Denver Dzogchen

Denver Dzogchen Podcast, Episode 24The Transformative Power of Devotion on the Path to Awakening 00:00:15 Introduction. Vajrayana and the importance of devotion. Joe’s path and meeting Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. 00:07:40 How to develop devotion. Importance of learning about great masters. Garchen Rinpoche documentary For the Benefit of All Beings https://garchen.net/for-the-benefit-of-all-beings/. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche documentary The Spirit of Tibet: The Life and World of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij7x_DGe9X014:20 Aspirations as a method for developing insight.00:17:00 Power of the Seven Line Prayer. Reliance on sem, the thinking mind, in the west. 00:23:15 Pure perception as the method and outcome. 00:29:25 Cultivating devotion while navigating difficult situations. 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

In this conversation, Richard Lang, a prominent teacher of the Headless Way, shares insights into recognizing our true nature through the unique 'no head' experiment. He discusses how this awareness can deepen connections and empathy, transforming relationships. Lang elaborates on ongoing personal growth post-recognition and the importance of community in sharing insights. He also touches on the nonsectarian nature of the Headless Way, addressing concerns about ethics and the responsible sharing of spiritual practices.

Denver Dzogchen Podcast, Episode 22 Ngondro and Guru Yoga: Merging Your Mind with the Enlightened Essence of the Lama 00:00:12 Continuation of our Ngondro series: Guru Yoga. What is a Guru or a Lama? Blessings or Jinlab in Tibetan.  00:07:50 Adzom Gyalse Rinpoche’s recent visit to Colorado and blessings of the Lama.  00:18:00 Purification of behavior  00:20:09 Transformational power of the practice  00:24:26 Importance of devotion and compassion.  00:32:26 Ngondro, turning toward the Dharma and pure perception 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/1VQKqUDAYTThJVcdtjd8bf Audio available on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/denver-dzogchen/id1712156487 and other podcast platforms 

Denver Dzogchen Podcast, Episode 21,  Ngondro and Mandala Offering: A Direct Method of Gathering the Accumulations  00:00:12 Continuation of our Ngondro series: Mandala Offering. Review of prostration and Vajrasattva practices.  00:05:30 The feeling of giving and generosity. Description of the Mandala Offering practice.  00:10:40 Offerings, purification and gathering of accumulations.  00:17:10 The importance of intention. Pure perception. 00:20:04 The importance of dedicating merit. Skillful means. Milarepa.  00:26:38 King of Aspiration Prayers, Samantabhadra, Guru Rinpoche, Garchen Rinpoche.   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/1VQKqUDAYTThJVcdtjd8bf Audio available on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/denver-dzogchen/id1712156487 and other podcast platforms 

Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 20 Ngondro and Vajrasattva: Purification of Obscurations and Karma Continuation of our Ngondro series, from Episode 18. 00:00:12 Introduction: overview of Vajrasattva practice of purification of speech and mind. Importance of receiving transmission from a qualified teacher. 00:07:35 Ngondro, the beginning and the end of the path. Primordial purity. 00:09:35 Benefits of intense mantra practice. Jigdral Yeshe Dorje Dudjom Rinpoche and importance of Vajrasattva practice. 00:15:40 Garchen Rinpoche and perceiving all sounds as mantra. Sacralizing all environments. 00:22:00 Vajrasattva, letting go of disturbing emotions, and healing. Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche reciting the Vajrasattva 100 Syllable Mantra 108 Times: https://youtu.be/Dg1MIOwIqJE Vajrasattva 100 syllable mantra: OM VAJRA SATVA SAMAYA, MANU PALAYA, VAJRA SATVA TVENOPA, TISHTHA DRIDHO MEBHAVA, SUTOSHYO MEBHAVA, SUPOSHYO MEBHAVA, ANU RAKTO MEBHAVA, SARVA SIDDHI MEM PRAYACCHA, SARVA KARMA SUCHAME, CHITTAM SHRE YAM KURU HUNG, HA HA HA HA HOH, BHAGAVAN SARVA TATHAGATA VAJRA MAME MUNCHA VAJRI BHAVA MAHA SAMAYA SATYA AH 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/1VQKqUDAYTThJVcdtjd8bf Audio available on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/denver-dzogchen/id1712156487 and other podcast platforms

