Love & Liberation with Olivia Clementine

Maya Khosla is a biologist and writer. She has spent thousands of hours hiking, backpacking, and documenting forests, including post-fire regeneration.   Time notes: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:07 The message of fire 00:02:00 3 types of traditional fire practice in India. 00:03:22 Rebirth after fires 00:08:00 Intimacy and the effect of hand burning versus machine work on land 00:15:00 Main causes of fires in California 00:18:00 Misunderstandings on preparing one's home in a fire-prone area. Thinking like an ember 00:19:00 Keeping a house safe in a fire and Dr. Jack Cohen 00:21:00 “The Sierra, A History” poem read by Maya Khosla 00:24:00 Decaying forests and close associations 00:29:00 What you see in a newborn forest 00:30:00 Healthy mature forests 00:324:00 Symbiotic elemental collaboration 00:36:00 Wild Elders 00:39:50 Seed places 00:41:04 “The Oak” Poem read by Maya Khosla ~ Maya Khosla https://www.mayakhosla.com/   Podcast website & transcripts https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Have your music played on Love & Liberation: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScv8PanRA-TLoo-PVbfhpH6mlMslpuKad3PqQH8cgkMHGz1YQ/viewform

Watch our conversation and see images of Jetsunma’s path here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Mu1fPYtik   Today our guest is Her Eminence Sakya Jetsunma Kunga Trinley Palter. Jetsunma is the granddaughter of His Holiness the 41st Sakya Trizin and the eldest daughter of the 42nd Sakya Trizin and Dagmo Kalden Dunkyi. Jetsunma is also a tulku, the reincarnation of the Nyingma practitioner and treasure revealer, Khandro Tare Lhamo. We sit down and talk about her life thus far, being raised as a Jetsunma in the Sakya lineage, how she spends her time, and what she aspires for in the future.    Timenotes: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:39 Growing up in a dharma lineage from the 12th Century 00:03:25 Becoming a nun 00:04:09 A day in Jetsunma’s life 00:06:58 Who inspires Jetsunma t 00:09:00 About her family 00:10:40 On being the reincarnation of Khandro Tare Llamo 00:12:43 Her first retreat at 14 years old 00:14:25 Being the first Jetsunma to do the Phurba Cham 00:15:50 Qualities of a meaningful life 00:17:52 Advice for taking care of one’s mind 00:19:45 Jetsunma’s life aspirations 00:20:20 Closing images and Tara’s Song at Dawn ~   Melodius offering: Tara’s Song at Dawn by Dechen Wangmo   ~   Podcast website & transcripts https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Submit your music to Love & Liberation: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScv8PanRA-TLoo-PVbfhpH6mlMslpuKad3PqQH8cgkMHGz1YQ/viewform

Watch the interview here: https://youtu.be/Yuwtnf8JtrA ~ Today we have a brief conversation at a cafe in Kathmandu about some of the common obstacles and questions that Jetsunma’s students often share with her. Jetsunma then shares clarification on meeting these challenges and curiosities. This is part of our new weekly season schedule of publishing shorter conversations in between our more extended episodes.  Time notes: 00:01:30 How to perceive ngondro practice 00:04:20 Knowing where you are on the path and blending life with practice 00:08:00 On shamatha, vipassana and dzogchen. 00:12:45 The four noble truths as a universal method   ~   Jetsunma Jamyang Yeshe Palmo is a Buddhist teacher and retreat master. She spent nine years in a monastic university studying all of the major subjects of Buddhism. Following her studies she spent nine years in a closed practice retreat. She also spent two years studying psychology and Western philosophy. Jetsunma is the vajra master of the study and practice centers of Kusum Khandro Ling retreat and nunneries and teaches worldwide.   ~   Podcast website & transcripts https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Have your music played on Love & Liberation: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScv8PanRA-TLoo-PVbfhpH6mlMslpuKad3PqQH8cgkMHGz1YQ/viewform

