Podcasts about Losar

A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. Important Links [URGENT] ICE Is targeting Nepali-speaking Bhutanese Americans: Learn more Asian Refugees United: Website  |  Instagram Hamro Katha: When the Lotus Blooms:  Instagram  | Spotify |  Youtube Minjoona Music instagram | spotify Transcript: Cheryl Truong: Hey everyone. You're tuned into APEX Express at 94.1 KPFA, 89.3 KPFB Berkeley, 88.1 KFCF Fresno, and online at kpfa.org. This is your host, Cheryl, here. Before we dive into today's episode, I want to start with some important context. This conversation was recorded a few months ago before the recent and deeply distressing wave of ice [00:01:00] enforcement targeting the Nepali speaking Bhutanese community. Since March 26, over 20 Nepali Bhutanese refugees have been deported. Many without legal representation and some moved between detention centers so quickly that they couldn't even contact their family or attorneys. The fear, disruption and trauma that is being inflicted is real and ongoing and raises serious concerns about due process. This is part of a larger ICE operation that is already detained over 60 Bhutanese Americans. This is a rapidly unfolding crisis, and the numbers continue to shift as more people are detained and more impacted families come forward to share their stories. Asian Refugees united is calling for justice, demanding an end to these deportations and immediate protections for their communities. For the latest data and development, or to learn more and take action, please visit Asian Refugees United's website. It will be linked in our show notes.  Now onto today's show. I had the joy and privilege of sitting down with the youth podcast team behind Hamro Katha: When the Lotus Blooms, [00:02:00] a show created by young leaders from Asian refugees United. Asian Refugees united or ARU is a grassroots art and healing leadership center led by and for Asian refugees. We'll hear more about their powerful work later on in the show. One of their programs, the Camp for Emerging Leaders, brings together refugee youth to build community, explore their histories, and grow into their leadership. That's where this podcast team first came together, and they'll of course share more about that as well. They've created something really special and I'm so excited for you all to hear from them. So let's get started. Do you all mind just going around and introducing yourselves? Nawal Rai: Yeah, for sure. Hello, everyone. I'm Nawal Rai. My pronouns are he, him, and I currently live in the East Coast in New Jersey. I'm currently a student studying environmental and urban studies. And right now I currently volunteer and do some work with Asian Refugees United here in the Harrisburg area, and I'm also from the Nepali speaking Bhutanese Refugee community.   Manju Gurung: Hi everyone, I am [00:03:00] Manju Gurung My pronouns are she and hers. I also live and work here in Harrisburg. I work full time as a home care manager but I also do some work with AARU, Asian Refugee United. So glad to be here.  Susmita Tamang: Hi everyone. My name is Susmita Tamang. I am a sophomore majoring in chemistry and I'm from Harrisburg. I interned over the summer at Asian Refugees United and that's how I'm connected. I learned a lot of new skills and got to meet new people. Today we're here mostly to talk about our podcast, Hamro Katha: When the Lotus Blooms, which is under Asian Refugees United.  Sarada Tamang: Hi, everyone. My name is Sarada Tamang. My pronouns are she and her. I currently live in Charlottesville, Virginia, and I'm a student taking classes to enter the Diagnostic Medical Sonography program. And first met my podcast team members through Asian Refugee United's Camp for [00:04:00] Emerging Leadership Program.  Cheryl Truong: Awesome. And our listeners out there, I'm sure you're wondering, what is Asian Refugees United? Nawal, do you want to give us a little introduction on what ARU is about? .  Nawal Rai: Yeah, of course. Again, Cheryl, thank you for having us tonight. Asian Refugees United was born in 2016 in the Bay Area. There was a big influx of Nepali speaking Bhutanese refugees after the third resettlement started for our community.  We had a bunch of community members that resided in Bay Area. And when you look at Bay Area, Bay Area is very diverse. And when you look at the history of Bay Area, there's a lot of social movement and activism that has happened throughout the history. And that kind of gave birth to this organization to unite refugees from different parts of Asia. We as Asian Refugees United here in Harrisburg currently work specifically with Nepali speaking Bhutanese community here since a lot of our population has now moved here. Asian Refugee United started with the focus on connecting our stories with the land that we now [00:05:00] live on and also acknowledging the stolen land that we stand on and also focusing on healing our communities and highlighting the stories of many refugees communities that are often overlooked by the medias and different political agenda. It was a way to find solidarity across communities and also how do we heal. And with that, we use art as a tool to heal and through storytelling where we come together to write stories and perform that stories in front of audience and community members. So we do various different work through Asian Refugees United. Our podcast hamro Katha When the Lotus Bloom is also under Asian Refugees United. So you can tell, there's different things that happens with our org. Cheryl Truong: Thank you so much for sharing all of that. It's so clear how much storytelling and healing are at the heart of ARU work. And one of the ways that it really shows I think that really shows up is through one of ARU's community building projects. Camp for emerging leaders, which brings together refugee youth from all [00:06:00] over and it's actually where this amazing podcast team first met. Can you all share what that space was like for you? What do you remember feeling or learning during that time?  Susmita Tamang: I can go ahead. By the way, I think the first time we all met each other was way before CAMP for Emerging Leaders, but that's when our idea grew. But Camp for Emerging Leaders is a program that Asian Refugees United organized. It was for the Bhutanese Nepali speaking youth in Harrisburg area, but then it also branched to basically across the states, whoever was available because we met virtually, on Zoom every week or so, and we talked about what it means to have our identity as Bhutanese Nepali, our journey from Nepal to America, we talked about our experiences, acceptance, and then ways of connecting to each other. Anything else that you guys want to mention?  Nawal Rai: Yeah. And with the leadership camp, we also focus on different factors that is focused on our, community health and wellness [00:07:00] and also, identity, belonging and um, education. Manju Gurung: Yeah. We had three groups within camp called wellness, education, and identity and belonging, and then. Under identity and belonging there was also storytelling who did more of art and performance, but we divided into those three groups and we created activities to share with each other when we met in person in August.  That was Camp for Emerging Leaders. We got to learn new skills, such as working with each other, being compassionate towards each other, open minded. Yeah,, it was great.   Cheryl Truong: Oh, whoa. I didn't know that camp was mostly virtual apart from that last in-person session, but that makes a lot of sense now, how Sarada could join from Virginia. Nawal from New Jersey. That's so cool. It really shows just how spread out the Nepali Bhutanese refugee community is and how something like camp can bring folks together across distance, and it makes me think about what that means to feel connected. Do you feel like camp was the first [00:08:00] space where you got to meet other people from your community in that kind of way? Or have you felt that sense of community where you're from, even before camp?  Sarada Tamang: When I first moved to America, within a few years, in the city that I live in right now, we had a bigger population of Bhutanese Nepali people compared to now. Back then we did have a strong community to the point where we would host Losar programs which, can someone explain what that is? Susmita Tamang: Oh yeah, Losar means New Year in Nepali but also in our ethnic language. So in Tamang as well as Gurung and maybe other languages in Nepal. It's somewhat like the Chinese Lunar New Year because it's connected to the, lunar calendar. I'm actually also from Charlottesville. We used to live in the same neighborhood, Sarada and me. And back then, we did have a large community, but then people started moving to Ohio, Harrisburg, and then those areas became more of the [00:09:00] hub for Bhutanese Nepali people. And so, now, I do have some family there, Sarada lives there, some of my cousins live there, but compared to 2011, it's very, very low in terms of population, so they don't really have large events compared to Harrisburg.  Cheryl Truong: What was that like for all of you growing up in such conservative states as refugees? I,  Manju Gurung: Yeah, I can share one. So I moved to Concord, New Hampshire back in 2012 from Nepal. And, even back then when we were talking about communities, we did have a lot of Bhutanese refugees living there by the time that my family moved and settled there.  Unfortunately, one of the incidents that happened to my family was some sort of like… Hate crime? It's like,  Nawal Rai: definitely racial, racial racial hatred.  Sarada Tamang: We just received this in a very hateful letter saying, go back to your country. You don't belong here. All of that. We don't really know exactly what we did to make that [00:10:00] person very upset about us being there. So that was one thing that I had to deal with as a young teenage girl who had just moved into a new city, new country with my family and who barely spoke English back then as well. So that was a very difficult experience to go through. But, with that incident, what came was our community showed up, not just the Bhutanese community back then, but other communities that were from different part of the world, basically, you know. They really showed up and let us know that we were in the right place. We're welcome. And there's no space for hate for anybody. That was really nice. After joining ARU and storytelling group, I was actually able to share that story through performance alongside Nawal, which definitely helped me heal some of those traumas that I had to experience back then. So, yeah, very grateful.  Susmita Tamang: Their performance was amazing. They did it in person during the ARU camp In person [00:11:00] summit. We also had people from our community, like uncles and community leaders there and they were all moved by her performance. Surada and I, we were crying. It was so good. So I'm really glad that one day you were able to share your story. As well as everyone else who performed. Manju Gurung: No, we had cried a lot. I think Nawal knows how many times I cried when we were practicing and rehearsing before. Because we started a couple months before we were meeting up in August for the Emerging Leaders camp session.  I remember being in this room and just sharing my stories and not being able to share all of it because I was just crying and I had to let that emotion out. So I think that really helped me get over that traumatic past. I think that I was holding it on for so long. So that's something. I was very grateful for the storytelling group that, you know, that ARU has created. Nawal Rai: Yeah, the talking circle is part of the process of our storytelling and identity and belonging, so we try to focus on sharing each other's [00:12:00] story and trying to create that space to be vulnerable. And I think that's the work that we're also trying to do with our podcast that is kind of extending toward our community and not just us youth and highlighting a lot of personal stories and our community stories. Cheryl Truong: Thank you for sharing that. I love what you said that in telling our stories, especially when it carries themes of pain, it doesn't just help the audience understand and relate, but it also helps you process and heal too.  We are going to take a quick music break, don't go anywhere  Cheryl Truong: More on the power of storytelling when we return. Next up, you're listening to a track called “Juniper” by Minjoona, a project led by Korean American musician, Jackson Wright. This track features Ari Statler on bass, josh Qiyan on drums, and Ryan Fu producing. Juniper is the lead single from Minjoona's newest release, the Juniper EP, a five track p roject rooted in indie rock, 60 throwback vibes, and lyric forward storytelling. You can follow Minjoona on Instagram [00:13:00] at @minjoonamusic or find them on Spotify to keep up with upcoming releases. We'll drop the links in our show notes. Enjoy the track and we'll be right back. [00:14:00] [00:15:00] [00:16:00] [00:17:00] [00:18:00]  Welcome back. You're tuning in to Apex Express at 94.1 KPFA 89.3 KPFB, 88.1 KFCF Fresno, and online@kpfa.org. Before the break, we were talking about the power of personal storytelling and how sharing our own experiences, especially around identity, can be both healing and powerful. Now I want to dig into how that turned into Hamro Katha: when the Lotus Blooms, what inspired you all to start a podcast? Susmita Tamang: So within our Identity and Belonging group, we divided again to different groups. One was podcast, one was an identity wheel activity we had to do in front of everyone in the summit. So that was when the idea initiated, but then, after we were done with our summit we talked again [00:19:00] altogether. Sarada brought up the idea of podcast because her inspiration drew from the Moth podcast. Sarada Tamang: Yeah. Thank you for filling it in. I was in the subdivision of the podcast from Identity and Belonging, and I thought, we should do something. And I was really moved by the Moth podcast, which I was first introduced to in freshman year of high school. I thought maybe this would be a great way for each person in our community to share their individual stories and experiences so that, you know, it's out there for people to hear and in a way it's preserved because of lack of media coverage in our history,  Susmita Tamang: I agree. Bhutanese Nepali people, not a lot of people even know who we are. And usually when people are like, Oh, where are you from? We say Nepal, but we never explain or go into depth. We're actually not really from Nepal, but at the same time we are. Our parents were born in Bhutan, but then they fled, and therefore, blah, blah, blah. There's not a lot of coverage, so that was definitely one of the main ideas that all of us agreed on. [00:20:00] We want to speak about our issues, about our history, our story, so that people know that we do exist, and acknowledge, us. Cheryl Truong: That's such a great point on the lack of representation and coverage. Sarada, I would love to know more about the Moth and what that is for our listeners out there who don't know what the Moth is.  The moth is where they have stories from thousands of people and it's recorded live. You can hear the audience's reaction to the storyteller as they talk about their journey or talk about a core memory. The stories, they don't have to be serious all the time. Sometimes they're just a funny moment from your life or a little snippet of a journey from your life. I, wanted to incorporate that into our podcast. And one of our team members suggested that maybe we should also have a conversational type of podcast that we all listen to nowadays where we cover important topics in our community that are often overlooked. I hope that, from talking about these issues [00:21:00] as a community, we can grow and connect with each other.  Thank you so much for sharing that. I also wanna take a moment to talk about the history that shaped so many of these stories. For folks who may not know, can you, can one of you share a little bit about the history of the Nepali Bhutanese refugee community?  Nawal Rai: Yeah. We were forced to leave our country, basically stripping our citizenship overnight by the Bhutanese government, and obviously it was not overnight, but it was a progress through putting in policies like one people, one nation act which kind enforced one language, one religion, one cultural costume, one way of practicing and worshipping. That became an issue. A lot of Nepali speaking community, a majority who are Hindu, started to resist toward that policies. Then the people were started to labeled as terrorists and anti nationalist. And so a lot of those caused for us to leave. Some families were given notice to leave by certain dates. And if you're not, then you're either going to be evicted or your house are burned [00:22:00] down or you're forced through violence. Some folks left because of scared of this violence from the government, but also some people after seeing those violence that was perpetuated against the people that resisted. Right. So that kind of became mass migration toward Nepal and that's where we ended up. Some people stayed in India, got stuck in India and in between borders with Bhutan and India and then more than 100, 000 people then resettled in the Seven Refugees Camp in Eastern Nepal.  Cheryl Truong: Yeah. This is a really dark and painful history one that often doesn't get told and, and it really pushes back against that popular narrative of Bhutan being the quote unquote happiest country in the world. You all have touched on how important storytelling is not just for healing, but also for connecting with others and building understanding. So I'm curious when you're all recording, when the Lotus blooms. Who do you imagine listening? Who is the audience you have in mind when you share these stories?  Manju Gurung: I think it is for everybody from our [00:23:00] community or the elders who have not been able to share their stories and struggles that they had to go through. And for our parents people our age and younger than us, the next generation. Anybody who wants to share their stories. It doesn't have to be only about their struggles, if they have something funny or happy stories or anything that they want to write and share, we have created the space for them to use and amplify their voices so we can inspire more people or at least their stories can kind of let others know that, Oh, there are people who have gone through similar stuff like I have, or they have, so yes, it's. I would say it's for everybody.  Susmita Tamang: Yeah, I would say our primary audience is definitely our own community. But also outside of our community, people who support us or don't know about us so that again, our main message that our stories are heard and we are acknowledged. Our identity is Shown and talked about. I think that's also [00:24:00] definitely our target.  Cheryl Truong: And your podcast name is Hamro Kata, When the Lotus Blooms. I totally butchered that. Now, could you tell me the symbolism? What, where does this name come from? Susmita Tamang: We actually made a post on Instagram about our name– when the lotus blooms is our username. We couldn't fit the whole entire podcast name because it was too long. So, yeah, please follow us. Hamro Katha, by the way, means our story in Nepali. That's the direct translation. Our name signifies the perseverance of the Bhutanese Nepali refugees. The lotus. I think many know, it's a symbol of how a lotus prospers from muddy waters. Despite our adverse origins, we continue to flourish by learning and sharing our experiences, trying to inspire others along the way.  Cheryl Truong: What are the kind of stories that you're able [00:25:00] to hear from your elders? Are they open to sharing?  Nawal Rai: Yeah, that's a really good question. And are they open to sharing? I think our community is pretty open to sharing those stories. And I think that also comes from not having anyone to listen for them before, right? At least my grandparents are always like ask me questions. I grew up listening to a lot of the stories from Bhutan and of growing up in Bhutan and the impact of migration. So I have had a lot of those conversations with my grandparents, so they always, at least my grandpa, he can be really buggy with our family because some of our family members doesn't ask him questions like that. Not everyone is interested in the political and the social world like I am in the family. So he's always upset that our uncles or our family members is not asking him enough questions. So from my understanding, there's that part of them that wants to share their stories, because of their struggles that has never been really spoken on and I feel they have never been able to share those stories with anyone. I see that in my family coming out in the structural where he started to be upset with us you know, you guys are [00:26:00] not even trying to learn anything about our stories and blah, blah, blah. And I was like, I got you, grandpa.   