Love & Liberation with Olivia Clementine

Jetsunma Jamyang Yeshe Palmo is a Buddhist teacher and retreat master. She spent nine years in a monastic university studying all of the major subjects of Buddhism. Following her studies she spent nine years in a closed practice retreat. She also spent two years studying psychology and Western philosophy at Harvard University. Jetsunma is the vajra master of the study and practice centers of Kusum Khandro Ling retreat and nunneries and teaches in the US, Japan, Nepal, Hong Kong, and India.

Some of what Jetsunma shares includes:

00:03:00 The hinayana, four truths and exhausting negative emotions.

00:9:00 Bodhisattva yana, two truths, four immeasurables and six perfections

00:12:00 Tantrayana path, generation practice and embracing existence as pure.

00:14:00 Completion stage and using the body for realization.

00:18:00 Great completion uncontrived stage

00:19:00 Ngondro

00:21:00 Essentials for realization

00:24:00 Two text recommended

00:25:00 Quality over quantity

00:28:00 Retreat advice

00:31:00 Benefits to solitary and collective practice

00:32:00 Non-exclusive Buddhism, the universal perspective

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This is a re-release of a conversation with Tenzin Norbu in his home studio in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Today's conversation is solely available in a video format.

Here is the link to watch today's episode:

https://youtu.be/bBkNuHZSN38

Tenzin Norbu was born in Dolpo, Nepal, into a family of thangka painters from a lineage that dates back atleast 400 years. His work has appeared in museums and private collections around the world, as well as, several international publications, including Caravans of the Himalaya, National Geographic, and the feature film Himalaya. He is also the illustrator for children’s books, including Himalaya, and Clear Sky, Red Earth. 

Vision version of today's conversation:

https://youtu.be/gXWcorUoTnc

00:01:40 Introduction to the retreat place and intentions

00:05:56 Visions in dark retreat

00:15:00 Fear, trust, confidence and endless potential

00:21:00 Not being the only doing the work in one’s practice

00:29:00 Having the correct context of deconditioning the mind

00:32:00 Chogyam Trungpa, Dilgo Khyentse and tummo practice

00:36:00 Being a Buddha and distraction of science

00:40:00 Gaining confidence through felt experience and mastering a practice

00:50:00 Following death, experiencing the bardo

00:56:00 Bardo practice suggestion

01:00:00 Justin’s dharma path from age 3 including Egyptian funerary practice, alchemy and wanting to be a monk

01:13:00 Not getting attached to the technique

01:15:00 Tögal and Sowa Rigpa typology 

01:19:00 Letting the heart choose your practice

01:21:00 Emerging towards spaciousness as the throughline for Justin’s path

01:25:00 Touring the retreat cabins

01:32:00 The body in dark retreat and practice

01:37:00 Closing intentions for this retreat place

Yangti Yoga retreat place

https://www.yangtiyoga.com/

Previous conversations:

Dark Retreat, Formlessness & Returning to Completion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qoo0DeU6D8o&list=PLbj5FAGzDx9WhJ7N5iJhGkZ_tY9ZnJL4m&index=13

Resting into the Mind Beyond Time & Being Consumed by Dharma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0RvHW6fOMQ&list=PLbj5FAGzDx9WhJ7N5iJhGkZ_tY9ZnJL4m&index=21

Ati Yoga, the Becoming of Indigenous Western Tantra & the Ministry of Death

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LAi9RnjcA0&list=PLbj5FAGzDx9WhJ7N5iJhGkZ_tY9ZnJL4m&index=26

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00:00:00 Elisabeth’s Introduction to Buddhism and the Sakya Lineage

00:06:00 Origin of Sakya lineage and on Lamdre

00:12:00 Jetsunma title and what makes the Sakya Jetsunmas so unusual

00:20:00 Residence or labrangs of Jetsunmas and 00:24:00 Jetsunma versus Sakya Lama roles

00:26:00 Jetsunma Chime Tenpai Nyima (b. 1756)

00:33:00 Kyabgon or Jetsunma Tamdrin Wangmo (1936-96)

00:39:00 Kyabgon Pema Trinlei (1874 - 1950)

00:47:00 Dagmo Trinlei Paljor (1906-1975), and Dagyum Sonam Dolkar.

