Love & Liberation

00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:00 On translating Sera Khandro’s autobiography and what makes her particular autobiography so unique. 00:05:00 Human creativity coming out of interdependence and inter-relationality. 00:13:00 Prophetic visions with dakinis, khandro-ma and non-human consorts, and significance of tendrel in terma, treasure revelation.  00:18:00 More on earth and mind treasure including an example from Sera Khandro’s autobiography.  00:25:00 Climate crisis and relating with the earth. 00:28:00 Metaphors in Sera Khandro’s writing on joy and grief, and great love. 00:38:00 Linguistic universes of Tibetan and English, and how that affects the interpretations of translations, including words like enlightenment, lord, sin, inseparability and equality. 00:45:00 A story Chatral Sangye Dorje Rinpoche told about his first hand experience with his teacher Sera Khandro.   LINKS Previous conversation with Dr. Jacoby on Love & Liberation, Writings of Sera Khandro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUmr0pBJd70 Lec

Today's episode, due to it being a visual episode, is published solely on YouTube. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSILLfTMLLo ~ 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:00 On growing up in Dolpo, Nepal and finding his path in art, energy and happiness. 00:06:00 Growing up in a Ngagpa family. 00:07:45 Opening a school in Dolpo 00:9:20 Finding your own way. 00:11:00 Being born into a lineage of 5 generations of painters  00:14:00 Seasonal activities in Dolpo, salt caravan and changes now 00:20:00 We see some of Tenzin’s finished paintings and pieces in process Contact: To connect with Tenzin’s work you can reach out to his son Phurba at dolpogallery / at / gmail / dot / com  Podcast Page: https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Support: Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

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 acting in accord with reality. 00:28:00 Non-duality, shared pool of aliveness and emotion 00:36:00 Serving others and self-enlightenment. 00:40:00 Hitting rock bottom and receiving gifts through existing  00:44:00 Being the circle of the gift and the difficulty of trusting our existence as being enough.  00:53:00 Surrounding and helping each other becoming real.   LINKS: Andreas https://biologyofwonder.org Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts/ Support Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

Rev. Nóirín Ní Riain PhD is an Interfaith Minister, an internationally acclaimed spiritual singer, theologian, writer, musicologist, and Celtic Spirituality expert.  00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:31 As a singer coming out of stage fright 00:06:00 Living for years at Glenstal Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in Ireland 00:06:56 Blessing a separation or a divorce 00:12:45 Noirin sings her favorite Psalm.  00:14:00 Gregorian chanting and healing power 00:16:00 Theosony, listening to the divine, the ear of the heart and listening all around. 00:21:00 Stories of her friendship and time with Irish poet and Hegelian philosopher John O’Donohue 00:24:00 Learning patience and trust 00:27:00 On choices and mistakes 00:30:00 Qualities of loving 00:36:00 Rituals and being with people during times of transition   LINKS: Norin https://www.noirin.love Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Support Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/

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 Freeing oneself of narrative of a dharma practitioner looking a certain way 00:16:00 The essentiality of giving oneself to space and formlessness and the fear of space. 00:20:44 How to know if one is qualified to do dark retreat. 00:27:14 Dream yoga in dark retreat 00:31:00 Visionary experiences and tögal in dark retreat and technology of dark retreat. 00:40:00 Manifestation of elements in dark retreat, destabilization and losing one’s mind.  00:44:00 What Justin finds particularly interesting about Ati Yoga for this time  00:47:00 Lived Ati Yoga Links: Justin https://justinvonbujdoss.com/   Past conversations: Resting in the Mind Beyond Time & Being Consumed by Dharma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0RvHW6fOMQ&list=PLbj5FAGzDx9WhJ7N5iJhGkZ_tY9ZnJL4m&index=8 Ati Yoga, the Becoming of Indigenous Western Tantra & the Ministry of Dea

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 rituals  00:44:00 Dalai Lama on the most important legacy for Buddhism 00:47:00 Benefits and uses of different malas based on their materials 00:50:00 Learning Chöd Practice with Chatral Rinpoche  00:53:55 Things to note when using a bone trumpet 00:56:00 What to do when snakes and scorpions are close to you 00:58:56 What Andrea practices right now 01:02:34 Cremation ground practice 01:06:00 Women in the charnel ground  01:18:00 Andrea’s charnel ground practice and special rituals ~ Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

