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Kunzang Choden is one of Bhutan's most legendary authors. We meet in Bhutan in the Tang Valley, where Kunzang's family has lived since the 15th century, land that is tied to the Tibetan yogic master Longchenpa and treasure revealer Dorji Linga.  This is part one of two. To watch the video version, you can visit the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql8T0ZqtrBM ~ Time notes: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:41 Lineage land and Kings 00:03:47 Treasure revealer Dorji Lingpa 00:10:18 Intense childhood recollections 00:15:00 Intergenerational homelife 00:19:50 Seasonality 00:28:42 Kunzang's way of writing 00:30:00 Recording dreams 00:32:00 Kuzang's new memoir   Ogyen Choling https://www.oling.bt   Podcast website & transcripts https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts  

Todays conversation takes place at Rinpoche's residence in Bhutan, where she shares advice as well as her experiences being an emanation of Vajravarahi, a treasure revealer, diviner, and a manifester of miracles. Rinpoche spends most of her time in the Zhemgang District at her monastery for nuns and monks that is also a home to orphans, elders, physically unable and terminally ill people who want to devote their life to the dharma.   00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:59 Being the Incarnation of Vajravarahi 00:03:45 Intention and Action 00:05:56 Being a female tulku 00:06:38 No shortcuts  00:11:40 Revealing treasures 00:16:47 Why Rinpoche stopped teaching 00:22:00 Pure dharma 00:22:00 Manifesting miracles 00:25:49 Obstacles and karma 00:32:00 Divination through Dreams 00:34:00 Practicing carefully and properly 00:37:00 A message to great masters   Thank you to both Karma Lhazom, who you'll hear offering the English translation of Rinpoche as well as to Tshering Tashi who offered the initial translation during our meeting.   Links Rinpoche and her foundation: https://dorjephagmofoundation.org/about/khandro-dorje-phagmo/   Podcast website & transcripts https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Pearl Garland membership https://www.pearlgarland.com/  

Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo is a bhikṣuṇī, author and founder of the Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery in Himachal Pradesh, India. She also spent twelve years living and practicing in a remote cave in the Himalayas.  Today's timenotes: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:17  8th Khamtrul Rinpoche 00:06:45 Togden and togdenma (yogi and yogini) lineage and history 00:8:05 16th Karmapa and Khampagar 00:09:30 Requests leading to the Togdenma revival 00:10:36 Jetsunma's cave retreat in  Lahaul 00:14:15 Finding proper Togdenma mentors 00:21:22 Togden Acho 00:24:24 Becoming officially Togdenma 00:28:31 Khampagar lineage in Tibet 00:31:00 Practice group system 00:33:00 Togdenma practice path and contemporary additions 00:40:00  Full bhikkhunī ordination with HH Je Khenpo. 00:44:35 The four fold sangha   Links: Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo https://tenzinpalmo.com/   Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery https://dglnunnery.com/   Podcast website & transcripts https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts

Today's episode is the final part of three parts ~ 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:49 Signs, visions, dreams 00:12:00 Protector land spirits 00:16:00 Tests, conceptual collapse and faith 00:20:00 Meditation boxes 0023:30 Sky burial 00:28:00 Sri Lanka vipassana reform 00:29:30  Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok and Larung Gar 00:32:00 Modernity, realization and tacit knowledge 00:39:00 Old world preservation 00:43:50 Yidam neuroscience and dilution 00:46:00 Changes in education system 00:49:00 Yogini tulkus and titles 00:57:00 The Gebchak way, peer-pressure and self-responsibility 01:03:00 Becoming a translator 01:07:00 Disrobing 01:10:00 Historical rarity of terms Rigpa and dzogchen 01:12:00 Character of yoginis and aspirations ༓ Listen to Part One here: On Gebchak's History & Yogic Activity in the Realm of the Meditators https://oliviaclementine.com/elizabet... ༓ Listen to Part Two here: On Embodied Practitioners of Tsa-lung Inner Fire & Dzogchen https://oliviaclementine.com/elizabeth-mcdougal-gebchak-yoginis-part-two/ ༓ Podcast website & transcripts https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts ~ About Elizabeth Elizabeth McDougal, known also as Tenzin Chozom, grew up in Western Canada and then trained as a Buddhist nun in India and on the Tibetan Plateau for seventeen years. Towards the end of her time as a nun – she studied a Masters of Indian philosophy at Banaras Hindu University and then a PhD (2021) at the University of Sydney. Her research focuses on the modernisation of Tibetan Buddhist practice lineages and on pedagogy as a crucial bridge in translating pre-modern wisdom traditions to the modern world. Elizabeth currently lives in Australia with her human and animal family where she lectures at Nan Tien Institute in applied Buddhist studies. She continues to serve as a Tibetan-to-English translator for Gebchak Wangdrak Rinpoche and other practice lineage lamas. Elizabeth published a book in 2024 called “The Words and World of Gebchak Nunnery: Tantric Meditation in Context.” Images included: 1: Of two Gebchak yoginis by Jerome Raphalen 2: Yoginis looking out in ceremony to a sacred feminine vulva form in the landscape

Today's episode is part two of three parts. ~ Time notes: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:15 Subtle body, mind and prana 00:11:30 Yidam and reflections of the universe 00:13:40 Tsa-lung and trulkhor 00:18:51 Modernization influence on dedication, asceticism and health. 00:24:00 Chu Rey, wet sheet ceremony 00:31:00 Tsa-lung lama Jamtsen Chodron 00:33:40 Chudlen retreats 00:37:00 Mundane and sacred, collective and individual 00:39:00 Togal and trekchod 100 day winter practice 00:46:00 On memorization and reading as a means of realization 00:50:00 Tantric practice form of learning 01:00:00  Yogin Pema Dorje and a song of devotion 01:06:00 Yogin Pema Drimed 01:13:00 Sherab Zangmo and Urgyen Chodron 01:16:00 Sky burial 01:21:00 Recognizing signs 01:24:00 Cultivating a whole person ༓ Listen to Part One here: On Gebchak's History & Yogic Activity in the Realm of the Meditators https://oliviaclementine.com/elizabeth-mcdougal-the-gebchak-yoginis-part-one/   About Elizabeth: Elizabeth McDougal, known also as Tenzin Chozom, grew up in Western Canada and then trained as a Buddhist nun in India and on the Tibetan Plateau for seventeen years. Towards the end of her time as a nun – she studied a Masters of Indian philosophy at Banaras Hindu University and then a PhD (2021) at the University of Sydney. Her research focuses on the modernisation of Tibetan Buddhist practice lineages and on pedagogy as a crucial bridge in translating pre-modern wisdom traditions to the modern world. Elizabeth currently lives in Australia with her human and animal family where she lectures at Nan Tien Institute in applied Buddhist studies. She continues to serve as a Tibetan-to-English translator for Gebchak Wangdrak Rinpoche and other practice lineage lamas. Elizabeth published a book in 2024 called “The Words and World of Gebchak Nunnery: Tantric Meditation in Context.”  

