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| 155 | Good Intentions | 26 Sep 2026 | 00:41:09 | |
Good intentions matter. But how do we know whether our actions actually carry them? In this episode, Lama Yeshe explores the relationship between intention, action, and consequence. Another person’s response does not define what we meant, yet impact can offer valuable information about how faithfully our actions expressed our intention. Through Dharma reflection and guided meditation, we examine accountability without blame, consequences without punishment, and the relational climate we create through what we repeatedly think, say, and do. What do I intend? FULL MOON SIT is an ongoing series offering Tibetan Buddhist meditation instruction and practice Make a dana offering PRAJNA FIRE is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by applicable law. Learn more about meditative inquiry and the integrative dharma practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating from Prajna Rising, our online journal. PUBLISHED ARTICLES https://www.prajnafire.com/media Subscribe to Prajna Fire's newsletter on Substack https://prajnafire.substack.com FOLLOW US Join the Prajna Fire Global Community Private Teaching Sessions Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) | |||
| 154 | Let Go | 27 Aug 2026 | 00:39:07 | |
Lama Yeshe explores an understanding of letting go through the image of the clenched and open hand. What happens when the object of our grasp disappears, but the clench remains? And can we learn to release without erasing, rejecting, or loving less? Through teaching and meditative inquiry, we discover that freedom does not require an empty hand, but an open one. FULL MOON SIT is an ongoing series offering Tibetan Buddhist meditation instruction and practice Make a dana offering PRAJNA FIRE is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by applicable law. Learn more about meditative inquiry and the integrative dharma practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating from Prajna Rising, our online journal. PUBLISHED ARTICLES https://www.prajnafire.com/media Subscribe to Prajna Fire's newsletter on Substack https://prajnafire.substack.com FOLLOW US Join the Prajna Fire Global Community Private Teaching Sessions Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) | |||
| 153 | Pivot | 29 Jul 2026 | 00:31:03 | |
Lama Yeshe explores how the pivot between samsara and nirvana offered in every present moment reveals where freedom has room to breathe. The episode offers a practical framework to apply off the cushion, in everyday life, for working with experience through three deceptively simple words: Things. Poisons. Virtues. FULL MOON SIT is an ongoing series offering Tibetan Buddhist meditation instruction and practice Make a dana offering PRAJNA FIRE is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by applicable law. Learn more about meditative inquiry and the integrative dharma practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating from Prajna Rising, our online journal. PUBLISHED ARTICLES https://www.prajnafire.com/media Subscribe to Prajna Fire's newsletter on Substack https://prajnafire.substack.com FOLLOW US Join the Prajna Fire Global Community Private Teaching Sessions Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) | |||
| 152 | Not Knowing | 29 Jun 2026 | 00:33:35 | |
Not knowing as mystery is moving, inspiring, and initiating, alive to not knowing that it knows. Join Lama Yeshe for a spacious Dharma talk, active contemplation, and guided meditation on living from the fullness of who we are. FULL MOON SIT is an ongoing series offering Tibetan Buddhist meditation instruction and practice Make a dana offering PRAJNA FIRE is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by applicable law. Learn more about meditative inquiry and the integrative dharma practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating from Prajna Rising, our online journal. PUBLISHED ARTICLES https://www.prajnafire.com/media Subscribe to Prajna Fire's newsletter on Substack https://prajnafire.substack.com FOLLOW US Join the Prajna Fire Global Community Private Teaching Sessions Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) | |||
| 151 | Integrity | 31 May 2026 | 00:41:39 | |
Integrity not as moral perfection, but as the growing coherence of a life that gathers every experience into the path without letting any fragment overrule the whole. Join Lama Yeshe for a spacious Dharma talk, active contemplation, and guided meditation on living from the fullness of who we are. FULL MOON SIT is an ongoing series offering Tibetan Buddhist meditation instruction and practice Make a dana offering PRAJNA FIRE is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by applicable law. Learn more about meditative inquiry and the integrative dharma practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating from Prajna Rising, our online journal. PUBLISHED ARTICLES https://www.prajnafire.com/media Subscribe to Prajna Fire's newsletter on Substack https://prajnafire.substack.com FOLLOW US Join the Prajna Fire Global Community Private Teaching Sessions Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) | |||
| 150 | Self-love | 01 May 2026 | 00:50:03 | |
What is “self-love”? In contemporary psychology and self-help, self-love is often framed as self-acceptance, self-worth, and meeting our emotional needs with care. These approaches can be deeply supportive—but they may also rest on a limited view of the “self” they are trying to love. In this episode of Prajna Sparks, we explore a broader, more nuanced perspective drawn from the Mahayana Buddhist tradition. Rather than asking only how to love ourselves, we begin by asking: What is this “self” we are loving? Join Lama Yeshe for an integrated Dharma talk and guided meditation exploring the panoramic view of the "I" FULL MOON SIT is an ongoing series offering Tibetan Buddhist meditation instruction and practice Make a dana offering PRAJNA FIRE is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by applicable law. Learn more about meditative inquiry and the integrative dharma practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating from Prajna Rising, our online journal. PUBLISHED ARTICLES https://www.prajnafire.com/media Subscribe to Prajna Fire's newsletter on Substack https://prajnafire.substack.com FOLLOW US Join the Prajna Fire Global Community Private Teaching Sessions Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) | |||
