Best Karmapa Podcasts (2024)

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Cortland Dahl: Mahamudra and Daily Life (#184) 1:13:26

1h ago1:13:26

1:13:26

This episode of the Wisdom Podcast features Cortland Dahl. Cortland is a scientist, translator, and meditation teacher who offers workshops and leads retreats around the world. He has practiced meditation for nearly three decades, spent time on retreat in monasteries and at retreat centers throughout Japan, Burma, and India, and spent eight years l…

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Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche: Dorje Drolö and the Power of the Mind (#183) 48:20

15d ago48:20

48:20

This episode of the Wisdom Podcast, recorded live as a Wisdom Dharma Chat features special guest, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. Born in the Himalayan border regions between Tibet and Nepal, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche is a rising star among the new generation of Tibetan Buddhist teachers. His candid, often humorous accounts of his personal difficulties have…

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Peter Skilling: Buddha’s Words for Tough Times (#182) 58:32

1M ago58:32

58:32

This episode of the Wisdom Podcast, recorded live as a Wisdom Dharma Chat features special guest, Peter Skilling. Peter is a special lecturer at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, and an honorary associate, Department of Indian Sub-Continental Studies, University of Sydney, Australia. Until his retirement in 2017, he was a professor of the French S…

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John Brehm: Dharma Talk (#181) 1:10:23

2M ago1:10:23

1:10:23

To our valued listeners, an unfortunate outcome of live events is that you only get one take to get things right, technical difficulties can and do happen and as a result, the audio recording in this podcast fails to meet the Wisdom standard. However, we wish for all of our supporters to be able to enjoy the wonderful content included in this conve…

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Thupten Jinpa: Stages of the Path (#180) 1:08:45

3M ago1:08:45

1:08:45

This episode of the Wisdom Podcast, recorded live as a Wisdom Dharma Chat features special guest, Thupten Jinpa. Jinpa-la was educated in the classical Tibetan monastic academia and received the highest academic degree of Geshe Lharam (equivalent to a doctorate in divinity). He also holds a BA in philosophy and a PhD in religious studies, both from…

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Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi: Noble Truths, Noble Path (#179) 53:39

3M ago53:39

53:39

This episode of the Wisdom Podcast, recorded live as a Wisdom Dharma Chat, features special guest, Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi. Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi is an American Buddhist monk from New York City. After completing his university studies he traveled to Sri Lanka, where he received novice ordination in 1972 and full ordination in 1973, both under the lead…

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Dr. Richard J. Davidson: Meditation and the Effects on the Brain (#178) 46:07

4M ago46:07

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This episode of the Wisdom Podcast features Dr. Richard J. Davidson. Richard is the William James and Vilas Research Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, founder of the Center for Healthy Minds, and director of the Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is best known for his groundbreaking wo…

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Geoffrey Barstow: Was the Buddha Vegetarian? (#177) 1:07:07

4M ago1:07:07

1:07:07

This episode of the Wisdom Podcast features Geoffrey Barstow. Geoff is an assistant professor of Philosophy and Religion at Oregon State University. He has been a student of Choky Nyima Rinpoche for more than 20 years and he spent over six years conducting research in Nepal, China, and Tibet. His studies focused on animal ethics, the relationship b…

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Alejandro Chaoul: Trul Khor (#176) 53:56

5M ago53:56

53:56

This episode of the Wisdom Podcast, recorded live as a Wisdom Dharma Chat features special guest, Alejandro Chaoul. During this episode, host Daniel Aitken and Alejandro discuss the practice of Tibetan yoga, (trul khor, “magical movement”). Alejandro provides demonstrations of some of the movements and guides the listener through how to practice th…

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Charles Manson: The Second Karmapa (#175) 58:46

5M ago58:46

58:46

This episode of the Wisdom Podcast features an interview with Charles Manson. Charles is a master woodcarver and author who spent several years as a Buddhist monk and in meditation retreats. He holds a master’s in theological studies from Harvard University and works as a librarian for the Tibetan Collections at the Bodleian Library at Oxford Unive…

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Anne C. Klein: Being Human and a Buddha Too (#174) 59:36

