Listen to teachings from great Tibetan Buddhist masters Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Visit our website (www.LamaYeshe.com) to read teachings from many of the greatest teachers of our time and to order our free books.
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Meditations, interviews, dharma talks and features from Lion's Roar, a non-profit media organization offering Buddhist wisdom and advice for mindful living to create a more caring and just world.
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Storytelling and conversations about mental health, navigating the difficult bits of life and what it really means to be human
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A podcast about relationship and consciousness: exploring wisdom in relating with ourselves, each other and our greater world. Listen to conversations and musings on spirituality, intimacy, ecology and pathways to becoming more connected and fulfilled. Hosted by Olivia Clementine
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Spiritual practice, like everything else in life, is evolving. What does this mean? By ‘Spiritual Practice’ I mean any activity that expands your sense of identity, for example meditation, contemplative philosophy, prayer, yoga, martial arts, psychedelics, transpersonal psychotherapy, fasting, visualisation, lucid dreaming, conscious parenting, forgiveness and much more. By ‘Evolving’ I mean that everything develops and adapts over time. Most of the spiritual traditions that have spawned the ...
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Using Everything to Practice Mindfulness
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Because you look at everything as empty, the strong selfish mind, the ego, doesn’t arise. When you think like this, it makes your life stable, filled with peace, happiness, contentment; it brings so much benefit. -Lama Zopa Rinpoche Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains how to practice mindfulness as we go through our day, and offers advice on daily practice…
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The Secret Lives of Buddhist Scholars with Pierce Salguero
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In this interview, Buddhadharma deputy editor Mariana Restrepo speaks with Dr. Pierce Salguero about a survey he conducted among Buddhist studies scholars, providing an insightful look into the changing landscape of Buddhist scholarship. The survey highlights the growing intersection between academic research and Buddhist practice, challenging the …
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The Complete Path of Mindfulness with Melvin McLeod
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Today, we’re delighted to invite you to our new 5-week course, “Five Keys to the Complete Path of Mindfulness.” Led by renowned mindfulness teachers, the course includes live sessions, guided meditations, and practical exercises to help you apply mindfulness in your daily life. Sign up here. In this conversation, Lion’s Roar associate publisher Bet…
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A Zen Priest's Journey in Unitarian Universalism with James Ishmael Ford
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In this episode, Lion's Roar Assistant Editor Sandi Rankaduwa talks to James Ishmael Ford, a Zen priest and Unitarian Universalist minister who describes himself as having a "Buddhist brain, a Christian heart, and a rationalist stomach." James shares what first drew him to Zen, how he balances it with his role as a Unitarian Universalist minister, …
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Because we rely on the methods revealed by Buddha – the path to liberation and enlightenment – we naturally take refuge in the Buddha. – Lama Zopa Rinpoche Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains why we take refuge in the Buddha. Rinpoche then chants a prayer asking for blessings of the lineage lamas, followed by recitation of The Foundation of All Good Qualit…
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Designing the Modern Contemplative’s Toolkit with David Germano
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In this insightful discussion with the Buddhadharma editorial team, Tibetologist David Germano talks about his work on the Generative Contemplation Initiative, a suite of projects that explore in depth the research on contemplative practices and how such practices might be more widely, and/or pointedly, applied to be of utmost benefit. This episode…
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The Role of a Death Doula with Rosamaria Segura
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Mariana Restrepo, deputy editor of Buddhadharma, speaks with Rosamaría Segura. With a background in the Vipassana and Soto Zen traditions, Rosamaría’s work has focused on advocating for social justice, supporting disenfranchised communities, and serving as a death doula — a central topic of today’s discussion. The conversation delves into how her B…
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Jetsunma Jamyang Yeshe Palmo: Buddhist Methods for Realization & Meditation Essentials
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Jetsunma Jamyang Yeshe Palmo is a Buddhist teacher and retreat master. She spent nine years in a monastic university studying all of the major subjects of Buddhism. Following her studies she spent nine years in a closed practice retreat. She also spent two years studying psychology and Western philosophy at Harvard University. Jetsunma is the vajra…
