Upcoming Talks LINK Teaching with Mary Newton Dec 10, 2023 LINK Teaching with Hillary Campbell Dec 17, 2023 LINK Teaching with Nicholas Carter Dec 24, 2023 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. GoToWebinar We 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 Podcast The 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 Mary Newton Dec 10, 2023 LINK Teaching with Hillary Campbell Dec 17, 2023 LINK Teaching with Nicholas Carter Dec 24, 2023 Episodes Habitual Obscurations (Link #683) MSB Student Bob Reid | November 26, 2023 | 1:13:10 Min. Speaker: Bob Reid. Bob summarizes two talks given by Rinpoche at this year’s Shedra. In these talks, Rinpoche discusses the topic of habitual obscurations, one of the four obscurations that hinders the progress of practitioners. Rinpoche tells us that the biggest habitual obscuration we face as practitioners is American culture conditioning. Bob sheds light on these talks with clear and concise examples, elaborating on the eight worldly dharmas, and providing a summary of the Rinpoche’s teaching on four principles of Kadampa. With his humble sense of humor, insight and wisdom, Bob encourages us to review these precious teachings for ourselves in order to develop our own understanding of how habitual obscurations manifest in our personal lives, and how we can begin to overcome them. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_11_26_LINK683_BR.mp3 Samten Ling History: Part 3 (Link #682) MSB Student Kelly Smith | November 12, 2023 | 1:11:56 Min. Speaker: Kelly Smith. This is Kelly’s third talk on the history of Longchen Jigme Samten Ling, MSB’s long-term retreat center. Kelly tells the origin story of long-term retreats commencing in 1995, when Rinpoche began imparting the Longchen Nyingtik lineage and its rituals to a handful of students. In 1997, Rinpoche’s sister continued to demonstrate how ritual practices were conducted in the monastic tradition. Kelly shares what it was like to be among the first students to go into long-term retreat, including challenges with the physical environment, extended work periods, managing expectations and navigating uncertainty. These proved seminal in facing her ego attachment and self-clinging. In retrospect, she recognizes how these pioneering days were also filled with wonderment and joy, having shaped current retreat practices including work periods, being of service to others and seamlessly re-entering the quotidian world after retreat. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_11_12_LINK682_KS.mp3 Devotion: For the Record (Link #681) Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche | November 5, 2023 | 45:56 Min. Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This Personal LINK was originally given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche on January 29, 2006 at Samten Ling in Crestone, Colorado. Rinpoche talks about how devotion is the fuel to excel on the Vajrayana path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_11_05_LINK681_DKR.mp3 The Four Immeasurables (Link #680) MSB Student Suzy Greanias | October 29, 2023 | 1:07:05 Min. Speaker: Suzy Greanias. Suzy gives us an explanation of how four immeasurables practice is a meaningful framework to cope with current world affairs. She walks us through a heartfelt journey of her thoughts using tonglen, the concept of impermanence, and equanimity in a practice of compassion. Suzy demonstrates the relevance of the practice for navigating the challenges of everyday life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_10_29_LINK680_SG.mp3 More
Habitual Obscurations (Link #683) MSB Student Bob Reid | November 26, 2023 | 1:13:10 Min. Speaker: Bob Reid. Bob summarizes two talks given by Rinpoche at this year’s Shedra. In these talks, Rinpoche discusses the topic of habitual obscurations, one of the four obscurations that hinders the progress of practitioners. Rinpoche tells us that the biggest habitual obscuration we face as practitioners is American culture conditioning. Bob sheds light on these talks with clear and concise examples, elaborating on the eight worldly dharmas, and providing a summary of the Rinpoche’s teaching on four principles of Kadampa. With his humble sense of humor, insight and wisdom, Bob encourages us to review these precious teachings for ourselves in order to develop our own understanding of how habitual obscurations manifest in our personal lives, and how we can begin to overcome them. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_11_26_LINK683_BR.mp3
Samten Ling History: Part 3 (Link #682) MSB Student Kelly Smith | November 12, 2023 | 1:11:56 Min. Speaker: Kelly Smith. This is Kelly’s third talk on the history of Longchen Jigme Samten Ling, MSB’s long-term retreat center. Kelly tells the origin story of long-term retreats commencing in 1995, when Rinpoche began imparting the Longchen Nyingtik lineage and its rituals to a handful of students. In 1997, Rinpoche’s sister continued to demonstrate how ritual practices were conducted in the monastic tradition. Kelly shares what it was like to be among the first students to go into long-term retreat, including challenges with the physical environment, extended work periods, managing expectations and navigating uncertainty. These proved seminal in facing her ego attachment and self-clinging. In retrospect, she recognizes how these pioneering days were also filled with wonderment and joy, having shaped current retreat practices including work periods, being of service to others and seamlessly re-entering the quotidian world after retreat. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_11_12_LINK682_KS.mp3
Devotion: For the Record (Link #681) Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche | November 5, 2023 | 45:56 Min. Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This Personal LINK was originally given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche on January 29, 2006 at Samten Ling in Crestone, Colorado. Rinpoche talks about how devotion is the fuel to excel on the Vajrayana path. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_11_05_LINK681_DKR.mp3
The Four Immeasurables (Link #680) MSB Student Suzy Greanias | October 29, 2023 | 1:07:05 Min. Speaker: Suzy Greanias. Suzy gives us an explanation of how four immeasurables practice is a meaningful framework to cope with current world affairs. She walks us through a heartfelt journey of her thoughts using tonglen, the concept of impermanence, and equanimity in a practice of compassion. Suzy demonstrates the relevance of the practice for navigating the challenges of everyday life. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2023_10_29_LINK680_SG.mp3