Diamond Light is a heart-centered community offering Buddhist teachings in the Gelugpa tradition. We want to create a world without suffering. Diamond Light works towards a world where Tibetan Buddhist teachings are valued and practiced: people care for each other and the planet, and all beings recognize their deep capacity for love and belonging. Our podcast features a variety of teachers in the Buddhist tradition sharing texts, insights, practices, and practical tips to help you apply dharma in your life.
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Mahaprajapati was the Buddha's mother (actually his aunt who nurtured and raised him). Oddly, little was written about her or her influence over her son, or the establishment of the female sangha — both lay and monastic. Ancient stories about her made their way to China, Sri Lanka, Tibet and Thailand but were excluded from […]
A Bodhisattva is a spiritual warrior who blends compassion and wisdom to reach ultimate peace for the benefit of themselves and others. Join Jay Nair to learn how to harmonize one's life with Bodhisattva practices and wisdom. In this class, Jay gives commentary on chapters 5 & 6 of the seminal Mahayana text, Guide to […]
A Bodhisattva is a spiritual warrior who blends compassion and wisdom to reach ultimate peace for the benefit of themselves and others. Join Jay Nair to learn how to harmonize one's life with Bodhisattva practices and wisdom. In this class, Jay gives commentary on chapters 3 & 4 of the seminal Mahayana text, Guide to […]
A Bodhisattva is a spiritual warrior who blends compassion and wisdom to reach ultimate peace for the benefit of themselves and others. Join Jay Nair to learn how to harmonize one's life with Bodhisattva practices and wisdom. In this class, Jay gives commentary on chapters 1 – 3 of the seminal Mahayana text, Guide to […]
Continuing course on how to achieve better health—or any goals—through understanding how to create the best possible karmic seeds. In this class, Sarahni explores specific examples of how to establish a goal, determine what actions will create the strongest karma, and how to put it all into practice. Theme music: Jay Nair & Ross Hammond
Sarahni continues our course on the most powerful ways to create good karma. In this class, she reviews how to make a plan to plant the best karmic seeds—even when we’re not doing anything! Consistency is key! Theme music: Jay Nair & Ross Hammond
In our continuing course on karmic management, Sarahni reviews how to choose the most powerful people to create strong karma. Theme music: Jay Nair & Ross Hammond
Review the 4 x 4 practice of identifying the best way to create lots of new good karma! Identifying goals and reverse engineering the ideal karmic outcomes. The power of rejoicing. Sarahni shares a personal story of success using rejoicing as a practice to protect life. Theme music: Jay Nair & Ross Hammond
Continuing our course on karma, taught with sensitivity and grace by Sarahni. In this class, we explore how to create strong intentions to plant the kind of karma to get the results you want. Theme music: Jay Nair & Ross Hammond
We’re continuing our course on how karma works. In this class, we look at how to set goals and reach them using karmic causes. Theme music: Jay Nair & Ross Hammond
Continuing our course on Karmic causes and results with Sarahni Stumpf. In part 2, we discuss the four ways karmic seeds ripen, and how to nullify the negative effects of unethical actions. Theme music: Jay Nair & Ross Hammond
According to Buddhism, our ordinary conception of causation is inaccurate, or incomplete. Our ordinary conception of causation doesn’t explain why medicine helps sometimes but not others, or why exercise sometimes helps us stay healthy and sometimes leads to injury. Author Sarahni Stumpf addresses these questions in part 1 of The Real Causes of Health. She […]
The Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life is a seminal Mahayana Buddhist text. It includes everything one needs to know to successfully develop on the Buddhist path. In this class, Heather Breault explores and teaches the crucial teachings in the Guide. In this class we study: What is meant by Buddhist Refuge and the Three Jewels. Identifying […]
The Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life is a seminal Mahayana Buddhist text. It includes everything one needs to know to successfully develop on the Buddhist path. In this class, Heather Breault explores and teaches the crucial teachings in the Guide. In this class we study: Five paths of spiritual development. Deepening understandings of Buddhist emptiness. Two […]
The Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life is a seminal Mahayana Buddhist text. It includes everything one needs to know to successfully develop on the Buddhist path. In this class, Heather Breault explores and teaches the crucial teachings in the Guide. In this class: We explore the mind vs brain debate. We meet the […]
Karma: all of our actions and thoughts have inevitable results, both positive and negative, for better or for worse. Navigating our lives—and future rebirths—depends on understanding causality: how karma works. Understanding karma is crucial to reaching our goals, both material and spiritual. In class 6 we discuss: Strategic karmic management. The karma of Buddhahood. The […]
