Today’s episode is part two of three parts.

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Time notes:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:02:15 Subtle body, mind and prana

00:11:30 Yidam and reflections of the universe

00:13:40 Tsa-lung and trulkhor

00:18:51 Modernization influence on dedication, asceticism and health.

00:24:00 Chu Rey, wet sheet ceremony

00:31:00 Tsa-lung lama Jamtsen Chodron

00:33:40 Chudlen retreats

00:37:00 Mundane and sacred, collective and individual

00:39:00 Togal and trekchod 100 day winter practice

00:46:00 On memorization and reading as a means of realization

00:50:00 Tantric practice form of learning

01:00:00 Yogin Pema Dorje and a song of devotion

01:06:00 Yogin Pema Drimed

01:13:00 Sherab Zangmo and Urgyen Chodron

01:16:00 Sky burial

01:21:00 Recognizing signs

01:24:00 Cultivating a whole person

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Listen to Part One here:

On Gebchak's History & Yogic Activity in the Realm of the Meditators

https://oliviaclementine.com/elizabeth-mcdougal-the-gebchak-yoginis-part-one/

About Elizabeth:

Elizabeth McDougal, known also as Tenzin Chozom, grew up in Western Canada and then trained as a Buddhist nun in India and on the Tibetan Plateau for seventeen years. Towards the end of her time as a nun – she studied a Masters of Indian philosophy at Banaras Hindu University and then a PhD (2021) at the University of Sydney. Her research focuses on the modernisation of Tibetan Buddhist practice lineages and on pedagogy as a crucial bridge in translating pre-modern wisdom traditions to the modern world. Elizabeth currently lives in Australia with her human and animal family where she lectures at Nan Tien Institute in applied Buddhist studies. She continues to serve as a Tibetan-to-English translator for Gebchak Wangdrak Rinpoche and other practice lineage lamas. Elizabeth published a book in 2024 called “The Words and World of Gebchak Nunnery: Tantric Meditation in Context.”

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