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- 136 | Promise
PROMISE can be a loaded term, and yet it simultaneously proffers inspiration, fulfillment, and priceless opportunity.
Lamas Yeshe and Zopa explore how we can recruit the power of promise to fuel our longing to thrive in the best possible way, by fulfilling our true nature as buddhas.
RELATED:
Read When Bodhisattvas Break, Lama Yeshe's article on inspiration from the mighty bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
https://bit.ly/BodhisattvasBreak
Or watch Lama Zopa's live video comments from our weekly sangha practice
https://bit.ly/InspirationDarkPRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons.
Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna
RESOURCES
Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck
PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/media
Prajna Fire on Substack
https://prajnafire.substack.com
FOLLOW US
Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa
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)
Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media
EMAIL US [email protected]
FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks)
@prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos)
Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme
Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com)
43 min - REPLAY | Listen Contemplate Meditate
This month we replay Listen Contemplate Meditate, our first and still most popular episode, because we know from experience that we can never hear enough about the integrative dharma practice built on these three components.
More resources for the practice available at
www.prajnafire.com/mediaLama Yeshe teaches about listening, contemplation, and meditation, the foundations of integrative practice; and you learn why the podcast is called Prajna Sparks. Tania Israel joins in for contemplation discussion, then Heather Stevenson sings a song with lyrics Tania wrote as part of her contemplative practice. Lama Zopa leads a guided practice on shamatha, tranquility meditation. Tibetan singing bowl interludes composed and performed by Shivnee Ratna.
EPISODE CONTENTS
00:27 Teaching by Lama Yeshe
30:00 Conversation with Lama Yeshe and Tania Israel45:00 Song (to the tune of "Edelweiss" from The Sound of Music) : lyrics by Tania Israel, vocals by Heather Stevenson47:00 Meditation by Lama ZopaPRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons (USA Mountain Time).
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Tania Israel (www.taniaisrael.com)Heather Stevenson (www.heatherstevenson.com)Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com)54 min - MOMENT | Bardo
BARDO refers to intervals, thresholds, or interludes between important things, during which time, transition feels momentous, and opportunities for practice abound...
SPARKS MOMENTS are brief dharma reflections on things of the day, including a guided meditation practice to encounter your experience of the topic directly
For more on post-election responses:
Read When Bodhisattvas Break, Lama Yeshe's article on inspiration from the mighty bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
https://bit.ly/BodhisattvasBreak
Or watch Lama Zopa's live video comments from our weekly sangha practice
https://bit.ly/InspirationDarkPRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons.
Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna
RESOURCES
Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck
PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/media
Prajna Fire on Substack
https://prajnafire.substack.com
FOLLOW US
Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa
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)
Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media
EMAIL US [email protected]
FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks)
@prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos)
Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme
Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com)
11 min - 135 | Unity
The Two Truths in Unity is more than abstract Buddhist philosophy with no impact on our lives and hearts.
In this episode, Lamas Yeshe & Zopa present an integrated approach to engaging listening, contemplating, and meditating on the Two Truths of apparent and genuine reality in Unity.
They provide a few examples of realtime ways to engage that Unity so that it impacts our lives here and now. Their discussion is interspersed with resting meditaiton and meditative inquiry.
PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons.
Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna
RESOURCES
Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck
PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/media
Prajna Fire on Substack
https://prajnafire.substack.com
FOLLOW US
Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa
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)
Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media
EMAIL US [email protected]
FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks)
@prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos)
Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme
Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com)
31 min - 134 | Genuine Reality, Reasoning Style
Lamas Yeshe & Zopa present Genuine Reality from the stance of reasoning, on its own, as a counterpart to our previous episode.
Hear what "genuine reality" means in the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Learn how to employ our powers of reasoning to connect with what is real based on our own inward experience.
PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons.
Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna
RESOURCES
Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck
PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/media
Prajna Fire on Substack
https://prajnafire.substack.com
FOLLOW US
Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa
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)
Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media
EMAIL US [email protected]
FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks)
@prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos)
Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme
Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com)
33 min - 133 | Genuine Reality, Meditation Style
In a new twist, Lamas Yeshe & Zopa present Genuine Reality from the stance of contemplation and meditation first.
Hear how song and your own experience provide us with the raw material for exploring genuine reality, here and now.
Contemplation through song and follow a guided meditation to connect with what is true based on our own joy and inward experience.
HERE ARE THE LYRICS TO OUR SINGING CONTEMPLATION, "FRIENDS"--JOIN US IN BELTING IT OUT!
