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A podcast about the teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni from the perspective of the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, where we listen to a Dharma teaching, contemplate it through conversation and song, and engage in guided meditation. Discussion with Karma Yeshe Chodron and Tania Israel. Guided meditation by Karma Zopa Jigme. Songs performed by Heather Stevenson. Tibetan singing bowls by Shivnee..
PRAJNA SPARKS
3w ago
Exploring the mind in Mahamudra practice brings us increased intimacy with its qualities as we practice, experience, and realize the Four Yogas of Mahamudra.
Lamas Yeshe & Zopa describe the Yoga of One Taste, the practice, meditative experience, and realization of wholness, unity, complementarity of all things in emptiness.
Contemplate quotes about One Taste and follow a guided meditation to connect with the essence of all experience, inseparable from experience and experiencer.
PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons.
Tibetan singing bowl interlud ..read more
PRAJNA SPARKS
2M ago
Exploring the mind in Mahamudra practice brings us increased intimacy with its qualities. Lamas Yeshe & Zopa describe the nonconceptual character of mind, and its empty essence, as well as our thought, feeling, sensory and other experiences. Contemplate quotes about mind's nonconceptuality and follow a guided meditation to connect with raw sense impressions free of conceptual overlays.
PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons.
Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna
RESOURCES
Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Maga ..read more
PRAJNA SPARKS
3M ago
On the cusp of the lunar new year, Lamas Yeshe & Zopa reflect on the hold of new-ness on the human psyche, reflected from nature around us, and how to harness the power of freshness in our practice at opportune, if arbitrary, moments in time.
To join in the recitation of the Aspiration Prayer of Mahamudra for today's practice, click here for the beautiful translation by Ari Goldfield (plus a few Prajna Fire edits).
https://bit.ly/AspirationMahamudra
PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons.
Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna
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PRAJNA SPARKS
4M ago
What is mind? Lamas Yeshe & Zopa unveil the tip of the iceberg that is the experiential exploration of this quintessential sphere of experience.
PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons.
Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna
RESOURCES
Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck
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Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist p ..read more
PRAJNA SPARKS
5M ago
Lamas Yeshe and Zopa invite everyone into the brave heart of courageous walking the world with powerful presence in troubling times.
PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Beginning November 2023, we are shifting to a once per month schedule. Look for new episodes on the new moons.
Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna
RESOURCES
Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck
A Song of Awakening, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://www.prajnafire.com/post/a-song-of-awakening
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PRAJNA SPARKS
6M ago
Lamas Yeshe and Zopa invite everyone into the brave heart of courageous walking the world with powerful presence in troubling times.
PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Beginning November 2023, we are shifting to a once per month schedule. Look for new episodes on the new moons.
Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna
RESOURCES
Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck
A Song of Awakening, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://www.prajnafire.com/post/a-song-of-awakening
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PRAJNA SPARKS
6M ago
Lamas Yeshe and Zopa invite everyone into the loveliness of celebrating the Buddha Shakyamuni throughout the year in the practice of du chen - grand times, festivals, or quite simply, holidays at four points in the Tibetan calendar.
The Lamp Prayer recited during the meditation portion of this episode is available here including Tibetan pronunciation and English text. https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks-songs
This is the English text for ease of reference:
May the bowl of this lamp become equal to the outer ring of this world realm of the great Three Thousands. May its stem be the size of the K ..read more
PRAJNA SPARKS
8M ago
In this bonus episode, Lama Yeshe reads her piece "A Song of Awakening," published in the collaborative offering "Glimpses of Buddhanature" in the Fall 2023 issue of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide.
Read the full article online here
https://www.lionsroar.com/glimpses-of-buddhanature/
You are welcome to share this free audio track with anyone who may benefit from listening to it ...
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PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on new and full moon days, and contemplation interludes on the quarter moons.
Tibetan singing bowl interl ..read more
PRAJNA SPARKS
8M ago
Lamas Yeshe and Zopa discuss karmic cause and effect, the thrid of the Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind to Dharma, a set of contemplations to reoirent the mind away from the deceptiveness of samsara and towards liberation and buddhahood.
This is a five-part series exploring each of the four thoughts and their contemplative practice, offered to support Prajna Fire's Ngondro Prep School. Read more about this dynamic four-month online program here.
https://www.prajnafire.com/event-info/ngondro-prep
PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on new and full moon days, a ..read more
PRAJNA SPARKS
9M ago
Lamas Yeshe and Zopa discuss death and impermanence in the context of our own Mortality, the second of the Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind to Dharma, a set of contemplations to reoirent the mind away from the deceptivenss of samsara and towards liberation and buddhahood.
This is the first in a five-part series exploring each of the four thoughts and their contemplative practice, offered to support Prajna Fire's Ngondro Prep School. Read more about this dynamic four-month online program here.
https://www.prajnafire.com/event-info/ngondro-prep
PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look ..read more