Today's episode is part one of three parts that will be shared over the coming weeks.  Time notes: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:51 Elizabeth's early years at Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo's retreat place, and about the Togdens and Togdenmas 00:07:14 What led Elizabeth to Gebchak gonpa. 00:09:00 The initial meeting between Wandrak Rinpoche and the Gebchak yoginis 00:15:00 How Elizabeth spent her time at Gebchak gonpa 00:18:40 Nangchen as a fertile ground for yogis 00:23:00 Gebchak founder Tsang-Yang Gyamtso & the Rime period 00:29:37 The way of the yogin scholar 00:37:00 The first Tsokyni Rinpoche's, vision  00:44:00 Karma mudra and the early years at Gebchak with yogins and yoginis 00:55:00 Origin and preservation of practice texts at Gebchak 00:56:00 The yogini Sherab Zangmo 00:59:00 Rebuilding Gebchak 01:05:00 The Royal Family 01:08:00 Gebchak practice path 01:15:00 16 retreat divisions and yidam accomplishment 01:28:00 Typical day during drubchen periods 01:34:00 Typical day outside drubchen ~ About Elizabeth: Elizabeth McDougal, known also as Tenzin Chozom, grew up in Western Canada and then trained as a Buddhist nun in India and on the Tibetan Plateau for seventeen years. Towards the end of her time as a nun – she studied a Masters of Indian philosophy at Banaras Hindu University and then a PhD (2021) at the University of Sydney. Her research focuses on the modernisation of Tibetan Buddhist practice lineages and on pedagogy as a crucial bridge in translating pre-modern wisdom traditions to the modern world. Elizabeth currently lives in Australia with her human and animal family where she lectures at Nan Tien Institute in applied Buddhist studies. She continues to serve as a Tibetan-to-English translator for Gebchak Wangdrak Rinpoche and other practice lineage lamas.  Elizabeth published a book in 2024 called "The Words and World of Gebchak Nunnery: Tantric Meditation in Context." ~ Podcast website & transcripts https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts  

This is a visual episode that is meant to be watched. You can watch it here: https://youtu.be/Mhtgx71Vp94 ~ Today's episode takes place at the Tibetan Handicraft Society in McCleoud Ganj, in northern India. This Handicraft Society was founded in 1963 to support Tibetan refugees, and Tibetans who have grown up in exile and Tibetan arts and culture. Today we learn about this member run society and see some of these master weavers as they bring these traditional Tibetan carpets to form. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:58 Tenzin Rigsang on the Handicraft Society's origin and purpose 00:04:10 On material sourcing and design 00:06:33 How the cooperative is organized and the influence of modern times on this traditional art. 00:8:35 Dawa Dolma on how long it takes to weave a carpet 00:09:27 Tsering Dolkar on her path to becoming a weaver 00:11:02 Tsetan as she completes a carpet.   Glimpses of weavers and carpet makers Yangchen Galmo, Tenzin Worser, Tsetan, Tseyang, Tala, Kelsang Tsokey and Daju.   ~   The Tibetan Handicraft Society https://tibetan-handicraft-society.site123.me/   Order carpets here or contact the society for more custom commissions https://tibetan-handicraft-society.site123.me/on   Love & Liberation website & transcripts https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts

Maya Khosla is a biologist and writer. She has spent thousands of hours hiking, backpacking, and documenting forests, including post-fire regeneration.   Time notes: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:07 The message of fire 00:02:00 3 types of traditional fire practice in India. 00:03:22 Rebirth after fires 00:08:00 Intimacy and the effect of hand burning versus machine work on land 00:15:00 Main causes of fires in California 00:18:00 Misunderstandings on preparing one's home in a fire-prone area. Thinking like an ember 00:19:00 Keeping a house safe in a fire and Dr. Jack Cohen 00:21:00 “The Sierra, A History” poem read by Maya Khosla 00:24:00 Decaying forests and close associations 00:29:00 What you see in a newborn forest 00:30:00 Healthy mature forests 00:324:00 Symbiotic elemental collaboration 00:36:00 Wild Elders 00:39:50 Seed places 00:41:04 “The Oak” Poem read by Maya Khosla ~ Maya Khosla https://www.mayakhosla.com/   Podcast website & transcripts https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Have your music played on Love & Liberation: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScv8PanRA-TLoo-PVbfhpH6mlMslpuKad3PqQH8cgkMHGz1YQ/viewform

Watch our conversation and see images of Jetsunma's path here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Mu1fPYtik   Today our guest is Her Eminence Sakya Jetsunma Kunga Trinley Palter. Jetsunma is the granddaughter of His Holiness the 41st Sakya Trizin and the eldest daughter of the 42nd Sakya Trizin and Dagmo Kalden Dunkyi. Jetsunma is also a tulku, the reincarnation of the Nyingma practitioner and treasure revealer, Khandro Tare Lhamo. We sit down and talk about her life thus far, being raised as a Jetsunma in the Sakya lineage, how she spends her time, and what she aspires for in the future.    Timenotes: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:39 Growing up in a dharma lineage from the 12th Century 00:03:25 Becoming a nun 00:04:09 A day in Jetsunma's life 00:06:58 Who inspires Jetsunma t 00:09:00 About her family 00:10:40 On being the reincarnation of Khandro Tare Llamo 00:12:43 Her first retreat at 14 years old 00:14:25 Being the first Jetsunma to do the Phurba Cham 00:15:50 Qualities of a meaningful life 00:17:52 Advice for taking care of one's mind 00:19:45 Jetsunma's life aspirations 00:20:20 Closing images and Tara's Song at Dawn ~   Melodius offering: Tara's Song at Dawn by Dechen Wangmo   ~   Podcast website & transcripts https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Submit your music to Love & Liberation: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScv8PanRA-TLoo-PVbfhpH6mlMslpuKad3PqQH8cgkMHGz1YQ/viewform

Watch the interview here: https://youtu.be/Yuwtnf8JtrA ~ Today we have a brief conversation at a cafe in Kathmandu about some of the common obstacles and questions that Jetsunma's students often share with her. Jetsunma then shares clarification on meeting these challenges and curiosities. This is part of our new weekly season schedule of publishing shorter conversations in between our more extended episodes.  Time notes: 00:01:30 How to perceive ngondro practice 00:04:20 Knowing where you are on the path and blending life with practice 00:08:00 On shamatha, vipassana and dzogchen. 00:12:45 The four noble truths as a universal method   ~   Jetsunma Jamyang Yeshe Palmo is a Buddhist teacher and retreat master. She spent nine years in a monastic university studying all of the major subjects of Buddhism. Following her studies she spent nine years in a closed practice retreat. She also spent two years studying psychology and Western philosophy. Jetsunma is the vajra master of the study and practice centers of Kusum Khandro Ling retreat and nunneries and teaches worldwide.   ~   Podcast website & transcripts https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Have your music played on Love & Liberation: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScv8PanRA-TLoo-PVbfhpH6mlMslpuKad3PqQH8cgkMHGz1YQ/viewform