Susmita Tamang: Without even asking my dad usually when there's a family gathering of any sort, they're always talking about how their life was back in Bhutan. So from their anecdotes and narratives, I'm always able to listen to what happened. I think usually most of the people I've asked about how their life was in Bhutan, or if they have anything they'd like to share, they're always open to sharing and talking more about it.  Sarada Tamang: I was a big yapper growing up when I was small, especially. So I would be like, grandma, where are you from? Oh, what is, what was that? What was this? And so, I would hear a lot of stories from her and I would also hear a lot of stories about Bhutan and even life in camp from my mom and my relatives when they're reminiscing about old times. I heard the quote when your grandparents pass away, it's like a whole library crashes down or something along the lines of [00:27:00] that. Ever since I heard that I was like, oh my goodness I need to know everything that my grandma has been through. Every time we talk on the phone i'm always asking her about Her life and her journey. Cheryl Truong: Wow. This is actually so different from my experience growing up. Like I remember growing up super ashamed. I would tell my parents don't speak Vietnamese. I don't want everyone to hear it I wanted to fit in.  Susmita Tamang: I did experience what you just talked about, trying to assimilate with the American society because early on when we first immigrated here, being in this space where everyone is Very different from you and more of like you're the one who's different from everyone else. You just wanted to hide or how do you say fall into their group so that you're not singled out as a refugee. I did have that crisis where I was ashamed of myself It was only till high school [00:28:00] When I accepted, I am Bhutanese Nepali, I am a refugee, and I'm proud of that, and that's actually when I started asking questions. So, I wasn't always very curious, but then later on learned more about myself, and that's when things actually started going. Was it like that for you guys?  Nawal Rai: Yeah, Cheryl, I was gonna say, you are definitely not alone. I think we've all been through that phase of running away from our community and everything, and we're trying to reach for that whiteness and the validation of white people. And I think even in the structural way. In college, as a freshman, and after Covid and after George Floyd, that's when those were the moments that really looking into politics and like also looking at the systematic racism and how it has embedded in us in our consciousness and the way that we go on about life. Those moments and those phase of life has definitely made me start the process of decolonization and really explore who am I? And those [00:29:00] curiosities became strong. I found ARU at a perfect moment in life and I'm still exploring and I'm still learning. ARU gave me the space and that people and that community. I'd never seen an organization like ARU in our community that really focuses on healing and talking about social and political issues that is impacting people, and not just about about it, but also how do we take action and getting our communities involved in those conversations. Obviously, we're not where we want to be and I think it's a constant everyday process and work that we're constantly trying to do and trying to build and give something back to the movement and to our people.  Cheryl Truong: Yes. Healing is such a powerful part of this work and of course everyone in this room knows that healing and storytelling is really political too, especially as racialized people. So I wanna ask, what radicalized you? Was there a moment in experience or a story that made you start to see the world differently or made you wanna speak out and organize?  Sarada Tamang: [00:30:00] For me, it was seeing other Bhutanese Nepali youth on social media embracing our culture. And I realized, wow, the clothes that we wear, the language that we speak, it's actually really beautiful. And That's when I started digging more into my culture and trying to understand why I was the way I was growing up. And so, yeah, I think seeing my community, but in different states through social media was definitely a way that moved me, pushed me to accept my culture.  After I was able to get over my insecurities or the desire to fit into certain categories in high school, I was like, Well, I had always been dancing ever since I was small and I enjoyed it even more as I grew up and I would perform if I could at school during our talent [00:31:00] show or diversity program and a lot of people complimented me and they were like, wow, you dance so well. Sarada Tamang: And when people are like, how many languages do you speak? And I say two, they're like, what? I can only speak English. And then after that, I was like, you know what? Yeah, I should embrace this because I love everything about our culture, especially the dance part of it. Cheryl Truong: And how did you get into dancing? Was that something you did with your family?  Sarada Tamang: Growing up, I would see my sister practicing with her friends. And that heavily influenced me because I was like, wow, they were so good at dancing. I want to be just like my sister. And so, I continued practicing and improved. Susmita Tamang: I actually have a story about that.  When we were very young, like when we were around eight years old. I'm pretty sure It was our first performance together, but we did dance in front of, what was it? Wasn't it, Kerelama Arubakotoma? Monks Arubakotoma?  Sarada Tamang: Oh yeah, it was [00:32:00] at a Buddhist temple.  Susmita Tamang: Yeah, and we got five dollars as our, I don't know why we got five dollars, but there was an envelope and I opened it and it was money. I was like, oh my god, maybe I could do this for life, you know? But no, no, no. And we actually performed another time too, it was during Losar, a New Year's event. This was in middle school. That was really fun. And I think that was the last time where our community actually got together. Because afterwards, Charlottesville, it became dry. But I have a lot of good memories of dancing with Sarada.  Cheryl Truong: Wow, five dollars. When you're young, five dollars is a lot. Do y'all do the red envelopes, too?  Susmita Tamang: We don't do red envelopes, but we do get money during our holidays, Dashain and Tihar.  From our last October and November GoHolidays, Dashain and Tihar. DR, I made around 800 and I saved that up and I paid my tuition with it.  So I'm always happy when it's around, you know, holiday season. [00:33:00]  Nawal Rai: Also, in our system, the man doesn't get the money.  Yeah, our family often just gives money to a woman in our family Because they often see our women often gets married and lives with husbands, right? And I think there's that respect of showing more appreciation towards that, at least that's what I heard going on, and I was  like, that's kind of cool. I  Susmita Tamang: In my family, they do get money, but obviously lesser than the girls, but for Tihar is when the guys, if they have siblings or cousins, they get gifts, and in return, the girls get money.  Manju Gurung: But  then about that too, guys, I think for in Hindu religion, there is a one goddess who kind of represents wealth and money and all of that. So people who celebrate, our practice Hinduism at least at my household, we practice both Buddhism and Hindu, like holidays and all of those. So, since there is a goddess who people actually pray for wealth and all of that, I think one of the reasons why a [00:34:00] lot of times women in households get a little bit of extra attention and money as a blessing, so. Susmita Tamang: Yeah, it's a bonus point, I guess.  The gender dynamic, I feel in Bhutanese Nepali community is like in most South Asian immigrants community, where the male kind of dominates the household and The females are the ones who are supposed to stay home, do the majority of the housework, look after the kids. So it's very traditional roles, but having come to America, I think those ideas of it being super dichotomous has been lowered because we know what it is. Susmita Tamang: Individualism is.. People are able to kind of work towards that, whether you're a male or a female or any other genders. So I think being in an American society has definitely influenced now our idea of those dynamics. It's much more [00:35:00] free. But there are definitely, communities within our community that still hold on to the older ideals. Yeah.  Nawal Rai: Yeah, like I would say in terms of a lot of gender roles, I will say like our communities pretty progressive and again, I also don't want to under undermine a lot of the violence that happens against women in our community, right? There's still that imbalance in power in different households, right? But I think when I do, look at our community as a whole, I will say like majority of it's like a more progressive learning, I would say in terms of a lot of issues as well. And if we're looking at men and women, I will say our women in our community are a little bit more progressive than men, I would say. And I think that also plays a big dynamic in our community and how women plays a role in society, even at my household, was very much of a on and off of the power dynamic with my mom and dad. I feel like there was a lot of things I knew that my mom [00:36:00] was and like, even my from my grandparents to see what's this, the oldest, daughter in law, she was, her opinion was always needed there and without her presence or without her saying, no family decision could be made. And that was respected by our grandparents and that was implemented in this. But there, I know there are also my friend's family, right, where there is that dynamic of really, uh, oppressive kind of dynamic.  Manju Gurung: I think within my family to what I've seen growing up between my parents when it comes to gender roles and all that. I think we'll just speaking from experience. I think I've had. This is not me like talking bad about my father or anything. He's a great father and husband and brother son all all, He's an amazing man. But I've had in past two, three years I've had conversations with him where he would say Oh, women should learn to cook. He would heavily focus on those words, which didn't really Sit right with me as I grew older and learned from [00:37:00] experience and around the world. And the thing is, his message was not really entirely wrong. Not just to make women be all prepared for their marriage and stuff, but he was just saying in a way as a concerned father would be like, in case if you , get married off and then go to your in laws homes, we don't want to hear your in laws making you feel bad about not knowing how to cook, clean, all of that, you know.  I always argued with him by saying I don't need to be perfect before I get married or, because I think it's a life skill that a man and women should know. The way that My parents have raised me. I would question them and be like, well, have you taught your son how to cook and clean. It's not only my responsibility to cook and clean and provide. I think after that conversation that I've had with him over and over again, he does kind of pause before he speaks to me about those things because he knows since I'm the oldest one from my home. He knows that, it's going to backfire on him. And so it's a lovely conversation to have with parents and I think even with grandparents too, about gender roles and [00:38:00] dynamics and what we are expecting of women specifically in our communities.  Susmita Tamang: By the way, what I love about what Manjutimi just said is that I feel like our generation is the one who's kind of asking them so that they're aware of what they're actually saying. And a lot of our parents are like that. But then I also realize. It's because their parents were like that and then their parents, grandparents were like that. So it's a lot of these things are passed down and I feel like we're here to break that and say, hey, stop, pause. That's not it. And then actually explain why it shouldn't be like that. Nawal Rai: Yeah, and I want to add a little bit because a lot of our listeners are going to be people who grew up in America, most likely, right? And I think I want to, and why I said that, our community is a little progressive is because I compared our community to a general conservative man of the West. And I feel like a lot [00:39:00] of those views about women and what you just mentioned about like your dad About your dad saying that right? It's not coming from like a woman should do this It is something that culturally passed down to that that's what they're used to and what's Susmita said you know, I think we are the ones To break that. And I feel like when break into those conversation, I feel like a lot of the elders often are pretty open to at least listening in my instances and I know it's not the same for everyone. Again, like the talk, speaking from my experience and with a lot of elders, I have been able to break that crack doing those conversation and I feel like they have been open to welcoming those different views and listening and I've been able to do that in my family, quite a bit. So I think that's something that, yeah, we can do.   Cheryl Truong: Yeah, that's so real. Challenging those cultural norms, especially when they've been passed down for generations, isn't easy. It takes a lot of care and courage, and you're all doing that through your stories, and I think that really shows in your first episode! So for all of our listeners out there, the first episode of [00:40:00] Ro Kata, when the Lotus Blooms is available using the links in the show notes. How was your experience recording your first episode?  Susmita Tamang: It was so nerve wracking at first because we wanted to keep it conversational, like we're just talking with our friends, but at the same time people are going to be watching this, so it's like, do we talk to the audience? How do we still retain our natural tone? It was a lot of just talking to ourselves, hey, it's gonna be okay. We can edit this out later, you know? But it was such a fun experience because everybody was on it. They had the same emotions as I did. But as we were talking about each topic, it kind of just naturally flowed. We had so much to say. Seems like all of us are big yappers so it was nice. What about you guys?  Manju Gurung: Yeah, well, definitely, we had to restart so many times just because everybody was so nervous. When we knew that it was recording, I think it really made all of us a little bit nervous, yeah. Sarada Tamang: [00:41:00] definitely a learning experience. This was a trial and error kind of, but I think overall we did great. I think as the more we do this, the more comfortable we'll get. During this process, we're doing our best to improve as we go and we've also been receiving a lot of feedback and we will definitely incorporate them on our following episodes. I  Nawal Rai: yeah, I wasn't on the podcast, but I did the editing. I think it was, it was a really good experience and I watched them while I was editing. I think overall for the first time, no one has ever done a podcast in our group, this was all like new, something new for all of us. And Yeah, putting that in mind, I think it was a very successful. I would say it was a successful first episode and, even for the edit, while I was editing too, there was a lot of things that I was learning as I was editing and there was a lot of things That are also group were incorporating that we were helping each other to produce that. So I wasn't the only editing. My groups were sharing their ideas and how we can really make that product look the way that it came out, you know? It was a lot of teamwork and [00:42:00] learned to take criticism, then how do we implement that in practice?  I think especially being virtual, it's difficult to do all the things. , it's a process. So we're trying to do a different recording in a different method next time and try, if that would make our screen much clearer or just play around with us. It's as we go, I think it's going to be an experience.  Cheryl Truong: Thanks for sharing your reflections with me, everyone. I'm glad to hear that it was overall a good experience. Well, we are at time, but before we close, I want to ask you all one last question. If you could go back and tell your younger self something, something you know now, after being part of this podcast, this community, this journey, what would you tell yourself?  Susmita Tamang: I think for me, it would be, don't try too hard to fit in, because my whole entire elementary to middle to early high school year, it was always trying to do these activities that like trying to get into musicals, and ballet, I did so many, I mean, these were actually really good opportunities, but [00:43:00] it was so that I looked like my peers, my interests and hobbies were the same as theirs, so that they took me in, kind of. They were fun though, I did get into musicals, it was fun, but that was definitely my time where I tried my hardest to be in that group. But I guess I would tell myself, don't try too hard to fit in because you will find your people. Just be yourself and that will help you move on through life.   Manju Gurung: For me, I think I would tell my younger self to be brave. I'm still telling myself to be a little bit brave and be confident. And I think that's a work in progress, but yeah Be a little brave and don't be afraid to share your voice. And I think that's something that I have struggled with, being confident in my own voice. And, thankfully enough at this age and day that I have ARU and this amazing team that we have. So that has allowed me to share my voice and not be scared.  Sarada Tamang: For me, advice I would give to [00:44:00] my younger self. Is that I would tell her to don't be afraid to speak and initiate a conversation because I feel like because I did that. Now I'm more afraid to speak to people. And embrace your culture. Nawal Rai: Yeah, for me, I would say. You didn't have to be a parent. I feel like, that's a sound depressing. I feel like I'm saying that because I feel like I had a lot of little siblings. And a lot of the time. My parent didn't force me to be, but being the oldest, I tried to put that habit of being an adult and being a parent figure. Now I'm 23 and living alone, trying to figure life out, and I'm like, I am still a child and I don't know how to be an adult. I feel like I didn't get time to be a child back then, because I was trying to be an adult so much, now I'm like, okay, I want to be a child now, so , I'm trying to figure out how do I also be a child and also [00:45:00] figure this world out, and I think that's the phase I am in life right now, trying to figure that out.  Cheryl Truong: Well, I'm so excited to see more of y'all. Thank you all so much for coming on the show for our listeners out there. Can you remind me one more time, how can we listen and tune into your podcast and how can we stay updated on all things?  Susmita Tamang: So majority of the things we're going to be posting is going to be on our Instagram, whenthelotusmoons, that is our username. And then we have a YouTube account, Spotify, as well as TikTok, where we're going to be posting more of our materials. So if you guys go there, you can check us out.  Nawal Rai: I think the best way to stay connected would be following on Instagram. That's where I feel like we'll post a lot of the things that will be , updated, and I think a lot of the announcement will come there.  Cheryl Truong: Thank you all so much for sharing your stories, your honesty, and your hearts with us today. Once again, this is the incredible team behind Asian refugees United's new podcast. It's really clear that Hamro [00:46:00] Katha isn't just a podcast. It is a space for healing, for truth telling, and for imagining something better. To our listeners. If you wanna learn more about Asian Refugees United and the work that these incredible youth leaders are doing, please check out Asian Refugees United's website.  It's currently linked in the show notes. And as always, thank you for tuning in to Apex Express. We'll catch you next time.  Cheryl Truong (she/they): Apex express is produced by Miko Lee, Paige Chung, Jalena Keane-Lee, Preeti Mangala Shekar. [00:47:00] Shekar, Anuj Vaidya, Kiki Rivera, Swati Rayasam, Nate Tan, Hien Nguyen, Nikki Chan, and Cheryl Truong   Cheryl Truong: Tonight's show was produced by me, cheryl. Thanks to the team at KPFA for all of their support. And thank you for listening! [00:48:00] [00:49:00] [00:50:00] [00:51:00] [00:52:00] [00:53:00] [00:54:00] [00:55:00] [00:56:00] [00:57:00] [00:58:00]  The post APEX Express – April 17, 2025 – When the Lotus Blooms appeared first on KPFA.

