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
Be Like India (Link #649)
Speaker: Joey Waxman. Joey refers to two recent Link talks to trace the causes that recently led him to experience a sense of heaviness about samsara. One talk, given at Losar by Dungse Jampal Norbu,…
01:09:44 |
Sun 19 Mar 2023
A Few of My Favorite Things: Personal Reflections on Appreciation and Gratitude (Link #648)
Speaker: Jennifer Shippee. Jennifer reflects on the value of taking the time to feel and appreciate gratitude. Pausing to appreciate the natural intelligence of our buddha nature enables us to feel a…
00:53:44 |
Sun 12 Mar 2023
Service: The Mantle of Responsibility (Link #647)
Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la explores service from the perspective of the Dharma, reminding us that we have a responsibility to apply our good merit and skills through service to others. T…
01:16:21 |
Sun 05 Mar 2023
What is Happiness? (Link #646)
Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This previously recorded LINK talk was given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche at the Guna Institute in Bir, India on May 16, 2011. Rinpoche talks about the necessity of …
01:03:02 |
Sun 26 Feb 2023
Everyday Dharma (Link #645)
Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la reflects on what it means to orient ourself toward enlightenment, from the moment we wake up in the morning. Gratitude for our precious human birth, the Dharma…
01:03:07 |
Sun 19 Feb 2023
What Makes the Dharma the Dharma? (Link #644)
Speaker: Joe Wilson. Joe suggests that cultivating a scholarly understanding of Tibetan Buddhism can ground and enrich our contemplative and meditative practices. There are subtle nuances involved in…
00:56:01 |
Sun 12 Feb 2023
Renunciation and Spontaneity (Link #643)
Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This previously-recorded Personal Link was given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche to the local Sangha on October 21, 2001 at Phuntsok Choling in Ward, Colorado. Rinpoche…
01:01:36 |
Sun 05 Feb 2023
On the Path, Step by Step (Link #642)
Speaker: Sarah Thompson. Sarah describes how self-reflecting enables us to cultivate merit, self-confidence, appreciation, gratitude, and trust in our ability to progress on the path. Self-reflection…
01:02:20 |
Sun 29 Jan 2023
Cultivating Disillusion (Link #641)
Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la explores the defects of cyclical samsara and how disillusionment is an important seed for our commitment to the path of transformation rather than just hoping …
01:00:18 |
Sun 22 Jan 2023
Never Look Away (Link #640)
Speaker: Vanessa Waxman. Vanessa reflects on the importance of putting the Dharma at the center of one's life, applying its wisdom and skillful means throughout our everyday experiences. To fully com…
01:04:06 |
Sun 15 Jan 2023
The Poetry of Dharma and Devotion (Link #639)
Speaker: Jim Kinkaid. Jim speaks about how writing poetry has enriched his connection to the Dharma. It is a vehicle to stay mindful, to contemplate, to express devotion, to enliven and strengthen hi…
00:50:41 |
Sun 08 Jan 2023
New Year's Day Prayer for Peace (Link #638)
Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Rinpoche gives a New Year's Day talk with prayers for deep peace in the world during this time of war, conflicts, corruption, and refugee crises, including reflecti…
00:45:47 |
Sun 01 Jan 2023
What a Fortunate Opportunity (Link #637)
Speaker: Stephanie Kindberg-Velasco. Stephanie expresses her appreciation for the Sangha as a community that provides opportunities to study, serve, and practice. The transformation practitioners see…
00:48:58 |
Sun 25 Dec 2022
Between a Rock and a Not-So-Hard Place (Link #636)
Speaker: Sasha Dorje Meyerowitz. Sasha addresses how he responds to the challenges that confront him as a practitioner. It is important to acknowledge unconscious self-doubts and to skillfully addres…
00:57:07 |
Sun 18 Dec 2022
Devotion and the True Shift (Link #635)
Speaker: Katsutoshi Okabayashi. Oka-san reflects on how the quality of our devotion depends on the depth of our conviction in the Dharma. When motivated by a desire for appreciation and esteem, servi…
00:54:33 |
Sun 11 Dec 2022
Lojong: The Fearless Path (Link #634)
Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Lojong, the Buddhist practice of mind training, is where compassion and wisdom meet. The slogans on mind training provide an important framework for how we meet the worl…
02:01:37 |
Sun 04 Dec 2022
Buddha's Advocate (Link #633)
Speaker: Suzy Greanias. Suzy coined the term, "the Buddha's advocate" as a counterpoint to the more familiar phrase, "devil's advocate.' Recalling Rinpoche's advice to his students never to think we …
00:51:46 |
Sun 27 Nov 2022
Samten Ling History: Part 2 (Link #632)
Speaker: Kelly Smith. Kelly Smith recounts how MSB's centers at Samten Ling, Phuntsok Choling, and Pema Osel developed, how Rinpoche shaped the culture of the Sangha, and what it means to be a practi…
01:18:35 |
Sun 13 Nov 2022
Committing to Mind Training (Link #631)
Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse Jampal Norbu explores our polarized political climate through the lens of Lojong mind training. How do these seeds of anxious thinking arise? Can we cut through c…
01:11:18 |
Sun 06 Nov 2022
The Seven Riches of the Aryas, Talk #6: Sherab (Link #630)
Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This LINK was originally given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche on February 8, 2015 from Phuntsok Choling in Ward, Colorado. It is the sixth in a series of talks given b…
01:13:09 |
Sun 30 Oct 2022
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