00:01:30 The mandala principle 00:04:32 Enlightened organizing principle of the universe 00:09:45 Mandalas for practice 00:16:12 Vajrakilaya mandala 00:19:25 Field of blessing 00:21:22 Lama Dawa and Guru Rinpoche Prophecies 00:24:18 Lama Dawa mirror divining the locations for Vajrakilaya mandalas. 00:27:16 Elements as vehicles for blessings 00:31:00 Subtle and physical aspects of elements 00:35:00 Disrupting and repairing subtle realms of existence 00:46:00 Building and empowering the Vajrakilaya mandalas 00:51:00 Working up to practicing Vajrakilaya 00:56:00 Qualities of the phurba 00:57:28 When to begin wrathful practices 01:04:00 Not making plans 01:06:00 The story of Guru Rinpoche and Vajrakilaya in Yanglesho 01:08:00 On Yeshe Tsogyal using Vajrakilaya practice ~ Khandro Kunzang:  https://www.phurbathinleyling.org/khandro-kunzang/   Have your music played on Love & Liberation: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScv8PanRA-TLoo-PVbfhpH6mlMslpuKad3PqQH8cgkMHGz1YQ/viewform   Previous episodes with Khandro Kunzang: Cultivating Siddhis, Tukdam, Lineage Protection & Consortship https://oliviaclementine.com/khandro-kunzang-cultivating-siddhis-tukdam-lineage-protection-consortship/   Lineage of Oral Instruction, Real Teachers & Himalayan Yogas of Tsa lung and Tummo https://oliviaclementine.com/khandro-kunzang-the-oral-instruction-lineage-ngagpas-himalayan-yogas-of-tsa-lung-and-tummo/   Elemental Spirits, Vajra Armor & Dharma Marriage https://oliviaclementine.com/khandro-kunzang-elemental-spirits-vajra-armor-dharma-marriage/   Podcast website & transcripts https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts  

Watch the tour here: https://youtu.be/YX8jJ5-sOzQ ~ Today we meet at the Tibetan Medical & Astro Institute Museum and receive a brief tour from Dr. Kalsang Youdon and Kelsang Chodon. Time notes: 00:00:46 Tibetan medicines and instruments 00:06:17 Tibetan medicine paintings 00:09:16 History of the re-established Men-Tsee-Khang Institute 00:11:23 Astrology: Indigenous Tibetan, elemental, and Kala Chakra astrology.   ~   Men-Tsee-Khang Institute https://mentseekhang.org/   Podcast website & transcripts https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Enjoy these conversations? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607    

Watch on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsSDGe4xRfA ~ Today we meet at the headquarters of Men-Tsee-Khang in Dharamshala, India with Dr. Tsering Norbu, who has worked here for over 30 years and is the director of both the Culture and Materia Medica departments.  00:01:00 Dr. Tsering's medicine heritage and path 00:01:49 Born into a lineage of Sowa Ripga doctors, how it has changed. 00:05:00 About Men-Tsee-Khang Institute Tibetan Medical and Astro Institute 00:07:50 Bringing together tradition and science 00:10:30 Changing landscapes affecting medicinal plants 00:11:00 Medicinal plant cultivation methods and challenges. 00:20:00 Making precious pills  00:22:00 Life-span and storage of medicine. 00:24:00 4 Medical Tantras (Gyushi) and medicinal species variation. 00:27:00 Farmers resistance to growing medicinal varieties 00:29:00 Medical research field trips in Sikkim, Ladakh, Arunachel Pradesh and other areas.  00:32:00 How imbalances have changed over the decades and what is most needed for modern times. 00:34:00 Painting plant thangkas and their purpose 00:40:00 Closing thoughts about the future ~ Men-Tsee-Khang Tibetan Medical & Astro Institute https://mentseekhang.org/   Podcast  https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Enjoy these conversations? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings.  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

Jetsunma Jamyang Yeshe Palmo is a Buddhist teacher and retreat master. She spent nine years in a monastic university studying all of the major subjects of Buddhism. Following her studies she spent nine years in a closed practice retreat. She also spent two years studying psychology and Western philosophy at Harvard University. Jetsunma is the vajra master of the study and practice centers of Kusum Khandro Ling retreat and nunneries and teaches in the US, Japan, Nepal, Hong Kong, and India. Some of what Jetsunma shares includes: 00:03:00 The hinayana, four truths and exhausting negative emotions. 00:9:00 Bodhisattva yana, two truths, four immeasurables and six perfections 00:12:00 Tantrayana path, generation practice and embracing existence as pure. 00:14:00 Completion stage and using the body for realization. 00:18:00 Great completion uncontrived stage 00:19:00 Ngondro 00:21:00 Essentials for realization 00:24:00 Two text recommended 00:25:00 Quality over quantity 00:28:00 Retreat advice 00:31:00 Benefits to solitary and collective practice 00:32:00 Non-exclusive Buddhism, the universal perspective ~ Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Enjoy these conversations? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

This is a re-release of a conversation with Tenzin Norbu in his home studio in Kathmandu, Nepal. Today's conversation is solely available in a video format. Here is the link to watch today's episode: https://youtu.be/bBkNuHZSN38   Tenzin Norbu was born in Dolpo, Nepal, into a family of thangka painters from a lineage that dates back atleast 400 years. His work has appeared in museums and private collections around the world, as well as, several international publications, including Caravans of the Himalaya, National Geographic, and the feature film Himalaya. He is also the illustrator for children's books, including Himalaya, and Clear Sky, Red Earth. 

Vision version of today's conversation: https://youtu.be/gXWcorUoTnc   00:01:40 Introduction to the retreat place and intentions 00:05:56 Visions in dark retreat 00:15:00 Fear, trust, confidence and endless potential 00:21:00 Not being the only doing the work in one's practice 00:29:00 Having the correct context of deconditioning the mind 00:32:00 Chogyam Trungpa, Dilgo Khyentse and tummo practice 00:36:00 Being a Buddha and distraction of science 00:40:00 Gaining confidence through felt experience and mastering a practice 00:50:00 Following death, experiencing the bardo 00:56:00 Bardo practice suggestion 01:00:00 Justin's dharma path from age 3 including Egyptian funerary practice, alchemy and wanting to be a monk 01:13:00 Not getting attached to the technique 01:15:00 Togyal and Sowa Rigpa typology  01:19:00 Letting the heart choose your practice 01:21:00 Emerging towards spaciousness as the throughline for Justin's path 01:25:00 Touring the retreat cabins 01:32:00 The body in dark retreat and practice 01:37:00 Closing intentions for this retreat place   Yangti Yoga retreat place https://www.yangtiyoga.com/   Previous conversations: Dark Retreat, Formlessness & Returning to Completion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qoo0DeU6D8o&list=PLbj5FAGzDx9WhJ7N5iJhGkZ_tY9ZnJL4m&index=13   Resting into the Mind Beyond Time & Being Consumed by Dharma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0RvHW6fOMQ&list=PLbj5FAGzDx9WhJ7N5iJhGkZ_tY9ZnJL4m&index=21   Ati Yoga, the Becoming of Indigenous Western Tantra & the Ministry of Death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LAi9RnjcA0&list=PLbj5FAGzDx9WhJ7N5iJhGkZ_tY9ZnJL4m&index=26   Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Enjoy these conversations? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

