind taking refuge and the lineage.

Speaker: Peggy Markel. Using the metaphor of a squid swimming through the world, Peggy conveys what she has learned about keeping an open heart and bringing the wisdom of bodhichitta to all experiences, no matter how difficult they may be to accept.

Speaker: Michaela Ledesma. Michaela reflects on how trusting in the Three Jewels has helped her bring challenging experiences onto the path and guided her through personal and professional challenges.

Speaker: Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel. Elizabeth teaches on the Hinayana at the 19th annual Nyingma Summer Seminar.

Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la speaks to the MSB youth at the annual Illustrious Moon Youth Retreat in Ward, Colorado.

Speaker: Samuel Gates. Samuel reflects on how a wide variety of practices have supported him on his path.

Speajer: Rowen Hurley. Rowen explains how relaxing is the key cornerstone on the path for him.

Speaker: Andy Nicodemus. Andy offers specific techniques he has developed to support mindfulness in post-meditation.

Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la investigates how travel stretches our boundaries and takes us out of our comfort zone, a good opportunity to go beyond the self.

Speaker: Wassilissa Agasto. Wassya talks about living in New York City and how she stays open to the suffering and pain she sees every day.

Speaker: Fredi Kaufmann. Fredi describes how she brings Dharma to life in the classroom and how that affects her students.

Speaker: Lindsay Heppner. Lindsay recounts her experience with shenpa and shares various antidotes she finds helpful to counteract the "hook" shenpa can have on one' s mind.

Speaker: Michael Noone. Michael reflects on how supplicating can help us work with life-shattering experiences and with the feeling of "bad me" that they often evoke in us.

Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la investigates the current mindfulness movement in the west and compares and contrasts it with traditional buddhist teachings about mindfulness.

Speaker: Nancy Young. Nancy explores how we can fully integrate the teachings with our daily lives by asking, "What would the Buddha do?".

Speaker: Sybil Boutilier. Sybil explores the meanings and significance of our refuge and bodhisattva names and recounts how her names have affected her contemplation and understanding.

Speaker: Robin Correll. Robin explores how cultivating bodhicitta and self-reflection allows us to attain liberation from self-absorption.

Speaker: David Croke. David shares his history meeting Rinpoche and how the practice of self reflection helped him work with depression.

Speaker: Frank Allen. Frank explains the importance of continually coming back to practice, the view, and the teachings.

Speaker: Vivian Bower. Vivian shares several of her life' s expeiences when she offered an "unexamined yes" and where that path lead, including the path of Dharma.