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Venerable Tarpa's 2025 Losar (New Year) Address. Venerable Tarpa is the founder and director of SBT – The Secular Buddhist Tradition. A fully ordained Buddhist monk and student of The Dalai Lama, Venerable Tarpa is a teacher, author, and philosopher with nearly three decades in Buddhist studies, including a decade in Buddhist monasteries in India. Venerable Tarpa offers a modern and progressive presentation of the Buddha's teachings, favoring a more secular approach. He is well known for his pragmatic, no-nonsense views, his ability to clarify complex philosophical points for all audiences, and his familiarity with all traditions of Buddhist thought and non-Buddhist traditions as well. SBT – the Secular Buddhist Tradition, is an international spiritual community dedicated to Secular Buddhism and the timeless wisdom of the Buddha. SBT presents the Buddha's teachings as neither a religion nor exotic belief system, sharing a practical presentation focused on the positive life-affirming message of the Buddha, while emphasizing and prioritizing those aspects that we deem most credible, illuminating, and effective. The aim of SBT is to inform and guide without sharing presumptions of what to believe. To learn more about Venerable Tarpa visit his website at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://SBTonline.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#buddhismforall⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#SecularBuddhism⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#Meditation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#mindfulness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#onlinesangha⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#onlinecommunity⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#Dalailama⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#happiness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠

This episode of the Wisdom Podcast, recorded live as a Wisdom Dharma Chat features special guest Geshe YongDong Losar. Geshe YongDong is a Tibetan Bön lama, or spiritual teacher, in the Yungdrung Bön lineage, which is rooted in the indigenous spiritual tradition of the Himalayas. He lives in Courtenay, British Columbia, where he established and […] The post Geshe YongDong Losar: Exploring Breath, Yoga, and Meditation (#198) appeared first on The Wisdom Experience.

I Took It as a Sign"Someone sent a band to my house,And it started playingAt five in the morning.I took this as a signGod wanted me to sing!Them the moon joined inAnd the earth offered its lovely bellyas a drum.Before I knew it,I repliedAll human beings could be happyIf they just had a few music lessonsFrom a Sweet Old MaestroLike Hafiz"Today the Full Moon Arrives.d on February 24, 2023 at 4:30 AM PST into LUNAR CYCLE 1 in the Tibetan Count and the Observed Year of 2151. At the Equator we are entering into Cycle 13.I am wishing you all an early Losar as we enter into the WOOD Dragon...May you all have the courage to Stand UP and remember your free will and LOVE.Many blessings to you all HUMANITY.I will be sharing a longer transmission tomorrow in written words. Check back for the link here and/or on social or the website.Music‘Fields of Flowers' by Cadre ScottRandom Rab Dante MarinoSound Suzanne ToroProduction brought to you by OmToro Wellness + MediaMind Training: 8 Limbs Yoga Session: Humanity + Earth Friendly Goodies:SuperfeastLiving TeaKindSpringFormula FlawlessZinZino Balance Oil  Honeybee Hippie Balance + Focus Quick LinkOra CacoaBook: SunPlay 

“When you come upon a path that brings benefit and happiness to all, follow this course as the moon journeys through the stars. Gautama Buddha” Today the New Moon Arrives.d on February 9, 2023 at
 2:59 PM PST into LUNAR CYCLE 1 in the Tibetan Count and the Observed Year of 2151. At the Equator we are entering into Cycle 13. I am wishing you all an early Losar as we enter into the WOOD Dragon...May you all have the courage to Stand UP and remember your free will and LOVE. Many blessings to you all HUMANITY. I will be sharing a longer transmission tomorrow in written words. Check back for the link here and/or on social or the website.   Music ‘Fields of Flowers' by Cadre Scott Random Rab Dante Marino Sound Suzanne Toro Production brought to you by OmToro Wellness + Media  

“When you come upon a paththat brings benefitand happiness to all,follow this courseas the moonjourneys through the stars.Gautama Buddha”Today the New Moon Arrives.d on February 9, 2023 at 2:59 PM PST into LUNAR CYCLE 1 in the Tibetan Count and the Observed Year of 2151. At the Equator we are entering into Cycle 13.I am wishing you all an early Losar as we enter into the WOOD Dragon...May you all have the courage to Stand UP and remember your free will and LOVE.Many blessings to you all HUMANITY.I will be sharing a longer transmission tomorrow in written words. Check back for the link here and/or on social or the website.Music‘Fields of Flowers' by Cadre ScottRandom Rab Dante MarinoSound Suzanne ToroProduction brought to you by OmToro Wellness + MediaMind Training: 8 Limbs Yoga Session: Humanity + Earth Friendly Goodies:SuperfeastLiving TeaKindSpringFormula FlawlessZinZino Balance Oil  Balance + Focus Quick LinkOra CacoaBook: SunPlay 

For the final episode of the year, we asked you, our listeners, to submit any awkward, painful or difficult climate questions you've encountered from (often well-meaning) friends and family, and Christiana, Tom and Paul told us how they would respond. Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to send through a question to our hosts, you made this a very special episode. Apologies if we weren't able to get to yours, please do go and engage with us on social media and share your thoughts.  Music comes from composer and pianist, Joep Beving and his beautiful piece of music, ‘Losar'.   NOTES AND RESOURCES   MUSIC Joep Beving Website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube   Watch Joep perform ‘Losar' on YouTube   -   Want to help a musician climate activist hit No. 1 on the UK Charts? Click Here to Buy Louise Harris' ‘We Tried'!   -   Our answers not good enough? Katharine Hayhoe has some FANTASTIC advice and guidance on navigating difficult climate conversations. Check out a pile of resources here.   -   Listen to O+O regularly? Please fill out our 10 minute survey - We want to hear from you!   - Learn more about the Paris Agreement.   It's official, we're a TED Audio Collective Podcast - Proof! Check out more podcasts from The TED Audio Collective   Please follow us on social media! Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn

Það er svo innilega mikil synd að lifa lífinu með trauma og drasl í líkamanum og taugakerfinu. Drasl sem heldur aftur af manni og skemmir lífsgleðina. Hristum þetta út með allskonar æfingum og lets LIVE A GOOD LIFE BABY

Losar Tashi Delek! That's the greeting Tibetans will use next week when they celebrate Losar, the Tibetan New Year. And on this episode of Tibet Talks, you can celebrate this beautiful holiday with ICT.