| 149 | Bypass Whiplash | 01 Apr 2026 | 00:30:13 | |
Meditation for meeting our deepest emotions without bypassing or backlash guided by Lands Yeshe FULL MOON SIT is an ongoing series offering Tibetan Buddhist meditation instruction and practice Make a dana offering PRAJNA FIRE is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by applicable law. Learn more about meditative inquiry and the integrative dharma practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating from Prajna Rising, our online journal. PUBLISHED ARTICLES https://www.prajnafire.com/media Subscribe to Prajna Fire's newsletter on Substack https://prajnafire.substack.com FOLLOW US Join the Prajna Fire Global Community Private Teaching Sessions Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) | |||
| 148 | Miracle of Yes | 03 Mar 2026 | 00:34:17 | |
Lama Yeshe guides a practice of The Miracle of Yes, consisting of meditative inquiry and deep rest that supports nervous-system regulation, relational clarity, and a direct taste of the security and openness of infinite potentiality, shunyata, emptiness. FULL MOON SIT is an ongoing series offering Tibetan Buddhist meditation instruction and practice Make a dana offering PRAJNA FIRE is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by applicable law. Learn more about meditative inquiry and the integrative dharma practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating from Prajna Rising, our online journal. PUBLISHED ARTICLES https://www.prajnafire.com/media Subscribe to Prajna Fire's newsletter on Substack https://prajnafire.substack.com FOLLOW US Private Teaching Sessions Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) | |||
| 147 | Eros | 01 Feb 2026 | 00:29:41 | |
For Valentine’s Day, this Full Moon Sit explores Eros as the life-force coursing through experiences of body, heart, and mind. Lama Yeshe guides the practice from somatic vitality into relational warmth, flowing into creativity, sensual charge, and presence, then ending with integration, to open into uncontrived experience. FULL MOON SIT is an ongoing series offering Tibetan Buddhist meditation instruction and practice Make a dana offering PRAJNA FIRE is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by applicable law. Learn more about meditative inquiry and the integrative dharma practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating from Prajna Rising, our online journal. PUBLISHED ARTICLES https://www.prajnafire.com/media Subscribe to Prajna Fire's newsletter on Substack https://prajnafire.substack.com FOLLOW US Private Teaching Sessions Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) | |||
| 146 | Ocean of Mind | 03 Jan 2026 | 00:32:01 | |
Lama Yeshe guides a meditation of immersive presence in our own consciousness incorporating elements of shamatha (tranquility) and vipashyana (insight) practice. FULL MOON SIT is an ongoing series offering Tibetan Buddhist meditation instruction and practice Make a dana offering PRAJNA FIRE is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by applicable law. Learn more about meditative inquiry and the integrative dharma practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating from Prajna Rising, our online journal. PUBLISHED ARTICLES https://www.prajnafire.com/media Subscribe to Prajna Fire's newsletter on Substack https://prajnafire.substack.com FOLLOW US Private Teaching Sessions Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) | |||
| 145 | Loving | 04 Dec 2025 | 00:30:03 | |
Lama Yeshe guides a meditation that invokes creative imagination to cultivate familiarity with our innate quality of being love within a space of active repose. FULL MOON SIT is an ongoing series offering Tibetan Buddhist meditation instruction and practice Make a dana offering PRAJNA FIRE is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by applicable law. Learn more about meditative inquiry and the integrative dharma practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating from Prajna Rising, our online journal. PUBLISHED ARTICLES https://www.prajnafire.com/media Subscribe to Prajna Fire's newsletter on Substack https://prajnafire.substack.com FOLLOW US Private Teaching Sessions Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) | |||
| 144 | Tonglen | 05 Nov 2025 | 00:36:37 | |
Lama Yeshe guides a rich and delicate practice of tonglen, or open-handed welcome. Instructions include shamatha or tranquility meditation, meditative inquiry, and an intimate tonglen practice that begins with you, your joys and aspirations, your pains and challenges. We invite you to let this practice connect you with the deepest resources of mind's true nature on a daily basis. FULL MOON SIT is an ongoing series offering Tibetan Buddhist meditation instruction and practice PRAJNA FIRE is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by applicable law. Learn more about meditative inquiry and the integrative dharma practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating from Prajna Rising, our online journal. PUBLISHED ARTICLES https://www.prajnafire.com/media Subscribe to Prajna Fire's newsletter on Substack https://prajnafire.substack.com FOLLOW US Join the Prajna Fire Global Community Private Teaching Sessions Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) | |||
| 143 | Praising the Buddha LIVE | 24 Jul 2025 | 00:55:08 | |
Next Monday, July 28, 2025, is Chokor Duchen, the Great Holy Day of Turning the Wheel of Dharma, commemorating the first public teaching of the Buddha Shakyamuni, the Four Truths of Noble Beings. In a live recording from Chokor Duchen 2024, Lamas Yeshe and Zopa invite us to delve into this living practice of praise and grateful respect to the Buddha. We invite you to incorporate into your practice to start your day on Monday and all four great Holy Days of the Tibetan Buddhist calendar that celebrate the life of the Buddha. A pdf of the text for the practice is available on our website at https://www.prajnafire.com/resources THE PRAJNA SPARKS PODCAST CELEBRATES ITS FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY TODAY TO ALLOW TIME AND SPACE TO DISCERN WHERE TO TAKE THE PODCAST GOING FORWARD WE WILL BE ON HIATUS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE STAY TUNED, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT! #buddha #buddhashakyamuni #buddhanature #Mahamudra #buddhism #buddhistmeditation #tibetanbuddhism Resources for this episode PRAJNA FIRE is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by applicable law. Learn more about the integrative dharma practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating from Prajna Rising, our online journal. Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/media Prajna Fire on Substack https://prajnafire.substack.com PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna We are proud to be featured on Feedspot's Top Buddhist Podcasts lists--check them out for more great listens! FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| 142 | Dedicating Merit | 25 Jun 2025 | 00:42:59 | |