00:00:00 Elisabeth's Introduction to Buddhism and the Sakya Lineage 00:06:00 Origin of Sakya lineage and on Lamdre 00:12:00 Jetsunma title and what makes the Sakya Jetsunmas so unusual 00:20:00 Residence or labrangs of Jetsunmas and 00:24:00 Jetsunma versus Sakya Lama roles 00:26:00 Jetsunma Chime Tenpai Nyima (b. 1756) 00:33:00 Kyabgon or Jetsunma Tamdrin Wangmo (1936-96) 00:39:00 Kyabgon Pema Trinlei (1874 - 1950) 00:47:00 Dagmo Trinlei Paljor (1906-1975), and Dagyum Sonam Dolkar. 01:04:00 Jetsunma Chungwa 01:07:00 Jetsun Kushok (1938) & 41st Sakya Trizin (1945) 01:19:00 Jetsun Kushok & Sakya Trizin 41st, leaving Tibet 01:34:00 Jetsunma Kunga Trinley Palter (2007) 01:38:00 New System of Sakya Succession and photos in the book 01:39:00 Sakya Jetsunma lineage   The photograph shared is of Jetsunma Tsegen Wangmo and Jetsunma Chime Wangmo in the Phuntsok Palace in Sakya, Tibet. Courtesy of the Phuntsok Palace.   The book on the Sakya Jetsunmas by Elisabeth Benard  https://www.shambhala.com/the-sakya-jetsunmas-9781645470915.html   Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

Tiokasin Ghosthorse is of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation of South Dakota and has a long history with Indigenous activism and advocacy. He has been the Founder, Host, and Executive Producer of “First Voices Radio'' for over 30 years.   Some of what Tiokasin shares today includes: 00:00:00 Land raising children, Lakota language and trusting the future 00:06:00 Male and female energies, intuition and ceremony 00:10:00 No teaching and traditional education as a giving 00:13:00 Burying diplomas to return to Self. 00:15:00 Land ownership, colonial coma and defined by Earth 00:21:00 Dualistic psychology, premeditated ignorance and the ultimate philosopher. 00:24:00 Deathsong, innocence and grief 00:26:00 Adapting to Nature and the language of Earth 00:28:00 Grief, freedom and containment 00:34:00 Dreams, the 5th world, and ancestors going into the future   Our previous conversation on Lakota, Elders & Evolutionary Understanding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBbpRlnV2_8   Tiokasin and First Voices Radio: https://firstvoicesindigenousradio.org/about   Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

Carroll Dunham: The Path of a Householder Practitioner, Rites of Place & Taking Risks Carroll Dunham is a medical anthropologist, storyteller, Buddhist practitioner, and chaplain, who has devoted her life to exploring human entanglement between other species. She was based in Nepal for over 30 years and has lived and traveled amongst nomadic communities including in China, Mongolia, and India.  Some of what Carroll shares today includes: 00:00:00 From New Jersey to Nepal, a nunnery, her future husband, and the 1985 Kalachakra gathering. 00:08:00 Stories of meeting her teachers, great meditation masters, including Dilgo Khyentse, Bakha Tulku, Trulshik Rinpoche, and Lama Wangdu. 00:17:00 Advice from His Holiness the Dalai Lama. 00:19:33 Taksang (Tiger's Nest), the Nechung Oracle & receiving Dilgo Khyentse full terma. 00:23:00 Innovation, monasteries, and keeping the dharma meaningful and safe. 00:25:00 Stories and memories of Trulshik Rinpoche 00:30:00 Learning Himalayan languages 00:33:00 Humla and how it is unique 00:35:00 Dragon Brides; on polyandry, women with many husbands 00:40:00 On her meeting and marriage with her husband Thomas Kelly 00:43:00 Fostering children and non-dual gifts of Nepal. 00:49:00 The market economy's impact on relationships, Earth, and family structure. 00:56:00 Notions of modernity disguised as freedom. 00:57:00 Raising children in a seasonal manner, rituals, healing, and rites of passage 01:09:00 Best place to give birth and to die. 01:10:00 Relationships, healing, mistakes and safety in anthropological work 01:20:00 Nepal's ethnic diversity and environmental challenges 01:27:00 Longevity, biomimicry, meditation and aging 01:30:00 The origins and journey of clothing. 01:38:00 Innovations of waste and creative change agents in the textile industry 01:45:00 Risk, collaboration, and the unexpected amazing.   About Carroll Dunham: Carroll is a medical anthropologist whose work explores human entanglement with other species, from microbes to yaks.  Based in Nepal for 30 years, she has lived and traveled extensively amongst nomadic communities, including those in India, Mongolia, and China.  A lifelong student of Buddhism, Tibetan medicine, and Himalayan medicinal plants, she is committed to amplifying Indigenous voices and advocating stewardship of fragile ecosystems. She is currently the co-founder of Around the World in 80 Fabrics. Revitalizing vanishing textile traditions to reduce petroleum-fueled fast fashion.  A storyteller at heart, Carroll has authored five books and produced over a dozen documentaries for National Geographic, PBS, and BBC.  As a Buddhist chaplain, she is passionate about resiliency and the human ability to thrive post disasters. www.wildearthjourneys.com Around the World in 80 Fabrics www.atw80fabrics.com   Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Enjoy these conversations? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607  

00:00:00 Song Dzomba Yakmo Beautiful Abundance & Introduction 00:01:00 Growing up in a Ngakpa family in Admo Tibet. 00:03:40 Importance of life 00:07:00 Drukmo's ngakpa grandfather 00:12:00 Slowing down and taking in advice from her grandfather 00:15:00 Most important dharma principles 00:17:00 Tibetan medicine helping come out of religious dogma 00:22:00 Creating community and working with miscommunication 00:26:00 Not needing to have a great relationship with everyone 00:30:00 Feeling discomfort as light 00:30:20 Song: 福泽善报 Full of blessings 00:33:00 Ngakma and Ngakpa lifestyle 00:39:00 Organizing her life 00:41:00 The importance of community acceptance 00:46:00 Drukmo's beginning in chanting and singing. 00:51:00 Initial conflict in sharing dharma music 00:52:23 Experience sharing her music in Amdo 00:56:00 Vajra mind and having faith in your practice 00:58:00 Shame free sex education with her grandmother  01:01:00 Gifting culture, love, and nomad society 01:05:00 Harmonious divorce and raising a family 01:08:00 Sowa Rigpa, the wisdom of nourishment and 5 Healing Methods 01:10:00 Tibetan spiritual healing 01:15:40 Song: Purification Mantra of the Five Elements   All Songs today are from Drukmo Gyal: Dzomba Yakmo Beautiful Abundance 福泽善报 Full of blessings Purification Mantra of the Five Elements   Links: Drukmo Gyal https://www.drukmogyal.com/   Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