Three days of festivities surround the lives of thousands of the Tibetan diaspora, as they welcome their new year - Losar. About the time when the winter chills dissipate and fresh harvest yields fill their granaries, the Tibetans (much like their Venetian friends) don masks and dance to ring in their new year.In this episode, Puranjoy Bhattacharya, a student at the Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, shares his first-hand experiences of what it is like for an outsider to witness some of these gorgeous performances. Puranjoy, who is a native of Assam, shares how different these cultures are, even though he himself has lived within the North Eastern belt all his life. What do you a call yak who is full of himself?Why don't you find many Tibetans living in lower altitudes?Listen to the full episode to find answers to these and more.Support the showTo subscribe for your free copy of the newsletter: please click hereIf you would like to get whatsapp alerts about new episodes: please click here To speak on the show as a co-host: follow us on Instagram to find out how If you like what you're listening to, please do support us by contributing whatever you like, and for some exclusive benefitsSend us your comments at hello@wsnt.in.

Viel Spass mit der Folge 088 vom Weltpilot Podcast. Das sind die Themen: Shownotes Intro von Show Beats Weltpilot Podcast Folge 088, Aufnahmedatum: 21.2.2023 Happy Birthday Mami. Alles gute Zurück… Weiterlesen

„Ruské anexe okolních území, a především agrese na Ukrajině zpochybnily víru západní Evropy, že boj o území je už v dnešní době pasé. Evropská unie tak začala znovu uvažovat o své teritoriální obraně,“ myslí si Ivo Šlosarčík, který je profesorem Univerzity Karlovy v oboru práva Evropské unie. Je Evropa jednotná v tom, jak by měl vypadat konec války na Ukrajině? A co by se muselo stát, aby Rusko tzv. dostalo přes prsty?

„Ruské anexe okolních území, a především agrese na Ukrajině zpochybnily víru západní Evropy, že boj o území je už v dnešní době pasé. Evropská unie tak začala znovu uvažovat o své teritoriální obraně,“ myslí si Ivo Šlosarčík, který je profesorem Univerzity Karlovy v oboru práva Evropské unie. Je Evropa jednotná v tom, jak by měl vypadat konec války na Ukrajině? A co by se muselo stát, aby Rusko tzv. dostalo přes prsty?Všechny díly podcastu Osobnost Plus můžete pohodlně poslouchat v mobilní aplikaci mujRozhlas pro Android a iOS nebo na webu mujRozhlas.cz.

Jarandilla y Losar de la Vera, primeras localidades que se adhieren al programa Reciclavera. Con un código QR los usuarios conocen dónde están los contenedores para reciclar y qué hay que meter en cada uno de ellos.

Host: Ivo Šlosarčík, katedra evropských studií, IMS FSV UK https://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/10095426857-interview-ct24/222411058040920/

A  3 kilómetros de Losar de la Vera, en dirección a Madrigal por la EX-203, la Garganta de Cuartos es una de las más caudalosa de la comarca y por ende de Extremadura. Sus aguas discurren por la ladera sur de la Sierra de Gredos y se nutre de las aguas de pequeños arroyos y chorreras como el Matamoros, la Garganta Caballerías, la Hoz, Largarejo o el arroyo Vadillo. Un lugar que forma parte de la Red Natura 2000, escenario de campeonatos nacionales de pesca, un espacio en el que disfrutar del baño y del entorno a partes iguales.

In this session, our spiritual director, John Bruna, offers guidance on the difference between causes and conditions within the Buddhist worldview. John brings a clarity to the material aspect of true causes and the potentials that exist within these material causes. He then finishes the teaching with advice on purification and Tonglen practice during Losar. (Tibetan New Year). This teaching took place on March 2nd, 2022.Welcome to the Way of Compassion Dharma Center Podcast. Located in Carbondale, Colorado, the Way of Compassion Dharma center's primary objective is to provide programs of Buddhist studies and practices that are practical, accessible, and meet the needs of the communities we serve.  As a traditional Buddhist center, all of our teachings are offered freely. If you would like to make a donation to support the center, please visit www.wocdc.org.  May you flourish in your practice and may all beings swiftly be free of suffering. 

Happy Losar (Tibean New Year)! May this new year bring you and yours safety, growth, wisdom, and all auspicious things. ⁠ ⁠ These next two weeks are a perfect time to reconnect with your own sacred energy and cultivate positive qualities as much as possible. If you're making a donation to support Ukraine, take a moment to rejoice in the difference it can make in someone's life. If you're sitting down to meditate, set an intention not just to get calmer for the next 20 minutes but to transform your mind -- and with it, your world.⁠ Your "challenge": try this shift in mindset or motivation for the next two weeks and see what happens. :D ⁠ Wishing you all the best for the Year Of The Tiger! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/buddhist-wisdom/message

Tomorrow Losar begins, so let's shed some negativities to start the year right! This guided meditation uses imagery of luminous blessings flowing down through the body, energy system, and mind to cleanse our entire system. It's also an opportunity to open to our deep wisdom. Happy Water Tiger Year! May you be well, safe, and planting the seeds of happiness. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/buddhist-wisdom/message

#TibetanNewYear (#Losar) is a time for reflection and for setting new intentions. A great way to start the New Year is by purifying any negativities from the old year, and you can do this by writing out all of the negativities from the old year on a piece of paper, then burning the paper in a ritual fire.⁠ ⁠ This ritual can help to clear out any negative energy, and it can also help to set the tone for a fresh start in the New Year. If you're interested in performing this ritual, here are the steps:⁠ ⁠ 1. Write out all of the negativities from the old year on a piece of paper.⁠ ⁠ 2. Burn the paper in a ritual fire.⁠ ⁠ 3. As you burn the paper, visualize all of the negative energy from the old year being consumed by the fire and transformed into light and warmth.⁠ ⁠ 4. Feel yourself becoming lighter and more free as you let go of the negativity from the past year and share the positivity of the ritual with all living beings.⁠ ⁠ Performing this simple ritual can help you to start the New Year with a clean slate, and it can set the tone for a happy, positive year ahead.⁠ May you and all beings be well. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/buddhist-wisdom/message

The Tibetan New Year is around the corner. And it is called – Losar in Tibetan. Losar is the first day of the first month of the Tibetan lunar/luni-solar calendar. This year, in 2022, Losar is on March 3rd. How do Tibetans celebrate their new year? Why is it celebrated for over 15 days? What significance does it hold? What are the vibrant traditions that add to the beauty of this festival? Know about it all as Tenzin speaks on the same .

Washing away the old is a great way to get ready for the Tibetan New Year (Losar). Whether you're purifying yourself spiritually, mentally, or emotionally, water can help you wash away the old and make way for the new. You can take a bath, go for a swim, or even wash your car. Whatever helps you feel refreshed and ready to start anew is the right way for you.⁠ ⁠ Join me for a live Losar meditation on YouTube Wed., 3/2, at 3 p.m. EST. And join my mailing list to get invited to a live Zoom call on March 3 at 1 p.m. EST. May you and all beings be well. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/buddhist-wisdom/message

As we approach Losar this year (March 3), there's so much gunk from the old year to clear out! Between political division and now the invasion of Ukraine, the world needs cleansing now more than ever. In this short episode, I talk about the magic of clearing out what's no longer serving us well, then holding space for our innate positive qualities to emerge instead. What do you want to clear from your life? Tag me on Instagram (@namastehyall) and let's talk! Grab a free course to start this new year with meditation or learning the basics of Buddhism: https://www.clairevillarreal.com/free-courses Check out Marie Kondo's work: https://konmari.com/ Listen to my talk on the space element: https://plinkhq.com/i/1531179284/e/1000551320892 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/buddhist-wisdom/message

YR Media's Tenzing Chosang celebrates the new year, Tibetan-style.

In which Maya discusses the connections between food, memory, and culture, as well as shares a recipe for momos (Tibetan dumplings), in anticipation of Losar (the Tibetan Lunar New Year).Music by Just Milk.

What is the Chinese New Year and how is it the same as the Lunar New Year?When people talk about the "holiday season" in the U.S., they typically refer to that period between Thanksgiving dinner and New Year's Day. But shortly after that, another massive holiday brings friends and family together in several Asian countries, with concurrent parties that carry on the traditions stateside. The Lunar New Year, most commonly associated with the Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, typically falls sometime between January 21 and February 20 annually. Lunar New Year 2021 is on February 12, and in terms of the Chinese zodiac animal, it's the Year of the Ox. It's called the Lunar New Year because it marks the first new moon of the lunisolar calendars traditional to many east Asian countries including China, South Korea, and Vietnam, which are regulated by the cycles of the moon and sun. "A solar year—the time it takes Earth to orbit the sun—lasts around 365 days, while a lunar year, or 12 full cycles of the Moon, is roughly 354 days.The Lunar New Year isn't only observed in China, it's celebrated across several countries and other territories in Asia, including South Korea and Singapore. In Vietnam, Lunar New Year is known as Tết, and in Tibet it's Losar. In the U.S., though, it's most commonly associated with what's often called Chinese New Year, the American version of China's 15-day-long festivities.

Situada en el noreste de Extremadura, en la vertiente sur de la sierra de Gredos se sitúa la tierra del pimentón. Con diecinueve municipios, la comarca de la Vera tiene como exponente común, el agua cristalina que baja de las sierras de Tormantos y Gredos que al confluir con el río Tiétar y afluentes forman agrestes gargantas y piscinas naturales. La gran mayoría de los pueblos se encuentran alrededor de la carretera EX 203 que transcurre desde Madrigal de la Vera, primer pueblo lindando con la provincia de Ávila, hasta Plasencia. Visitaremos Villanueva, Valverde, Losar, nos acercaremos hasta el Parador de Jarandilla, a la ciudad del pimentón entre otros y finalizaremos la ruta en la bonita Plasencia. Si quieres ver algunas de las fotitos de las que aquí hablamos pulsa en https://viajandoconmicamara.com/la-vera-la-comarca-con-mas-garganta-de-la-peninsula/

Málokdo mohl čekat, že britským tématem roku 2020 nebude rozchod Evropskou unií. Ani v polovině prosince není podepsaná dohoda o pobrexitových vztazích Británie a Unie.

