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Through non-attachment and mantra repetition, Krishna Das teaches us that we can invoke presence and find our true nature.

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"Because Ram, Sita, Radha, all these beings are rooted in a deeper consciousness than we have, by repeating their names we invoke that presence, that place within us that is deeper than our thoughts, emotions, and physicality. That's the real meaning of these names, they are real love. The same love that is within us. – Krishna Das

In this episode, Krishna Das mindfully shares:

- The “Om Namo Bhagavate Vaasudevaayaa” chant on harmonium to begin the episode

- A reflection on the impermanence of feelings and the body

- How everything is accomplished through repeating mantras

- Maharaj-ji's interpretation of attachments

- The importance of practice

RamDev dives into the Tantra of delight, wonder, and astonishment to help us surrender with love into our sacred fundamental nature.

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"In this crazy 21st century in which we're living, for me, the most available and exciting practice is this notion of Tantra—of being able to be with anything and immediately go to its fundamental nature." – RamDev Dale Borglum

In this episode RamDev Dale Borglum explores:

- Wisdom from classic books Zen Flesh Zen Bones by Paul Reps, and The Yoga of Delight, Wonder, and Astonishment, translated by Jai Deva Singh, both on ancient Vijñāna Bhairava—the 112 instructions from Shiva to the Goddess on how to immediately awaken

- The connection within Tantra between love, emptiness, self, devotion, and compassion

- Maharajji's statement that "the best form to worship God is every from" and how everything is grace

- Tantra, the Divine Mother, and devouring and digesting emotions

- Yoga versus Tantra

- Embodied mindfulness for transmuting emotion into the sacred

- Guru Yoga and identifying oneself with God/Deity and mantra

Surrendering into love through non-grasping

Llewellyn returns with a microdose of poetic wisdom exploring the space between stories, between the known and unknown worlds, a space that is also present with each and every breath.

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Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Ph.D. is a Sufi teacher in the Naqshbandiyya-Mujaddidiyya Sufi Order. He is the author of Sufism, the Transformation of the Heart, and the founder of The Golden Sufi Center. Check out his new podcast Working With Oneness.

Joseph Goldstein explores the path to freedom that the Buddha laid out for all of us and talks about the importance of developing and sustaining the quality of ardor in our practice.

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“What is ardency? I think we all have some sense of it in our very worldly lives. Just think of the feeling of ardor in the great love of your life, or in the first days of the great love of your life. What is that feeling of ardor like? There’s this powerful and sustained energy that is just so full in us. And it’s characterized by tremendous warmth of feeling and passion and enthusiasm and interest. That’s what ardor means. So can we cultivate that kind of ardor in our love of the Dhamma? In our love of the truth? That’s the quality that the Buddha is saying we need that, we need that passionate interest, that passionate energy to explore and discover.” – Joseph Goldstein

In this episode, Joseph talks about:

- The path to freedom that lies in Vipassana practices and how these practices are rooted in the Buddha’s discourse, the Satipatṭhāna Sutta

- The deeper meaning of some of the Pali words used in that discourse and why the Buddha frequently repeats some phrases

- The importance of developing and sustaining the quality of ardor in our practice

- How reflecting on the preciousness of human birth and understanding impermanence can help cultivate ardor

- How Metta practice works together with Vipassana practice

- How we begin to see that practice is not just for ourselves, but for the benefit of the whole world

This dharma talk from September 27, 2004, was originally published on Dharma Seed.

In this episode, Jack Kornfield helps us discover how the ocean of breath can lead to greater compassion for all.

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"With the opening of breath comes a spaciousness or a healing quality which is that we can allow ourselves to hold in compassion, with a kindness of heart, all that arises." – Jack Kornfield

In this episode Jack Kornfield discusses:

- Breath as the movement of spirit

- The cycle and rhythms of life

- Developing awareness of the breath

- Noticing our senses

This 1994 talk was originally published on Dharmaseed

Krishna Das offers flowing kirtan and explores mantras as the Divine Names which help us uncover the love that lives within us.

Help others improve their mental and emotional well-being, reduce stress, improve focus, increase self-awareness and self-regulation — all while deepening your own practice and understanding.

