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Bayo Akomolafe: On Failure, Poetry, and Becoming

Love & Liberation with Olivia Clementine

Release Date: 11/11/2025

Bayo Akomolafe: On Failure, Poetry, and Becoming

Love & Liberation with Olivia Clementine

This is a conversation revisited with philosopher, writer, and professor Bayo Akomolafe. Time notes: 00:00:29 - 00:07:50 The Sporulation of the Slave Ship 00:07:50 - 00:16:11 Beyond the Human - Blackness as Becoming 00:16:11 - 00:19:48 Entanglement and the Agency of the World 00:19:48 - 00:27:09 Language Beyond Vocality 00:27:09 - 00:34:32 Poetry as Prophecy and the Loss of Precision 00:34:32 - 00:41:12 - Learning from Children's Agency 00:41:12 - 00:47:20The Tortoise's Drum - Cracks and Openings (This conversation originally aired July 2022) Links: Bayo Akomolafe: ...

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Khandro Kunzang Dechen Chodron: Devotion, Maturation & the Guru

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00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:08 Stages towards authentic devotion 00:09:40 Karmic guru connection 00:12:00 Blessings 00:16:00 Ideal student qualities 00:20:00 Living lineage 00:25:00 Dharma protectors 00:29:00 Samaya 00:33:00 Divisive Speech 00:35:00 Root guru 00:41:00 Dudjom Rinpoche and Lama Dawa Rinpoche 00:43:00 When to fully depend on a teacher 00:44:00 Cult behavior 00:46:00 Student’s personal work 00:48:00 Sleep, wakefulness, and Lama Dawa 00:52:00 Signs of maturing on the path of realization 00:53:00 Biggest obstacle for westerners ~ Links: Khandro Kunzang & the...

Ida Pedanda Watulumbang: Balinese Priest & Servant of the Sun

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Today, our guest is the Balinese high priest, Ida Pedanda Gede Putra Watulumbang Manuaba also known as Ida Pedanda Watulumbang. We meet at his house and learn about his path to becoming a priest and some of the spiritual beliefs and practices in the Balinese Hindu tradition. Time notes: 00:01:00 Becoming a priest 00:05:00 Ceremonies 00:06:45 Ritual and adornment 00:10:45 Balinese cremation 00:12:25 Karma and daily correction 00:16:29 Fearless Death 00:19:00 Daily spiritual tending ~ Podcast website & transcripts

Erik Pema Kunsang: Stories of Meditation Masters

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Erik Pema Kunsang is a dharma teacher, practitioner, and one of the most highly regarded Tibetan translators. Today, we meet in his homeland of Denmark, where Erik shares stories of meditation masters he has spent time with, as well as on some essential aspects of the path and fruit of spiritual realization. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:24 Trulshik Adeu Rinpoche 00:04:50 Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche 00:12:22 Dilgo Khyentse and 16th Karmapa 00:13:25 Tulku Urgyen on nature of mind 00:17:20 Dilgo Khyentse’s style of teaching 00:20:44 Former training for realization 00:23:46 Tantras and...

Kulavadhuta Satpurananda: The Path of a Yogi, Gone Beyond

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Kulavadhuta Satpurananda (Khyapababa) was initiated into the secret oral tradition of the great Indian lineage of Buddhist tantra at the age of five. He then spent decades practicing under great Indian gurus and mystics. Kulavadhuta is an artist, teacher and research guide in Buddhism, Tantra, Sufism, and the Indigenous practices of Mystics of India and Tibet. And at the heart is an Avadhuta, one who has transcended worldly concerns and even the dharma. Time notes: 00:00:00 Introduction 01:05:80 Spiritual matriarchy from birth 0:6:30 Early spiritual experiences 00:10:00...

Kunzang Choden: Bhutanese Nobility Museum & Temple Tour (Part Two)

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Watch here: ~ Kunzang Choden, one of Bhutan’s most well-known authors, brings us on a tour of her ancestral home in Bhumtang’s Tang Valley, which was turned into museum. This space offers a first-hand view of daily life for Bhutanese religious nobility during the 19th and 20th centuries. We then go to the main temple and see some of the chapels held in this two-story space dedicated to different deities. ~ If you missed Part One: An Interview with Kunzang Choden ~ Tour Time Notes: Museum Tour 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:26 Weaving, textiles, ghos and kiras 00:14:46 Trading & Tools...

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...

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 ...

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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This is a conversation revisited with philosopher, writer, and professor Bayo Akomolafe.

Time notes:

00:00:29 - 00:07:50 The Sporulation of the Slave Ship

00:07:50 - 00:16:11 Beyond the Human - Blackness as Becoming

00:16:11 - 00:19:48 Entanglement and the Agency of the World

00:19:48 - 00:27:09 Language Beyond Vocality

00:27:09 - 00:34:32 Poetry as Prophecy and the Loss of Precision

00:34:32 - 00:41:12 - Learning from Children's Agency

00:41:12 - 00:47:20The Tortoise's Drum - Cracks and Openings

(This conversation originally aired July 2022)

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