00:00:00 A life re-directing pilgrimage 00:03:00 Earth treasure vases and the terma, treasure tradition. 00:13:00 Liberian women ending the 14 year Civil War 00:18:00 Christian Bethelson, Thich Nhat Hanh and engaged Buddhism 00:23:00 The timing of forgiveness and healing the earth and our bodies. 00:27:00 The fine line of letting go and holding people accountable 00:28:00 Love Letter to the Earth from Thich Nhat Hanh and the path of enlightenment. 00:32:00 The old story of urgency and pressure 00:33:00 Becoming a holy vessel and skillful action 00:38:00 Right timing, intention and aligning with something larger than ourselves 00:40:00 Gaia Mantra 00:42:00 Collective awakening and a fall that brought Cynthia on a new path   ~   Previous episode with Cynthia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMbIRHLPGYQ   Cynthia became a dharma teacher (Dharmacharya) in the Order of Interbeing of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh in 1994 and in recognition of her dedication in carrying out the Earth Treasure Vase practice, she was made an honorary lama in the Vajrayana tradition of Tibetan Buddhism in 2018. Inspired by thirty years of pilgrimage into diverse communities and ecosystems, today Cynthia is forging a new path of dharma in service to Gaia—a path deeply rooted in the feminine, honoring indigenous cultures, and devoted to collective awakening. https://www.summonedbytheearth.org https://gaiamandala.net https://www.amazon.com/Summoned-Earth-Becoming-Vessel-Healing/dp/1632261324 https://www.instagram.com/cynthiajurs   Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

This episode is best enjoyed on video. Link to Watch this Episode on Video: https://youtu.be/Mf0PjP50d-U ~ Today we meet at Lama Sonam's retreat place. We sit and talk for the first part of the conversation, then Sonam shows us around. Some of what is discussed today includes:  00:01:00 Growing up in Hyolmo 00:08:00 Sonam's spiritual upbringing 00:10:00 Meeting and studying with a wandering yogi teacher, astrologer and Amchi 00:18:00 Learning dharma art 00:25:00 Experiences with impermanence 00:28:00 Retreat periods, Lama work and what motivated him to build a retreat center 00:33:00 Going to the west  00:37 Rebuilding after the 2015 earthquake in Nepal 00:40:00 Sonam shows us the inside and outside of the temple 00:44:00 The three year retreat space 00:46:00 108 stupas 00:48:00 The Guru Rinpoche statue and concluding words of wisdom from his teacher on the not worrying.   Podcast  https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:00 Deep forgetting 00:06:00 Moving at geologic speed and Men of Spirit project 00:12:38 Symptoms and the soul's deepest desires 00:15:33 Elderhood through grief 00:21:24 Kalahari desert grief maintenance rituals 00:25:00 Belonging as the premise and remembering the medicine you carry 00:29:00 Fiction and emptiness of progress 00:32:00 Preparing a community for a grief ritual 00:37:00 Grief ritual training and therapeutic communities for Palestine 00:38:00 Grief and beauty 00:45:00 Cultivating village mind 00:54:00 Finding your masculine and feminine soul expression 00:59:00 Being spiritually employed 01:01:00 The long dark and facing the world with soul 01:02:00 A metaphor for our species: Qarrtsiluni   Links: Francis Weller https://www.francisweller.net/   Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

Khandro Kunzang is a Buddhist practitioner and teacher and holder of the Khandro T'hug-t'hig path, the Dudjom Tersar, and the Rigdzin Sogdrub yogic practices of the Northern Treasures lineages. ~ From today's conversation: 00:02:00 Spirits of the Six Realms 00:07:00 Offerings to non-human, non-physical beings 00:13:00 Receiving protection from Nagas 00:14:00 How spirits influence illness  00:23:00 How to know spirits are affecting your well-being or life 00:25:00 On the four forces, lungta, wang tang, sog and lu. 00:30:00 Lha-Mo Gyed-Tsi, Astrological Mo of the 8 Dakinis 00:32:00 Old tradition of ransom offerings, or lud. 00:38:00 Astrology living systems and the forgotten magic of math 00:42:00 Vajra Armor Mantra 00:46:00 Practicing according to signs 00:51:00 Lama Dawa growing up in a dharma family and perpetual retreat 00:54:00 Dharma marriage and ngakpa traditiona versus householder tradition. 00:57:00 How to deal with tax collectors as practitioners 00:59:00 Vajrakilaya Peace Mandala Project   Previous Episodes with Khandro Kunzang: Lineage of Oral Instruction, Real Teachers & Himalayan Yogas of Tsa lung and Tummo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olIKvZQSXCI&list=PLbj5FAGzDx9WhJ7N5iJhGkZ_tY9ZnJL4m&index=18   Cultivating Siddhis, Tukdam, Lineage Protection & Consortship https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7isrHtJNrJ4&list=PLbj5FAGzDx9WhJ7N5iJhGkZ_tY9ZnJL4m&index=13   Khandro Kunzang https://www.phurbathinleyling.org/   Vajrakilaya Peace Mandala Project https://www.phurbathinleyling.org/the-peace-mandala-project/   Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Enjoy these conversations? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607  

00:02:57 Social Presencing Theatre 00:06:40 Dharma art 00:09:00 True activity, non-manipulation and non-aggression. 00:12:00 Listening to the moment and nothing being toxic to its core 00:14:00 Attending to the larger beauty, humor and natural kindness in the world 00:19:00 Using the body to find words and suspending meaning-making 00:21:00 Arts and direct knowing 00:22:00 Japanese principle Ma and not projecting what you think you already know 00:25:00 Unconditional well-being. 00:31:00 Resting with experiences and building trust 00:37:00 Noticing what you love 00:41:00 Origins of Bugaku, 7th C Japanese court dance, excruciatingly leisurely, breath time. 00:46:00 Form and freedom 00:51:00 A practice to nourish your spacious self   Links: Arawana: https://arawanahayashi.com/   Arawana's Book: Social Presencing Theatre: The Art of Making a True Move https://www.amazon.com/Social-Presencing-Theater-Making-True/dp/0999717979/ref=sr_1_1   Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Support Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

Erik Pema Kunsang is a dharma teacher, practitioner, and one of the most prolific translators of Buddhist texts and teachings.  Some of what Eriks shares: 00:01:00 On serving and translating for Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, clairvoyance and what is needed for liberation.  00:04:00 Dzogchen person versus a dzogchen teaching from Trulshik Rinpoche 00:08:00 Styles of teachers and busy not doing anything. 00:11:00 Misunderstanding the nature of superficial reality and dharma bums 00:14:00 Bodhi Training 00:16:00 Describing reality 00:17:00 Using the mind as the tool. Moving towards certainty and out of vagueness. The benefits buddhist meditation rather than science. 00:19:00 About fruitful intimate relationships as part of the path of being a decent human being, not breaking trust and learning to live together.  00:23:00 The yanas including Manushayana and Devayana.  00:28:00 The yanas and the individual mind 00:28:00 Split between real world and spiritual world 00:29:00 Using our meditation and spiritual practice time well. Changing karmic patterns 00:32:00 What it really means to be civilized 00:34:00 Essentials for translating genuinely 00:35:00 Leaving nature to itself and no-dig gardening. 00:37:00 Closing statements on landing timeless value systems of the Buddhas Erik Pema Kunsang has studied and practiced the Buddha dharma and especially the teachings of Padmasambhava. He has been trained by many masters. including the Dzogchen master, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, as well as his son, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche. Erik helped bring about Rangjung Yeshe Institute and publications for both study and translation of Dharma. He has translated and published over 60 volumes, including his freely available Tibetan English dictionary. Erik is also the founder of Bodhi Training and is currently the resident teacher at Rangjung Yeshe Gomde Retreat Center.   Links: Bodhi Training https://bodhitraining.com/   Gomde Denmark https://gomde.dk/   Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Support Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