00:01:30 The mandala principle 00:04:32 Enlightened organizing principle of the universe 00:09:45 Mandalas for practice 00:16:12 Vajrakilaya mandala 00:19:25 Field of blessing 00:21:22 Lama Dawa and Guru Rinpoche Prophecies 00:24:18 Lama Dawa mirror divining the locations for Vajrakilaya mandalas. 00:27:16 Elements as vehicles for blessings 00:31:00 Subtle and physical aspects of elements 00:35:00 Disrupting and repairing subtle realms of existence 00:46:00 Building and empowering the Vajrakilaya mandalas 00:51:00 Working up to practicing Vajrakilaya 00:56:00 Qualities of the phurba 00:57:28 When to begin wrathful practices 01:04:00 Not making plans 01:06:00 The story of Guru Rinpoche and Vajrakilaya in Yanglesho 01:08:00 On Yeshe Tsogyal using Vajrakilaya practice ~ Khandro Kunzang:  https://www.phurbathinleyling.org/khandro-kunzang/   Have your music played on Love & Liberation: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScv8PanRA-TLoo-PVbfhpH6mlMslpuKad3PqQH8cgkMHGz1YQ/viewform   Previous episodes with Khandro Kunzang: Cultivating Siddhis, Tukdam, Lineage Protection & Consortship https://oliviaclementine.com/khandro-kunzang-cultivating-siddhis-tukdam-lineage-protection-consortship/   Lineage of Oral Instruction, Real Teachers & Himalayan Yogas of Tsa lung and Tummo https://oliviaclementine.com/khandro-kunzang-the-oral-instruction-lineage-ngagpas-himalayan-yogas-of-tsa-lung-and-tummo/   Elemental Spirits, Vajra Armor & Dharma Marriage https://oliviaclementine.com/khandro-kunzang-elemental-spirits-vajra-armor-dharma-marriage/   Podcast website & transcripts https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts  

Watch the tour here: https://youtu.be/YX8jJ5-sOzQ ~ Today we meet at the Tibetan Medical & Astro Institute Museum and receive a brief tour from Dr. Kalsang Youdon and Kelsang Chodon. Time notes: 00:00:46 Tibetan medicines and instruments 00:06:17 Tibetan medicine paintings 00:09:16 History of the re-established Men-Tsee-Khang Institute 00:11:23 Astrology: Indigenous Tibetan, elemental, and Kala Chakra astrology.   ~   Men-Tsee-Khang Institute https://mentseekhang.org/   Podcast website & transcripts https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Enjoy these conversations? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607    

Watch on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsSDGe4xRfA ~ Today we meet at the headquarters of Men-Tsee-Khang in Dharamshala, India with Dr. Tsering Norbu, who has worked here for over 30 years and is the director of both the Culture and Materia Medica departments.  00:01:00 Dr. Tsering’s medicine heritage and path 00:01:49 Born into a lineage of Sowa Ripga doctors, how it has changed. 00:05:00 About Men-Tsee-Khang Institute Tibetan Medical and Astro Institute 00:07:50 Bringing together tradition and science 00:10:30 Changing landscapes affecting medicinal plants 00:11:00 Medicinal plant cultivation methods and challenges. 00:20:00 Making precious pills  00:22:00 Life-span and storage of medicine. 00:24:00 4 Medical Tantras (Gyushi) and medicinal species variation. 00:27:00 Farmers resistance to growing medicinal varieties 00:29:00 Medical research field trips in Sikkim, Ladakh, Arunachel Pradesh and other areas.  00:32:00 How imbalances have changed over the decades and what is most needed for modern times. 00:34:00 Painting plant thangkas and their purpose 00:40:00 Closing thoughts about the future ~ Men-Tsee-Khang Tibetan Medical & Astro Institute https://mentseekhang.org/   Podcast  https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Enjoy these conversations? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings.  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

Jetsunma Jamyang Yeshe Palmo is a Buddhist teacher and retreat master. She spent nine years in a monastic university studying all of the major subjects of Buddhism. Following her studies she spent nine years in a closed practice retreat. She also spent two years studying psychology and Western philosophy at Harvard University. Jetsunma is the vajra master of the study and practice centers of Kusum Khandro Ling retreat and nunneries and teaches in the US, Japan, Nepal, Hong Kong, and India. Some of what Jetsunma shares includes: 00:03:00 The hinayana, four truths and exhausting negative emotions. 00:9:00 Bodhisattva yana, two truths, four immeasurables and six perfections 00:12:00 Tantrayana path, generation practice and embracing existence as pure. 00:14:00 Completion stage and using the body for realization. 00:18:00 Great completion uncontrived stage 00:19:00 Ngondro 00:21:00 Essentials for realization 00:24:00 Two text recommended 00:25:00 Quality over quantity 00:28:00 Retreat advice 00:31:00 Benefits to solitary and collective practice 00:32:00 Non-exclusive Buddhism, the universal perspective ~ Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts Enjoy these conversations? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

