Love & Liberation with Olivia Clementine Olivia Clementine

00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:00 On translating Sera Khandro’s autobiography and what makes her particular autobiography so unique.
00:05:00 Human creativity coming out of interdependence and inter-relationality.
00:13:00 Prophetic visions with dakinis, khandro-ma and non-human consorts, and significance of tendrel in terma, treasure revelation. 
00:18:00 More on earth and mind treasure including an example from Sera Khandro’s autobiography. 
00:25:00 Climate crisis and relating with the earth.
00:28:00 Metaphors in Sera Khandro’s writing on joy and grief, and great love.
00:38:00 Linguistic universes of Tibetan and English, and how that affects the interpretations of translations, including words like enlightenment, lord, sin, inseparability and equality.
00:45:00 A story Chatral Sangye Dorje Rinpoche told about his first hand experience with his teacher Sera Khandro.
 
LINKS
Previous conversation with Dr. Jacoby on Love & Liberation, Writings of Sera Khandro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUmr0pBJd70
Lecture with Dr. Jacoby through Boston University on Interdependent Personhood and Relational Ethics: A Tibetan Perspective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg745EOXzcQ
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Today's episode, due to it being a visual episode, is published solely on YouTube.
Watch here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSILLfTMLLo
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00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:00 On growing up in Dolpo, Nepal and finding his path in art, energy and happiness.
00:06:00 Growing up in a Ngagpa family.
00:07:45 Opening a school in Dolpo
00:9:20 Finding your own way.
00:11:00 Being born into a lineage of 5 generations of painters 
00:14:00 Seasonal activities in Dolpo, salt caravan and changes now
00:20:00 We see some of Tenzin’s finished paintings and pieces in process
Contact:
To connect with Tenzin’s work you can reach out to his son Phurba at dolpogallery / at / gmail / dot / com 
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00:00:00 Introduction 
00:02:00 Productivity and ecology of love
00:09:21 Rules of erotic exchange
00:13:00 Looking out to confirm our realness as an obstacles for relationship
00:17:00 Narcissism and success 00:24:00 Meaning of love from Erich Fromm and the risk of acting in accord with reality.
00:28:00 Non-duality, shared pool of aliveness and emotion
00:36:00 Serving others and self-enlightenment.
00:40:00 Hitting rock bottom and receiving gifts through existing 
00:44:00 Being the circle of the gift and the difficulty of trusting our existence as being enough. 
00:53:00 Surrounding and helping each other becoming real.
 
LINKS:
Andreas
https://biologyofwonder.org
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Rev. Nóirín Ní Riain PhD is an Interfaith Minister, an internationally acclaimed spiritual singer, theologian, writer, musicologist, and Celtic Spirituality expert. 
00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:31 As a singer coming out of stage fright
00:06:00 Living for years at Glenstal Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in Ireland
00:06:56 Blessing a separation or a divorce
00:12:45 Noirin sings her favorite Psalm. 
00:14:00 Gregorian chanting and healing power
00:16:00 Theosony, listening to the divine, the ear of the heart and listening all around.
00:21:00 Stories of her friendship and time with Irish poet and Hegelian philosopher John O’Donohue
00:24:00 Learning patience and trust
00:27:00 On choices and mistakes
00:30:00 Qualities of loving
00:36:00 Rituals and being with people during times of transition
 
LINKS:
Norin
https://www.noirin.love
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00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:28 Background to Dark Retreat
00:05:44 Some experiences that Justin has had in dark retreat and what he learned about himself.
00:13:00 Freeing oneself of narrative of a dharma practitioner looking a certain way
00:16:00 The essentiality of giving oneself to space and formlessness and the fear of space.
00:20:44 How to know if one is qualified to do dark retreat.
00:27:14 Dream yoga in dark retreat
00:31:00 Visionary experiences and tögal in dark retreat and technology of dark retreat.
00:40:00 Manifestation of elements in dark retreat, destabilization and losing one’s mind. 
00:44:00 What Justin finds particularly interesting about Ati Yoga for this time 
00:47:00 Lived Ati Yoga
Links:
Justin
https://justinvonbujdoss.com/
 
Past conversations:
Resting in the Mind Beyond Time & Being Consumed by Dharma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0RvHW6fOMQ&list=PLbj5FAGzDx9WhJ7N5iJhGkZ_tY9ZnJL4m&index=8
Ati Yoga, the Becoming of Indigenous Western Tantra & the Ministry of Death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LAi9RnjcA0&list=PLbj5FAGzDx9WhJ7N5iJhGkZ_tY9ZnJL4m&index=14
 
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Some of what Andrea shares:
00:00:00 Meeting her teacher 16th Karmapa 
00:22:00 Bone Relics and losing a skull that impacted her life
00:27:00 Proper care of ritual objects
00:30:00 Legendary snow lion expedition
00:36:00 How monastic institutions changed tantric rituals 
00:44:00 Dalai Lama on the most important legacy for Buddhism
00:47:00 Benefits and uses of different malas based on their materials
00:50:00 Learning Chöd Practice with Chatral Rinpoche 
00:53:55 Things to note when using a bone trumpet
00:56:00 What to do when snakes and scorpions are close to you
00:58:56 What Andrea practices right now
01:02:34 Cremation ground practice
01:06:00 Women in the charnel ground 
01:18:00 Andrea’s charnel ground practice and special rituals
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