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
Peace in the Face of Suffering (Link #729)
Speaker: Pat Noyes. Pat talks about her exploration of the Dharma as it pertains to a current mental health challenge within her family. She offers a compilation of foundational teachings, practices …
00:57:48 |
Sun 20 Oct 2024
Bee Mindful (Link #728)
Speaker: Michael McIlmurray. Michael describes how working with honey bees is a vehicle for his practice of mindfulness. As an example, a beekeeper's movement in the apiary can accidentally squash an…
00:51:34 |
Sun 13 Oct 2024
2018 Source of Mahamudra: The Importance of Mind Training (Part 2) (Link #727)
Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This is the second part of a two-hour teaching Rinpoche gave in 2018 at the annual, Source of Mahamudra program held at Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling in Vershire, Vermo…
01:12:35 |
Sun 06 Oct 2024
2018 Source of Mahamudra: The Importance of Mind Training (Part 1) (Link #726)
Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This is the first part of a two-hour teaching Rinpoche gave in 2018 at the annual, Source of Mahamudra program held at Pema Osel Do Ngak Choling in Vershire, Vermon…
00:59:07 |
Sun 29 Sep 2024
The Perfect Staircase: Following the Pith Instructions of the Guru to Liberation (Link #725)
Speaker: Elizabeth Ready. Elizabeth discusses various pith instructions of the guru, from Dzigar Kongtrul's request to generate bodhicitta before we listen to the teachings, to Patrul Rinpoche's enco…
00:55:24 |
Sun 22 Sep 2024
Exploring Paradox (Link #724)
Speaker: Mark Kram. Mark shares his experience exploring emptiness, the foundational Mahayana teaching that is distilled in the Heart Sutra, 'The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom'. He explains that …
01:02:52 |
Sun 15 Sep 2024
Aspire To Be Born on the Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain (Part 2) (Link #723)
Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This previously-recorded Personal LINK was given by Rinpoche on May 30, 2004 at Samten Ling in Crestone, Colorado. It was re-broadcast in two parts, Part 1 on Septe…
01:05:01 |
Sun 08 Sep 2024
Aspire To Be Born on the Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain (Part 1) (Link #722)
Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This previously-recorded Personal LINK was given by Rinpoche on May 30, 2004 at Samten Ling in Crestone, Colorado. The talk was split into two parts, aired on conse…
00:59:14 |
Sun 01 Sep 2024
Getting Out of My Own Way (Link #721)
Speaker: Inigo Batterham. Inigo shares his experience with mental illness and addiction, juxtaposed against an unfolding Dharmic path. He emphasizes how his life has been indelibly altered by great m…
00:49:38 |
Sun 25 Aug 2024
Bodhicitta (Link #720)
Speaker: Bob Reid. Following up on his talk from August 11, 2024, Bob discusses the three supreme methods and the four metaphors, laying the framework for a further talk on bodhcitta. He shares some …
01:09:14 |
Sun 18 Aug 2024
Bodhicitta (Link #719)
Speaker: Bob Reid. In the first of a two-part talk, Bob speaks about the four immeasurables, reviewing two of the three supreme methods: to arouse the bodhicitta, and while carrying out an action, to…
01:13:10 |
Sun 11 Aug 2024
Getting to Know Yourself (Link #718)
Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la describes the spiritual path as a path of getting know oneself. Having grown up in a Dharmic family, the practice of self reflection has been a constant in his…
01:11:52 |
Sun 04 Aug 2024
Awakening Compassion (Link #717)
Speaker: Jennifer O'Keeffe. Jennifer describes how the Lojong practice supports us in transforming adversity into a path of awakening. As a mind training tool, Lojong helps to liberate ourselves from…
00:54:48 |
Sun 28 Jul 2024
2023 Nyingma Summer Seminar: Hinayana (Link #716)
Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This previously recorded teaching was given by Rinpoche at the 2023 Nyingma Summer Seminar on July 8, 2023 at Phuntsok Choling in Ward, Colorado. Opening the Hinaya…
01:38:38 |
Sun 14 Jul 2024
Diligence: The Joyful Endeavor (Link #715)
Speaker: Jennifer Shippee. Jennifer speaks about excerpts from Rinpoche's upcoming book on diligence. She investigates both discipline (Tib. tsultrim) and diligence (Tib. tsöndrü), how their meanings…
01:06:25 |
Sun 07 Jul 2024
Joyfully Embracing Life for a Greater Purpose: Awakened Attitude of Mind (Link #714)
Speaker: Katsutoshi Okabayashi. Oka-san shares his thoughts on the importance of establishing a daily reflection on the precepts of Bodhicitta. He has been examining how he might engage with his worl…
00:56:04 |
Sun 30 Jun 2024
Reflections on the Invisible (Link #713)
Speaker: Christine Anisko. Christine addresses the ways in which our preoccupations with material reality and the fast-paced nature of our lives block our awareness of an expansive spiritual realm. W…
01:01:19 |
Sun 23 Jun 2024
Tangtong Gyalpo: King of the Empty Plain (Link #712)
Speaker: Michaela Ledesma. The Outer, Inner and Secret Refuge Prayer of Tangtong Gyalpo and the power of its tremendous blessings is the focus of this talk. Michaela shares stories about her personal…
00:54:52 |
Sun 16 Jun 2024
Discipline, Enjoyment and Creativity (Link #711)
Speaker: Susan Walp. Following Rinpoche's advice, Susan shares her personal journey in learning to practice the Dharma from a place of enjoyment, rather than discipline. Discipline is important for t…
00:55:55 |
Sun 09 Jun 2024
A Practitioner's True North (Link #710)
Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la explores the practice of self-reflection as the way of finding our true north as practitioners. We can use the interrelated methods of analysis (‘tokpa’, in Ti…
01:03:40 |
Sun 02 Jun 2024
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