FRIENDS: A Song of Those who are Full of Love but Free of Attachment
Friends are empty forms, like a water moon
To think of them as being truly real
Will only make your many sufferings increase
To know they’re empty forms, like a water moon
Will make illusion-like samadhi increase
Compassion free of clinging will increase
And non-referential view will also increase
And meditation that’s fixation-free
And conduct free of doer, deed increase
Of all the many marvels, this, by far the most marvelous!
Of all the many wonders, this, the most wonderful!
Translated and arranged by Jim Scott, Marpa House, England, August 1997. Translation copyright 2012, Jim ScottFind other song lyrics and accompanying audio tracks here:
https://www.ktgrinpoche.org/songs/friends-yogis-and-yoginis
PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons.
Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna
RESOURCES
Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck
PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/media
Prajna Fire on Substack
https://prajnafire.substack.com
FOLLOW US
Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa
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)
Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media
EMAIL US [email protected]
FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks)
@prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos)
Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme
Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com)
21 min - 132 | Apparent Reality
Beginning an exploration of how mind impacts our experience, Lamas Yeshe & Zopa describe how the Buddha's teachings describing apparent reality, one of two truths our mind's experience, and how an accurate understanding of it can facilitate a spacious opening of curiosity and presence in our lives.
Contemplate quotes about apparent reality and follow a guided meditation to connect with the interdependence of each and every moment of our inward experience.
For text of quotes used in the contemplation segment, visit https://www.ktgrinpoche.org/songs/verses-samadhi-illusion-texts-middle-way
PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons.
Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna
RESOURCES
Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck
PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/media
Prajna Fire on Substack
https://prajnafire.substack.com
FOLLOW US
Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa
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)
Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media
EMAIL US [email protected]
FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks)
@prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos)
Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme
Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com)
45 min - 131 | Beyond Meditation
Rounding off this series on the Four Yogas of Mahamudra, Lamas Yeshe & Zopa describe how the Mahamudra attainments of one-pointedness, nonconceptuality, one taste, and nonmeditation can inform and guide our shamatha meditation practice here and now, whatever our level of experience.
View our latest newsletter at https://prajnafire.substack.com/p/embodying-mind?r=1i7u42
Mahamudra, the signature practice of the Kagyu lineage, is known for its spare, direct, and swift approach. Yet this clarity and simplicity can bring new direction and vivacity to the seminal practice of shamatha, in which all Buddhist spiritual experience and realization is grounded.Contemplate quotes about the Four Yogas and follow a guided meditation to connect with the essence of all experience, inseparable from experience and experiencer.
PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons.
Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna
RESOURCES
Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck
PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/media
Prajna Fire on Substack
https://prajnafire.substack.com
FOLLOW US
Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa
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)
Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media
EMAIL US [email protected]
FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks)
@prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos)
Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme
Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com)
43 min - 130 | One-Pointedness
Exploring the mind in Mahamudra practice brings us increased intimacy with its qualities as we practice, experience, and realize the Four Yogas of Mahamudra.
Lamas Yeshe & Zopa describe the Yoga of One-Pointedness, the practice, meditative experience, and realization of wholness, unity, complementarity of all things in emptiness.
Contemplate a passage about One-Pointedness and follow a guided meditation to connect with the essence of all experience, inseparable from experience and experiencer.
PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons.
Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna
RESOURCES
Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck
PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/media
Prajna Fire on Substack
https://prajnafire.substack.com
FOLLOW US
Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa
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)
Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media
EMAIL US [email protected]
FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks)
@prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos)
Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme
Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com)
35 min - 129 | Nonmeditation
Exploring the mind in Mahamudra practice brings us increased intimacy with its qualities as we practice, experience, and realize the Four Yogas of Mahamudra.
Lamas Yeshe & Zopa describe the Yoga of Nonmeditation, the practice, meditative experience, and realization of wholness, unity, complementarity of all things in emptiness.
Contemplate quotes about Nonmeditation and follow a guided meditation to connect with the essence of all experience, inseparable from experience and experiencer.
PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons.
Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna
RESOURCES
Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck
PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/media
Prajna Fire on Substack
https://prajnafire.substack.com
FOLLOW US
Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa
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)
Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media
EMAIL US [email protected]
FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks)
@prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos)
Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme
Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com)
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About PRAJNA SPARKS
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Integrating the Dharma teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni from the perspective of the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, by cultivating familiarity with prajna, or precise knowing, in progressively subtle degrees.
Timely and accessible to contemporary seekers of any spiritual tradition, or none at all.
Full episodes on new and full moon days. Contemplation interludes on the quarter moons.
May all beings benefit!
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