Today Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation. Listen to our full conversation on Neuroscience, Dharma and Healing: https://oliviaclementine.com/dr-rick-hanson-neuroscience-dharma-healing/ Links: https://www.rickhanson.net/ Support Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

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 empathy and boundaries  00:29:00 Healing from being excluded or bullied 00:32:00 Working with resentment and anger 00:36:00 Two kinds of forgiveness 00:38:12 Four types of awareness for yogic practice 00:43:39 Different kinds of timelessness 00:48:17 Rick’s current focus in spiritual practice 00:42:00 Reseting the fundamental foundations of human society    Rick Hanson https://www.rickhanson.net Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Support Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

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 Vulnerability and safety for trust 00:14:59 Reactivity and deep listening. 00:22:33 Our inner critic and self-worth. 00:26:13 Hoping and potential, fear of aloneness 00:29:00 Connection as the aphrodisiac 00:30:23 Radical subjectivity 00:33:00 Men and the need to work with shame.  00:39:19 Healthful anger and freeing one’s expressive capacities.  00:45:51 On reflecting on death, enlivenment of death 00:47:22 When Robert nearly died in 2016.  00:49:21 Robert reads a poem, “Which of us will die first?” 00:51:59 Ease and connection over spark 00:54:16 On gratitude and faith    Links: Robert Augustus Masters https://www.robertmasters.com/   Free music from Robert’s wife, Diane Bardwell https://www.robertmasters.com/music/   Podcast https://oliviaclementine

00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:15 Being a zen priest at Daihonzan Chozen-ji and taking away fear.  00:03:38 Being a good leader from the perspective of Rinzai Zen 00:07:54 Rinzai Zen’s perspective of leaders and followers 00:09:31 Zen arts as a path of awakenment, on Omori Sogen and blending martial arts and zazen meditation. 00:14:42 Breaking through self-imposed limits through martial arts 00:17:00 On kendo, “the way of the sword,” historically and prior to WWII.  00:20:27 Unified action and intention  00:25:41 Martial arts fundamentals and flavors 00:29:42 Supporting someone through silence 00:35:36 Asian Buddhism in America in the 19th century. 00:43:55 Engaging in Asian culture today   Links: Cristina Moon www.cristinamoon.com Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Support Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

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 self-knowing.  00:23:28 Different causes for the desire to control society and each other. 0027:00 Blame as a trap rather than a key 0029.55 What is it about our society that is goes against life and our natural instincts? 00:33:18 Meaning of growth economy and it’s impact on our intimate lives.  00:39:17 Parenting, belonging, community 00:44:00 Trusting the principle of the gift and how Charles engages in gifting his work. 00:50:34 Tuning into forgotten questions, rather than living in habit and filters of reality.  00:55:59 Conclusion Links: Charles: https://charleseisenstein.org/ Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Support Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/

Christina Monson is a Buddhist practitioner and teacher and Tibetan language translator, and interpreter with over 30 years of study, translation and practice experience in Buddhism. Some of what Christina shares today: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:42 Meeting self-made Buddha Chatral Rinpoche 00:09:15 Recounting moments with Rinpoche. 00:13:00 Realization energy 00:17:44 Mountain retreat 00:21:00 Guru Yoga and releasing hope and fear  00:27:00 Retreat schedule 00:36:00 Illness, grief and this year being the most transformational for Christina 00:50:00 A reading and elaboration on "A Song of Amazement Inspired by Practice Experience" by Uza Khandro (Sera Khandro). 01:00:00 Uniqueness of Sera Khandro as a human and realized being. 01:02:00 Reading and reflections on “Spontaneous Advice, Connected with a Prayer,” by Chatral Rinpoche   01:07:00 Challenges in translation and specifically this prayer. 01:12:00 Conclusion   Links: Spontaneous Advice Connected with a Prayer  https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-maste

Guided Somatic Meditation Practice: 12 Fold Lower Belly Breathing with Dr. Reggie Ray   To listen to our full conversation visit here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation-with-olivia-clementine/id1393858607   Links   Reggie Ray: https://www.dharmaocean.org/dr-regina... Podcast/Olivia: https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