6M ago59:36

59:36

This episode of the Wisdom Podcast was recorded live as a Wisdom Dharma Chat with special guest, Anne C. Klein. Anne is a professor and former chair of the religion department at Rice University. She is also a lama in the Nyingma tradition and a founding director and resident teacher of Dawn Mountain, a center for contemplative study and practice i…

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Sangye Khandro: The Parinirvana of Venerable Dhomang Gyatrul Rinpoche (#173) 56:47

6M ago56:47

56:47

This episode of the Wisdom Podcast, recorded live as a Wisdom Dharma Chat, features special guest, Sangye Khandro. During this episode host Daniel Aitken and Sangye discuss Venerable Dhomang Gyatrul Rinpoche’s passing into parinirvana earlier this year, her root teacher, Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche, with whom she studied and practiced for many years, an…

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Jay Garfield: Buddhist Philosophy In-Depth (#172) 55:44

6M ago55:44

55:44

This episode of the Wisdom Podcast, recorded live as a Wisdom Dharma Chat features special guest Jay Garfield. Jay Garfield is Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Logic Program and of the Five College Tibetan Studies in India Program at Smith College, Professor in the graduate faculty of Philosophy…

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Geshe Tenzin Namdak: The Mind and Knowing (#171) 58:38

6M ago58:38

58:38

This episode of the Wisdom Podcast, recorded live as a Wisdom Dharma Chat features Geshe Tenzin Namdak. Geshe Namdak first worked as an environmental researcher, having graduated with a bachelor of science degree in hydrology. He took ordination from His Holiness the Dalai Lama before engaging in his formal studies in Buddhist philosophy and psycho…

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Venerable Bhikkhu Anālayo: The Signless and the Deathless (#170) 53:20

6M ago53:20

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This episode of the Wisdom Podcast features Venerable Bhikkhu Anālayo. Venerable Anālayo is a scholar, meditation teacher, and author. He completed his PhD research on the Satipaṭṭhānasutta at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. His works from Wisdom include Daughters of the Buddha, Early Buddhist Oral Tradition, Superiority Conceit in Buddhis…

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Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche: The Yoga of Niguma (#169) 52:52

7M ago52:52

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This episode of the Wisdom Podcast, recorded live as a Wisdom Dharma Chat features Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche. Rinpoche is the Lineage Holder of Shangpa Kagyu. He was born in 1990 and recognized by H. H. the Dalai Lama and H. H. the 12th Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa. Kalu Rinpoche completed the traditional three-year retreat between January 2004 and Septem…

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Thupten Jinpa: Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics (#168) 1:27:11

7M ago1:27:11

1:27:11

This episode of the Wisdom Podcast, recorded live as a Wisdom Dharma Chat features special guest Thupten Jinpa and host Daniel Aitken in a discussion about the series Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics series. The two pay special attention to the newest and last volume in the series, Volume 4: Philosophical Topics. Jinpa reads s…

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Cortland Dahl: Mahamudra and Daily Life (#184) 1:13:26

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Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche: Dorje Drolö and the Power of the Mind (#183) 48:20

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Peter Skilling: Buddha’s Words for Tough Times (#182) 58:32

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John Brehm: Dharma Talk (#181) 1:10:23

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Thupten Jinpa: Stages of the Path (#180) 1:08:45

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Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi: Noble Truths, Noble Path (#179) 53:39

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Dr. Richard J. Davidson: Meditation and the Effects on the Brain (#178) 46:07

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Geoffrey Barstow: Was the Buddha Vegetarian? (#177) 1:07:07

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Alejandro Chaoul: Trul Khor (#176) 53:56

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Charles Manson: The Second Karmapa (#175) 58:46

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Anne C. Klein: Being Human and a Buddha Too (#174) 59:36

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Sangye Khandro: The Parinirvana of Venerable Dhomang Gyatrul Rinpoche (#173) 56:47

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Jay Garfield: Buddhist Philosophy In-Depth (#172) 55:44

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Geshe Tenzin Namdak: The Mind and Knowing (#171) 58:38

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Venerable Bhikkhu Anālayo: The Signless and the Deathless (#170) 53:20

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Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche: The Yoga of Niguma (#169) 52:52

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Thupten Jinpa: Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics (#168) 1:27:11

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