Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 51

Pure Vision

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00:01:00: Introduction to a discussion about Pure Vision in the Vajrayana. What is Pure Vision, how do you cultivate and practice it? Discussion of the hallmarks of the different schools of Buddhism.

00:05:30 Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche teaching on visualization. Discussion of the Two Truths. Guru Yoga and seeing everything as the path. Joe discusses a Longchen Nyingtik Guru Yoga practice.  

00:12:45 Discussion of perception. 

00:17:40 A story from the John Blofeld autobiography, The Wheel of Life. Seeing through a pure lens. 

00:24:30 Joe shares a Pure Perception practice. Callback to episode on Aspirations. 

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Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 50

The Teacher Student Relationship in Vajrayana 

00:01:00: Introduction to a discussion about the teacher student relationship in Vajrayana. Role of the Guru. Damien shares how he connected with his first teacher. 

00:05:10: “Be a lamp onto yourself “ - Buddha. Joe recalls meeting Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. Make daily aspirations that you may meet your karmically destined teacher. 

00:09:12: The different layers of relationships with teachers. The importance of creating a link with a teacher and an important question to ask them. 

00:19:05 The Inner Guru. The ultimate lama is your own awareness. 

00:25:25 The importance of the teacher and keeping the ego in check. The importance of having a link to lineage. 

Connect with Garchen Rinpoche at https://garchen.net/

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The Vajra Guru Mantra recited 108 times by Kathog Rigzin Chenpo RinpocheOM AH HUM VAJRA GURU PADMA SIDDHI HUM

The Seven-Line Prayer Recited 108 Times by Adzom Paylo Rinpocheཧཱུྃ༔ ཨོ་རྒྱན་ཡུལ་གྱི་ནུབ་བྱང་མཚམས༔hung, orgyen yul gyi nubjang tsamHūṃ. In the north-west of the land of Oḍḍiyānaཔདྨ་གེ་སར་སྡོང་པོ་ལ༔pema gesar dongpo laIn the heart of a lotus flower,ཡ་མཚན་མཆོག་གི་དངོས་གྲུབ་བརྙེས༔yatsen chok gi ngödrub nyéEndowed with the most marvellous attainments,པདྨ་འབྱུང་གནས་ཞེས་སུ་གྲགས༔pema jungné zhé su drakYou are renowned as the ‘Lotus-born’,འཁོར་དུ་མཁའ་འགྲོ་མང་པོས་བསྐོར༔khor du khandro mangpö korSurrounded by many hosts of ḍākinīs.ཁྱེད་ཀྱི་རྗེས་སུ་བདག་བསྒྲུབ་ཀྱི༔khyé kyi jesu dak drub kyiFollowing in your footsteps,བྱིན་གྱིས་བརླབ་ཕྱིར་གཤེགས་སུ་གསོལ༔jingyi lab chir shek su solI pray to you: Come, inspire me with your blessing!གུ་རུ་པདྨ་སིདྡྷི་ཧཱུྃ༔guru pema siddhi hungguru padma siddhi hūṃTranslation from https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/guru-chowang/seven-line-prayer

Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 49

Signs on the Path to Stay Psyched

00:01: Introduction to a discussion about motivation and signs on the path. 

00:05:50 Importance of writing down your signs. Become familiar with symbols. Pure Perception. 

00:15:00 The importance of keeping signs secret and only sharing it with your teacher or other Vajra sisters and brothers as appropriate. 

00:19:20 Categories of signs. 

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Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 48

Establishing a Daily Practice 

00:01: Introduction to a discussion about setting up a daily practice. All we have is today. Start with a small practice and build upon that. 

00:07:05 The Three Excellences. 

00:16:20 The importance of an alter or shrine and considerations when setting up and closing down the space. 

00:23:10 Continuation of the Three Excellences discussion. Looking at your entire day as your practice session. “Thun” meditation session in Tibetan. The key to integration is daily practice. Tips for building a practice. Advice from Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. 

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Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 47

Navigating Difficult Political Times

00:01: Introduction to a discussion about navigating the path during difficult times. Modern news and social media. Shenwong (power of other) to Rangwong (autonomy). 

00:08:20 Protesting, intention, aggression and a story about Trungpa Rinpoche. 

00:12:20 The importance of faith in the Dharma. Garchen Rinpoche and Tonglen excerpt from https://youtu.be/ckobMFkGUFs?si=V2thHMkkeIA-Dd1k

00:17:54 The Three Poisons: Ignorance, Greed, and Hatred. 

00:16:19 Intentional media consumption. Advice from Terrence McKenna. Three things to try during tough times. 

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On January 20, 2026, Master translator Erik Drew joined the Denver Dzogchen Sangha in celebration of the group's 25th anniversary. This episode includes a few clips of Erik sharing his wisdom with our sangha. Look out for a full episode with Erik here in the future.

Denver Dzogchen Podcast, Episode 45

Mind’s Everest: Kalu Rinpoche’s Three-Year Retreat 

00:00:10 Joe and Damien introduce special guest Lama Dawa Zango. Lama Dawa Zango discusses his dharma background. 

00:07:18 Lama Dawa Zango discusses his three-year retreat under Kalu Rinpoche. 

00:13:15 Discussion about potential difficulties during a three-year retreat. The saintly nature of Kalu Rinpoche. 

00:17:40 The hardest part of Lama Dawa Zango’s three-year retreat was coming out of it. 

00:23:53 Tips for making life more retreat-like for people who cannot complete an extended retreat. The importance of sincerity and isolation. 

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Denver Dzogchen Podcast, Episode 44

Veganism on the Path

00:00:10 Introduction to a discussion about veganism. Christspiracy documentaryhttps://christspiracy.com/. Buddhism and abandoning activities that are based on ignorance. 

00:13:20 Diet and merit. 

00:17:05 Integrating a conscious diet into your life. Great masters, realizations, and diet. The importance of being conscious of our actions. 

00:23:10 Sacrificing the ego instead of sacrificing another being. Striving to to our best. 

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