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Meditation, Dharma talks, conversations and more from Denver Dzogchen, a Buddhist Dharma center focused on the essential Tibetan meditation practices of the Nyingma and Kagyu schools. This podcast is not monetized. If you enjoy and benefit from these recordings you are welcome to contribute to the costs of the Denver Dzogchen Meditation Center. Donations for this purpose can be made via PayPal using the link: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=E6T9YZFDBE5J2&no_recurring=0&item_name=Help+support+Denver+Dzogchen%21¤cy_code=USD or to https://account.venmo.com/u/Urgyenatha
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Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 54Aliens, UAPs and other beings from a Practice Viewpoint 00:01:28: Introduction to a discussion about aliens, consciousness and Dharma. The importance of having a practice viewpoint. Trojan Horse by John Keel00:07:30 Cultural conditioning and appearances. The Eight Class of Spirits in Tibetan Buddhism. 00:14:20 A word of caution related to researching this topic. Erik Pema Kunsang. The importance of protection practices and lineage. 00:25:00 Psychic powers, inclination toward shamanism, and Chod. Poonjaji quote. Note: we strive to release a new episode on each Guru Rinpoche Day and Dakini Day. Podcast timestamps and chapters are provided for informational purposes. Any mistakes or spelling errors are the fault of volunteers who assist in the production of these videos.Please contact us with any questions or requests for future episodes. Contact us for information about our weekly Zoom and in-person sits https://www.denverdzogchen.com/index.html Thank you for your support! Your donations help to fund our group activities: Venmo donation link:https://tinyurl.com/3cf42f9pPaypal donation link:https://tinyurl.com/mrx3ek8rFind us on social media:Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DenverDzogchen/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/denverdzogchen/Bluesky Social https://bsky.app/profile/denverdzogchen.bsky.social Video available on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@DenverDzogchen108/videos and Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1VQKqUDAYTThJVcdtjd8bfAudio available on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/denver-dzogchen/id1712156487 and other podcast platforms
Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 53How to Establish a Home ShrineThank you for your support! Your donations help to fund our group activities: Venmo donation link:https://tinyurl.com/3cf42f9pPaypal donation link:https://tinyurl.com/mrx3ek8r00:01:28: Introduction to a discussion about a home shrine in Tibetan Buddhism. Creating a sacred space for your meditation practice. A body/statue, dharma text, and stupa or crystal symbolizing Body, Speech, and Mind. A shrine as a mandala. 00:11:15 Discussion of the offering bowls: water for drinking, water for washing, flowers, incense, light, saffron water (and Bumpa), food, and music. Ram Yam Kham, Om Ah Hung to purify and bless the offerings. 00:17:55 The purpose of making offerings. Stories from Joseph’s recent trip to India. 00:23:25 Damien shares about Guru Yoga and offering practice. The importance of making the practice your own. 00:28:00 Encouragement to explore setting up a space for your home practice. Your intention is what is most important. Note: we strive to release a new episode on each Guru Rinpoche Day and Dakini Day. Podcast timestamps and chapters are provided for informational purposes. Any mistakes or spelling errors are the fault of volunteers who assist in the production of these videos.Please contact us with any questions or requests for future episodes. Contact us for information about our weekly Zoom and in-person sits https://www.denverdzogchen.com/index.html Find us on social media:Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DenverDzogchen/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/denverdzogchen/Bluesky Social https://bsky.app/profile/denverdzogchen.bsky.social Video available on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@DenverDzogchen108/videos and Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1VQKqUDAYTThJVcdtjd8bfAudio available on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/denver-dzogchen/id1712156487 and other podcast platforms
Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 52Navigating the Guru Student Relationship - Continued DiscussionThank you for your support! Your donations help to fund our group activities: Venmo donation link:https://tinyurl.com/3cf42f9pPaypal donation link:https://tinyurl.com/mrx3ek8r00:01:00: Introduction to a discussion about the student teacher relationship and modern considerations. Lamas mentioned: Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, Mingyur Rinpoche, 16th Karma Rangjung Ripe Dorje, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Sakya Trizin, Garchen Rinpoche, Dalai Lama. 00:08:30 Seeing a Lama as representing the lineage. The importance of a Kalyanamitra or spiritual friend. Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. Kilung Rinpoche. Learning from practice. Jigme Lingpa.00:16:00 The importance of receiving teachings from a living lineage. Dr. Andrea Loseries and Chod practice. Ramana Maharshi. The importance of not giving up. Enthusiasm is as strong as a yak but as short as a yak’s tail. Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. The importance of a living Lama and Sangha. Garchen Rinpoche view on live and recorded virtual teachings and his Sambhogakaya form. 00:26:15 The importance of getting to know the teacher and how to make a karmic connection with them. Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche statement on practice. Joe shares about his Ngondro practice and his connection to Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. Recognizing the Lama as a mirror. The essence of Samaya and training in Pure Vision. Note: we strive to release a new episode on each Guru Rinpoche Day and Dakini Day. Podcast timestamps and chapters are provided for informational purposes. Any mistakes or spelling errors are the fault of volunteers who assist in the production of these videos.Please contact us with any questions or requests for future episodes. Contact us for information about our weekly Zoom and in-person sits https://www.denverdzogchen.com/index.html Find us on social media:Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DenverDzogchen/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/denverdzogchen/Bluesky Social https://bsky.app/profile/denverdzogchen.bsky.social Video available on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@DenverDzogchen108/videos and Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1VQKqUDAYTThJVcdtjd8bfAudio available on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/denver-dzogchen/id1712156487 and other podcast platforms
Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 51Pure VisionThank you for your support! Your donations help to fund our group activities: PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=E6T9YZFDBE5J2&no_recurring=0&item_name=Help+support+Denver+Dzogchen%21¤cy_code=USDVenmo: https://account.venmo.com/u/Urgyenatha00:01:00: Introduction to a discussion about Pure Vision in the Vajrayana. What is Pure Vision, how do you cultivate and practice it? Discussion of the hallmarks of the different schools of Buddhism.00:05:30 Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche teaching on visualization. Discussion of the Two Truths. Guru Yoga and seeing everything as the path. Joe discusses a Longchen Nyingtik Guru Yoga practice. 00:12:45 Discussion of perception. 00:17:40 A story from the John Blofeld autobiography, The Wheel of Life. Seeing through a pure lens. 00:24:30 Joe shares a Pure Perception practice. Callback to episode on Aspirations. Note: we strive to release a new episode on each Guru Rinpoche Day and Dakini Day. Podcast timestamps and chapters are provided for informational purposes. Any mistakes or spelling errors are the fault of volunteers who assist in the production of these videos.Please contact us with any questions or requests for future episodes. Contact us for information about our weekly Zoom and in-person sits https://www.denverdzogchen.com/index.html Find us on social media:Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DenverDzogchen/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/denverdzogchen/Bluesky Social https://bsky.app/profile/denverdzogchen.bsky.social Video available on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@DenverDzogchen108/videos and Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1VQKqUDAYTThJVcdtjd8bfAudio available on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/denver-dzogchen/id1712156487 and other podcast platforms
Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 50The Teacher Student Relationship in Vajrayana 00:01:00: Introduction to a discussion about the teacher student relationship in Vajrayana. Role of the Guru. Damien shares how he connected with his first teacher. 00:05:10: “Be a lamp onto yourself “ - Buddha. Joe recalls meeting Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. Make daily aspirations that you may meet your karmically destined teacher. 00:09:12: The different layers of relationships with teachers. The importance of creating a link with a teacher and an important question to ask them. 00:19:05 The Inner Guru. The ultimate lama is your own awareness. 00:25:25 The importance of the teacher and keeping the ego in check. The importance of having a link to lineage. Connect with Garchen Rinpoche at https://garchen.net/Note: we strive to release a new episode on each Guru Rinpoche Day and Dakini Day. Podcast timestamps and chapters are provided for informational purposes. Any mistakes or spelling errors are the fault of volunteers who assist in the production of these videos.Please contact us with any questions or requests for future episodes. Contact us for information about our weekly Zoom and in-person sits https://www.denverdzogchen.com/index.html Find us on social media:Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DenverDzogchen/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/denverdzogchen/Bluesky Social https://bsky.app/profile/denverdzogchen.bsky.social Video available on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@DenverDzogchen108/videos and Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1VQKqUDAYTThJVcdtjd8bfAudio available on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/denver-dzogchen/id1712156487 and other podcast platforms
The Vajra Guru Mantra recited 108 times by Kathog Rigzin Chenpo RinpocheOM AH HUM VAJRA GURU PADMA SIDDHI HUM
The Seven-Line Prayer Recited 108 Times by Adzom Paylo Rinpocheཧཱུྃ༔ ཨོ་རྒྱན་ཡུལ་གྱི་ནུབ་བྱང་མཚམས༔hung, orgyen yul gyi nubjang tsamHūṃ. In the north-west of the land of Oḍḍiyānaཔདྨ་གེ་སར་སྡོང་པོ་ལ༔pema gesar dongpo laIn the heart of a lotus flower,ཡ་མཚན་མཆོག་གི་དངོས་གྲུབ་བརྙེས༔yatsen chok gi ngödrub nyéEndowed with the most marvellous attainments,པདྨ་འབྱུང་གནས་ཞེས་སུ་གྲགས༔pema jungné zhé su drakYou are renowned as the ‘Lotus-born’,འཁོར་དུ་མཁའ་འགྲོ་མང་པོས་བསྐོར༔khor du khandro mangpö korSurrounded by many hosts of ḍākinīs.ཁྱེད་ཀྱི་རྗེས་སུ་བདག་བསྒྲུབ་ཀྱི༔khyé kyi jesu dak drub kyiFollowing in your footsteps,བྱིན་གྱིས་བརླབ་ཕྱིར་གཤེགས་སུ་གསོལ༔jingyi lab chir shek su solI pray to you: Come, inspire me with your blessing!གུ་རུ་པདྨ་སིདྡྷི་ཧཱུྃ༔guru pema siddhi hungguru padma siddhi hūṃTranslation from https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/guru-chowang/seven-line-prayer
Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 49Signs on the Path to Stay Psyched 00:01: Introduction to a discussion about motivation and signs on the path. 00:05:50 Importance of writing down your signs. Become familiar with symbols. Pure Perception. 00:15:00 The importance of keeping signs secret and only sharing it with your teacher or other Vajra sisters and brothers as appropriate. 00:19:20 Categories of signs. Note: we strive to release a new episode on each Guru Rinpoche Day and Dakini Day. Podcast timestamps and chapters are provided for informational purposes. Any mistakes or spelling errors are the fault of volunteers who assist in the production of these videos.Please contact us with any questions or requests for future episodes. Contact us for information about our weekly Zoom and in-person sits https://www.denverdzogchen.com/index.html Find us on social media:Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DenverDzogchen/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/denverdzogchen/Bluesky Social https://bsky.app/profile/denverdzogchen.bsky.social Video available on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@DenverDzogchen108/videos and Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1VQKqUDAYTThJVcdtjd8bfAudio available on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/denver-dzogchen/id1712156487 and other podcast platforms
Meditation, Dharma talks, conversations and more from Denver Dzogchen, a Buddhist Dharma center focused on the essential Tibetan meditation practices of the Nyingma and Kagyu schools. This podcast is not monetized. If you enjoy and benefit from these recordings you are welcome to contribute to the costs of the Denver Dzogchen Meditation Center. Donations for this purpose can be made via PayPal using the link: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=E6T9YZFDBE5J2&no_recurring=0&item_name=Help+support+Denver+Dzogchen%21¤cy_code=USD or to https://account.venmo.com/u/Urgyenatha
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