01:04:00 Jetsunma Chungwa

01:07:00 Jetsun Kushok (1938) & 41st Sakya Trizin (1945)

01:19:00 Jetsun Kushok & Sakya Trizin 41st, leaving Tibet

01:34:00 Jetsunma Kunga Trinley Palter (2007)

01:38:00 New System of Sakya Succession and photos in the book

01:39:00 Sakya Jetsunma lineage

The photograph shared is of Jetsunma Tsegen Wangmo and Jetsunma Chime Wangmo in the Phuntsok Palace in Sakya, Tibet. Courtesy of the Phuntsok Palace.

The book on the Sakya Jetsunmas by Elisabeth Benard 

https://www.shambhala.com/the-sakya-jetsunmas-9781645470915.html

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Tiokasin Ghosthorse is of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation of South Dakota and has a long history with Indigenous activism and advocacy. He has been the Founder, Host, and Executive Producer of “First Voices Radio'' for over 30 years.

Some of what Tiokasin shares today includes:

00:00:00 Land raising children, Lakota language and trusting the future

00:06:00 Male and female energies, intuition and ceremony

00:10:00 No teaching and traditional education as a giving

00:13:00 Burying diplomas to return to Self.

00:15:00 Land ownership, colonial coma and defined by Earth

00:21:00 Dualistic psychology, premeditated ignorance and the ultimate philosopher.

00:24:00 Deathsong, innocence and grief

00:26:00 Adapting to Nature and the language of Earth

00:28:00 Grief, freedom and containment

00:34:00 Dreams, the 5th world,

and ancestors going into the future

Our previous conversation on Lakota, Elders & Evolutionary Understanding:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBbpRlnV2_8

Tiokasin and First Voices Radio:

https://firstvoicesindigenousradio.org/about

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Carroll Dunham: The Path of a Householder Practitioner, Rites of Place & Taking Risks

Carroll Dunham is a medical anthropologist, storyteller, Buddhist practitioner, and chaplain, who has devoted her life to exploring human entanglement between other species. She was based in Nepal for over 30 years and has lived and traveled amongst nomadic communities including in China, Mongolia, and India. 

Some of what Carroll shares today includes:

00:00:00 From New Jersey to Nepal, a nunnery, her future husband, and the 1985 Kalachakra gathering.

00:08:00 Stories of meeting her teachers, great meditation masters, including Dilgo Khyentse, Bakha Tulku, Trulshik Rinpoche, and Lama Wangdu.

00:17:00 Advice from His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

00:19:33 Taksang (Tiger’s Nest), the Nechung Oracle & receiving Dilgo Khyentse full terma.

00:23:00 Innovation, monasteries, and keeping the dharma meaningful and safe.

00:25:00 Stories and memories of Trulshik Rinpoche

00:30:00 Learning Himalayan languages

00:33:00 Humla and how it is unique

00:35:00 Dragon Brides; on polyandry, women with many husbands

00:40:00 On her meeting and marriage with her husband Thomas Kelly

00:43:00 Fostering children and non-dual gifts of Nepal.

00:49:00 The market economy’s impact on relationships, Earth, and family structure.

00:56:00 Notions of modernity disguised as freedom.

00:57:00 Raising children in a seasonal manner, rituals, healing, and rites of passage

01:09:00 Best place to give birth and to die.

01:10:00 Relationships, healing, mistakes and safety in anthropological work

01:20:00 Nepal’s ethnic diversity and environmental challenges

01:27:00 Longevity, biomimicry, meditation and aging

01:30:00 The origins and journey of clothing.

01:38:00 Innovations of waste and creative change agents in the textile industry

01:45:00 Risk, collaboration, and the unexpected amazing.

About Carroll Dunham:

Carroll is a medical anthropologist whose work explores human entanglement with other species, from microbes to yaks.  Based in Nepal for 30 years, she has lived and traveled extensively amongst nomadic communities, including those in India, Mongolia, and China. 

A lifelong student of Buddhism, Tibetan medicine, and Himalayan medicinal plants, she is committed to amplifying Indigenous voices and advocating stewardship of fragile ecosystems. She is currently the co-founder of Around the World in 80 Fabrics. Revitalizing vanishing textile traditions to reduce petroleum-fueled fast fashion. 

A storyteller at heart, Carroll has authored five books and produced over a dozen documentaries for National Geographic, PBS, and BBC.  As a Buddhist chaplain, she is passionate about resiliency and the human ability to thrive post disasters.

www.wildearthjourneys.com

Around the World in 80 Fabrics

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00:00:00 Song Dzomba Yakmo Beautiful Abundance & Introduction

00:01:00 Growing up in a Ngakpa family in Admo Tibet.