En Espagne, la classe moyenne précaire et les immigrés sont les plus touchés économiquement par cette seconde vague du coronavirus. Résultat, comme en France, les banques alimentaires ont vu leur demande tripler ces derniers mois, après des pertes massive d’emploi. Selon un sondage de l’institut 40db publié dans le quotidien El Pais (à consulter ici, en espagnol), 50,5% de la population espagnole a perdu des revenus et 25% des Espagnols doivent réduire leurs dépenses dans les biens de première nécessité. Que se soient dans les grandes villes ou dans les villages, la solidarité s’organise pour subvenir aux besoins des familles les plus modestes. Notre correspondante a suivi l’une de ces distributions alimentaires à Losar, un petit village de 3 000 habitants à un peu plus de 200 km à l’ouest de Madrid.

Doc Xtra - Jón Kári Eldon virtasti grafíski hönnuður þjóðarinnar fór yfir nýtt merki KSÍ. Allur boltinn tæklaður með Kela.

On the occasion of the Tibetan New Year, a brief talk about the intersection of Zen and Vajrayana Buddhism, followed by a meditation flowing along with words from teachers of the Nyingma tradition, past and present. Happy Year of the Iron Mouse! Losar Tashi Delek!Support the show (https://www.paypal.me/apalmr)

Well what can I say? The Corona Virus has affected my travel plans. The Buddhist retreat I was planning on attending in Nepal this March 2020 was canceled. I found out about 5 days ago. Now the big question arises about whether or not I still want to go to Nepal. The main reason for going was to attend a week long retreat with my Buddhist Teacher, Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche. This is the beginning of Losar and the first of the Four Great Buddhist Holidays. This would be such an incredible time to be in Nepal on a Buddhist retreat. Then I had to think about how much money I would lose canceling my reservations as everything is already paid. Then I though about all the leave I could save at my job and maybe do a "stay-cation" here in Boise. I kept going back and forth between going or staying. But then I realized I would be such a fool by not going. I love solo traveling and I will a Buddhist in Nepal. So I decided to go and do a solo Buddhist Pilgrimage to Nepal.   Thanks for listening! I invite you to share this podcast, offer a comment or leave some feedback. Show Notes: Solo one-handed international traveling to Kathmandu, Nepal. My Buddhist retreat was canceled and I decided to go to Kathmandu as a personal Buddhist Pilgrimage. Resources: Katmandu, Nepal – A little bit of info shared by Lonely Planet dot com. Contact. Follow. Share. instagram | facebook | twitter | pinterest How to review the podcast on iTunes If you enjoyed, benefited or were impacted by the podcast, it would be beyond cool if you’d take a minute and write a review on iTunes. To do that, click on the iTunes link or launch the iTunes podcast app on your computer or phone. Search for One Hand Speaks, select the album art for the show, select ratings and reviews and then write your review. Big thanks and appreciation. Please spread and share if you feel others will benefit and enjoy and leave a comment or offer feedback. Play your hand, AlejAndro

Dr. Eric Mortensen is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and International Studies Program Coordinator at Guilford College. Listen in as he shares the history and traditions of East Asian Lunar New Year celebrations as well as the Tibetan Losar festival with Curator of Education Rodney Dawson. Recorded January 2019. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Catorze restaurants de Deltebre oferiran menús especials coincidint amb les Jornades gastronòmiques de l'arròs que es duran a terme a partir d'este divendres 6 de setembre i fins al dia 22. Unes jornades que compleixen enguany la seva tercera edició i que tenen com a objectiu posar en valor la gastronomia i la cuina de Deltebre. Les jornades gastronòmiques de l'arròs són el preludi de la Festa de la Sega que enguany tindrà lloc el cap de setmana del 13 al 15 de setembre a la Finca de Bombita. El divendres 13 es realitzarà la Sega Escolar. Dissabte tindrà lloc la vuitena Trobada de Grups de Jota, i el diumenge 15 es farà la festa de la sega pròpiament dita i que comptarà amb activitats durant tot el dia a Bombita. Este estiu ha començat a funcionar a Deltebre un wakepark que permet la pràctica del l'esquí aquàtic sobre taula en un espai tancat de més de 5.000 metres quadrats i amb un cable ski de 232 metres de llargada. El T-Tom Wake Park està ubicat a Riumar i permet la pràctica d'este esport entre arrossars i des dels 4 anys d'edat. L'Strongman de Deltebre, Joan Ferré s'ha situat com a nou líder de la Lliga Nacional de Força després de guanyar la segona prova del campoionat a Losar de la Vega, a Càceres, i superantl'actual campió d'Espanya, Roberto Rodríguez . La pròxima prova del campionat serà el 14 de setembre a Tarancón. L'espai Ebreterra de Deltebre acull avui la primera sessió de les jornades de cicloturisme que organitza el Consell Comarcal del Baix Ebre, a través del projecte Baix Ebre Avant amb l'objectiu d'ajudar en el desenvolupament del cicloturisme. En la jornada d'avui s'abordaran els elements clau per a la creació i la comercialització del producte cicloturístic. Les altres dos sessions tindran lloc el 18 de setembre i el 2 d'octubre.

This playlist is of all public talks recorded in 2019 at Do Nga Dargey Temple of Lion's Roar Dharma Center. Titles will appear in playlists that arrange recordings by criteria other than date.

Losar deg trygt gjennom vinterens små og store utfordringar!

The Australian-Tibetan community in Sydney celebrated Losar, the Tibetan New Year on the Northern Beaches. According to the Tibetan calendar, 2019 is the year of earth-pig. - དེ་ཡང་ཨོ་སི་ཏྲེ་ལི་ཡའི་སི་ནའི་བྱང་ཕྱོགས་མཚོ་མཐའི་ཁུལ་གྱི་མེ་ཁེ་ལེར་བུ་མོའི་སློབ་གྲྭར་བོད་རིགས་གསུམ་བརྒྱ་ལྟག་འདུ་འཛོམས་ཐོག་བོད་རྒྱལ་ལོ་ ༢༡༤༦ རབ་གནས་ས་ཕག་གི་གནམ་ལོ་གསར་དུ་བཞད་པའི་དགའ་སྟོན་མཛད་སྒོ་ཚུགས་འདུག

In this two part podcast recorded for Losar (Tibetan New Year) Professor Thurman discusses the practices of mindfulness and lucid waking as taught by Buddha and passed down through the Buddhist culture of Tibet, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Japan. Opening this episode with a joyous introduction to the Tibetan New Year tradition of Losar, Robert A.F. Thurman gives a teaching on the value of developing and practicing wisdom along side mindfulness practices using stories from the Buddha's life. Using the stories of Buddha's interactions with the six teachers and their unrealistic world views during his teaching career and the performance of miracles before them Professor Thurman gives a practical perspective of the The Great Prayer Festival (Losar) established by Tsongkhapa in 1409. Podcast includes discussions of: the Dalai Lama's work in the United States through Tibet House US, the historical interconnections between the Mahayana & Hinayana Buddhist meditation, a Buddhist perspective on making positive resolutions every day of the year,a call to action to all sensitive beings for increased dialog between groups facing conflict, oppression and radical extremism and a Tibetan Buddhist astrological explanation of the year of the Earth Boar for Tibet, His Holiness and all citizens of planet earth. Second half of this week's episode continues Robert A.F. Thurman teaching on personal development of wisdom and compassion through meditation, mantra, yoga and an introduction to his idea of lucid waking. Podcast concludes with a reading of the poem "When Death Comes" by Mary Oliver by Gary Gach.

In this two part podcast recorded for Losar (Tibetan New Year) Professor Thurman discusses the practices of mindfulness and lucid waking as taught by Buddha and passed down through the Buddhist cultures of Tibet, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Japan. Opening this episode with a joyous introduction to the Tibetan New Year tradition of Losar, Robert A.F. Thurman gives a teaching on the value of developing and practicing wisdom along side mindfulness practices using stories from the Buddha’s life. Using the stories of Buddha’s interactions with the six teachers and their unrealistic world views during his teaching career and the performance of miracles before them Professor Thurman gives a practical perspective of the The Great Prayer Festival (Losar) established by Tsongkhapa in 1409. Podcast includes discussions of: the Dalai Lama’s work in the United States through Tibet House US, the historical interconnections between the Mahayana & Hinayana Buddhist meditation, a Buddhist perspective on making positive resolutions every day of the year,a call to action to all sensitive beings for increased dialog between groups facing conflict, oppression and radical extremism and a Tibetan Buddhist astrological explanation of the year of the Earth Boar for Tibet, His Holiness and all citizens of planet earth. Second half of this week’s episode continues Robert A.F. Thurman teaching on personal development of wisdom and compassion through meditation, mantra, yoga and an introduction to his idea of lucid waking. Podcast concludes with a reading of the poem “When Death Comes” by Mary Oliver by Gary Gach. “Lucid Waking & Mindfulness Practices” Episode 198 the Bob Thurman Podcast Photo by David Brooke Martin on Unsplash. “Lucid Waking & Mindfulness Practices” Episode 198 the Bob Thurman Podcast is an excerpt from the “Final Questions + Answers Session of the Kalachakra Study + Practice with Robert A.F. Thurman” Video. Recorded at Menla’s Nalanda Conference Center in Phoenicia, New York, July 2017 the Annual Kalachakra Study + Practice Intensive Retreat. This week’s episode’s of the Bob Thurman Podcast was brought to you in part through the support of the Tibet House US Membership Community and

On this special Losar episode of the Wisdom Podcast, host Daniel Aitken travels to Kathmandu to speak with Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, world-renowned teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and founder of the Rangjung Yeshe Institute in Nepal. In this special teaching, Rinpoche shares his past life memories and talks about his own experiences with the […] The post Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche: Prioritizing Aspirations Along the Path appeared first on The Wisdom Experience.