Rinzin Phunjok Lama is an internationally acclaimed wildlife biologist and conservationist from Nepal.   Watch this Episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIZyLwua1x8&feature=youtu.be   00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:00 Growing up in Humla, Nepal 00:09:30 Changes in the landscape and culture 00:14:00 Supporting the future of this remote region 00:16:28 Snow leopards folklore and significance for the Himalayas 00:20:00 Living in the field for seasons at a time 00:23:00 Rinzin's aspirations   Thank you to Tashi R. Ghale for many wildlife photos included in this interview. Thank you to Karma Lhazom for filming.   Links:   Rinzin https://rinzinlama.com/   UKALI https://ukali.org/   Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Support Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

00:02:00 Emotions versus feelings 00:06:00 Indicators to know you are emotional 00:09:00 5 steps to transform emotion 00:13:00 Full blown versus leaking low grade emotion. 00:15:00 Feelings, and body awareness 00:17:00 Relating with anger 00:18:00 3 Golden Rules 00:21:00 Conventional sex and the impacts of emotional overcharge 00:24:00 Effect of sex on women's health 00:25:00 Emotions affecting a lineage, parents, children and onwards. 00:26:00 Love as a state  00:29:00 Nurturing the seeds of love within you   Links: Listen to previous episode together on Relaxation, Awareness & Sex https://youtu.be/FIC8QegiMd4?si=sEhmfMCRIs4a9WvY   Diana Richardson  www.livinglove.com   Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Support Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

00:00:00 Anne's early days coming onto her spiritual journey 00:09:00 Her time in India with HHDL, Rabten Rinpoche and others. 00:14:00 Longchen Nyingtig pilgrimage in Tibet and meeting Adzom Rinpoche reincarnation of Jigme Lingpa. 00:20:00 Terton and visionary capacities and spontaneous song 00:29:00 The importance of heartfelt confidence 00:39:00 Doubtless of our awakenment, buddhas masquerading as humans 00:42:00 Karmic and wisdom narratives and the ground of Dzogchen 00:46:00 Trained imagination, permission, and realization 00:54:00 Geshe Ngawang Wangyal, “America's first lama”   Links: Dawn Mountain www.dawnmountain.org  Dzogchen Cycles  https://www.dawnmountain.org/dzogchen-cycles/ Online Course, Longchenpa Training:  https://wisdomexperience.org/courses/longchenpa-training/ Her recent book: Being Human and a Buddha Too https://wisdomexperience.org/product/being-human-and-a-buddha-too/ Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Support Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607  

00:03:00 True self and imposture syndrome 00:09:00 On misperception and ignorance 00:14:00 Ego, loss and instability 00:18:00 On the two parts of us during grief 00:20:00 Nature as guru 00:23:00 Influences on our relationship with nature 00:28:00 Tantra and inner and outer universes 00:31:00 Neither this, nor that 00:35:00 A major crossroads for Tracee 00:43:00 Ancestors and benevolent beings have your back 00:48:00 Timeline practice 00:50:00 Tracee's personal practice day   Links: Tracee https://www.traceestanley.com/   Tracee's new book: The Luminous Self https://www.traceestanley.com/luminous-self/#preorder   Our Previous Episode Together Yoga Nidra, Non-Doing & Life Transitions as Practice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ8BuQeh-6M   Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Support  Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607  

00:03:00 Mistakes driven learning 00:07:00 Awe and mystery 00:11:00 Crisis and choice 00:15:00 Giving away your best stuff, wisdom and dying 00:19:00 Leaving room for others 00:22:00 Suffering and being a burden 00:28:00 Grief, practice and love 00:36:00 Regrets and beliefs   Links: Stephen Jenkinson: https://orphanwisdom.com/about/   Nights of Grief & Mystery Tour: https://orphanwisdom.com/nights-of-grief-and-mystery/   Link to 1st Interview with Stephen: Understanding How Things Have Become as They Are https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7JnwNg0xLg   Podcast Webpage & Transcript https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Support Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

00:00:00 Relating with the passing of her teacher and partner Gyatrul Rinpoche 00:04:00 Humility and dharma before material phenomena. 00:11:00 Dudjom Rinpoche and Sangyum Wangmo. 00:15:00 16th Karmapa 00:19:00 3 Kayas and wisdom aspects 00:37:00 Reading recommendations 00:38:00 On faith, degenerate age and different kinds of practitioners. 00:42:00 Daily meditation practice 00:44:00 What to think about when emerging from practice.     Links:   Sangye Khandro https://www.berotsana.org/   Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Support Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

00:01:19 The 4 Circles of Support 00:09:00 Healthful dependency in friendships 00:12:00 Supporting yourself and receiving support  00:18:00 Busyness, pushing and stressing 00:25:00 Going beyond western culture to influence your healing needs 00:30:00 Self-love as ground 00:34:00 Staying in relationships too long or choosing unhealthy relationships 00:41:00 Ambiguous loss when single and wanting a relationship 00:54:00 Essentials to support vital long term partnership  00:56:00 Healing as a means for connection   Links   Minaa B https://www.minaab.com/   Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Support Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

00:00:00  Who and what is Dakini including the play of the outer, inner and secret aspects 00:07:25 - Directly experiencing these sky goers.  00:13:40  Five elements and five dakinis and how they support each other.    00:17:42 On the charnel ground as the home of the Dakini. 00:27:00 Working with difficult times with the help of the Dakini. 00:29:00 Three confidence that tantric practitioners need to have. 00:31:00 The subtle body and working with energy/ 00:37:00. Experience the non duality of the sacred and ordinary and paradox through Dakini. 00:48:00 Upcoming Vajrayogini Empowerment and Dakini Path of Vajrayogini 00:55:00 Final Thoughts   LINKS Listen to Previous Episode with Khandro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttf6GirMRwo   Upcoming Offerings with Choying Khandro   - Vajrayogini Empowerment and Retreat -  https://www.dakiniswhisper.com/2023-vajrayogini-empowerment - Dakini Path: A Contemporary Pilgrimage to Vajrayogini -  https://www.dakiniswhisper.com/dakini-path   Khandro's Book https://www.amazon.com/DAKINI-JOURNEY-CONTEMPORARY-WORLD-HEART/dp/B0C5241RX2/   Podcast Page https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts/   Support Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607    

