Upcoming Talks LINK Teaching with Scott Gallagher Aug 21, 2022 Register for GoToMeeting 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. GoToMeeting We use GoToMeeting to broadcast the Link. When you click Register, you will be taken to the GotoMeeting 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 Scott Gallagher Aug 21, 2022 Episodes Practice Now (Link #619) Dungse Jampal Norbu | August 14, 2022 | 1:10:06 Min. Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. We can practice with whatever arises in our life, immediately. Even our busyness and especially our challenges in daily life are opportunites to look at life through the lens of the Dharma. We can “Make Good Art” with whatever arises. At the root of all suffering is self-importance. We don’t grow in the Dharma or even experience genuine connection until we start to let go of this self-importance. Enthusiastically engaging in service to the sangha is a powerful context for releasing self-importance. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_08_14_LINK619_DJN.mp3 A Rude Awakening (Link #618) MSB Student Alex Rocha | August 7, 2022 | 1:00:05 Min. Speaker: Alex Rocha. Alex reflects on how a challenging situation led him to re-assess his progress on the path. Years of diligent practice may lead us to overestimate our attainments and allow pride to creep in. But a crisis that jolts us out of our complacency can force us to see how deeply we have really assimilated the teachings. We can regard such experiences either as obstacles or as opportunities to grow. Alex relates how he navigated this kind of experience to gain more humility and a deeper appreciation of shamatha, renunciation, taking refuge, and familiarization with the nature of mind. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_08_07_LINK618_AR.mp3 Having an Honest Dialogue With Oneself (Link #617) MSB Student Nicholas Carter | July 31, 2022 | 1:02:09 Min. Speaker: Nicholas Carter. Nick contemplates the importance of making the Dharma your own by meeting your own experience directly. To do so, it is necessary to overcome the habit of believing in a solid self; to cut through the ego’s storytelling; and to engage in self-reflection, vigilant introspection, mindfulness and contemplation. These practices make it possible simply to be present with the body and one’s actual experience, and in this way to cultivate humility, strength, resolve and courage. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_07_31_LINK617_NC.mp3 Don’t Be a Loyalist To Ego (Link #616) Dungse Jampal Norbu | July 16, 2022 | 2:11:04 Min. Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Speaking from the 25th annual Nyingma Summer Seminar on the second weekend, covering the Mahayana vehicle, Dungse-la encourages not being a loyalist to the ego’s narrative and impulses. By applying lojong mind training practice, we can have the tenacity to be with our own mind with the intention to be kind and compassionate. If instead we’re focused on building a fortress around the heart, it will be very hard to see from a Dharmic perspective. Lojong gives us the ability to train in the face of difficulties, to not trust the ego, and see through its desire for immediate gratification for oneself. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_07_16_LINK616_DJN.mp3 More
Practice Now (Link #619) Dungse Jampal Norbu | August 14, 2022 | 1:10:06 Min. Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. We can practice with whatever arises in our life, immediately. Even our busyness and especially our challenges in daily life are opportunites to look at life through the lens of the Dharma. We can “Make Good Art” with whatever arises. At the root of all suffering is self-importance. We don’t grow in the Dharma or even experience genuine connection until we start to let go of this self-importance. Enthusiastically engaging in service to the sangha is a powerful context for releasing self-importance. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_08_14_LINK619_DJN.mp3
A Rude Awakening (Link #618) MSB Student Alex Rocha | August 7, 2022 | 1:00:05 Min. Speaker: Alex Rocha. Alex reflects on how a challenging situation led him to re-assess his progress on the path. Years of diligent practice may lead us to overestimate our attainments and allow pride to creep in. But a crisis that jolts us out of our complacency can force us to see how deeply we have really assimilated the teachings. We can regard such experiences either as obstacles or as opportunities to grow. Alex relates how he navigated this kind of experience to gain more humility and a deeper appreciation of shamatha, renunciation, taking refuge, and familiarization with the nature of mind. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_08_07_LINK618_AR.mp3
Having an Honest Dialogue With Oneself (Link #617) MSB Student Nicholas Carter | July 31, 2022 | 1:02:09 Min. Speaker: Nicholas Carter. Nick contemplates the importance of making the Dharma your own by meeting your own experience directly. To do so, it is necessary to overcome the habit of believing in a solid self; to cut through the ego’s storytelling; and to engage in self-reflection, vigilant introspection, mindfulness and contemplation. These practices make it possible simply to be present with the body and one’s actual experience, and in this way to cultivate humility, strength, resolve and courage. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_07_31_LINK617_NC.mp3
Don’t Be a Loyalist To Ego (Link #616) Dungse Jampal Norbu | July 16, 2022 | 2:11:04 Min. Speaker: Dungse Jampal Norbu. Speaking from the 25th annual Nyingma Summer Seminar on the second weekend, covering the Mahayana vehicle, Dungse-la encourages not being a loyalist to the ego’s narrative and impulses. By applying lojong mind training practice, we can have the tenacity to be with our own mind with the intention to be kind and compassionate. If instead we’re focused on building a fortress around the heart, it will be very hard to see from a Dharmic perspective. Lojong gives us the ability to train in the face of difficulties, to not trust the ego, and see through its desire for immediate gratification for oneself. http://podcast.mangalashribhuti.org/2022_07_16_LINK616_DJN.mp3