What is merit, why is dedicating it so important in Buddhist practice, and how do we dedicate to optimize our spiritual heart and path? Lamas Yeshe and Zopa invite us to explore this vital ingredient and enlivening mindset, one of three sublime principles in all Mahayana Buddhist practice. #buddhanature #Mahamudra #buddhism #buddhistmeditation #merit #dedicating merit Resources for this episode Majjhima Nikāya 29. The Greater Discourse on the Simile of the Heartwood (Bodhi trans.) https://suttacentral.net/mn29/en/bodhi?lang=en&reference=none&highlight=false PRAJNA FIRE is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by applicable law. Learn more about the integrative dharma practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating from Prajna Rising, our online journal. Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/media Prajna Fire on Substack https://prajnafire.substack.com PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| 141 | Trust | 26 May 2025 | 00:40:29 | |
What does TRUST have to do with Buddhist practice? Lamas Yeshe and Zopa invite us to explore this vital building block of wellbeing, looking deeply into how a revolution of trust in buddhanature forms a easeful way to allow its progressive actualization into our everyday life. #buddhanature #Mahamudra #buddhism #buddhistmeditation Resources for this episode Majjhima Nikāya 29. The Greater Discourse on the Simile of the Heartwood (Bodhi trans.) https://suttacentral.net/mn29/en/bodhi?lang=en&reference=none&highlight=false PRAJNA FIRE is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by applicable law. Learn more about the integrative dharma practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating from Prajna Rising, our online journal. Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/media Prajna Fire on Substack https://prajnafire.substack.com PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| 140 | Reorienting to Freedom | 27 Apr 2025 | 00:34:08 | |
Reorienting the mind towards freedom and embodying our true nature fully and interupptedly breeds a steadfast heart and flexible mind. In this special replay episode, Lamas Yeshe and Zopa share the vital practice of contemplating the Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind to Dharma, which reoirents the mind away from the deceptivenss of samsara and towards liberation and buddhahood. This is a replay of the first in a five-part series we aired in 2023, exploring each of the four thoughts and their contemplative practice. These are contemplations well worth revisiting, time and again. Download free guided practices for the four contemplations and more here: https://www.prajnafire.com/downloads PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on new and full moon days, and contemplation interludes on the quarter moons. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck Listen Contemplate Meditate, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3ygFsus Meditative Inquiry, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3xRySck FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| 139 | Conduct | 29 Mar 2025 | 00:47:03 | |
CONDUCT is both an expression of our integrity with the View of the Buddha Shakyamuni's teachings cultivated through meditation, and a potent influence on our experience, our world, and our spiritual development. In the third of three episodes on view, meditation, and conduct, Lamas Yeshe and Zopa explore what conduct is generally and in the context of this triad, as well as how the three elementsrelate dynamically to one another, and cohesively to other paradigms of the Buddha's teachings. Full lyrics and audio with melody for the Milarepa song "Profound Definitive Meaning Sung on the Snowy Range," translated into English and arranged for song by Jim Scott and Ari Goldfield, which is used for the contemplation segment of this episode, is available at: https://ktgrinpoche.org/songs/profound-definitive-meaning-sung-snowy-range This episode was recorded at Pullahari Monastery in Nepal--can you catch the songbirds, aircraft, and dogs that are part of our daily soundtrack here? PRAJNA FIRE is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by applicable law. Learn more about the integrative dharma practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating from Prajna Rising, our online journal. Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/media Prajna Fire on Substack https://prajnafire.substack.com PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| 138 | Meditation | 29 Mar 2025 | 00:26:18 | |
MEDITATION instills the View of the Buddha Shakyamuni's broad and deep understanding of the nature of things into our experience. And it is far, far more than you think it is. Lamas Yeshe and Zopa explore what meditation is, how it helps us bring view, balance, and wellbeing into our experience, and segue into everyday integration of the Buddha's teachings through the third point of this triad, Conduct. PRAJNA FIRE is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by applicable law. Learn more about the integrative dharma practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating from Prajna Rising, our online journal. Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/media Prajna Fire on Substack https://prajnafire.substack.com PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| 137 | View | 29 Jan 2025 | 00:37:33 | |
VIEW takes primary place in the Buddha Shakyamuni's path of spiritual practice. It encompasses the perspective, the belief systems, the worldview that knows who things are as we find them, and leads onward to liberation from samsara and buddhahood, the perfect and complete embodiment of our mind's true nature. Lamas Yeshe and Zopa explore what view is, how it helps us navigate our lives with skill and grace, and lay the groundwork for exploring two important related elements, Meditation and Conduct. Read When Bodhisattvas Break, Lama Yeshe's article on inspiration from the mighty bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara https://bit.ly/BodhisattvasBreak Or watch Lama Zopa's live video comments from our weekly sangha practice https://bit.ly/InspirationDark PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/media Prajna Fire on Substack https://prajnafire.substack.com FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| 136 | Promise | 30 Dec 2024 | 00:42:19 | |