This is a re-release of a conversation with Tenzin Norbu in his home studio in Kathmandu, Nepal. Today's conversation is solely available in a video format. Here is the link to watch today's episode: https://youtu.be/bBkNuHZSN38   Tenzin Norbu was born in Dolpo, Nepal, into a family of thangka painters from a lineage that dates back atleast 400 years. His work has appeared in museums and private collections around the world, as well as, several international publications, including Caravans of the Himalaya, National Geographic, and the feature film Himalaya. He is also the illustrator for children’s books, including Himalaya, and Clear Sky, Red Earth. 

Vision version of today's conversation: https://youtu.be/gXWcorUoTnc   00:01:40 Introduction to the retreat place and intentions 00:05:56 Visions in dark retreat 00:15:00 Fear, trust, confidence and endless potential 00:21:00 Not being the only doing the work in one’s practice 00:29:00 Having the correct context of deconditioning the mind 00:32:00 Chogyam Trungpa, Dilgo Khyentse and tummo practice 00:36:00 Being a Buddha and distraction of science 00:40:00 Gaining confidence through felt experience and mastering a practice 00:50:00 Following death, experiencing the bardo 00:56:00 Bardo practice suggestion 01:00:00 Justin’s dharma path from age 3 including Egyptian funerary practice, alchemy and wanting to be a monk 01:13:00 Not getting attached to the technique 01:15:00 Tögal and Sowa Rigpa typology  01:19:00 Letting the heart choose your practice 01:21:00 Emerging towards spaciousness as the throughline for Justin’s path 01:25:00 Touring the retreat cabins 01:32:00 The body in dark retreat and practice 01:37:00 Closing intentions for this retreat place   Yangti Yoga retreat place https://www.yangtiyoga.com/   Previous conversations: Dark Retreat, Formlessness & Returning to Completion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qoo0DeU6D8o&list=PLbj5FAGzDx9WhJ7N5iJhGkZ_tY9ZnJL4m&index=13   Resting into the Mind Beyond Time & Being Consumed by Dharma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0RvHW6fOMQ&list=PLbj5FAGzDx9WhJ7N5iJhGkZ_tY9ZnJL4m&index=21   Ati Yoga, the Becoming of Indigenous Western Tantra & the Ministry of Death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LAi9RnjcA0&list=PLbj5FAGzDx9WhJ7N5iJhGkZ_tY9ZnJL4m&index=26   Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Enjoy these conversations? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607

00:00:00 Elisabeth’s Introduction to Buddhism and the Sakya Lineage 00:06:00 Origin of Sakya lineage and on Lamdre 00:12:00 Jetsunma title and what makes the Sakya Jetsunmas so unusual 00:20:00 Residence or labrangs of Jetsunmas and 00:24:00 Jetsunma versus Sakya Lama roles 00:26:00 Jetsunma Chime Tenpai Nyima (b. 1756) 00:33:00 Kyabgon or Jetsunma Tamdrin Wangmo (1936-96) 00:39:00 Kyabgon Pema Trinlei (1874 - 1950) 00:47:00 Dagmo Trinlei Paljor (1906-1975), and Dagyum Sonam Dolkar. 01:04:00 Jetsunma Chungwa 01:07:00 Jetsun Kushok (1938) & 41st Sakya Trizin (1945) 01:19:00 Jetsun Kushok & Sakya Trizin 41st, leaving Tibet 01:34:00 Jetsunma Kunga Trinley Palter (2007) 01:38:00 New System of Sakya Succession and photos in the book 01:39:00 Sakya Jetsunma lineage   The photograph shared is of Jetsunma Tsegen Wangmo and Jetsunma Chime Wangmo in the Phuntsok Palace in Sakya, Tibet. Courtesy of the Phuntsok Palace.   The book on the Sakya Jetsunmas by Elisabeth Benard  https://www.shambhala.com/the-sakya-jetsunmas-9781645470915.html   Podcast https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts   Enjoy these episodes? Please leave a review here. Scroll down to Review & Ratings. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-liberation/id1393858607