Rounding off this series on the Four Yogas of Mahamudra, Lamas Yeshe & Zopa describe how the Mahamudra attainments of one-pointedness, nonconceptuality, one taste, and nonmeditation can inform and guide our shamatha meditation practice here and now, whatever our level of experience. View our latest newsletter at https://prajnafire.substack.com/p/embodying-mind?r=1i7u42 Mahamudra, the signature practice of the Kagyu lineage, is known for its spare, direct, and swift approach. Yet this clarity and simplicity can bring new direction and vivacity to the seminal practice of shamatha, in which a ..read more

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-Pointedness, the practice, meditative experience, and realization of wholness, unity, complementarity of all things in emptiness. Contemplate a passage about One-Pointedness 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 singin ..read more

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 Nonmeditation, the practice, meditative experience, and realization of wholness, unity, complementarity of all things in emptiness. Contemplate quotes about Nonmeditation 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 ..read more

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

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

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 RESOURCES ..read more

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 FOLLOW US ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our Global Community⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist p ..read more

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 FOLLOW U ..read more

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 FOLLOW US ..read more

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