PROMISE can be a loaded term, and yet it simultaneously proffers inspiration, fulfillment, and priceless opportunity. Lamas Yeshe and Zopa explore how we can recruit the power of promise to fuel our longing to thrive in the best possible way, by fulfilling our true nature as buddhas. RELATED: Read When Bodhisattvas Break, Lama Yeshe's article on inspiration from the mighty bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara https://bit.ly/BodhisattvasBreak Or watch Lama Zopa's live video comments from our weekly sangha practice https://bit.ly/InspirationDark PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/media Prajna Fire on Substack https://prajnafire.substack.com FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| REPLAY | Listen Contemplate Meditate | 01 Dec 2024 | 00:53:29 | |
This month we replay Listen Contemplate Meditate, our first and still most popular episode, because we know from experience that we can never hear enough about the integrative dharma practice built on these three components. More resources for the practice available at www.prajnafire.com/media Lama Yeshe teaches about listening, contemplation, and meditation, the foundations of integrative practice; and you learn why the podcast is called Prajna Sparks. Tania Israel joins in for contemplation discussion, then Heather Stevenson sings a song with lyrics Tania wrote as part of her contemplative practice. Lama Zopa leads a guided practice on shamatha, tranquility meditation. Tibetan singing bowl interludes composed and performed by Shivnee Ratna. EPISODE CONTENTS 00:27 Teaching by Lama Yeshe 30:00 Conversation with Lama Yeshe and Tania Israel 45:00 Song (to the tune of "Edelweiss" from The Sound of Music) : lyrics by Tania Israel, vocals by Heather Stevenson 47:00 Meditation by Lama Zopa PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons (USA Mountain Time). EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US www.prajnafire.com/sparks @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and bluesky.social Sing-a-long with us on Youtube Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) Tania Israel (www.taniaisrael.com) Heather Stevenson (www.heatherstevenson.com) Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| MOMENT | Bardo | 15 Nov 2024 | 00:10:06 | |
BARDO refers to intervals, thresholds, or interludes between important things, during which time, transition feels momentous, and opportunities for practice abound... SPARKS MOMENTS are brief dharma reflections on things of the day, including a guided meditation practice to encounter your experience of the topic directly For more on post-election responses: Read When Bodhisattvas Break, Lama Yeshe's article on inspiration from the mighty bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara https://bit.ly/BodhisattvasBreak Or watch Lama Zopa's live video comments from our weekly sangha practice https://bit.ly/InspirationDark PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/media Prajna Fire on Substack https://prajnafire.substack.com FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| 135 | Unity | 01 Nov 2024 | 00:30:18 | |
The Two Truths in Unity is more than abstract Buddhist philosophy with no impact on our lives and hearts. In this episode, Lamas Yeshe & Zopa present an integrated approach to engaging listening, contemplating, and meditating on the Two Truths of apparent and genuine reality in Unity. They provide a few examples of realtime ways to engage that Unity so that it impacts our lives here and now. Their discussion is interspersed with resting meditaiton and meditative inquiry. PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/media Prajna Fire on Substack https://prajnafire.substack.com FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| 134 | Genuine Reality, Reasoning Style | 02 Oct 2024 | 00:32:52 | |
Lamas Yeshe & Zopa present Genuine Reality from the stance of reasoning, on its own, as a counterpart to our previous episode. Hear what "genuine reality" means in the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Learn how to employ our powers of reasoning to connect with what is real based on our own inward experience. PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/media Prajna Fire on Substack https://prajnafire.substack.com FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| 133 | Genuine Reality, Meditation Style | 03 Sep 2024 | 00:20:45 | |
In a new twist, Lamas Yeshe & Zopa present Genuine Reality from the stance of contemplation and meditation first. Hear how song and your own experience provide us with the raw material for exploring genuine reality, here and now. Contemplation through song and follow a guided meditation to connect with what is true based on our own joy and inward experience. HERE ARE THE LYRICS TO OUR SINGING CONTEMPLATION, "FRIENDS"--JOIN US IN BELTING IT OUT! FRIENDS: A Song of Those who are Full of Love but Free of Attachment
Find other song lyrics and accompanying audio tracks here: https://www.ktgrinpoche.org/songs/friends-yogis-and-yoginis PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/media Prajna Fire on Substack https://prajnafire.substack.com FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com)
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| 132 | Apparent Reality | 04 Aug 2024 | 00:44:08 | |
Beginning an exploration of how mind impacts our experience, Lamas Yeshe & Zopa describe how the Buddha's teachings describing apparent reality, one of two truths our mind's experience, and how an accurate understanding of it can facilitate a spacious opening of curiosity and presence in our lives. Contemplate quotes about apparent reality and follow a guided meditation to connect with the interdependence of each and every moment of our inward experience. For text of quotes used in the contemplation segment, visit https://www.ktgrinpoche.org/songs/verses-samadhi-illusion-texts-middle-way PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/media Prajna Fire on Substack https://prajnafire.substack.com FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| 131 | Beyond Meditation | 05 Jul 2024 | 00:42:14 | |