00:01:04 Himalayan languages origin, overlap and geographical influences 00:11:00 Self-sufficiency, socioeconomic development, education and the impact on languages. 00:17:00 Becoming interested in ‘Monyul' borderland region 00:22:00 Karmic link in Bhutan 00:28:00  Becoming more a part of these Himalayan communities. 00:43:00 Duhumbi language and culture 00:53:00 Specific kinds of homemade alcohol 00:58:00 Nomadic Kusunda community, language and culture 01:08:00 Connection between health and speaking one's indigenous language 01:16:00 The future 01:21:00 Learning a language   LINKS: Tim Bodt https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/tim-bodt https://brill.com/display/title/55767?language=en Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Support Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:00 On translating Sera Khandro's autobiography and what makes her particular autobiography so unique. 00:05:00 Human creativity coming out of interdependence and inter-relationality. 00:13:00 Prophetic visions with dakinis, khandro-ma and non-human consorts, and significance of tendrel in terma, treasure revelation.  00:18:00 More on earth and mind treasure including an example from Sera Khandro's autobiography.  00:25:00 Climate crisis and relating with the earth. 00:28:00 Metaphors in Sera Khandro's writing on joy and grief, and great love. 00:38:00 Linguistic universes of Tibetan and English, and how that affects the interpretations of translations, including words like enlightenment, lord, sin, inseparability and equality. 00:45:00 A story Chatral Sangye Dorje Rinpoche told about his first hand experience with his teacher Sera Khandro.   LINKS Previous conversation with Dr. Jacoby on Love & Liberation, Writings of Sera Khandro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUmr0pBJd70 Lecture with Dr. Jacoby through Boston University on Interdependent Personhood and Relational Ethics: A Tibetan Perspective https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg745EOXzcQ Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Support Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607    

Today's episode, due to it being a visual episode, is published solely on YouTube. Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSILLfTMLLo ~ 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:00 On growing up in Dolpo, Nepal and finding his path in art, energy and happiness. 00:06:00 Growing up in a Ngagpa family. 00:07:45 Opening a school in Dolpo 00:9:20 Finding your own way. 00:11:00 Being born into a lineage of 5 generations of painters  00:14:00 Seasonal activities in Dolpo, salt caravan and changes now 00:20:00 We see some of Tenzin's finished paintings and pieces in process Contact: To connect with Tenzin's work you can reach out to his son Phurba at dolpogallery / at / gmail / dot / com  Podcast Page: https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Support: Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

00:00:00 Introduction  00:02:00 Productivity and ecology of love 00:09:21 Rules of erotic exchange 00:13:00 Looking out to confirm our realness as an obstacles for relationship 00:17:00 Narcissism and success 00:24:00 Meaning of love from Erich Fromm and the risk of acting in accord with reality. 00:28:00 Non-duality, shared pool of aliveness and emotion 00:36:00 Serving others and self-enlightenment. 00:40:00 Hitting rock bottom and receiving gifts through existing  00:44:00 Being the circle of the gift and the difficulty of trusting our existence as being enough.  00:53:00 Surrounding and helping each other becoming real.   LINKS: Andreas https://biologyofwonder.org Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts/ Support Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

Rev. Nóirín Ní Riain PhD is an Interfaith Minister, an internationally acclaimed spiritual singer, theologian, writer, musicologist, and Celtic Spirituality expert.  00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:31 As a singer coming out of stage fright 00:06:00 Living for years at Glenstal Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in Ireland 00:06:56 Blessing a separation or a divorce 00:12:45 Noirin sings her favorite Psalm.  00:14:00 Gregorian chanting and healing power 00:16:00 Theosony, listening to the divine, the ear of the heart and listening all around. 00:21:00 Stories of her friendship and time with Irish poet and Hegelian philosopher John O'Donohue 00:24:00 Learning patience and trust 00:27:00 On choices and mistakes 00:30:00 Qualities of loving 00:36:00 Rituals and being with people during times of transition   LINKS: Norin https://www.noirin.love Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Support Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:28 Background to Dark Retreat 00:05:44 Some experiences that Justin has had in dark retreat and what he learned about himself. 00:13:00 Freeing oneself of narrative of a dharma practitioner looking a certain way 00:16:00 The essentiality of giving oneself to space and formlessness and the fear of space. 00:20:44 How to know if one is qualified to do dark retreat. 00:27:14 Dream yoga in dark retreat 00:31:00 Visionary experiences and tögal in dark retreat and technology of dark retreat. 00:40:00 Manifestation of elements in dark retreat, destabilization and losing one's mind.  00:44:00 What Justin finds particularly interesting about Ati Yoga for this time  00:47:00 Lived Ati Yoga Links: Justin https://justinvonbujdoss.com/   Past conversations: Resting in the Mind Beyond Time & Being Consumed by Dharma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0RvHW6fOMQ&list=PLbj5FAGzDx9WhJ7N5iJhGkZ_tY9ZnJL4m&index=8 Ati Yoga, the Becoming of Indigenous Western Tantra & the Ministry of Death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LAi9RnjcA0&list=PLbj5FAGzDx9WhJ7N5iJhGkZ_tY9ZnJL4m&index=14   Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Support Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

Some of what Andrea shares: 00:00:00 Meeting her teacher 16th Karmapa  00:22:00 Bone Relics and losing a skull that impacted her life 00:27:00 Proper care of ritual objects 00:30:00 Legendary snow lion expedition 00:36:00 How monastic institutions changed tantric rituals  00:44:00 Dalai Lama on the most important legacy for Buddhism 00:47:00 Benefits and uses of different malas based on their materials 00:50:00 Learning Chöd Practice with Chatral Rinpoche  00:53:55 Things to note when using a bone trumpet 00:56:00 What to do when snakes and scorpions are close to you 00:58:56 What Andrea practices right now 01:02:34 Cremation ground practice 01:06:00 Women in the charnel ground  01:18:00 Andrea's charnel ground practice and special rituals ~ Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

Today Dr. Rick Hanson offers a guided meditation. Listen to our full conversation on Neuroscience, Dharma and Healing: https://oliviaclementine.com/dr-rick-hanson-neuroscience-dharma-healing/ Links: https://www.rickhanson.net/ Support Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

