Upcoming Talks LINK Teaching with Kate Dobbertin Mar 31, 2024 LINK Legacy Teaching with Venerable Dzigar Kongtrul RInpoche Apr 7, 2024 LINK Teaching with Catherine Houston Apr 14, 2024 Register for GoToWebinar Subscribe to the Podcast Spotify Apple Podcasts Each Sunday morning, Mangala Shri Bhuti offers a teaching series known as the Link. The Link teachings explore Buddhism from the practitioner’s perspective. These talks are a live audio broadcast. They begin at 10 am Mountain Standard Time (USA) and are free of charge. The Link features Dungse Jampal Norbu and senior students of Mangala Shri Bhuti. We welcome you to listen.GoToWebinarWe use GoToWebinar to broadcast the Link. Register directly on the Goto Webinar registration page. Once you’ve filled out the registration form, you will begin to receive weekly reminder e-mails that contain the URL for the live stream. You can listen on your computer, or download the GoToMeeting app for iPad, iPhone and Android devices.*Important Note: Your registration is good for one year, after which you will need to re-register. You will know that time has come when you no longer receive the weekly reminder e-mails. We also send out an email to all Link participants at that time.The PodcastThe Link podcast is a wonderful way to access the entire archive of Link teachings at your convenience. Subscribe to the Link Podcast to automatically receive each talk in your Apple Podcasts library or however your listen to podcasts. Search or listen to episodes chronologically below. UPCOMING TALKS LINK Teaching with Kate Dobbertin Mar 31, 2024 LINK Legacy Teaching with Venerable Dzigar Kongtrul RInpoche Apr 7, 2024 LINK Teaching with Catherine Houston Apr 14, 2024 Episodes Reviewing My 25 Years As a Student (Link #699) MSB Student Dai Inaba | March 17, 2024 | 51:55 Min. Speaker: Dai Inaba. Dai-san analyzes the ways in which he’s dealt with unexpected life events, including embarrassing situations, and things about himself he hasn’t wanted to face. Dai-san described some recent, unexpected events that caused damage to the entrance gate at Tashi Gachil. Staying present with the events and calmly investigating the source, Dai-san was able to respond with equanimity, instead of panic and blame. In looking back over his 25 years as a student of Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, he remembered being very hard on himself, but now sees clearly the source of his pain as self-clinging. Practices such as Lojong allow Dai-san to view one’s own suffering as a way to decrease the suffering of others. This has helped him disrupt habitual self-clinging, and focus more on alleviating the suffering of others, with meditation and prayer. https://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_03_17_LINK699_DI.mp3On Meditation (Link #698) MSB Student Mary Cobb | March 10, 2024 | 51:03 Min. Speaker: Mary Cobb. Mary shares her experience of meditation on the Vajrayana path of Tibetan Buddhism. https://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_03_10_LINK698_MC.mp3Neglecting One of the Pillars (Link #697) MSB Student Mary Lee Mooney | March 3, 2024 | 48:09 Min. Speaker: Mary Lee Mooney. Mary Lee reflects on discovering that she had been neglecting one of the three pillars- study, and how she has come to embrace it on her path as a practitioner. Over the past few years, spurred on by the forced solitude of the pandemic lockdown, Mary found that her interest in study had grown. Becoming a lobpon for MSB’s online courses encouraged her as the wealth of the contemplations in these classes changed her view. Mary shared that studies didn’t come easily to her since childhood, and she became aware of the creative ways she pushed forward through life on her own terms. When Mary recognized that she was not fully relating with the three wisdoms, she began including them into her daily contemplative practice. In doing so, she realized the importance of self-compassion and humor in relating to our humanness as critical for waking up. Mary now feels more grounded in the three pillars of study, practice and service, and in truly being “with” the Buddhadharma. https://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_03_03_LINK697_MLM.mp3Comprehending Our Mind: Removing Vaguenenss and Establishing Clarity (Link #696) Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche | February 25, 2024 | 43:43 Min. Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Rinpoche describes how to understand our relationship to our mind, and what supports our well being. There are two sides to the mind: thoughts and emotions. Thoughts are made up of our perceptions and the labels we put on them. We will always remain vague about what holds us back and what supports us to move forward, until we learn how to self-recognize our experiences. In order to remove vagueness and establish clarity we must “bring everything out onto the table”. We then begin to develop a certain intelligence and sophistication of mind which sees the relative truth of what arises, as well as the absolute truth, which is beyond dualism. Holding relative and absolute simultaneously and inseparably, not abandoning one and accepting another, is the mark of a truly mature mind. The second side of mind – emotions – is crucial to understand as well. Emotions are nothing more than a façade. When the façade is exposed to all aspects of mind, things become free and open. Nothing gets stuck. Emotions are free to arise and cease. They are part of a bigger awareness that sees everything clearly but does not get caught in believing that things are intrinsically good or bad. It takes focus, discipline and stillness to observe our own mind. This is how we will gain true maturity and intelligence. With this special kind of intelligence – based not on thoughts but direct observation of the mind – there will never be an agony that cannot be overcome. https://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_02_25_LINK696_DKR.mp3 More
Reviewing My 25 Years As a Student (Link #699) MSB Student Dai Inaba | March 17, 2024 | 51:55 Min. Speaker: Dai Inaba. Dai-san analyzes the ways in which he’s dealt with unexpected life events, including embarrassing situations, and things about himself he hasn’t wanted to face. Dai-san described some recent, unexpected events that caused damage to the entrance gate at Tashi Gachil. Staying present with the events and calmly investigating the source, Dai-san was able to respond with equanimity, instead of panic and blame. In looking back over his 25 years as a student of Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, he remembered being very hard on himself, but now sees clearly the source of his pain as self-clinging. Practices such as Lojong allow Dai-san to view one’s own suffering as a way to decrease the suffering of others. This has helped him disrupt habitual self-clinging, and focus more on alleviating the suffering of others, with meditation and prayer. https://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_03_17_LINK699_DI.mp3
On Meditation (Link #698) MSB Student Mary Cobb | March 10, 2024 | 51:03 Min. Speaker: Mary Cobb. Mary shares her experience of meditation on the Vajrayana path of Tibetan Buddhism. https://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_03_10_LINK698_MC.mp3
Neglecting One of the Pillars (Link #697) MSB Student Mary Lee Mooney | March 3, 2024 | 48:09 Min. Speaker: Mary Lee Mooney. Mary Lee reflects on discovering that she had been neglecting one of the three pillars- study, and how she has come to embrace it on her path as a practitioner. Over the past few years, spurred on by the forced solitude of the pandemic lockdown, Mary found that her interest in study had grown. Becoming a lobpon for MSB’s online courses encouraged her as the wealth of the contemplations in these classes changed her view. Mary shared that studies didn’t come easily to her since childhood, and she became aware of the creative ways she pushed forward through life on her own terms. When Mary recognized that she was not fully relating with the three wisdoms, she began including them into her daily contemplative practice. In doing so, she realized the importance of self-compassion and humor in relating to our humanness as critical for waking up. Mary now feels more grounded in the three pillars of study, practice and service, and in truly being “with” the Buddhadharma. https://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_03_03_LINK697_MLM.mp3
Comprehending Our Mind: Removing Vaguenenss and Establishing Clarity (Link #696) Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche | February 25, 2024 | 43:43 Min. Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. Rinpoche describes how to understand our relationship to our mind, and what supports our well being. There are two sides to the mind: thoughts and emotions. Thoughts are made up of our perceptions and the labels we put on them. We will always remain vague about what holds us back and what supports us to move forward, until we learn how to self-recognize our experiences. In order to remove vagueness and establish clarity we must “bring everything out onto the table”. We then begin to develop a certain intelligence and sophistication of mind which sees the relative truth of what arises, as well as the absolute truth, which is beyond dualism. Holding relative and absolute simultaneously and inseparably, not abandoning one and accepting another, is the mark of a truly mature mind. The second side of mind – emotions – is crucial to understand as well. Emotions are nothing more than a façade. When the façade is exposed to all aspects of mind, things become free and open. Nothing gets stuck. Emotions are free to arise and cease. They are part of a bigger awareness that sees everything clearly but does not get caught in believing that things are intrinsically good or bad. It takes focus, discipline and stillness to observe our own mind. This is how we will gain true maturity and intelligence. With this special kind of intelligence – based not on thoughts but direct observation of the mind – there will never be an agony that cannot be overcome. https://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2024_02_25_LINK696_DKR.mp3