Mangala Shri Bhuti - The Link
At the heart of the Buddhist path is the individual practitioner who integrates the teachings with his or her own experience. Posting weekly since August of 2009, the Link Podcast features pithy teachings by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Dungse Jampal Norbu, and Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel that illustrate the creativity and practicality that are the hallmarks of being a successful meditator. Talks by students of Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche offer an intimate window into the spiritual paths of Western students of Buddhism as they bring the teachings to life in their own unique and personal ways. Most talks in this podcast draw from a weekly Live broadcast on Sundays at 10 am Mountain Time.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 773
- Years Active
- 2004 - 2025
Early Stories from Samten Ling (Link #549)
Speaker: Kelly Smith. Kelly tells stories of how Rinpoche's vision for the land in Crestone came to fruition and the MSB Sangha was formed.
01:00:05 |
Sun 14 Mar 2021
Serious Need for a Laugh (Link #548)
Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la explores lojong slogan 21, always maintain a joyful attitude, and touches on our negativity bias as biological organisms wired for survival. Humor has a great …
01:02:47 |
Sun 07 Mar 2021
Being Honest (Link #547)
Speaker: Maki Okabayashi. Maki explores how honesty arises from the willingness to reflect on our intentions, perspectives and attitudes. Being honest involves more than simply not cheating, holding …
00:52:36 |
Sun 28 Feb 2021
Impermanence: Now is the Time to Practice (Link #546)
Speaker: Nick Carter. Nick reflects on how recognizing the impermanence of all things guides us to see that the wisest way to use our precious human birth is to engage in practice. Although habit and…
00:59:26 |
Sun 21 Feb 2021
Free Yourself (Link #545)
Speaker: Kate Dobbertin. Kate explores how self-cherishing creates samsaric experience and separates us from the freedom of pure perception. Samsara can be understood not as a set of circumstances, "…
01:03:49 |
Sun 14 Feb 2021
2021 Losar Address (Special Episode)
Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Rinpoche delivers his annual Losar Address for the 2021 year of the Metal Ox from Crestone, Colorado.
00:57:43 |
Fri 12 Feb 2021
Unconditional Well-Being (Link #544)
Speakers: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel. In this re-broadcast of the Open Question Podcast #201, Elizabeth speaks with her own teacher, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, about the pra…
00:41:33 |
Sun 07 Feb 2021
Meeting Habitual Mind (Link #543)
Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In this pre-recorded talk given on October 27, 2001 at Samten Ling, Rinpoche explains the term nangwa chi lok. When appearances are seen as separate from the mind, …
01:04:18 |
Sun 31 Jan 2021
Self Reflection (Link #542)
Speaker: Mary Lee Mooney. Mary contemplates how we can apply the medicine of Dharma to recognize and purify aggression and anger. We unconsciously mistake ourselves to be singular, independent and pe…
00:55:26 |
Sun 24 Jan 2021
Windhorse and Peaceful Heart (Link #541)
Speaker: Stephanie Kindberg. Stephanie reflects on how the Covid-19 pandemic has renewed her determination to view adversity as an opportunity to cultivate lungta by practicing self-reflection, patie…
00:52:13 |
Sun 17 Jan 2021
Back On Track (Link #540)
Speaker: Vanessa Waxman. Vanessa relates how she emerged from an intense experience of discomfort, unworthiness, and shame with a more profound appreciation for the healing power of Dharma. Despite t…
01:06:44 |
Sun 10 Jan 2021
Learning Through Adversity in 2020 (Link #539)
Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la reflects on 2020 as a year of learning through adversity. When the defects of samsara are so plainly evident, so is the opportunity of working with our mind by…
00:46:15 |
Sun 03 Jan 2021
This Is Not My First Rodeo (Link #538)
Speaker: Scott Gallagher. Scott reflects on Rinpoche' s new book "Peaceful Heart": In order to extend warmth and open-heartedness (Tibetan: tsewa), we need to cultivate patience, tolerance and forbea…
00:57:25 |
Sun 27 Dec 2020
Working The Ground: A Full-Time Job (Link #537)
Speaker: Rebecca Henry. By applying the five slogans of Machik Labdron to our experiences we can challenge our ego, cut through assumptions and false beliefs, and gain skillful means and wisdom. The …
01:04:43 |
Sun 20 Dec 2020
Self and the Little Things (Link #536)
Speaker: Jennifer Shippee. To gain liberation from suffering, we need to investigate how our experiences arise from a mistaken understanding of the self. Failing to recognize our Buddha nature, we mi…
01:16:47 |
Sun 13 Dec 2020
In Awe, An Extraordinary Life (Link #534)
Speaker: Natasha Carter. We cultivate the blessings of the lineage by contemplating the four thoughts that turn the mind to the Dharma, by keeping an open heart, and by remembering the ultimate purpo…
01:02:41 |
Sun 29 Nov 2020
Thoughts On Recognizing the Nature of Thoughts (Link #533)
Speaker: Paddy McCarthy. Three approaches can help us to avoid self-aggression when working with habitual patterns of thought: an outer approach (seeking external support); an inner approach (self-re…
00:59:05 |
Sun 22 Nov 2020
If Not Now, Then When? (Link #532)
Speaker: Tina Toriello. Authentic engagement with the Dharma begins with directly acknowledging impermanence, renouncing attachment to it and seeking refuge from it. When we use distraction and denia…
00:25:22 |
Sun 08 Nov 2020
Navigating a Practice Dry Spell: A Self-Portrait (Link #530)
Speaker: Mary Cobb. To cultivate, maintain and renew an intimate relationship with practice, it is helpful to return to the basic practice of shamatha to relax and settle the mind. Dry spells, arisin…
00:56:17 |
Sun 25 Oct 2020
Shinjang (Link #529)
Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This is a re-broadcast of a talk Rinpoche gave on March 18, 2001 at Phuntsok Choling in Ward, CO.
00:53:50 |
Sun 18 Oct 2020
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