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Change Your Attitude, Change Your Action
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The ego, this self-cherishing thought, the ego is much more harmful than all the atomic bombs that are in the world because atomic bomb even if it explodes, if you have bodhichitta it doesn’t cause you to be reborn in the hell realm, lower realm. -Lama Zopa Rinpoche Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains how Shakyamuni Buddha was just like us until he changed…
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How to Overcome Othering and the Root of Conflict with Tara Brach
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Following her insightful and compassionate commentaries on the war in Gaza for lionsroar.com, Buddhist teacher Tara Brach sits down with editor-in-chief Melvin McLeod to talk about the ultimate root of conflict, the destructive dehumanizing known as othering, and how we can overcome it in ourselves and society. Read Tara Brach’s pieces mentioned in…
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Tenzin Norbu: Dreaming of Dolpo & Finding Your Own Way
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This is a re-release of a conversation with Tenzin Norbu in his home studio in Kathmandu, Nepal. Today's conversation is solely available in a video format. Here is the link to watch today's episode: https://youtu.be/bBkNuHZSN38 Tenzin Norbu was born in Dolpo, Nepal, into a family of thangka painters from a lineage that dates back atleast 400 years…
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The Power of Acceptance and Inclusivity with Rev. Melissa Opel
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In this episode of the Lion's Roar Podcast, assistant editor Sandi Rankaduwa talks to Reverend Melissa Opel, a member of the LGBTQ+ community and a minister at the Buddhist Church of San Francisco — the oldest Jodo Shinshu, or Shin Buddhist, church in the mainland United States. Rev. Opel shares what drew her to Buddhism, what keeps her inspired as…
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Lama Justin von Bujdoss: The Beginnings of a Dark Retreat Center & Finding Your Heart Practice
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Vision version of today's conversation: https://youtu.be/gXWcorUoTnc 00:01:40 Introduction to the retreat place and intentions 00:05:56 Visions in dark retreat 00:15:00 Fear, trust, confidence and endless potential 00:21:00 Not being the only doing the work in one’s practice 00:29:00 Having the correct context of deconditioning the mind 00:32:00 Ch…
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By training the mind in patience, it leaves a positive imprint on your mind. Then later you find it easier for the mind to be patient and more and more difficult for the mind to get angry. It’s the same with self-cherishing or bodhicitta. Whichever way one trains the mind, one can become more easily habituated towards that mind even in this life. -…
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Travel As a Spiritual Experience with Pico Iyer (Reshare)
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Today, we’re re-sharing one of the most popular episodes of The Lion’s Roar Podcast featuring essayist and novelist Pico Iyer. For Iyer, travel is a spiritual experience that shakes up our usual certainties and connects us to a richer, vaster world. In this conversation, Iyer & Lion’s Roar’s editor-in-chief Melvin Mcleod, discuss Iyer’s book The Ha…
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Elisabeth Benard: Hidden Female Meditation Masters, the Sakya Jetsunmas
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00:00:00 Elisabeth’s Introduction to Buddhism and the Sakya Lineage 00:06:00 Origin of Sakya lineage and on Lamdre 00:12:00 Jetsunma title and what makes the Sakya Jetsunmas so unusual 00:20:00 Residence or labrangs of Jetsunmas and 00:24:00 Jetsunma versus Sakya Lama roles 00:26:00 Jetsunma Chime Tenpai Nyima (b. 1756) 00:33:00 Kyabgon or Jetsunma…
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Celebrating Buddhist Women on Film with Sharon A. Suh and Gaetano Kazuo Maida
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In this episode of The Lion’s Roar Podcast, we’re thrilled to invite you to participate in BuddhaFest 2024, an online festival presented by Lion’s Roar. This year, BuddhaFest is dedicated to celebrating women in Buddhism. In this conversation from BuddhaFest 2024, Gaetano Maida, executive director of the Buddhist Film Foundation, explores the inter…
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Tiokasin Ghosthorse: Raised by the Land & Allowing Dreams to Understand You
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Tiokasin Ghosthorse is of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation of South Dakota and has a long history with Indigenous activism and advocacy. He has been the Founder, Host, and Executive Producer of “First Voices Radio'' for over 30 years. Some of what Tiokasin shares today includes: 00:00:00 Land raising children, Lakota language and trusting the futur…
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Visualizing Compassion through Chenrezig Practice with Lama Karma Yeshe Chödrön
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Mariana Restrepo speaks to Buddhist teacher and translator Lama Karma Yeshe Chödrön about visualization practice, a central aspect of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, explaining its benefits and how to do it. At the end of the episode, she guides us through a visualization practice of the bodhisattva of compassion, Chenrezig, also known as Avalokite…
