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This talk is a discussion of Anam Thubten's books the Magic of Awareness and No Self, No Problem. 

It covers developing awareness and finding enlightenment in our everyday lives. 

Recorded from a live talk presented on 8 April 2024 at that Kagyu Samye Dzong Buddhist centre, Johannesburg. 

As this is a live talk, audience participation may not be fully audible. 

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In these increasingly busy and chaotic times, insight meditation can lead us to inner freedom. 

In this talk, we'll explore the concept of insight meditation and I'll share a simple practice suitable for both beginners and more advanced meditators. 

Recorded from a live talk presented on 20 February 2023 at that Kagyu Samye Dzong Buddhist centre in Randburg, Johannesburg https://randburg.kagyu.org.za/

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This episode is an excerpt of a live talk given by Nicola Fanucchi at the Kagyu Samye Dzong Buddhist centre in South Africa in August 2022. Due to the workshop nature of the talk there are several guided meditations. 

The topic of the talk is exploring the creative manifestation process according to Tibetan Buddhist teachings. 

The book referenced in the talk is Spontaneous Creativity by Tenzin Wangyul Rinpoche. 

There is some background noise at times and the Q&As were removed due to poor sound quality.  

For more information please refer to http://randburg.kagyu.org.za/ and  www.thewisdomtoolbox.com 

With love, 
Nicola 

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In this episode, we'll discuss wisdom and why developing wisdom is the most important (and urgent) thing each of us can do for ourselves and our communities. 

We'll look at the 5 wisdom superpowers and the 5 mind poisons, and how we can work with these to bring our unique wisdom into our lives. 

Please join the wisdom movement by signing up at www.thewisdomtoolbox.com for the monthly newsletter and other resources. When you subscribe you will receive the free wisdom superpower cheat sheet referred to in the episode. 

With love, 
Nicola 

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We're living in tough times and we need to put wisdom teachings into action. We need more compassionate action and less theory. 

In this live talk, given at the Kagyu Samye Dzong (South Africa) centre, we work through Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche's fundamental book "Meditation in Action". 

Part 1 is provided in a workshop format and should be worked through slowly with pen & paper handy. 

As this is a recording of a live talk, participant questions and answers may be included. 

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In this episode we will be discussing Pema Chodren's book "Becoming Bodhisattva's" where she provides a practical commentary on Shantideva's 6th century teaching on the 'Path of the Bodhisattva'. 

The episode focusses on how we can find bodhicitta (or an awakened heart) within our ordinary, day to day lives. 

This is a recording of a live talk given at Kagyu Samye Dzong Tibetan Buddhist centre in South Africa.  

To follow along for more content, please subscribe to the podcast and follow Nicola at www.thewisdomtoolbox.com 

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Is the world and, with it, all our thoughts and ideas as solid & fixed as we believe?

In this episode, we'll be discussing the teachings and science behind illusory form and understand how through training our minds we can expand our perceptions.

When we are able to loosen our grip on our reliance on form, our beliefs, concepts and ego we make space for freshness and being in the now.

The book discussed is:
'Dreams of Light: The profound daytime practice of lucid dreaming' by Andrew Holecek 

This is a live recording of a talk given for Kagyu Samye Dzong in South Africa. 

Enjoy! 
Nicola 

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Welcome to Season 2! In this season we'll be exploring teachings on inter-connection and non-duality, kicking off with this first episode inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh's teachings on inter-being.

There's a lot of noise in the world right now and our incorrect perceptions cause a lot of suffering both to ourselves and other beings - and most definitely to the environment. By learning to see clearly, we can clear our perceptions and see the truth of how things really are.

Books referred to in the episode (both amazing!):
'How to See' by Thich Nhat Hanh
'Becoming Animal, an Earthly Cosmology' by David Avram 

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How do the 5 elements (water, earth, fire, air and space) influence, and manifest through, our emotions? How can we work with the 5 elements to transform our negative emotions into their positive attributes? 

In this talk (it's fairly long - you may want to make a cup of tea!) we'll examine how the elements manifest in the most subtle, inner forms and how, by working with the energy of the negative emotion as it arises, we can let it go and transform it into pure expression of our awakened nature. 

This is part 3 of a series of live talks held at the Kagyu Samye Dzong in Cape Town.  I'd recommend listening to the other live talks in the series to gain a comprehensive overview. 

If you have any questions or want to find out what books or teachers could support your further learning, please be in touch by email - [email protected] 

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Working with the elements - earth, water, fire, air and space - is an act of continual balancing. We can learn about the elements by observing them in their outer/external form: in nature, our home environments and even in our bodies.

This recording is an extract from live talk recorded at the Kagyu Samye Dzong Buddhist centre in Cape Town on 1 May 2021.

This is a beginner talk - it's recommended you listen to part 1 of the series first for the general context- Podcast episode 6 (Working with energy & the elements to achieve inner balance.) 

Please visit https://capetown.kagyu.org.za/  if you'd like to learn more about the Kagyu Samye Dzong centres. 

Enjoy & please be in touch with me via email if you have any questions or comments.