Rounding off this series on the Four Yogas of Mahamudra, Lamas Yeshe & Zopa describe how the Mahamudra attainments of one-pointedness, nonconceptuality, one taste, and nonmeditation can inform and guide our shamatha meditation practice here and now, whatever our level of experience. View our latest newsletter at https://prajnafire.substack.com/p/embodying-mind?r=1i7u42 Mahamudra, the signature practice of the Kagyu lineage, is known for its spare, direct, and swift approach. Yet this clarity and simplicity can bring new direction and vivacity to the seminal practice of shamatha, in which all Buddhist spiritual experience and realization is grounded. Contemplate quotes about the Four Yogas and follow a guided meditation to connect with the essence of all experience, inseparable from experience and experiencer. PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/media Prajna Fire on Substack https://prajnafire.substack.com FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| 130 | One-Pointedness | 06 Jun 2024 | 00:34:35 | |
Exploring the mind in Mahamudra practice brings us increased intimacy with its qualities as we practice, experience, and realize the Four Yogas of Mahamudra. Lamas Yeshe & Zopa describe the Yoga of One-Pointedness, the practice, meditative experience, and realization of wholness, unity, complementarity of all things in emptiness. Contemplate a passage about One-Pointedness and follow a guided meditation to connect with the essence of all experience, inseparable from experience and experiencer. PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/media Prajna Fire on Substack https://prajnafire.substack.com FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com)
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| 129 | Nonmeditation | 08 May 2024 | 00:37:45 | |
Exploring the mind in Mahamudra practice brings us increased intimacy with its qualities as we practice, experience, and realize the Four Yogas of Mahamudra. Lamas Yeshe & Zopa describe the Yoga of Nonmeditation, the practice, meditative experience, and realization of wholness, unity, complementarity of all things in emptiness. Contemplate quotes about Nonmeditation and follow a guided meditation to connect with the essence of all experience, inseparable from experience and experiencer. PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/media https://prajnafire.substack.com FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| 128 | One Taste | 08 Apr 2024 | 00:35:09 | |
Exploring the mind in Mahamudra practice brings us increased intimacy with its qualities as we practice, experience, and realize the Four Yogas of Mahamudra. Lamas Yeshe & Zopa describe the Yoga of One Taste, the practice, meditative experience, and realization of wholness, unity, complementarity of all things in emptiness. Contemplate quotes about One Taste and follow a guided meditation to connect with the essence of all experience, inseparable from experience and experiencer. PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/media https://prajnafire.substack.com FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com)
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| 127 | Nonconceptuality | 11 Mar 2024 | 00:37:04 | |
Exploring the mind in Mahamudra practice brings us increased intimacy with its qualities. Lamas Yeshe & Zopa describe the nonconceptual character of mind, and its empty essence, as well as our thought, feeling, sensory and other experiences. Contemplate quotes about mind's nonconceptuality and follow a guided meditation to connect with raw sense impressions free of conceptual overlays. PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/media https://prajnafire.substack.com FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| 126 | New-ness | 10 Feb 2024 | 00:36:17 | |
On the cusp of the lunar new year, Lamas Yeshe & Zopa reflect on the hold of new-ness on the human psyche, reflected from nature around us, and how to harness the power of freshness in our practice at opportune, if arbitrary, moments in time. To join in the recitation of the Aspiration Prayer of Mahamudra for today's practice, click here for the beautiful translation by Ari Goldfield (plus a few Prajna Fire edits). https://bit.ly/AspirationMahamudra PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck PUBLISHED ARTICLES https://www.prajnafire.com/media https://prajnafire.substack.com FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| 125 | Mind | 11 Jan 2024 | 00:36:03 | |
What is mind? Lamas Yeshe & Zopa unveil the tip of the iceberg that is the experiential exploration of this quintessential sphere of experience. PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| 124 | Bodhicitta | 12 Dec 2023 | 00:41:30 | |
Lamas Yeshe and Zopa invite everyone into the brave heart of courageous walking the world with powerful presence in troubling times. PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Beginning November 2023, we are shifting to a once per month schedule. Look for new episodes on the new moons. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com)
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| 123 | Troubling Times | 13 Nov 2023 | 00:32:04 | |
Lamas Yeshe and Zopa invite everyone into the brave heart of courageous walking the world with powerful presence in troubling times. PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Beginning November 2023, we are shifting to a once per month schedule. Look for new episodes on the new moons. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com)
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| 122 | Holidays! (du chen) | 29 Oct 2023 | 00:31:58 | |