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Happiness comes from a positive attitude and action motivated by that. -Lama Zopa Rinpoche This month on the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive podcast, Lama Zopa Rinpoche answers a student’s question about the relationship between the mind and the heart when practicing bodhichitta, how to be authentic in the practice of compassion, and where to locate happ…
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Carroll Dunham: The Path of a Householder Practitioner, Rites of Place & Taking Risks
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Carroll Dunham: The Path of a Householder Practitioner, Rites of Place & Taking Risks Carroll Dunham is a medical anthropologist, storyteller, Buddhist practitioner, and chaplain, who has devoted her life to exploring human entanglement between other species. She was based in Nepal for over 30 years and has lived and traveled amongst nomadic commun…
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Tibet’s Indigenous Religion with Harvey Rice and Jackie Cole
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Tibet’s first religion is not Buddhism. The authors of a new book on Bön, Tibet’s indigenous religion, talk to Melvin McLeod about the history of Bön, its influence on Tibetan Buddhism, and why its earth-centered spirituality is so important for the earth today.Av Sandra Hannebohm
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Drukmo Gyal: Ngakma Lifestyle, Slowing Down & Balancing Inner Elements
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00:00:00 Song Dzomba Yakmo Beautiful Abundance & Introduction 00:01:00 Growing up in a Ngakpa family in Admo Tibet. 00:03:40 Importance of life 00:07:00 Drukmo’s ngakpa grandfather 00:12:00 Slowing down and taking in advice from her grandfather 00:15:00 Most important dharma principles 00:17:00 Tibetan medicine helping come out of religious dogma 0…
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Embodying Loving-Kindness with Arisika Razak
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East Bay Meditation Center teacher Arisika Razak talks to associate editor Mihiri Tillakaratne about loving-kindness, intergenerational trauma, recognizing our shared humanity, and the vulnerability in “ugly crying.” Razak then leads a loving-kindness meditation practice for ourselves, those who have supported our journeys, and even the difficult p…
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The meditation practice is like the seed. The actual body of meditation, the practice, that is like the seed and purifying the hindrances and the accumulation of merit are like the soil and water. -Lama Zopa Rinpoche Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains why we must prepare the ground of our mind with merit accumulation and karmic purification so that the se…
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Cynthia Jurs: Collective Awakening, Proper Timing & Becoming a Holy Vessel
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00:00:00 A life re-directing pilgrimage 00:03:00 Earth treasure vases and the terma, treasure tradition. 00:13:00 Liberian women ending the 14 year Civil War 00:18:00 Christian Bethelson, Thich Nhat Hanh and engaged Buddhism 00:23:00 The timing of forgiveness and healing the earth and our bodies. 00:27:00 The fine line of letting go and holding peo…
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Buddhanature and Skillful Means with Joseph Goldstein
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The Insight Meditation Society celebrates the 80th birthday of one of its co-founders, Joseph Goldstein this year. In his conversation with Buddhadharma editor Rod Meade Sperry, Goldstein applies the “harmonized understanding” approach he championed in his book One Dharma to the concept of buddhanature, to uncover the concept’s relevance to Buddhis…
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Lama Sonam Tsering: Patience, Impermanence & Hyolmo
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This episode is best enjoyed on video. Link to Watch this Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUkL7SpfIQA ~ Today's conversation is with Lama Sonam Tsering at his retreat place in the Hyolmo region of Nepal. Some of what Sonam shares includes: 00:01:00 Growing up in Hyolmo and the societal shifts 00:08:00 Sonam’s spiritual upbringing raised wi…
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The Power of Pilgrimage with Shantum Seth
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Lion’s Roar editor-in-chief Melvin McLeod talks with Shantum Seth, a teacher in the Thich Nhat Hanh tradition who leads the In the Footsteps of the Buddha pilgrimages. They discuss Thich Nhat Hanh's own pilgrimage to India, how visiting the places where the Buddha lived brings him to life, and bringing Buddhism back to the country where it was born…
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The Daemon and Cheating the Ferryman with Anthony Peake
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In this conversation with Anthony Peake we discuss the bold hypothesis he calls ‘Cheating the Ferryman’: when we die we fully relive our lives again and again (a bit like the film Groundhog Day) Anthony proposes that we are composed of two entities, the Daemon who has lived our life over and over and remembers it all, who provides hints to the Eido…
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