00:03:40 Importance of life

00:07:00 Drukmo’s ngakpa grandfather

00:12:00 Slowing down and taking in advice from her grandfather

00:15:00 Most important dharma principles

00:17:00 Tibetan medicine helping come out of religious dogma

00:22:00 Creating community and working with miscommunication

00:26:00 Not needing to have a great relationship with everyone

00:30:00 Feeling discomfort as light

00:30:20 Song: 福泽善报 Full of blessings

00:33:00 Ngakma and Ngakpa lifestyle

00:39:00 Organizing her life

00:41:00 The importance of community acceptance

00:46:00 Drukmo’s beginning in chanting and singing.

00:51:00 Initial conflict in sharing dharma music

00:52:23 Experience sharing her music in Amdo

00:56:00 Vajra mind and having faith in your practice

00:58:00 Shame free sex education with her grandmother 

01:01:00 Gifting culture, love, and nomad society

01:05:00 Harmonious divorce and raising a family

01:08:00 Sowa Rigpa, the wisdom of nourishment and 5 Healing Methods

01:10:00 Tibetan spiritual healing

01:15:40 Song: Purification Mantra of the Five Elements

All Songs today are from Drukmo Gyal:

Dzomba Yakmo Beautiful Abundance

福泽善报 Full of blessings

Purification Mantra of the Five Elements

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00:00:00 A life re-directing pilgrimage

00:03:00 Earth treasure vases and the terma, treasure tradition.

00:13:00 Liberian women ending the 14 year Civil War

00:18:00 Christian Bethelson, Thich Nhat Hanh and engaged Buddhism

00:23:00 The timing of forgiveness and healing the earth and our bodies.

00:27:00 The fine line of letting go and holding people accountable

00:28:00 Love Letter to the Earth from Thich Nhat Hanh and the path of enlightenment.

00:32:00 The old story of urgency and pressure

00:33:00 Becoming a holy vessel and skillful action

00:38:00 Right timing, intention and aligning with something larger than ourselves

00:40:00 Gaia Mantra

00:42:00 Collective awakening and a fall that brought Cynthia on a new path

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Previous episode with Cynthia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMbIRHLPGYQ

Cynthia became a dharma teacher (Dharmacharya) in the Order of Interbeing of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in 1994 and in recognition of her dedication in carrying out the Earth Treasure Vase practice, she was made an honorary lama in the Vajrayana tradition of Tibetan Buddhism in 2018. Inspired by thirty years of pilgrimage into diverse communities and ecosystems, today Cynthia is forging a new path of dharma in service to Gaia—a path deeply rooted in the feminine, honoring indigenous cultures, and devoted to collective awakening.

https://www.summonedbytheearth.org

https://gaiamandala.net

https://www.amazon.com/Summoned-Earth-Becoming-Vessel-Healing/dp/1632261324

https://www.instagram.com/cynthiajurs

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This episode is best enjoyed on video.

Link to Watch this Episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUkL7SpfIQA

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Today's conversation is with Lama Sonam Tsering at his retreat place in the Hyolmo region of Nepal.

Some of what Sonam shares includes: 

00:01:00 Growing up in Hyolmo and the societal shifts

00:08:00 Sonam’s spiritual upbringing raised with a village Lama 00:10:00 Meeting and studying with a wandering yogi, astrologer and amchi from around the age of ten.

00:18:00 Learning dharma art

00:25:00 Experiences with impermanence

00:28:00 Retreat periods, Lama work and what motivated him to build a retreat center

00:37:00 Rebuilding after the 2015 earthquake in Nepal

00:40:00 Sonam shows us the inside and outside of the temple

00:44:00 About the three year retreat space

00:46:00 Building 108 stupas and carving manis

00:48:00 The Guru Rinpoche statue and concluding words his teacher shared on not worrying.

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00:00:00 Introduction

00:02:00 Deep forgetting

00:06:00 Moving at geologic speed and Men of Spirit project

00:12:38 Symptoms and the soul’s deepest desires

00:15:33 Elderhood through grief

00:21:24 Kalahari desert grief maintenance rituals

00:25:00 Belonging as the premise and remembering the medicine you carry

00:29:00 Fiction and emptiness of progress

00:32:00 Preparing a community for a grief ritual

00:37:00 Grief ritual training and therapeutic communities for Palestine

00:38:00 Grief and beauty

00:45:00 Cultivating village mind

00:54:00 Finding your masculine and feminine soul expression

00:59:00 Being spiritually employed

01:01:00 The long dark and facing the world with soul

01:02:00 A metaphor for our species: Qarrtsiluni

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Francis Weller

https://www.francisweller.net/

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