Lamas Yeshe and Zopa invite everyone into the loveliness of celebrating the Buddha Shakyamuni throughout the year in the practice of du chen - grand times, festivals, or quite simply, holidays at four points in the Tibetan calendar. The Lamp Prayer recited during the meditation portion of this episode is available here including Tibetan pronunciation and English text. https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks-songs This is the English text for ease of reference: May the bowl of this lamp become equal to the outer ring of this world realm of the great Three Thousands. May its stem be the size of the King of Mountains, Mt. Meru. May its oil fill the surrounding oceans. In number, may a hundred million appear before each and every buddha. May its light dispel all the darkness of ignorance from the Peak of Existence to the Incessant Hell and illumine all the Pure Realms of the buddhas and bodhisattvas of the ten directions so they are clearly seen. OM VAJRA ALOKE AH HU¥ Emaho! I offer this amazing, wonderful, bright lamp To the one thousand buddhas of this fortunate aeon The lamas, yidams, dakinis, dharma protectors, And gatherings of deities in the mandalas Of all pure realms of the infinite ten directions. My parents in the fore, may every sentient being In this lifetime and all the places they take birth See the pure realms of the perfect Buddhas directly And then become inseparable from Amitabha. Out of the power of the truth of the Three Jewels And the deities of the Three Roots I've made this prayer. Please grant your blessings that it be quickly accomplished. TADYATHA PANCHANDRIYA AVA BODHANAYE SVAHA PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Beginning November 2023, we are shifting to a once per month schedule. Look for new episodes on the new moon. This episode drops at the start of the 2023 Annular Solar Eclipse in Santa Fe, NM, home of Prajna Sparks. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck Listen Contemplate Meditate, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3ygFsus Meditative Inquiry, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3xRySck FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| 121 | Tame the Mind | 14 Oct 2023 | 00:29:58 | |
Lamas Yeshe and Zopa discuss the single phrase that encapsulates all of the Buddha's teachings: "tame the mind." Teachings by Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal mentioned in this episode occurred via Zoom online, October 13 to 15, 2023. Translation to English (by Lama Yeshe), as well as French, Mandrin, and Spanish available. Use this link to register and attain access to recordings of Drupon Khenpo's teachings through January 2024. https://rigpedorjemontreal.org/en/un-seul-mot-des-instructions-essentielles-du-guru-en/ PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Beginning November 2023, we are shifting to a once per month schedule. Look for new episodes on the new moon. This episode drops at the start of the 2023 Annular Solar Eclipse in Santa Fe, NM, home of Prajna Sparks. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck Listen Contemplate Meditate, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3ygFsus Meditative Inquiry, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3xRySck FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| 120 | Samsara is Tragic | 29 Sep 2023 | 00:28:33 | |
Lamas Yeshe and Zopa discuss the tragedy that is samsara, fourth of the Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind to Dharma, a set of contemplations to reoirent the mind away from the deceptiveness of samsara and towards liberation and buddhahood. This is a five-part series exploring each of the four thoughts and their contemplative practice, offered to support Prajna Fire's Ngondro Prep School. Read more about this dynamic four-month online program here. https://www.prajnafire.com/event-info/ngondro-prep PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes monthly. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck Listen Contemplate Meditate, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3ygFsus Meditative Inquiry, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3xRySck FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| BONUS | A Song of Awakeing | 23 Sep 2023 | 00:09:05 | |
In this bonus episode, Lama Yeshe reads her piece "A Song of Awakening," published in the collaborative offering "Glimpses of Buddhanature" in the Fall 2023 issue of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide. Read the full article online here https://www.lionsroar.com/glimpses-of-buddhanature/ You are welcome to share this free audio track with anyone who may benefit from listening to it ... https://www.prajnafire.com/downloads PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on new and full moon days, and contemplation interludes on the quarter moons. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck Listen Contemplate Meditate, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3ygFsus Meditative Inquiry, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3xRySck FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| 119 | Karma | 15 Sep 2023 | 00:36:39 | |
Lamas Yeshe and Zopa discuss karmic cause and effect, the thrid of the Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind to Dharma, a set of contemplations to reoirent the mind away from the deceptiveness of samsara and towards liberation and buddhahood. This is a five-part series exploring each of the four thoughts and their contemplative practice, offered to support Prajna Fire's Ngondro Prep School. Read more about this dynamic four-month online program here. https://www.prajnafire.com/event-info/ngondro-prep PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on new and full moon days, and contemplation interludes on the quarter moons. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck Listen Contemplate Meditate, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3ygFsus Meditative Inquiry, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3xRySck FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| 118 | Mortality | 30 Aug 2023 | 00:27:26 | |
Lamas Yeshe and Zopa discuss death and impermanence in the context of our own Mortality, the second of the Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind to Dharma, a set of contemplations to reoirent the mind away from the deceptivenss of samsara and towards liberation and buddhahood. This is the first in a five-part series exploring each of the four thoughts and their contemplative practice, offered to support Prajna Fire's Ngondro Prep School. Read more about this dynamic four-month online program here. https://www.prajnafire.com/event-info/ngondro-prep PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on new and full moon days, and contemplation interludes on the quarter moons. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck Listen Contemplate Meditate, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3ygFsus Meditative Inquiry, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3xRySck FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| 117 | Priceless Human Existence | 16 Aug 2023 | 00:39:12 | |