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"Sanskrit is considered to be a revealed language. What that means is that the sound is actually the sound form of the Divine. It's called 'The Name.' So, these Names, these sounds, are actually the form of that blissful reality that we all are already, the love that lives within us." – Krishna Das

In this episode, Krishna Das dives into:

A flowing "Hare Ram / Sita Ram" chant on harmonium to kick off the episode

Sanskrit mantras as the Divine Names that help us uncover the love that lives within us

Experiencing Maharaj-ji, not as something separate, but as the love that lives within us

Cultivating our inner strength in order to stay strong, open, and extend our heart to the suffering of the world

The transformational effects of psychedelics on KD's life, and Maharaj-ji's advice around them

An uplifting Hanuman Chalisa (4 A.M. Chalisa), as well as a resonant chant to Lord Shiva to close out the podcast

ZaChoeje Rinpoche joins Raghu for a talk on being recognized as a Tulku (reincarnated Tibetan master) by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and the true nature of struggling.

Help others improve their mental and emotional well-being, reduce stress, improve focus, increase self-awareness and self-regulation — all while deepening your own practice and understanding.

Join Buddhist teacher David Nichtern and special guest Professor Robert Thurman for a free online program on Tuesday, February 14th at 6:00pm ET. Visit dharmamoon.com/beherenow for more info and to reserve your spot for the free info session!

"The difference between the enlightened being and the un-enlightened being is: we are all struggling, but an enlightened being stops struggling over the struggles; and we struggle over the struggles. That is the truth of suffering." – ZaChoeje Rinpoche

In this episode ZaChoeje Rinpoche and Raghu dive into:

- Growing up in India as a Tibetan refugee child, and becoming a monk

- Being recognized as a Tulku (reincarnated Tibetan master) by His Holiness The Dalai Lama

- Moving to the U.S. and founding Emaho Foundation a Tibetan Buddhist center serving the greater Phoenix area

- The retranslating the Buddha's First Noble Truth (the truth of struggling)

- Disentangling from getting caught in the story of the "Movie of Me" – the fixed idea of who we are

- The role of devotion, faith, and guru in spiritual development through the lens of Tibetan Buddhism

- Connecting with the true nature of the mind as clear light

- An illuminating guided meditation practice on the sky like nature of mind and heart

By telling stories of the Buddha, Jack Kornfield directs us on the purpose of practice and the laws of Dharma.

"What we repeatedly direct our mind to in this society is consumerism and materialism and addictions of different kinds. What we direct ourselves to, we get. For better or for worse." – Jack Kornfield

In this episode Jack Kornfield discusses:

- The will to do

- Skillful action

- The mind as a mirror

- Birth stories of the Buddha

- Renunciation

- Awakening to the law of Dharma

This talk from Jack Kornfield 1/4/1994 was originally published on DharmaSeed.

The Spirit Underground's Lama Rod Owens offers a guided benefactor practice and chanting of the Tibetan Buddhist mantra, 'Om Mani Padme Hum.'

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"As we move through really difficult situations, it's so important that we call into our practice help, support, and care. That's always a part of my practice. I think so much of my practice is really just asking for help over and over again, and asking to see the love, the care that I deserve, that we all deserve." – Lama Rod Owens

In this talk, Lama Rod Owens offers:

Insights around help, support, love, and care within our practice along the spiritual path

A guided "benefactor practice" – a metta practice focused around a source of refuge, love, and care

Chanting of and meaning behind the resonant Tibetan Buddhist mantra, "Om Mani Padme Hum"

This episode sourced from DharmaSeed was recorded at the Spirit Rock Meditation Center retreat for Deepening into the Heart of Love and Freedom on 11/3/2020.

In a conversation about fallibility and self-honesty, spiritual advisor Jaymee Carpenter and Raghu Markus talk about surrender and transcending victimhood.

"When I was younger I was getting high on my identity of being a victim and I got high on drugs. Then I got sober and I got high on this new identity of a sober person. It was just a transference of ego." – Jaymee Carpenter

"We all have that generational karma in one way or the other that we are dealing with." – Raghu Markus

In this episode Jaymee Carpenter and Raghu Markus discuss:

- Overcoming the lies we tell ourself

- Coming back from rock bottom

- Kinship and mentorship

- Meditation and miracles

- Recovery from drug and alcohol addiction

- Identity and being nobody