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Dharma talks and guided meditations given six days per week during the Spring, 2011 eight-week Shamatha retreat at the Thanyapura Mind Centre in Phuket, Thailand, with B. Alan Wallace. Podcasts will be posted daily during the retreat.
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Dharma talks and guided meditations given six days per week during the Fall, 2011 eight-week Shamatha retreat at the Thanyapura Mind Centre in Phuket, Thailand, with B. Alan Wallace. Podcasts will be posted daily during the retreat.
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Welcome! On this site you’ll find downloadable podcasts from the Fall 2010 Shamatha Retreat led by B. Alan Wallace in Phuket, Thailand. Follow along with the retreat as Wallace gives daily meditation instructions to help one cultivate attention and awareness as well as the qualities of love, compassion, joy and equanimity. Read more about Alan Wallace’s extensive background in Tibetan Buddhism at http://www.alanwallace.org/index.htm. Check out the Phuket International Academy Mind Centre at ...
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Welcome! This is now an archive page for Dr. Alan Wallace’s teachings from the Spring 2010 Shamatha Retreat in the wonderful Phuket International Academy Mind Centre! This podcast feed was 100% created and updated by us (his students here in Phuket) so we can share Alan’s diamond-sharp teachings! This podcast was created live every day during the retreat in 2010. We will still maintain this site because the teachings are timeless. For more information, please contact the great people at info ...
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This recording will introduce you to Mindfulness of Breath Meditation as a concentration practice or what is known as Shamatha. If you are new to mindfulness of breath meditation, you may wish to down load my recording for beginners and practice this for some time before trying this more advanced practice.
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Culadasa (John Yates, Ph.D.) is a meditation master with over four decades of experience in the Tibetan and Theravadin Buddhist traditions. He taught physiology and neuroscience in college for many years. Later, he worked at the forefront of healthcare education and therapeutic massage, serving as the founding director of the West Coast College of Massage Therapy. Culadasa retired from academia in 1996, moving with his wife into an old Apache stronghold in the Arizona wilderness, where they ...
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Enlighten your life with Lama Tsultirm Allione, an iconic woman in Buddhism and champion of the Sacred Feminine. Her fascinating life story and deep well of compassion and wisdom informs her interviews with myriad of guests including: Deva Premal, Jack Kornfield, Robert Thurman, and more.
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In this episode, join Lama Tsultrim as she shares the profound sitting meditation technique taught by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1973. The session begins with a guided practice of the nine purification breaths, as detailed in Episode 20. Lama Tsultrim then addresses frequently asked questions about meditation, offering valuable insights and clarif…
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In this potent episode, Lama Tsultrim offers a heartfelt response to the conflict in Gaza, advocating for an immediate ceasefire and the restoration of peace. She guides listeners in a meditative visualization, embodying Green Tara and her mantra, to channel and send blessings of peace, safety, and relief to those affected by the turmoil in the Mid…
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Enjoy this deeply meditative episode and listen as Lama Tsultrim Allione invites us all to meditate on our true nature, the natural world around us, and these pith instructions on non-dualism from the Semde lineage. Lama Tsultrim integrates meditative instruction on the five elements from the profound teachings on non-dualism. Journey as she takes …
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For this week's Wisdom Rising podcast, Lama Tsultrim Allione guides us on a meditative examination of the Great Mother and her manifestation around us. “The Great Mother is the ground of being itself, the pure potential from which everything arises.” Within this short meditation, Lama invites you to explore the dimensions of the sacred feminine, th…
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Lama Tsultrim Allione discusses the ambiguities around a right to choose in today’s world and as Buddhist woman. “From the Buddhist point of view, life begins at conception. Killing is negative karma, however, the circumstances of a pregnancy need to be balanced when thinking about abortion.” In this episode, Lama Tsultrim reflects on her own exper…
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Pause. Channel your inner peace and connect with Mother Earth. For this episode, Lama Tsultrim Allione leads us in a short meditation to help ground and connect to the world around us. This meditation is meant to help us compassionately channel our own power to be still, pacify, and transmit this peace to all beings, everywhere, without one excepti…
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In this episode, Lama Tsultrim is joined by Dorje Lopön Chandra Easton to discuss Easton’s new book, Embodying Tara: Twenty-One Manifestations to Awaken Your Innate Wisdom. During this intimate and far-reaching discussion, the Tara Mandala teachers discuss the innate, expansive power of the twenty-one Taras, their experience channeling their wisdom…