Lamas Yeshe and Zopa describe the Priceless Human Existence, first of the Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind to Dharma, a set of contemplations to reoirent the mind away from the deceptivenss of samsara and towards liberation and buddhahood. This is the first in a five-part series exploring each of the four thoughts and their contemplative practice, offered to support Prajna Fire's Ngondro Prep School. Read more about this dynamic four-month online program here. https://www.prajnafire.com/event-info/ngondro-prep PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on new and full moon days, and contemplation interludes on the quarter moons. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck Listen Contemplate Meditate, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3ygFsus Meditative Inquiry, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3xRySck FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com)
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| 116 | Four Contemplations to Reorient Mind | 01 Aug 2023 | 00:34:08 | |
Lamas Yeshe and Zopa introduce the Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind to Dharma, a set of contemplations to reoirent the mind away from the deceptivenss of samsara and towards liberation and buddhahood. This is the first in a five-part series exploring each of the four thoughts and their contemplative practice, offered to support Prajna Fire's Ngondro Prep School. Read more about this dynamic four-month online program here. https://www.prajnafire.com/event-info/ngondro-prep PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on new and full moon days, and contemplation interludes on the quarter moons. Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck Listen Contemplate Meditate, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3ygFsus Meditative Inquiry, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3xRySck FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Check us out in the media https://www.prajnafire.com/media EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| 115 | Being True | 17 Jul 2023 | 00:53:02 | |
As Prajna Sparks Podcast celebrates our third anniversary this summer, we honor three years together with you with rebroadcasts of the most popular episodes of the last three years. This Friday, close on the heels of today's new moon, Tibetan Buddhists celebrate Chokor Duchen, the holiday commemorating the Buddha's first public discourse, relating the Four Truths of Noble Beings. And this Sunday, July 23, 2021, marks Prajna Spark's podcast's third anniversary. What better topic, to cap off our rebroadcast of popular episodes from the last three years together than what it means to Be True in the context of the Buddha's teaching? Read the English translation of the Wheel of Dharma Sutra online. These six episodes together form a concise introduction to Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and practice. Revisit the highlights of Prajna Sparks and check in on how beautifully you have integrated the Buddhadharma during our time together. And most importantly, thanks so much for your support, and for listening, contemplating, and meditating along with us. RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck Listen Contemplate Meditate, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3ygFsus Meditative Inquiry, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3xRySck EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Online booking with immediate confirmation. EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US www.prajnafire.com/sparks @prajnasparks on Facebook and Instagram Sing-a-long with us on Youtube Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) Tania Israel (www.taniaisrael.com) Heather Stevenson (www.heatherstevenson.com) Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| 114 | Got Faith? | 03 Jul 2023 | 00:47:33 | |
As Prajna Sparks Podcast celebrates our third anniversary this summer, we honor three years together with you with rebroadcasts of the most popular episodes of the last three years. In the midst of the sacred time in the Tibetan Buddhist calendar between the holidays commemorating the Buddha Shakyamuni's enlightenment and his first public discourse, when we recall and reflect on his seven weeks of solitary solitude near the bodhi tree, in the forest along the Niranjana River, we offer this consideration of Faith. What is faith? Do I have to turn in my intelligence if I have some? And how do I get me some, exactly? Revisit the highlights of Prajna Sparks and check in on how beautifully you have integrated the Buddhadharma during our time together. And most importantly, thanks so much for your support, and for listening, contemplating, and meditating along with us. RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck Listen Contemplate Meditate, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3ygFsus Meditative Inquiry, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3xRySck EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Online booking with immediate confirmation. EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US www.prajnafire.com/sparks @prajnasparks on Facebook and Instagram Sing-a-long with us on Youtube Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) Tania Israel (www.taniaisrael.com) Heather Stevenson (www.heatherstevenson.com) Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| 113 | To Forgive or Not to Forgive | 18 Jun 2023 | 01:01:14 | |
As Prajna Sparks Podcast celebrates our third anniversary this summer, we honor three years together with you with rebroadcasts of the most popular episodes of the last three years. On this Father's Day new moon weekend, we honor all the fatherly beings who raise us up into wholesome humanity by offering the fundamentals for re-envisioning forgiveness, in a practice that can serve as the pivot for life-altering evolution grounded in generosity, aspiration. Revisit the highlights of Prajna Sparks and check in on how beautifully you have integrated the Buddhadharma during our time together. And most importantly, thanks so much for your support, and for listening, contemplating, and meditating along with us. RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck Listen Contemplate Meditate, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3ygFsus Meditative Inquiry, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3xRySck EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Online booking with immediate confirmation. EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US www.prajnafire.com/sparks @prajnasparks on Facebook and Instagram Sing-a-long with us on Youtube Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) Tania Israel (www.taniaisrael.com) Heather Stevenson (www.heatherstevenson.com) Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| 112 | What is Nirvana? | 04 Jun 2023 | 00:55:21 | |
