Carroll Dunham: The Path of a Householder Practitioner, Rites of Place & Taking Risks
Love & Liberation with Olivia Clementine
Release Date: 06/25/2024
Kunzang Choden: Bhutanese Heritage & Dorji Linga (Part One)
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Kunzang Choden is one of Bhutan’s most legendary authors. We meet in Bhutan in the Tang Valley, where Kunzang’s family has lived since the 15th century, land that is tied to the Tibetan yogic master Longchenpa and treasure revealer Dorji Linga. This is part one of two. To watch the video version, you can visit the link below: ~ Time notes: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:41 Lineage land and Kings 00:03:47 Treasure revealer Dorji Lingpa 00:10:18 Intense childhood recollections 00:15:00 Intergenerational homelife 00:19:50 Seasonality 00:28:42 Kunzang’s way of writing 00:30:00 Recording...
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Khandro Dorje Phagmo Rinpoche: Never Giving Up
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Todays conversation takes place at Rinpoche's residence in Bhutan, where she shares advice as well as her experiences being an emanation of Vajravarahi, a treasure revealer, diviner, and a manifester of miracles. Rinpoche spends most of her time in the Zhemgang District at her monastery for nuns and monks that is also a home to orphans, elders, physically unable and terminally ill people who want to devote their life to the dharma. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:59 Being the Incarnation of Vajravarahi 00:03:45 Intention and Action 00:05:56 Being a female tulku 00:06:38 No shortcuts ...
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Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo: The Revival of the Togdenma Lineage of Accomplished Yoginis
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Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo is a bhikṣuṇī, author and founder of the Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery in Himachal Pradesh, India. She also spent twelve years living and practicing in a remote cave in the Himalayas. Today's timenotes: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:17 8th Khamtrul Rinpoche 00:06:45 Togden and togdenma (yogi and yogini) lineage and history 00:8:05 16th Karmapa and Khampagar 00:09:30 Requests leading to the Togdenma revival 00:10:36 Jetsunma's cave retreat in Lahaul 00:14:15 Finding proper Togdenma mentors 00:21:22 Togden Acho 00:24:24 Becoming officially Togdenma 00:28:31...
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Elizabeth McDougal: Gebchak Yoginis, Part Three
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Today’s episode is the final part of three parts ~ 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:49 Signs, visions, dreams 00:12:00 Protector land spirits 00:16:00 Tests, conceptual collapse and faith 00:20:00 Meditation boxes 0023:30 Sky burial 00:28:00 Sri Lanka vipassana reform 00:29:30 Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok and Larung Gar 00:32:00 Modernity, realization and tacit knowledge 00:39:00 Old world preservation 00:43:50 Yidam neuroscience and dilution 00:46:00 Changes in education system 00:49:00 Yogini tulkus and titles 00:57:00 The Gebchak way, peer-pressure and self-responsibility 01:03:00 Becoming a...
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Elizabeth McDougal: Gebchak Yoginis, Part Two
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Today’s episode is part two of three parts. ~ Time notes: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:15 Subtle body, mind and prana 00:11:30 Yidam and reflections of the universe 00:13:40 Tsa-lung and trulkhor 00:18:51 Modernization influence on dedication, asceticism and health. 00:24:00 Chu Rey, wet sheet ceremony 00:31:00 Tsa-lung lama Jamtsen Chodron 00:33:40 Chudlen retreats 00:37:00 Mundane and sacred, collective and individual 00:39:00 Togal and trekchod 100 day winter practice 00:46:00 On memorization and reading as a means of realization 00:50:00 Tantric practice form of learning 01:00:00 Yogin...
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Elizabeth McDougal: The Gebchak Yoginis, Part One
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Today's episode is part one of three parts that will be shared over the coming weeks. Time notes: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:51 Elizabeth’s early years at Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo’s retreat place, and about the Togdens and Togdenmas 00:07:14 What led Elizabeth to Gebchak gonpa. 00:09:00 The initial meeting between Wandrak Rinpoche and the Gebchak yoginis 00:15:00 How Elizabeth spent her time at Gebchak gonpa 00:18:40 Nangchen as a fertile ground for yogis 00:23:00 Gebchak founder Tsang-Yang Gyamtso & the Rime period 00:29:37 The way of the yogin scholar 00:37:00 The first Tsokyni...
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Tibetan Handicraft Society: Master Carpet Weavers
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This is a visual episode that is meant to be watched. You can watch it here: ~ Today’s episode takes place at the Tibetan Handicraft Society in McCleoud Ganj, in northern India. This Handicraft Society was founded in 1963 to support Tibetan refugees, and Tibetans who have grown up in exile and Tibetan arts and culture. Today we learn about this member run society and see some of these master weavers as they bring these traditional Tibetan carpets to form. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:58 Tenzin Rigsang on the Handicraft Society’s origin and purpose 00:04:10 On material sourcing and design...
