Love as warm, openhearted tenderness: what it means, how it is cultivated in Tibetan Buddhist practice, and why it is beneficial. Lama Zopa guides an experiential practice beginning with shamatha (English: tranquility, or calm abiding) and leading into meditative inquiry, an insight practice from the Tibetan that invokes, instills, and integrates prajna, precise knowing.

EPISODE CONTENTS

00:37 Teaching by Lama Yeshe 19:08 Conversation with Lama Yeshe and Tania Israel 43:30 Song: Love Beyond Measure (to the tune of Love Will Keep Us Together), lyrics by Tania Israel, vocals by Heather Stevenson 46:00 Guided meditation by Lama Zopa

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14 DAYS OF LOVE  |  Audio tracks for progressive guided meditations on love, benevolence, caring, delight, and equanimity

Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online)

The book Training in Tenderness: Buddhist Teachings on Tsewa, the Radical Openness of Heart That Can Change the World, by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, containing profound and eloquent teachings on this approach to understanding love, is available at most online and physical retailers.

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In this preview, Yeshe and Zopa ring in the Tibetan New Year, providing a sneak peek of their #14DaysofLove offering, a daily meditation techniques for radiating love out, in, broad, and deep. Join them for a 45-minute guided meditation every day from Valentine's Day, February 14, 2021 to the Day of Miracles, February 27, 2021 at noon USA Mountain Time.

14 DAYS OF LOVE

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Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online)

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Forgiveness has a decidedly different focus and feel in Buddhist thought and practice, centered on well-being and healing our mindset and making peace with the past, supported by insights from Tibetan Buddhist purification practices. Lama Zopa guides an experiential practice beginning with shamatha (English: tranquility, or calm abiding) and leading into meditative inquiry, an insight practice from the Tibetan that invokes, instills, and integrates prajna, precise knowing.

EPISODE CONTENTS

00:37 Teaching by Lama Yeshe 13:48 Conversation with Lama Yeshe and Tania Israel 43:11 Song: Forgiveness (to the tune of Baby Can I Hold You), lyrics by Tania Israel, vocals by Heather Stevenson 46:06 Guided meditation by Lama Zopa

TRANSCRIPT with bonus content available at https://www.prajnafire.com/post/forgiveness

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The book Forgive for Good by Fred Luskin, referenced in the podcast, is available at most online and physical retailers.

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Prajna, or precise knowing in Sanskrit: what is it, how does Buddhist practice cultivate it, and how does it relate to transcending insight. Lama Zopa guides an experiential practice beginning with shamatha (English: tranquility, or calm abiding) and leading into meditative inquiry, an insight practice from the Tibetan that invokes, instills, and integrates prajna, precise knowing.

EPISODE CONTENTS

00:38 Teaching by Lama Yeshe 13:12 Conversation with Lama Yeshe and Tania Israel 30:02 Song: I Can't Turn Back My Mind (to the tune of If I Could Turn Back Time), lyrics by Tania Israel, vocals by Heather Stevenson 38:55 Guided meditation by Lama Zopa

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Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Online booking with immediate confirmation.

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How does Dharma help us in understanding and navigating sociocultural divisions among individuals? Yeshe and Tania have a conversation about the intersection of Buddhism and the political divide.

EPISODE CONTENTS

00:20 Conversation with Lama Yeshe and Tania Israel 

No Song or Guided Meditation in this bonus episode. 

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Samadhi, or meditative stability in Sanskrit, and how it relates to the practice of tranquility meditation called shamatha. Lama Zopa guides an experiential practice grounded in shamatha (English: tranquility, or calm abiding).

EPISODE CONTENTS

00:37 Teaching by Lama Yeshe 20:00 Conversation with Lama Yeshe and Tania Israel 36:52 Song: Oh Shamatha (to the tune of Shenandoah), lyrics by Tania Israel, vocals by Heather Stevenson 39:12 Guided meditation by Lama Zopa

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Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Online booking with immediate confirmation.

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Ethical discipline in Buddhist thought, including the ten virtues and ten nonvirtues. Lama Zopa guides an experiential practice of meditative inquiry, an insight practice from the Tibetan that invokes, instills, and integrates prajna, precise knowing, based in shamatha, tranquility meditation.

EPISODE CONTENTS

00:35 Teaching by Lama Yeshe 19:55 Conversation with Lama Yeshe and Tania Israel 39:25 Song: Ten Virtues and Nonvirtues (to the tune of There Are Worse Things I Could Do from Grease), lyrics by Tania Israel, vocals by Heather Stevenson 41:49 Guided meditation by Lama Zopa

PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on full moon days.

Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Online booking with immediate confirmation.

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Eight worldly dharmas--pleasure/pain, gain/loss, praise/blame, fame/shame--things we chase and avoid that complicate our lives. Lama Zopa guides an experiential practice beginning with shamatha (English: tranquility, or calm abiding) and leading into meditative inquiry, an insight practice from the Tibetan that invokes, instills, and integrates prajna, precise knowing.

EPISODE CONTENTS

00:31 Teaching by Lama Yeshe 19:16 Conversation with Lama Yeshe and Tania Israel 42:20 Song: Pleasure, praise, gain, and fame (to the tune of Fame), lyrics by Tania Israel, vocals by Heather Stevenson 44:52 Guided meditation by Lama Zopa

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Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Online booking with immediate confirmation.

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Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) Tania Israel (www.taniaisrael.com) Heather Stevenson (www.heatherstevenson.com) Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com)

Nirvana, the cessation of dukkha (in English: suffering, discontent, unsatisfying). Yeshe and Tania have a conversation about liberation. Lama Zopa leads a guided meditation presenting shamatha (English: tranquility, or calm abiding) practice and meditative inquiry, an insight practice from the Tibetan that invokes, instills, and integrates prajna, precise knowing.

And Heather sings an emotional rendition of “Liberation,” to the tune of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” 

Shivnee Ratna is our Tibetan singing bowl artist.

EPISODE CONTENTS

00:36 Teaching by Lama Yeshe

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Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Online booking with immediate confirmation.

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Craving, the origin of dukkha (suffering, unsatisfactoriness, lack of fulfillment). Yeshe and Tania have a conversation about marshmallows. Lama Zopa leads a guided meditation presenting shamatha (English: tranquility, or calm abiding) practice and an analytical meditation focused on an experiential analysis of craving.

EPISODE CONTENTS

00:34 Teaching by Lama Yeshe 18:03 Conversation with Lama Yeshe and Tania Israel 40:51 Song: Craving Subsides (to the tune of The Circle Game), lyrics by Tania Israel, vocals by Heather Stevenson 45:38 Guided meditation by Lama Zopa

PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new and full moons (USA Mountain Time).

Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Online booking with immediate confirmation.

EMAIL US [email protected]

FIND US

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Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) Tania Israel (www.taniaisrael.com) Heather Stevenson (www.heatherstevenson.com) Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com)