Mangala Shri Bhuti - The Link

John talks about importance of contemplating impermanence and how it can lead one to understanding emptiness and compassion. He points out how impermanence and kindness are ordinary experiences in our lives and recounts how his heart attack and stories of the people who helped him survive.

Can we live without views? What does this way of being look like? How can we live with fluidity in all moments? Rebecca contemplates various teachings she' s received around the topic of exploring beliefs.

Elizabeth poses the question about "emptiness" and how not to understand it in a nihilistic way. Her talk focuses on how we use language to understand the world, explaining the saying, "words can illuminate".

Dungse-la examines what makes a true extraordinary life. Engaging in something greater than onesself is what makes a life extraordinary and this can be accomplished right where you are.

Vanessa discusses the trustworthy, direct, and clear awareness that is inherent to our mind that penetrates paranoia, fear and fantasy. The practices we have been given enables us to recognize and rest within that awareness.

Dai-san poignantly describes the characteristics of mind and how he same qualities can serve us both in the world but also in our practice.

Elizabeth talks about the similarities in how we experience our own meditation practice and that of a game.

This is a pre-recorded talk given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche on December 15, 2011 in Bir, India.

This is a pre-recorded talk given by Dizgar Kongtrul Rinpoche on February 11, 2001 at Samten Ling.

Oka talks about how to work with difficult personal situations by memorizing and applying the MDB training teachings (Modern Day Bodhisattva).

Rinpoche gave this talk on loving kindness and bodhicitta on September 9, 2012 at the Shedra Program held at Phuntsok Choling in Ward, Colorado.

Rinpoche gave this Mahayana talk at the 2009 Modern Day Bodhisattva Training Program in Vershire, Vermont.

Elizabeth explores the concept of overwhelm its meaning, its purpose and questions, "Are we really overwhelmed? Or are we just not seeing our choices?".

Tatjana shares her personal experience becoming a student of the Dharma and explains what it means to be a student in relation to the teacher, the teachings and the lineage.

MSB student Paddy McCarthy talks about the technique of waiting things out to avoid regrets of acting when in the grips of emotion. He compares this to tolerance and describes the difference between the two techniques.

Dungsela examines appreciation and suggests that a deep unbderstanding of interdependence is key for true appreciation to arise for our lives and our world. "Understanding, Acknowledgement and Value".

This is a pre-recorded talk given by Rinpoche in January 2012 at Guna Instituite in Bir, India.

MSB student Chris Holland contemplates the essence and intention of all the Buddhas and all enlightenied teachers which is the self discovery of the "one thing that frees all things"- our own infinite wakefulness and love which is the very essence of our present mind.

MSB student Stephanie Kindberg discusses how we can go beyond our comfort zone and challenge our "small self" by being vulnerable. She underscores how doing so is the only way we can change and grow.

A Mahayana talk given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, pre-recorded from the 2008 Nyingma Summer Seminar.