Karma: all of our actions and thoughts have inevitable results, both positive and negative, for better or for worse. Navigating our lives—and future rebirths—depends on understanding causality: how karma works. Understanding karma is crucial to reaching our goals, both material and spiritual. In class 5 we discuss: Virtuous, non-virtuous, and neutral karma. Four aspects of […]
Karma: all of our actions and thoughts have inevitable results, both positive and negative, for better or for worse. Navigating our lives—and future rebirths—depends on understanding causality: how karma works. Understanding karma is crucial to reaching our goals, both material and spiritual. In class 4 we discuss: How karma is stored in the mind. How […]
Karma: all of our actions and thoughts have inevitable results, both positive and negative, for better or for worse. Navigating our lives—and future rebirths—depends on understanding causality: how karma works. Understanding karma is crucial to reaching our goals, both material and spiritual. In class 3 we discuss: when karma created in the present can ripen […]
Karma: all of our actions and thoughts have inevitable results, both positive and negative, for better or for worse. Navigating our lives—and future rebirths—depends on understanding causality: how karma works. Understanding karma is crucial to reaching our goals, both material and spiritual. In class 2: Examine “old” karma and “new” karma. Explore virtuous, non-virtuous, and […]
Karma: all of our actions and thoughts have inevitable results, both positive and negative, for better or for worse. Navigating our lives—and future rebirths—depends on understanding causality: how karma works. Understanding karma is crucial to reaching our goals, both material and spiritual. In class 1: we start looking at the Buddhist texts we’ll use as […]
The Heart Sutra is the most recited, copied, and studied text in all schools of Mahayana Buddhism. It reviews the foundations of Buddhist philosophy while revealing the profound Perfection of Wisdom: the doctrine of emptiness. In this class series, we will study the Sutra in Sanskrit, discuss the key philosophical points of Buddhism, and reveal […]
The Heart Sutra is the most recited, copied, and studied text in all schools of Mahayana Buddhism. It reviews the foundations of Buddhist philosophy while revealing the profound Perfection of Wisdom: the doctrine of emptiness. In this class series, we will study the Sutra in Sanskrit, discuss the key philosophical points of Buddhism, and reveal […]
The Heart Sutra is the most recited, copied, and studied text in all schools of Mahayana Buddhism. It reviews the foundations of Buddhist philosophy while revealing the profound Perfection of Wisdom: the doctrine of emptiness. In this class series, we will study the Sutra in Sanskrit, discuss the key philosophical points of Buddhism, and reveal […]
The Heart Sutra is the most recited, copied, and studied text in all schools of Mahayana Buddhism. It reviews the foundations of Buddhist philosophy while revealing the profound Perfection of Wisdom: the doctrine of emptiness. In this class series, we will study the Sutra in Sanskrit, discuss the key philosophical points of Buddhism, and reveal […]
The Heart Sutra is the most recited, copied, and studied text in all schools of Mahayana Buddhism. It reviews the foundations of Buddhist philosophy while revealing the profound Perfection of Wisdom: the doctrine of emptiness. In this class series, we will study the Sutra in Sanskrit, discuss the key philosophical points of Buddhism, and reveal […]
The Heart Sutra is the most recited, copied, and studied text in all schools of Mahayana Buddhism. It reviews the foundations of Buddhist philosophy while revealing the profound Perfection of Wisdom: the doctrine of emptiness. In this class series, we will study the Sutra in Sanskrit, discuss the key philosophical points of Buddhism, and reveal […]
Our mind is intrinsically clear, but becomes cluttered by thoughts. Join James Low as gives an introduction to Dzogchen, and discusses the difference between the mind and contents of the mind, so we can practice directly experiencing the clarity of mind. Through this dharma talk, we will gain an increased sense of how the mind […]
We are delighted to host the author of the book “The Misleading Mind”, Karuna Cayton. We will delve into modern-day psychological questions that have arisen as a result of the Coronavirus but still affect us throughout our life. We will look at how emotional and psychological problems arise, what are their causes and how can […]
We are delighted to host the author of the book “The Misleading Mind”, Karuna Cayton. We will delve into modern-day psychological questions that have arisen as a result of the Coronavirus but still affect us throughout our life. We will look at how emotional and psychological problems arise, what are their causes and how can […]
We are delighted to host the author of the book “The Misleading Mind”, Karuna Cayton. We will delve into modern-day psychological questions that have arisen as a result of the Coronavirus but still affect us throughout our life. We will look at how emotional and psychological problems arise, what are their causes and how can […]
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