00:01:00 Rick's sabbatical  00:03:00 The difference between mind, the brain and consciousness. 00:13:09 Why change and interconnection can be difficult to recognize and how to find the benevolence in endings. 00:19:00 The influence of the breath on the mind 00:22:56 On empathy and boundaries  00:29:00 Healing from being excluded or bullied 00:32:00 Working with resentment and anger 00:36:00 Two kinds of forgiveness 00:38:12 Four types of awareness for yogic practice 00:43:39 Different kinds of timelessness 00:48:17 Rick's current focus in spiritual practice 00:42:00 Reseting the fundamental foundations of human society    Rick Hanson https://www.rickhanson.net Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Support Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:42 Intimacy Essentials 00:02:51 Working with resistance to the journey of intimacy  00:05:07 When a relationship is workable and when it is not. 00:05:58 Projections  00:07:24 Conditioning, erotic wounding and sexual habits. 00:13:10 Vulnerability and safety for trust 00:14:59 Reactivity and deep listening. 00:22:33 Our inner critic and self-worth. 00:26:13 Hoping and potential, fear of aloneness 00:29:00 Connection as the aphrodisiac 00:30:23 Radical subjectivity 00:33:00 Men and the need to work with shame.  00:39:19 Healthful anger and freeing one's expressive capacities.  00:45:51 On reflecting on death, enlivenment of death 00:47:22 When Robert nearly died in 2016.  00:49:21 Robert reads a poem, “Which of us will die first?” 00:51:59 Ease and connection over spark 00:54:16 On gratitude and faith    Links: Robert Augustus Masters https://www.robertmasters.com/   Free music from Robert's wife, Diane Bardwell https://www.robertmasters.com/music/   Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Support Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607  

00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:15 Being a zen priest at Daihonzan Chozen-ji and taking away fear.  00:03:38 Being a good leader from the perspective of Rinzai Zen 00:07:54 Rinzai Zen's perspective of leaders and followers 00:09:31 Zen arts as a path of awakenment, on Omori Sogen and blending martial arts and zazen meditation. 00:14:42 Breaking through self-imposed limits through martial arts 00:17:00 On kendo, “the way of the sword,” historically and prior to WWII.  00:20:27 Unified action and intention  00:25:41 Martial arts fundamentals and flavors 00:29:42 Supporting someone through silence 00:35:36 Asian Buddhism in America in the 19th century. 00:43:55 Engaging in Asian culture today   Links: Cristina Moon www.cristinamoon.com Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Support Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

00:00:00 Introduction 00:04:00 Charles experience of gaslighting into greater self-trust through the corona pandemic days.  00:12:00 Shadow versus light side of spirituality, health and self-improvement.  00:18:36 Being an agent of change through friendship and self-knowing.  00:23:28 Different causes for the desire to control society and each other. 0027:00 Blame as a trap rather than a key 0029.55 What is it about our society that is goes against life and our natural instincts? 00:33:18 Meaning of growth economy and it's impact on our intimate lives.  00:39:17 Parenting, belonging, community 00:44:00 Trusting the principle of the gift and how Charles engages in gifting his work. 00:50:34 Tuning into forgotten questions, rather than living in habit and filters of reality.  00:55:59 Conclusion Links: Charles: https://charleseisenstein.org/ Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Support Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

Christina Monson is a Buddhist practitioner and teacher and Tibetan language translator, and interpreter with over 30 years of study, translation and practice experience in Buddhism. Some of what Christina shares today: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:42 Meeting self-made Buddha Chatral Rinpoche 00:09:15 Recounting moments with Rinpoche. 00:13:00 Realization energy 00:17:44 Mountain retreat 00:21:00 Guru Yoga and releasing hope and fear  00:27:00 Retreat schedule 00:36:00 Illness, grief and this year being the most transformational for Christina 00:50:00 A reading and elaboration on "A Song of Amazement Inspired by Practice Experience" by Uza Khandro (Sera Khandro). 01:00:00 Uniqueness of Sera Khandro as a human and realized being. 01:02:00 Reading and reflections on “Spontaneous Advice, Connected with a Prayer,” by Chatral Rinpoche   01:07:00 Challenges in translation and specifically this prayer. 01:12:00 Conclusion   Links: Spontaneous Advice Connected with a Prayer  https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/chatral-rinpoche/spontaneous-advice-connected-with-prayer A Song of Amazement Inspired by Practice Experience https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/sera-khandro/song-of-amazement Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Support Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

Guided Somatic Meditation Practice: 12 Fold Lower Belly Breathing with Dr. Reggie Ray   To listen to our full conversation visit here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation-with-olivia-clementine/id1393858607   Links   Reggie Ray: https://www.dharmaocean.org/dr-regina... Podcast/Olivia: https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

Dr. Reginald “Reggie” Ray is the co-founder and Spiritual Director of the Dharma Ocean Foundation, dedicated to the evolution and flowering of the somatic teachings of Tibetan Buddhism and was a founding member and University Professor at Naropa University, prior to his retirement. Some of what Reggie shares includes: 00:00 Vajrayana tradition and working from the inside out and problems as expressions of own deepest nature.  05:33 The power of being genuine and attracting the right people 09:24 On suffering, mistakes and the universe as sacred totality. 12:12 Somatic meditation to inhabit more of your experience 13:56 Reggie's spiritual entry through suicidal depression.   20:48 The impact of inviting reality and the ungluing of the limited small ego.   24:00 The impact of releasing tension and relaxation on realization.  29:00 Differentiating habit body from wisdom body 36:00 Three yana answer on time and Chogyam Trungpa's advice on regular practice.  41:00 Suggestions on maintaining and improving one's meditation practice over time, daily and longer retreats.   48:00 Relationship, the sacred other and love being born through letting go.   55:00 Reggie's journey of marriage   57:00 Tools to support challenging relational moments.  59:00 Reggie's motivation for his new book in process.    Links: Reggie Ray: https://www.dharmaocean.org/dr-reginald-ray/ Podcast/Olivia: https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607  

Some of what intimacy teachers Londin and Justin share includes: 0:00 Sexual yoga and sacred intimacy in the context of modern life 8:00 How their intimacy intensifying practice of Alpha and Omega differs from common masculine feminine polarity teachings  18:00 The power of connecting through the body and what it means to relate with unconditional love.  23:00 Example of a daily embodiment practice to deepen in unconditional love and intimacy.   28:00 Qualities of a healthy relationship  34:00 Training the body and heart to be available to intimacy.  39:00 Becoming parents and the need to prioritize intimacy to benefit all other aspects of one's life. 45:00 Pleasure as gateway for deep listening to the divine and allowing there to be a fresh beginning.  48:00 Justin's shift out into wanting to be in a committed relationship and his homecoming through that. 53:00 Enjoy sharing your radiance, while knowing you do not need to earn love. Being love and being freedom. Reclaiming the natural forces of duality. LINKS: Londin: http://www.londinangelwinters.com/about/ Justin: https://www.justinpatrickpierce.com/ Podcast/Olivia: https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

Some of what Adele shares includes:  Realization through relationship in everyday living  Challenges of the path Being a mother as a path to liberation Ordinary Love versus love from a buddhist tantra perspective. Meaning of bliss and love Bliss emptiness union vs ordinary union Danger of tantra in relationships Misunderstanding of non-attachment Vinaya monastic code and tantra Purpose of celibacy Cleaning out Inner Channels Misunderstanding of ripeness in teachings Vajrayana contradictory examples Subtle energetic union. Direct translation of tibetan Renunciation and Buddhist to offer clarification on both Inner Level as antidote to spiritual materialism Karma and Merit"Why good things happen to bad people" Meaning of mature person Why it's important to have female practitioners, translators and lineage holders. Note: After min 7 sound improves. Links: Adele: https://dakinitranslations.com Podcast/Olivia: https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607