Denver Dzogchen Podcast  Episode 19 A Christmas Special: Mystical Musings with Father Francis Tiso 00:00:12 Introduction, Father Tiso’s background  00:02:18 Beyond My Seeing, poem by Father Tiso (Note: video in Youtube and Spotify version includes captions)  00:08:12 Markings, book by Dag Hammarskjold 00:11:22 The Master and His Emissary, book by Iain McGilchrist. The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of Bicameral Mind, book by Julian Jaynes. The relationship between the brain’s hemispheres.  00:14:36 Wayne Teasdale, combing the traditions of Christianity and Hinduism. Importance of techniques taught by the masters. Breaking down the supports of the ego.  00:19:05 Father Tiso’s introduction to Buddhism. Evans-Wentz books, Tibet’s Great Yogi Milarepa, The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation. Chogyam Trunpga Rinpoche. H.H. Jigdal Dachen Sakya Rinpoche. Jetsunma Khandro Rinpoche, Jetsam Tenzin Palmo, Gyalwang Drukchen Rinpoche, Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, Tulku Rigdzin Pema Rinpoche 00:23:45 Father Tiso’s background in Buddhist practice, Ngondro, Wang, research in Dolpo, Dorje Sempa 00:26:25 Unity of practice among different traditions and the transformative outcome of what we are practicing. Problematic nature of “us vs. them.”  00:30:10 Parallel between the notion that Christ is the Absolute and the Tibetan Tulku system. Christian Trinitarian Theory and the Four Kayas: Dharmakaya, Nirmanakaya, Sambhogakaya, and Svabhavikakaya. Amitabha, Chenrezig, and Guru Rinpoche.  00:33:32 Father Tiso’s research of Rainbow Body, Khenpo A Cho, Dr. Tenpa Shitsegang, Lopon Tenzin Namdak, John Myrdhin Reynolds, Khenpo Achuk, Shroud of Turin, and the light within us.  Find Father Tiso on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/francis.tiso and his books “Rainbow Body and Resurrection: Spiritual Attainment, the Dissolution of the Material Body, and the Case of Khenpo A Cho” and “Liberation in One Lifetime: Biographies and Teaching of Milarepa” available on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/stores/Francis-Tiso/author/B00JKU3K26?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1734785855&sr=1-1&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true  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/1VQKqUDAYTThJVcdtjd8bf Audio available on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/denver-dzogchen/id1712156487 and other podcast platforms 

Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 18 Ngondro and Bodhichitta: For The Benefit of All Beings  00:00:12 Continuation of Ngondro series: Bodhichitta, what is it and why is it so important?  00:04:36 Aspiration and enjoying effort.  00:09:13 Ngondro as the first stage on the path  00:13:30 Endless Bodhichitta and the fuel for practice  00:17:38 Working with mental and physical pain. The importance of aspiration. 00:23:10 The Buddha’s teachings on karma and intention  00:27:00 Karmic enhancement  00:33:31 Way of the Bodhisattva  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/ Video available on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@DenverDzogchen108/videos and Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1VQKqUDAYTThJVcdtjd8bf Audio available on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/denver-dzogchen/id1712156487 and other podcast platforms 

Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 17 Ngondro and Refuge: Shifting Away from Samsara 00:00:12 Continuation of Ngondro series: Refuge. What does it mean to take refuge and why is it important? 00:03:55 Nature of impermanence. “Decay is inherent in all compounded things, strive on with diligence.” - Buddha 00:06:00 Being a refugee. 00:08:44 Taking refuge in the Buddha. Refuge tree visualization. Taking refuge inwardly. 00:12:15 Garchen Rinpoche instructions to stop taking refuge in his body and take refuge in his mind, which is inseparable from your mind. 00:19:34 Refuge and transformation. 00:23:15 Release of a chronic tension. 00:27:50 Taking refuge in the Dharma. 00:29:42 Eight worldly concerns. Hope and fear. Movement from Shenwang to Rangwang. 00:31:19 Benefiting others around you. Garchen Rinpoche Tonglen practice. 00:32:15 Taking refuge in the Sangha. Different levels of Sangha. 00:36:10 Refuge Tree. Shifting our allegiance from samsara to the ultimate nature. Building a habit to take refuge in the Dharma. 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/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 16 Ngondro: Foundational Practices for Purification and Transformation 00:00:12 Introduction: Introduction to the Inner Ngondro.  00:03:32 Ngondro is a highly effective system  00:05:45 Prostrations 00:05:00 Parts of the Ngondro: Refuge, Bodhichitta, Vajrasattva, Mandala, and Guru Yoga.  00:10:30 Importance of faith and confidence. Reorientation from wrong view to right view. Accumulate of merit. Purification of obscurations.   00:21:45 Importance of Ngondro in modern times  00:25:40 Joe’s first meeting with Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche  00:28:30 Hardship, diligence, and the path.  Contact us for information about our weekly Zoom and in-person sits https://www.denverdzogchen.com/index.html  Find us on social media:ax Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DenverDzogchen/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/denverdzogchen/ Video available on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@DenverDzogchen108/videos and Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1VQKqUDAYTThJVcdtjd8bf Audio available on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/denver-dzogchen/id1712156487 and other podcast platforms 

Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 15 Samsara: Suffering as Medicine  00:00:12 Introduction: Continued discussion of the Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind Toward The Dharma: The Suffering of Samsara 00:02:00 The importance of this contemplation 00:06:50 Garchen Rinpoche, the hell realms being a hospital and suffering as medicine  00:08:45 Paltrul Rinpoche on happiness and suffering  00:10:14 Anything negative is the purification of karma  00:16:00 Summation of the Buddha’s teachings  00:18:30 Lojong, Milarepa, how excellent it is to have nothing, and self-arising joy  00:23:28 Great joy that comes from letting everything go  00:26:40 Closing thoughts on the Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind Toward the Dharma, Words of My Perfect Teacher  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/ Video available on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@DenverDzogchen108/videos and Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1VQKqUDAYTThJVcdtjd8bf Audio available on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/denver-dzogchen/id1712156487 and other podcast platforms