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In this episode, Lama Tsultrim Allione interviews special guest, Dr. Dan Siegel, about his book, IntraConnected: MWe (Me + We) as the Integration of Self, Identity, and Belonging. Dr. Siegel defines the term intraconnectedness, which begins a lively and timely discussion on the meaning and its practical applications in our world. Dr. Siegel also sp…
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For the end of the year, Lama Tsultrim Allione guides us in a Feeding Your Demons® session. Adapted from an 11th-century Buddhist practice, Lama Tsultrim developed this approach for dealing with negative emotions, fears, illness, and self-defeating patterns. Connect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom Rising Follow Lama Tsultrim Allione on I…
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Lama Tsultrim Allione provides practical instructions for accessing and clearing channels to create the foundation for a clear mind and body. Learn the technique of the Nine Purification Breaths and the meditation practice of Shiné (Shamatha, Skrt.) to calm the prana within the body and settle the mind. Connect and Continue to Experience your own W…
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Lama Tsultrim describes the cremation ceremony of Lama Tsering Wangdu (1935 -2023), which was held at Tara Mandala on November 22, 2023. Lama Wangdu Rinpoche was a lineage holder of the Longchen Nyingthig, Shije, and Chöd traditions. This auspicious event included traditional Tibetan practices and miraculous signs from beyond. Connect and Continue …
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Lama Tsultrim responds to listeners' questions and recounts the magical story of her journey to being recognized as an emanation of Machig Labdrön. She also discusses practicing with the mirror-like nature of mind and shares her insights into the existence of other dimensions. BIO: Lama Tsultrim Allione is the bestselling author of Women of Wisdom …
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This captivating dialogue between Lama Tsultrim Allione and Osho Zenju Earthlyn Manuel explores the significance of darkness and uncertainty in spirituality, touching on themes of Dark Retreat, wrathful female deities, lucid dreaming, Shamanic Zen, and more. Further delve into darkness as a cosmic landscape for transformation with Zenju Osho at her…
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In this engaging episode Venerable Sogan Rinpoche answers questions posed by Lama Tsultrim Allione and shares intimate stories about his life in Tibet, his extraordinary spiritual training and his deep karmic connection to the treasure revealing dakini, Sera Khandro Dewé Dorje. BIO: Lama Tsultrim Allione is the bestselling author of Women of Wisdom…
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In this episode, Lama Tsultrim Allione sits down with Andrea Miller at The Lion's Roar Podcast to reflect on women in Buddhism today. Lama Tsultrim discusses various dimensions of the sacred feminine and the interconnectedness of women and practice. She shares personal insight into the unique challenges that women face today. Lion's Roar magazine c…
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Nina Rao Bio learned traditional chants (bhajans) from her grandfather in a village in south India when she nine years old. The chants quietly stayed with her until she rediscovered chanting with Krishna Das in New York in 1996. For many years Nina has been Krishna Das' business manager and accompanies him musically as well. In 2007, she recorded t…
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In this episode, traditional Kirtan musician Nina Rao discusses her work with the 12th Tara, DRÖLMA TASHI DÖNJEMA. She talks about the connection between this Tara and the environment and the importance of prayer in changing the outcome of situations. Nina explores how the recitation of mantra invokes our inner wisdom so that we can experience our …
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In this Episode, Lama Tsultrim answers a wide array of listener questions. She offers guidance for survivors of sexual abuse within Tibetan Buddhist Communities, addresses how to be a feminist leader within patriarchal spiritual systems, shares details about her own feminist awakening and discusses how practices like Feeding Your Demons can be adju…
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In this touching interview, Lama Tsultrim speaks with best-selling author, activist and writing teacher Anne Lamott. They discuss themes of attachment theory, and writing as a discipline and also share glimpses into their personal journeys toward healing and inner wholeness. Anne reflects on the intersections between Buddhism and Christianity and s…
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Lama Tsultrim is joined by her long-time friend and the founding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society, Jack Kornfield. Together, they explore the difference between mindfulness and awareness, what it means to go beyond Samsara and Nirvana, the meaning of enlightenment and more. Jack describes how meditation can free us from our patterns, incre…
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Lama Tsultrim offers profound pith instructions on the uncontrived nature of mind, teachings from the early lineage teachers of Oddiyana, a sacred place northwest of India known as the “Land of the Dakinis” because of the numerous powerful women teachers residing there. Sharing historical context and pith instructions from the lineage of 21 teacher…