Dr. Reginald “Reggie” Ray is the co-founder and Spiritual Director of the Dharma Ocean Foundation, dedicated to the evolution and flowering of the somatic teachings of Tibetan Buddhism and was a founding member and University Professor at Naropa University, prior to his retirement. Some of what Reggie shares includes: 00:00 Vajrayana tradition and working from the inside out and problems as expressions of own deepest nature.  05:33 The power of being genuine and attracting the right people 09:24 On suffering, mistakes and the universe as sacred totality. 12:12 Somatic meditation to inhabit more of your experience 13:56 Reggie’s spiritual entry through suicidal depression.   20:48 The impact of inviting reality and the ungluing of the limited small ego.   24:00 The impact of releasing tension and relaxation on realization.  29:00 Differentiating habit body from wisdom body 36:00 Three yana answer on time and Chogyam Trungpa’s advice on regular practice.  41:00 Suggestions on maintaining and improving one’s med

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 power of connecting through the body and what it means to relate with unconditional love.  23:00 Example of a daily embodiment practice to deepen in unconditional love and intimacy.   28:00 Qualities of a healthy relationship  34:00 Training the body and heart to be available to intimacy.  39:00 Becoming parents and the need to prioritize intimacy to benefit all other aspects of one’s life. 45:00 Pleasure as gateway for deep listening to the divine and allowing there to be a fresh beginning.  48:00 Justin’s shift out into wanting to be in a committed relationship and his homecoming through that. 53:00 Enjoy sharing your radiance, while knowing you do not need to earn love. Being love and being freedom. Reclaiming the natural forces of duality. LINK

Some of what Adele shares includes:  Realization through relationship in everyday living  Challenges of the path Being a mother as a path to liberation Ordinary Love versus love from a buddhist tantra perspective. Meaning of bliss and love Bliss emptiness union vs ordinary union Danger of tantra in relationships Misunderstanding of non-attachment Vinaya monastic code and tantra Purpose of celibacy Cleaning out Inner Channels Misunderstanding of ripeness in teachings Vajrayana contradictory examples Subtle energetic union. Direct translation of tibetan Renunciation and Buddhist to offer clarification on both Inner Level as antidote to spiritual materialism Karma and Merit"Why good things happen to bad people" Meaning of mature person Why it’s important to have female practitioners, translators and lineage holders. Note: After min 7 sound improves. Links: Adele: https://dakinitranslations.com Podcast/Olivia: https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down t

Today Oceana Sawyer offers a short guided practice to invite pleasure in any moment.  To listen to our extended conversation visit: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607?i=1000583811226 Links: Oceana: https://www.oceanaendoflifedoula.com Podcast/Olivia: https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607      

Oceana Sawyer is an End of Life Doula, writes and speaks on the liminal space of active dying and grief. Note: Oceana explores some unconventional perspectives in this episode, which come from mid-stream in longer conversations in which she is embedded. They presume an understanding that on the level of social reality, horrific atrocities have been committed against large and specific groups of people and more-than-human beings that cannot be underestimated in terms of their ongoing impact and must be acknowledged and held with the respect and consideration they deserve. Her comments are not intended to diminish or bypass the impact of historic, intergenerational, persistent, and personal trauma. She honors the deep work many are doing to recover and repair such trauma and grief. Her comments are an offering of her emergent viewpoints which are always open for debate and evolution. Some of what Oceana shares includes: Meaning of pleasure Why pleasure is important in a dying process Responsible hedonism Pleas

Tseyang has spent the last 12 years, all seasons but winter, retreating in the mountains of Bhutan.  Some of what Tseyang shares today includes: Why she was drawn to practice in the mountains Obstacles arising when we make meaningful choices Why age does not matter when it comes to practice Meaning of discipline Practicing without a goal Her schedule, daily activities Choosing the right place to retreat Influenced devotion versus natural devotion Advice for beginners starting practice ~ Podcast/Olivia: https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Enjoy this show? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. Even one sentence helps!  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

In todays's episode Khandro shares about: Cultivating and training in relative siddhis to benefit others Enacting the four activities Signs and Tests for siddhis Story with Garchen Rinpoche Activities for subduing warfare and suffering Dudjom Rinpoche, the coldwar and a ten year Vajrakilaya retreat If not working, do it more! Prosperity rituals Landscape effecting practice and realization Khandro’s first retreat in Nepal Phenomena and blessings of tukdam On method and wisdom, masculine and feminine Being tested by her teacher Choosing to no longer be a nun and to marry Lama Dawa Dealing with gossip on her choices Samaya and lineage protection Having a polyamorous marriage Becoming a prophesied activity consort Khandro: https://www.phurbathinleyling.org/khandro-kunzang/ Podcast/Olivia: https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Enjoy this show? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. Even one sentence helps!  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607