Weeding is the Way to Get Weeding Done   Hello everyone! Happy new year! At the beginning of the new solar year, many people think back to where we have been, and reflect on where we are going. We dream dreams. We make plans. We plant seeds. Today we explore:  weeding is the way to get weeding done. I'm Adela, and this is Just Breathe....You Are Enough™. Together we will deepen our connection with our ourselves, strengthen our relations with others, and re-think together how we connect with our world. Thank you for joining us as we explore: weeding is the way to get weeding done. The new solar year is a time for new beginnings:  the dreaming of dreams and the planting of seeds. It is the opportunity for a fresh start. We look back where we have been. We think about the momentum that we are establishing and the direction we are headed, and often we will resolve to make changes that we feel will be of benefit. In this way, it is a time for a clean and fresh start. We think about what to accept in our lives and what to reject. I have been asked to speak about how to let go, how to forgive, how to work with guilt or aggression, and we will have conversations like this. For now, as a next step, let us explore the possibility that - at its most basic level - we resolve, we decide, what to accept and what to reject. We open in order to let go, and in so doing we receive a fresh start. It is a pleasure for me that we have a gap between the beginning of the new solar year - associated in many people's experience with the changing of the calendar year on January 1st - and the beginning of the new lunar year which some people call Chinese New Year. It is known in Tibetan tradition as Losar. It is as though we get to have a fresh start twice. The new solar year we begin formally at the time of the winter solstice associated with the calendar change of January 1st. It is followed some weeks later by the new lunar year. This year Losar will be celebrated February 5th. It is a time to reflect and begin to dream what it is we wish to let go what it is we wish to take with us. In some traditional cultures, the beginning of the year is symbolically marked by the fresh start that comes from a good cleaning of our outside personal space:  home, office, car. We let go of the dirt. We enjoy the fresh start. In the same way, it is a time to clean the inside world:  a letting go of the dirt and receiving a fresh start. It can feel big, and hard, and complicated. There are things that can stick to us deeply and edges that cut at us, and yet - at its most simple - weeding is the way to get weeding done. The expression was a used in a conversation I had this past summer with the monk who is the gardener at the Buddhist monastery in Cape Breton where I am considered family. I had gotten behind in the weeding in my own garden. I was bemoaning the weeds especially that were growing in the gravel driveway, and I was reflecting on how to get rid of these weeds, the ones in the gravel driveway, but there were also many other weeds to choose from. I take care of rather large gardens. There can be any number of weeds. So I was wondering about this tool or that tool, trying to visualize how best to accomplish this seemingly enormous task, worrying and feeling bad because it was not done yet, and the monk who is the abbey gardener looked at me with some pondering and observed:  weeding is the way to get weeding done. Jogging is the way to get jogging done. Preparing healthy food and bringing it for lunch is the way to eat more healthy food. Putting greens in a smoothie or in a salad bowl is the way to eat more greens. Going to the gym is the way to get to the gym. Calling the girl is the way to call the girl. Having the difficult conversation is the way to have the difficult conversation. In the wishing and the wanting of things to be different ,in the dreaming of dreams, and in the struggle as we stir our inner muck, it is possible for the roots of our weeds to get a bit stuck.  It is possible to be caught up in the wishing, or planning, or worrying, or regretting. The thinking that surrounds it can be quite complex.  Often, the doing is very simple. Doing it is the way to get it done. It can feel so heavy to carry around the weight of the thinking about the wish, the regret, the guilt, the worry. Many things can take much more time and energy to think about than they actually take to accomplish.  The list of undone things, the conversations we wish we had but have not yet, the conversations we have had that went badly: so much happens in the mind that can take so much room in our lives. Making it right is the way to make it right again. Doing it is the way to get it done. Starting it is the way to get started. We pull one weed at a time. In Tibetan monastic tradition, there is a practice of how to receive a fresh start which dates back to the lifetime of the Buddha himself in 500 B.C. It is called Sojong. It is a ceremony that takes place at the full and new Moon, which is to say two times every month. It is a ceremonial fresh start. Is there some kind of ceremony that you would like to do for yourself to mark your new beginning? To mark your letting go?  Will you write the list of things you wish to let go and offer it somehow?  Maybe you will throw one stone in the river for each of the things you wish to let go?  Will you bury grow bulbs in a container indoors as a planting of what you wish to plant in your life? The Buddhist ceremony called Sojong is the time twice a month to reflect on how we have connected to our inside world and how we have connected to our outside world. What is it that we regret? What is it that we need to set right? Then, we set things right. The day before the sojong ceremony is the time to have the difficult conversations, to accomplish undone things that are weighing us down and would prevent us from being able to move forward. It is a ritual time to let go of what is holding us back and create the space for a fresh start. A nun or monk will show up at the sojong ceremony with a freshly shaved head, a clean set of robes, and a freshly cleaned room. Then, there is a ceremony of accepting the fresh start and renewing the intention of the direction that we are setting as we move forward in our lives. We let go of what needs to be let go in order to receive the space that permits the fresh start. In this traditional Tibetan context, it happens in relation to the renewal of moon cycles, twice a month, but the beginning of a new solar year and the beginning of the new lunar year in early February, and that glorious space in-between is another time like that. We pause to reflect:  what we need to do let go? What undone thing must be released or accomplished? What do we need to set right? What are the hard conversations we need to have? Then we do them in order to create the space for new things to arise in the new time to come. At its most basic, weeding is the way to get weeding done. Letting go is the way to let go. I can offer that, if there are things that I need to let go, sometimes, it is not so much that I let go but that I cannot hang on any more. Other times, it is that I want to let go, but that I am somehow so much attached to it that it is like the weed in the gravel driveway. I can pull at the top, but I will not succeed in pulling out the root. When this happens, sometimes it's useful for me to think not that I am letting go, which can be quite “me” focused. Sometimes it is helpful to think rather that that which I am releasing, I offer.  This pain, this frustration, this difficult experience, this heaviness that is somehow holding me back, I offer it.  If there is any good that would come from this experience, may that be for the benefit of all beings. It has a quality of offering this experience of life to life itself. In this way, if the gesture becomes one of connecting to a greater experience of the essence of life itself, it becomes about the connection.  The connection helps to release what cuts us off or holds us back. Yet, often, it begins with a decision. We can struggle, and waffle, and a wish, or feel the weight of the guilt, the frustration, the betrayal. Sometimes things run their own course in a way that is a very organic, and they cannot be made to go faster even if we may wish it to be so ,but other times, though, the wallowing can itself become a kind of trap, and the gateway out of that trap is the decision, the resolve. I can visualize weeding. I can look for better tools. I can wish there was this or that different. I can feel pain, and annoyance, at the weeds that are growing in the driveway and on the land. Think about it and struggle with it as long as I may wish, in the end:  weeding is the way to get weeding done. We decide, to some degree, what to accept and what to reject in our lives. Often such decisions happen at the coming of a new year. The changing of the calendar gives us all a fresh start. What will we let go in order to create room for something new to arise in this time of new beginning? The way to let to go is to let go.  The way to plant seeds is to plant seeds. The way to get it done is to do it. May the journey in this new year bring you joy. The quality of the relationship that you have with the outside world directly relates to the quality of relationship you have with yourself.  Come see us at “justbreatheyouareenough.com” and join the JBYAE community. I'm Adela, and you've been listening to Just Breathe....You Are Enough™.  You can follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. If you haven't yet, please subscribe, rate and review this podcast. Join us next time, and thank you for listening. Copyright © 2019, Adela Sandness  

An extended archive podcast from Professor Thurman’s annual holiday message and his monthly teaching for the ongoing Kālachakra Study & Practice Group. Robert A.F. Thurman discusses the value of end of year celebrations, compassion and the Kālachakra yoga in helping individuals of any tradition or religious background to escape the terminal lifestyle of self centered materialism. Highlighting the common spiritual threads found in Christmas, Hanukkah, Losar & Pagan Solstice celebrations Robert Thurman discusses his upcoming program at Kripalu based upon his book “Infinite Life: Awakening to Bliss Within”, his long time New Year’s tradition of teaching with Sharon Salzberg, and the place of mindfulness, emptiness and compassion in transforming one’s life. Recording includes an extended call to action and re-telling of Professor Thurman’s vision of creating a space for the development and support of an Kālachakra Yoga practice community in New York City. Buddha Bliss and Kālachakra Yoga – Podcast Bonus RAFT Archives of the Bob Thurman Podcast Photo by Priscilla Kimie, All Rights Reserved. This week’s episode’s of the Bob Thurman Podcast was brought to you in part through the support of the Tibet House US Membership Community and Menla Retreat and Dewa Spa in Phoenicia, New York. Listen to more archive recordings from from past Robert A.F. Thurman teachings + public events please consider becoming a Tibet House US member. To learn about the benefits of Tibet House US Membership please visit: www.tibethouse.us. The song ‘Dancing Ling’ by Tenzin Choegyal from the album ‘Heart Sutra‘ (2004) by Ethno Super Lounge is used on the Bob Thurman Podcast with artist’s permission, all rights reserved. To learn more about upcoming programs at Kripalu please visit: www.kripalu.org.