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Lama Tsultrim offers profound pith instructions on the uncontrived nature of mind, teachings from the early lineage teachers of Oddiyana, a sacred place northwest of India known as the “Land of the Dakinis” because of the numerous powerful women teachers residing there. Sharing historical context and pith instructions from the lineage of 21 teacher…
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Lama Tsultrim offers profound pith instructions on the uncontrived nature of mind, teachings from the early lineage teachers of Oddiyana, a sacred place northwest of India known as the “Land of the Dakinis” because of the numerous powerful women teachers residing there. Sharing historical context and pith instructions from the lineage of 21 teacher…
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Lama Tsultrim offers profound pith instructions on the uncontrived nature of mind, teachings from the early lineage teachers of Oddiyana, a sacred place northwest of India known as the “Land of the Dakinis” because of the numerous powerful women teachers residing there. Sharing historical context and pith instructions from the lineage of 21 teacher…
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Lama Tsultrim offers profound pith instructions on the uncontrived nature of mind, teachings from the early lineage teachers of Oddiyana, a sacred place northwest of India known as the “Land of the Dakinis” because of the numerous powerful women teachers residing there. Sharing historical context and pith instructions from the lineage of 21 teacher…
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Learn more about our guests, read transcripts and get more resources at: https://www.taramandala.org/wisdom-rising-podcast/episode-library Connect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom Rising Follow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube. Learn more…
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Lama Tsultrim is joined by world renowned musician Krishna Das in a heartfelt conversation about parenting, the challenges of motherhood, incarnation, and shared memories from past adventures. Learn more about our guests, read transcripts and get more resources at: https://www.taramandala.org/wisdom-rising-podcast/episode-library Connect and Contin…
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Learn more about our guests, read transcripts and get more resources at: https://www.taramandala.org/wisdom-rising-podcast/episode-library Connect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom Rising Follow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube. Learn more…
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Lama Tsultrim interviews longtime friend, Robert A.F. Thurman, who shares a fascinating story about his experiences in Mt. Kalaish as well as his experience as a monk in India in the 1960s. Dr. Thurman offers a beautiful teaching on the explanation of Emptiness, based upon a quote from Nagarjuna which says, “Emptiness is the womb of Compassion.” Le…
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Learn more about our guests, read transcripts and get more resources at: https://www.taramandala.org/wisdom-rising-podcast/episode-library Connect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom Rising Follow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube. Learn more…
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For the first time Lama Tsultrim speaks publicly about her family lineage of Buddhism and the research she has been doing in particular around her grandmother who was the fifth person to receive a PhD from Harvard Radcliffe. While working on her memoir, "Places She Lives", Lama Tsultrim has been tracking the origins of Buddhism in America, leading …
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Lama Tsultrim offers an introduction to the Heart Sutra, the most famous of all Mahāyāna sutras, presenting its historical background and exploring its relationship to Western science and delves into a guided meditation on emptiness and awakening. Learn more about our Lama Tsultrim Allione, read transcripts and get more resources at: https://www.ta…
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Following this in-depth contemplation is a Q&A part, with Lama addressing questions about preparing for the moment of death, about the experience of patriarchal leadership, and about sexual orientation from the Buddhist perspective. Learn more about Lama Tsultrim Allione, read transcripts and get more resources at: https://www.taramandala.org/wisdo…
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Learn more about our guests, read transcripts and get more resources at: https://www.taramandala.org/wisdom-rising-podcast/episode-library Connect and Continue to Experience your own Wisdom Rising Follow Lama Tsultrim Allione on Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Join the Lama Live! webcast with Lama Tsultrim Allione on YouTube. Learn more…
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Lama Tsultrim Allione is joined by Elissa Epel, PhD.author of the NY Times best selling book The Telomere Effect and professor at UCSF in the Department of Psychiatry where she does mind-body research, examining effects of mindfulness and contemplative interventions (mindfulness, meditation retreats, breathing) on aging and emotional well being. La…
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