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Maya Khosla: On Fires, Forests & Wild Elders
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Maya Khosla is a biologist and writer. She has spent thousands of hours hiking, backpacking, and documenting forests, including post-fire regeneration. Time notes: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:07 The message of fire 00:02:00 3 types of traditional fire practice in India. 00:03:22 Rebirth after fires 00:08:00 Intimacy and the effect of hand burning versus machine work on land 00:15:00 Main causes of fires in California 00:18:00 Misunderstandings on preparing one's home in a fire-prone area. Thinking like an ember 00:19:00 Keeping a house safe in a fire and Dr. Jack Cohen 00:21:00 “The...
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Jetsunma Kunga Trinley Palter: Growing up as a Sakya Jetsunma
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Watch our conversation and see images of Jetsunma’s path here: Today our guest is Her Eminence Sakya Jetsunma Kunga Trinley Palter. Jetsunma is the granddaughter of His Holiness the 41st Sakya Trizin and the eldest daughter of the 42nd Sakya Trizin and Dagmo Kalden Dunkyi. Jetsunma is also a tulku, the reincarnation of the Nyingma practitioner and treasure revealer, Khandro Tare Lhamo. We sit down and talk about her life thus far, being raised as a Jetsunma in the Sakya lineage, how she spends her time, and what she aspires for in the future. Timenotes: 00:00:00...
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Jetsunma Jamyang Yeshe Palmo: Knowing Where You Are on the Path & Common Misunderstandings
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Watch the interview here: ~ Today we have a brief conversation at a cafe in Kathmandu about some of the common obstacles and questions that Jetsunma’s students often share with her. Jetsunma then shares clarification on meeting these challenges and curiosities. This is part of our new weekly season schedule of publishing shorter conversations in between our more extended episodes. Time notes: 00:01:30 How to perceive ngondro practice 00:04:20 Knowing where you are on the path and blending life with practice 00:08:00 On shamatha, vipassana and dzogchen. 00:12:45 The four noble truths...
info_outlineCarroll 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 communities including in China, Mongolia, and India.
Some of what Carroll shares today includes:
00:00:00 From New Jersey to Nepal, a nunnery, her future husband, and the 1985 Kalachakra gathering.
00:08:00 Stories of meeting her teachers, great meditation masters, including Dilgo Khyentse, Bakha Tulku, Trulshik Rinpoche, and Lama Wangdu.
00:17:00 Advice from His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
00:19:33 Taksang (Tiger’s Nest), the Nechung Oracle & receiving Dilgo Khyentse full terma.
00:23:00 Innovation, monasteries, and keeping the dharma meaningful and safe.
00:25:00 Stories and memories of Trulshik Rinpoche
00:30:00 Learning Himalayan languages
00:33:00 Humla and how it is unique
00:35:00 Dragon Brides; on polyandry, women with many husbands
00:40:00 On her meeting and marriage with her husband Thomas Kelly
00:43:00 Fostering children and non-dual gifts of Nepal.
00:49:00 The market economy’s impact on relationships, Earth, and family structure.
00:56:00 Notions of modernity disguised as freedom.
00:57:00 Raising children in a seasonal manner, rituals, healing, and rites of passage
01:09:00 Best place to give birth and to die.
01:10:00 Relationships, healing, mistakes and safety in anthropological work
01:20:00 Nepal’s ethnic diversity and environmental challenges
01:27:00 Longevity, biomimicry, meditation and aging
01:30:00 The origins and journey of clothing.
01:38:00 Innovations of waste and creative change agents in the textile industry
01:45:00 Risk, collaboration, and the unexpected amazing.
About Carroll Dunham:
Carroll is a medical anthropologist whose work explores human entanglement with other species, from microbes to yaks. Based in Nepal for 30 years, she has lived and traveled extensively amongst nomadic communities, including those in India, Mongolia, and China.
A lifelong student of Buddhism, Tibetan medicine, and Himalayan medicinal plants, she is committed to amplifying Indigenous voices and advocating stewardship of fragile ecosystems. She is currently the co-founder of Around the World in 80 Fabrics. Revitalizing vanishing textile traditions to reduce petroleum-fueled fast fashion.
A storyteller at heart, Carroll has authored five books and produced over a dozen documentaries for National Geographic, PBS, and BBC. As a Buddhist chaplain, she is passionate about resiliency and the human ability to thrive post disasters.
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