t.k. talks about the best spiritual path and then explains the distinction between knowing and realizing. Enjoy!

May we be ever blessed by the Guru's sublime wisdom haranguing! 

0:18 Introduction to the Vajrayana Path
4:36 The Start of My Spiritual Search
10:19 Paths and Practices Explored
16:01 Family Influence on Spirituality
23:11 Encountering Vajrayana
23:32 Knowing vs. Realizing
25:44 The Nature of Knowledge
31:22 Subject and Object in Reality
40:37 Conclusion and Reflections

t.k. gives a sublime discourse on prayer, focusing on contemplative prayer as longing for divine experience. He contrasts cataphatic prayer, which contemplates divine attributes, with apophatic prayer, embracing the ineffable mystery. Rinpoche also includes a brilliant exposition of prayer within the context of the Vajrayana path!

We're so blessed to have this brilliant teaching. Enjoy!

0:05 Introduction to Prayer
1:27 Contemplative Prayer Defined
4:47 Vajrayana Perspectives
5:39 The Attributes of Deity
9:09 Transformative Blessings
14:56 Devotion and Offerings
17:08 The Nature of Submission
21:22 Alchemical Transformations
25:27 Completion Phase Practices
32:25 The Prayer of Realization
37:20 The Journey from Form to Formless
41:36 The Mystery of Re-emergence
45:14 Fearlessness in Contemplation

In this episode, t.k. kindly teaches us by discussing revelatory passages from his wonderful recent book, The Concealing and Revealing.: The Wisdom of Reality Only. https://a.co/d/iYvdJFx

Topics include:

Finding Strength in Choices





The Nature of Suffering 



Transforming Negative Habits



The Friction of Change



Elation vs. Exaltation



Symbols of Spirituality



The Limits of Language



The Paradox of Spiritual Freedom



Starting from Reality 



Realization Beyond Ideas



Love Beyond Boundaries



The Nature of Spiritual Paths

Enjoy!

The Wisdom Blessings of the Guru are always welcome! And we welcome this latest episode of The Freedom Place Podcast where t.k. graces us by discussing some select passages from his new book, The Concealing and Revealing.: The Wisdom of Reality Only - https://www.amazon.com/Concealing-Revealing-wisdom-Reality-Only/dp/B0FD4NJCVM/

Enjoy!

In this latest recording, t.k. discusses the nature of compassion, the meaning of the title of the new book The Concealing and Revealing.: The Wisdom of Reality Only, the role of the Guru, and the nature of Love. 

We are truly blessed to have another interview and opportunity to listen to sublime wisdom teachings. With deep and profound gratitude to the spiritual master for sharing wisdom with us, we give thanks. Please enjoy!

The Concealing and Revealing.: The Wisdom of Reality Only by t.k. - https://www.amazon.com/Concealing-Revealing-wisdom-Reality-Only/dp/B0FD4NJCVM/

In this recording, t.k. discusses meaningfulness again, touching upon various types of meaning, the history of meaning in modern times with regard to humanism and existentialism, and how ultimate / divine meaning is discovered and exactly what that is and is not...

We are truly blessed to have yet another sublime teaching delivered via podcast, and we're very grateful to receive it.

Please enjoy!

In this recording, Traktung Rinpoche graciously discusses nothingness as the essence of reality.

We are blessed to have yet another sublime teaching to enlighten our minds. Enjoy!

One way that we approach the understanding of nothingness from a Western religious context is the conversion of St. Paul on the road to Damascus where he fell down and was blinded by brilliant light. Meister Eckhart’s description of this gives us some crucial insight into this Divine mystery:  

"Paul rose from the ground and with open eyes saw nothing. I think this text has a fourfold sense. One is that when he rose up from the ground with open eyes, he saw Nothing, and the Nothing was God; for when he saw God, he calls that Nothing. The second: when he got up, he saw nothing but God. The third: in all things he saw nothing but God. The fourth: when he saw God, he saw all things as nothing."[1]  

These four statements about what St. Paul meant are all correct and true simultaneously. This is what is meant and understood by Divine nothingness.
[1] Meister Eckhart, The Complete Mystical Works of Meister Eckhart, trans. Maurice O’C. Walshe (New York: The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2009), 137.

We are so grateful to be blessed with another episode of The Freedom Place Podcast in which Traktung Rinpoche graciously discusses identity and language.

Identity, while functional, is, in the light of truth, itself is a mistake. Language, while efficacious for navigating our mundane existence, is rooted in duality and, therefore, not sufficient to accurately describe reality.

Please enjoy!

Welcome to the sixteenth episode of The Freedom Place podcast featuring interviews with American-born sage, Traktung Khepa! For more information about t.k. and his work, visit https://www.TraktungKhepa.com.

"Hail Mary, Mother of God, teach me the heart, and your surrender."

In this interview, t.k. discusses the profound visions of Mary that he was blessed with and the manner in which these visits affected the course of his spiritual life. Originally recorded in April 2019, this podcast is a collection of four separate interviews. One of the major aspects discussed is the prayer that Mary gave to t.k. to recite one million times and then have five other men recite as well. This prayer's meaning is multilayered and t.k. spends considerable time teaching us how it works. Additionally, he shares how his mother, Jeane Kirkpatrick, also had visions of Mary. This was a mind-blowing and heart-melting interview that clocks in at almost 3 hours. Enjoy!

The outro music is "Consecration Prayer" from the Vessel of Love album by Servants of Mary, recorded in support of the recitation of Mary's prayer.

Welcome to the fifteenth episode of The Freedom Place podcast featuring interviews with American-born sage, Traktung Khepa. For more information about t.k. and his work, visit https://www.TraktungKhepa.com.

In this interview, t.k. answers questions sent in by a listener of the podcast. We love listener questions, so to have t.k. answer your questions in an upcoming episode, please send them to me, Greg Kaminsky, via Facebook Messenger, or email them to [email protected].

The questions answered in this episode are:

1. Is it possible to achieve liberation from the fetters of greed, hatred, and delusion in this lifetime? Is this level of freedom possible? If so, in what sense, and what are the most important means for achieving it?

2. A second question is about the importance of meditation. I have a career, children and a girlfriend. However, enlightenment is very important to me and I am interested in advice as to how I can best progress within my own circumstances. I have maybe 5 or 6 hours available a day during the week. How would that time best be spent if my goal is to progress towards freedom and awakening?

The intro music is "Devotion" by David Modica and the outro music is "As if in a dream." A haunting beautiful wisdom poem by Thinley Norbu Rinpoche that reminds us of the ephemeral quality of this appearance-emptiness we call our lives. It is sung by Tsochen Khandro and was recorded at Tsogyelgar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ3rzUm5gqk