Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la discusses a phrase he recently heard from a fellow Dharma teacher: "The mark of a good student is when they have fallen in love with the Dharma". This resonated strongly with him because he sees Dharma as the way we are in relationship with the world. It addresses the positive transformation of mind that is cultivated through the study and practice of Dharma. He describes the feeling of great expansion and gratitude that stem from the recognition of one's own inner transformation as a feeling of being in love with the world.

Speaker: Ambika Samarthya-Howard. Ambika shares her journey of balancing a devotional Buddhist path with her life as a filmmaker, activist, and working mother. She introduces the concept of "holding it lightly" as an antidote to overwhelm, focusing on maintaining connection rather than forcing a sense of letting go. By integrating study, practice, and service into family life, she demonstrates that spiritual growth and daily obligations are not separate but part of a unified whole. She encourages practitioners to embrace spontaneity and the pace of ease, viewing life's inherent challenges as natural parts of an obstacle course rather than burdens.

Speaker: Amy Wallace. Amy describes her experience of unobscured world as that which is revealed when nothing is pushed away. Sharing her poetry and her lived experience of intense loss and grief, she explores how we can stay close to direct experience even in the midst of "the raw scene of now". When we sit in awareness with what is happening at the moment, when we are willing to stay present with what hurts, when grasping and aversion soften even for a moment, then the ever-present, unobscured world reveals itself. She describes this as a place where wisdom, compassion and awareness reside.

Speaker: Suzy Greanias. Suzy calls to mind significant guides on her spiritual path and urges listeners to reflect on, and rest in the presence of their guides. She shares two guideposts that serve as her personal "lines of defense" against inner obscurations and suffering: 1) the problem is not outside, and 2) appearances don't bind you; your shenpa binds you. Underlying these guideposts are the fundamentals of Buddhism- bodhicitta and buddhanature.

Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Speaking from New Delhi at the start of the MSB Dana Pilgrimage, Dungse-la explains that the journey is not about comfort or sightseeing but about transforming perception. By stepping outside familiar environments and accepting discomfort and uncertainty, practitioners learn to let go of preferences and see beyond assumptions. What's revealed is there nothing to fix in the outer world with its constantly changing causes and conditions. Real change comes from training the mind: resting in uncertainty, cultivating compassion and releasing attachment to comfort, status and control. When the mind changes, our experience of the world changes with it.

Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This is a rebroadcast of a talk given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche to the local sangha on January 5, 2014 at Osel Ling in Crestone, Colorado. Rinpoche describes the wish for happiness that all beings share, that when stripped down to its very basic form, awakens our tender heart and increases our sensitivity as we move out of our bubble of self-absorption toward a sense of universal responsibility. From the perspective of Buddhist teachings, this is the meaning of true happiness.

Speaker: Tara Di Gesu. Tara draws our attention to Dzigar Kongtrul's teaching on "the saddened heart that recognizes the futility of seeking happiness in samsara." She explores how chyoshe, or ‘unconditioned sadness’ as described by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, holds profound potential. Chyoshe may arise when we notice that we have not followed through on our intentions. When we recognize this sense of being lost and allow ourselves to surrender to the genuine heart of sadness within us, it offers something precious. Rather than imparting a sense a failure, chyoshe reminds us to identify with our deepest intentions rather than with our obscurations. It can open us to genuine joy on the path and strengthen our determination to be free.

Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Dungse-la emphasizes the responsibilities and benefits of uplifting our internal world and cultivating "sweet" relationships with others and the world. He reflects on how this practice of setting a positive tone in our mind aligns with the Dharma because it involves letting go of grudges, heaviness, and ego-clinging. Anticipating the Year of the Fire Horse, Dungse-la concludes: "We are always foremost working with our internal world, and we have the power to set that world on fire in a positive or negative way."

Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This talk was originally given to an online, European audience on September 15, 2024 as part of a weekend program, "Compassion Without Limit". The first of three talks aired on the LINK in August 2025. This is the second talk from that program and it is split into two parts for rebroadcast on February 1 and 8, 2026. In this second part, Rinpoche explains how to get beyond habitual mind and emotions through examination of the sixth consciousness and attachment to the self.

Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This talk was originally given to an online, European audience on September 15, 2024 as part of a weekend program, "Compassion Without Limit". The first of three talks aired on the LINK in August 2025. This is the second talk from that program and it is split into two parts for rebroadcast on February 1 and 8, 2026. In this first part, Rinpoche begins by describing the origins of clinging to a sense of self and the attachments, emotions and karma that arise from that. He then decribes the path to nirvana and bliss.