Opening this week’s holiday podcast with a guided meditation from his book “Infinite Life: Awakening to Bliss Within” Professor Thurman discusses the value of end of year celebrations, compassion and the yoga sciences in helping individuals of any tradition or religious background to escape the terminal lifestyle of self centered materialism. Highlighting the common spiritual threads found in Christmas, Hanukkah, Losar & Pagan Solstice celebrations Robert Thurman discusses the symbolic and psychological value of such community gatherings detailing the history of solar and lunar celebrations in Judaism and of Tibet’s Tsongkhapa Butter Lamp Festival. Podcast includes a discussion of the Annual Tibet House US New Year’s Dharma and Yoga retreat with held at Menla with Sharon Salzberg, of upcoming programs at Kripalu and of Hatha Yoga‘s history, origins of it’s connections to Buddhist Vajrayana and to Unexcelled Yoga Tantras. In the second part of this week’s episode Robert A.F. Thurman discusses his dream of creating a space at Tibet House US  with his colleague Dr. John Campbell for the development and daily practice of Buddhist Vajrayana yoga community. In this week’s Bob Thurman podcast poetry segment Gary Gach reads the poetry of Emily Dickinson. Infinite Lifestyle : Yoga & End of Year Celebrations – Ep. 194 of the Bob Thurman Podcast Photo by Paul Cooper, All Rights Reserved. This week’s episode’s of the Bob Thurman Podcast was brought to you in part through the support of the Tibet House US Membership Community and Menla Retreat and Dewa Spa in Phoenicia, New York. Listen to more archive recordings from from past Robert A.F. Thurman teachings + public events please consider becoming a

In this episode of Boncast, Latri Nyima Dakpa Rinpoche talks about the selection of the 34th sMenri Trizin, plans for the year, and how practitioners can celebrate Losar. Recorded on February 11th, 2018.

Brew Theology brewed up a New Year's show for Episode 67. We focus on renewal - NY traditions & celebrations in world religions. Turn your minds & re-posture yourself while refocusing on age-old, meaningful spiritual practices across the globe. Whether you celebrate the Gregorian NY, The Orthodox NY, Rosh Hashanah, the Chinese NY, Nowruz, Losar, Al-Hijra, etc., or none of the above, you’ll find yourself at home as you engage in some healthy and rich dialogue from some great people in the brewtastic Mile High City! Thanks to Janel Apps Ramsey for the content along with Diana Thompson, Eric and Kelly Rosmos for contributing to this show. /// If you are a fan of this episode and/or other Brew Theology shows, please give this episode a share online, rate Brew Theology on iTunes, etc. and give BT a hopilicious review!  Head over to the Brew Theology website, www.brewtheology.org, to become a local partner, sponsor or contributor. Questions & inquiries about Brew Theology, the alliance/network, Denver community or podcast, contact Ryan Miller: ryan@brewtheology.org &/ or janel@brewtholeogy.org. Follow us on Facebook & Instagram (@brewtheology) & Twitter (@brew_theology) Brew Theology swag HERE. T-shirts, tanks, hoodies, V-neck's, women's, etc. all in multiple colors /// Here are some of the BT chapter social media handles: Denver @denverbrewtheology (FB & Insta)@denverbrewtheo (twitter) Jersey @jerseybrewtheology (FB & Insta)@jerseybrewtheo (Twitter) Jacksonville @BrewTheologyJax (Facebook and Twitter) Harrisburg, PA @PenningtonBrews (Twitter) Greeley, CO @greeleybrewtheo (FB) Winston-Salem, NC @BrewTheologyWS (Insta) NW Metro Denver @BrewTheologyNWMetro (FB) /// Special thanks to Dan Rosado, our BT editor. 

From the ancient Pagan tradition of ritual bonfires to the broadcast of Yule logs on television every culture marks the Winter Solstice in diverse way. In this special two part Holiday podcast Robert AF Thurman shares the history of solstice + midwinter celebrations from a Buddhist perspective highlighting the commonalities across traditions. Professor Thurman begins the podcast with a meditation on Christmas, Hanukkah, Losar & Solstice and a discussion of the symbolic value of end of year celebrations in dispelling the cultural subconscious fear of the Sun not returning after winter. With characteristic humorous story telling Professor Thurman explains how communal Holidays help individuals re-establish their connection to the divine & nature in their celebratory, mystic practices. Second half of podcast includes a retelling of a classic joke told by the controversial Sun Myung Moon on the Jack Par Show which illustrates the core message of universal selflessness found in all traditions in & outside of their mystic expressions. Concludes with a prayer for the changing environment, abused animals, shrinking wildlife populations, those facing oppression, enslavement, cultural genocide, ethnic cleansing, sexual assault and peoples living in oligarchies both in the United States & Russia. Photo by Matt Botsford on Unsplash To watch + listen to more recordings of past events with Robert AF Thurman please consider becoming a Tibet House US member. Learn about joining the Tibet House US Membership Community with a monthly tax-deductible donation by visiting: www.tibethouse.us. Full Access starts at $2 a month. The song ‘Dancing Ling’ by Tenzin Choegyal from the album ‘Heart Sutra‘ (2004) by Ethno Super Lounge is used on the Bob Thurman Podcast with artist’s permission, all rights reserved.

Tratamiento de los 3 diafragmas por Carlos Fernández, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

Tratamiento de los 3 diafragmas por Carlos Fernández, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

Tratamiento de los 3 diafragmas por Carlos Fernández, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

La mujer y la naturaleza. Entrevista a Miriam Díaz, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.vivenciaskincare.com http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

El arte de la respiración. Entrevista a Laura Cantalejo, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

Entendiendo el dolor por Miriam Simón, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.recorretucaminointerior.com http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

El arte de la respiración. Entrevista a Laura Cantalejo, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

La mujer y la naturaleza. Entrevista a Miriam Díaz, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.vivenciaskincare.com http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

Entendiendo el dolor por Miriam Simón, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.recorretucaminointerior.com http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

El arte de la respiración. Entrevista a Laura Cantalejo, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

Entendiendo el dolor por Miriam Simón, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.recorretucaminointerior.com http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

La mujer y la naturaleza. Entrevista a Miriam Díaz, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.vivenciaskincare.com http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

Tratando personas en consulta. Entrevista a Javier Rodríguez, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

¿Por qué usar plantas para sanarse? por Ana Puyal, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

¿Por qué usar plantas para sanarse? por Ana Puyal, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

¿Por qué usar plantas para sanarse? por Ana Puyal, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

Tratando personas en consulta. Entrevista a Javier Rodríguez, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

Tratando personas en consulta. Entrevista a Javier Rodríguez, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

Entiende el dolor. Entrevista a Miriam Simón, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.recorretucaminointerior.com http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

El Reiki y sus beneficios por Gema Ruiz, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

El Reiki y sus beneficios por Gema Ruiz, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

Entiende el dolor. Entrevista a Miriam Simón, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.recorretucaminointerior.com http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

El Reiki y sus beneficios por Gema Ruiz, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

Entiende el dolor. Entrevista a Miriam Simón, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.recorretucaminointerior.com http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

El Reiki y sus beneficios. Entrevista a Gema Ruíz, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ———————— http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

El Reiki y sus beneficios. Entrevista a Gema Ruíz, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ———————— http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

El Reiki y sus beneficios. Entrevista a Gema Ruíz, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ———————— http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

Tratando personas por Javier Rodríguez, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

Tratando personas por Javier Rodríguez, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

Tratando personas por Javier Rodríguez, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

Utilizar plantas para sanarse. Entrevista a Ana Puyal, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

La mujer y la naturaleza por Miriam Díaz, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

Utilizar plantas para sanarse. Entrevista a Ana Puyal, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

La mujer y la naturaleza por Miriam Díaz, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

La mujer y la naturaleza por Miriam Díaz, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

Utilizar plantas para sanarse. Entrevista a Ana Puyal, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

La mujer y la naturaleza por Miriam Díaz, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.vivenciaskincare.com http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

La mujer y la naturaleza por Miriam Díaz, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.vivenciaskincare.com http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

La mujer y la naturaleza por Miriam Díaz, que se realizó en Losar de la Vera (Extremadura) durante el I Encuentro de Medicina Integrativa el 2 de Abril 2016. Organizado por APENB. ————————— http://www.vivenciaskincare.com http://www.apenb.org http://www.mindalia.com – La Red Social de Ayuda a través del Pensamiento http://www.mindaliaradio.com – La Radio del Pensamiento Positivo http://www.circulosdeayuda.com Los videos de esta y otras conferencias y entrevistas de interés en http://www.mindaliatelevision.com Puedes escuchar este y otros audios en http://mindaliacomradio.ivoox.com

“We must make miraculous change, and the planet will be better than ever,” – Professor Thurman greets us with this positive message in this special podcast, recorded for the occasion of the Tibetan New Year, Losar. The planet, political systems/structures, society and we personally may experience difficulties and lack of optimism. Nevertheless, he proposes, we should be open to or even insist on miracles. In fact, he continues, they have been happening all along, we just haven’t been paying attention and haven’t noticed. Maybe, some have. These contemplations are followed by the stories about miracles performed by Buddha, known and traditionally celebrated in Tibet at lunar New Year as the Two Weeks of Miracles. He ended by inviting everyone to celebrate the miraculous just for one evening, at THUS’ Annual Carnegie Hall concert. This podcast was recorded by Professor Thurman on February 11, 2016  specially for Losar —Tibetan New Year — at his residence in Catskills, Woodstock, NY. This week’s episode’s of the Bob Thurman Podcast was brought to you in part through the support of the Tibet House US Membership Community and Menla Retreat and Dewa Spa in Phoenicia, New York. Listen to more archive recordings from from past Robert A.F. Thurman teachings + public events please consider becoming a Tibet House US member. To learn about the benefits of Tibet House US Membership please visit: www.tibethouse.us. The song ‘Dancing Ling’ by Tenzin Choegyal from the album ‘Heart Sutra‘ (2004) by Ethno Super Lounge is used on the Bob Thurman Podcast with artist’s permission, all rights reserved.

Set performed in Seattle, Washington to open for bvdub. We rang in the Tibetan year 2143 with an all night party under the stars. Losar Tashi Delek!