As Prajna Sparks Podcast celebrates our third anniversary this summer, we honor three years together with you with rebroadcasts of the most popular episodes of the last three years. Today, June 2, 2023, is Saga Dawa Duchen the Tibetan Buddhist holiday commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana of the Buddha Shakyamuni. What better day to dive into an exporlation of just what is meant by Nirvana... Revisit the highlights of Prajna Sparks and check in on how beautifully you have integrated the Buddhadharma during our time together. And most importantly, thanks so much for your support, and for listening, contemplating, and meditating along with us. RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck Listen Contemplate Meditate, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3ygFsus Meditative Inquiry, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3xRySck EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Online booking with immediate confirmation. EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US www.prajnafire.com/sparks @prajnasparks on Facebook and Instagram Sing-a-long with us on Youtube Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) Tania Israel (www.taniaisrael.com) Heather Stevenson (www.heatherstevenson.com) Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck Listen Contemplate Meditate, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3ygFsus Meditative Inquiry, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3xRySck FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Hear Lama Yeshe's story on Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers https://ihr.fm/3uwqxZW And follow her guided practice of Tonglen Meditation & Sacred Creativity https://ihr.fm/3Lk9Kjy EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com)
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| 111 | Integrating Dharma | 19 May 2023 | 00:53:29 | |
Wow! Prajna Sparks Podcast celebrates our third anniversary this summer. To honor three years together with you, we will rebroadcast the most popular episodes of the last three years. No better place to start than the episode that started it all... Revisit the highlights of Prajna Sparks and check in on how beautifully you have integrated the Buddhadharma during our time together. And most importantly, thanks so much for your support, and for listening, contemplating, and meditating along with us. RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck Listen Contemplate Meditate, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3ygFsus Meditative Inquiry, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3xRySck EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Online booking with immediate confirmation. EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US www.prajnafire.com/sparks @prajnasparks on Facebook and Instagram Sing-a-long with us on Youtube Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) Tania Israel (www.taniaisrael.com) Heather Stevenson (www.heatherstevenson.com) Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck Listen Contemplate Meditate, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3ygFsus Meditative Inquiry, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3xRySck FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Hear Lama Yeshe's story on Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers https://ihr.fm/3uwqxZW And follow her guided practice of Tonglen Meditation & Sacred Creativity https://ihr.fm/3Lk9Kjy EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| 110 | Precise Knowing - Prajna Paramita | 05 May 2023 | 00:32:20 | |
Lamas Yeshe and Zopa present the practice leading onwards toward prajnaparamita, the transcendent perfection of precise knowing, on and off the cushion. Read Yeshe's article on Right Effort in the May 2023 issue of Lion's Roar Magazine on their website and in our online journal, Prajna Rising. https://bit.ly/LR-RightEffort Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on new and full moon days, and contemplation interludes on the quarter moons. RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck Listen Contemplate Meditate, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3ygFsus Meditative Inquiry, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3xRySck FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Hear Lama Yeshe's story on Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers https://ihr.fm/3uwqxZW And follow her guided practice of Tonglen Meditation & Sacred Creativity https://ihr.fm/3Lk9Kjy EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com) | |||
| 109 | Meditative Concentration - Dhyana Paramita | 21 Apr 2023 | 00:33:54 | |
Lamas Yeshe and Zopa present the practice leading onwards toward dhyana paramita, the transcendent perfection of meditative concentration, on and off the cushion. Read Yeshe's article on Right Effort in the May 2023 issue of Lion's Roar Magazine on their website and in our online journal, Prajna Rising. https://bit.ly/LR-RightEffort Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on new and full moon days, and contemplation interludes on the quarter moons. RESOURCES Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine https://bit.ly/3xRySck Listen Contemplate Meditate, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3ygFsus Meditative Inquiry, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide https://bit.ly/3xRySck FOLLOW US Join our Global Community for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online) Hear Lama Yeshe's story on Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers https://ihr.fm/3uwqxZW And follow her guided practice of Tonglen Meditation & Sacred Creativity https://ihr.fm/3Lk9Kjy EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.com FIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks) @prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos) Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa (www.prajnafire.com) IG: @karmayeshechodron @karmazopajigme Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (www.shivgauree.com)
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