Denver Dzogchen

Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 58

Guru Rinpoche's Map of the Path: The Light of Wisdom Study Series

In this epsiode Damien discusses the Denver Dzogchen Light of Wisdom Practice Group that meets weekly on Thursdays.

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Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 57

Smoke That Clears the Field: The Sang Offering as Purification and Invitation

00:01:16: Introduction to a discussion about offerings to Sang offerings. Origins as a Bon practice. Kilung Rinpoche teaching on Sang offerings. Riwo Sancho offering. 

00:09:10 The four classes of beings: Buddhas and Bodhisattvas; Protectors; six classes of beings (hell beings, pretas, animals, human beings, demi-gods,...

Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 56The Hidden Accumulation: Dana as the Root of Transmission00:01:16: Introduction to a discussion about offerings to teachers. The importance of making offerings for to teachers. Discussion about supporting teachers, monks and nuns, and cultural differences. 00:10:15 Vajrayana, visualized offerings, and a Longchenpa story. Costs associated with offering teachings. Considerations related to how much t...

Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 55

Secret Enhancements in the Vajrayana 

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00:01:28: Introduction to a discussion about Enhancements. Negative and positive thinking. Embracing today as an enhancement. Making the most of this moment.  

00:12:15 The r...

Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 54

Aliens, UAPs and other beings from a Practice Viewpoint 

00:01:28: Introduction to a discussion about aliens, consciousness and Dharma. The importance of having a practice viewpoint. Trojan Horse by John Keel

00:07:30 Cultural conditioning and appearances. The Eight Class of Spirits in Tibetan Buddhism. 

00:14:20 A word of caution related to researching this topic. Erik Pema Kunsang. The imp...

Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 53

How to Establish a Home Shrine

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00:01:28: Introduction to a discussion about a home shrine in Tibetan Buddhism. Creating a sacred space for your meditation practice. A body/statue, dharma text, and stupa or crystal symboliz...

Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 52

Navigating the Guru Student Relationship - Continued Discussion

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00:01:00: Introduction to a discussion about the student teacher relationship and modern considerations. Lamas mentioned: Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, Tsoknyi Rinpo...

Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 51

Pure Vision

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00:01:00: Introduction to a discussion about Pure Vision in the Vajrayana. What is Pure Vision, how do you cultiva...

Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 50

The Teacher Student Relationship in Vajrayana 

00:01:00: Introduction to a discussion about the teacher student relationship in Vajrayana. Role of the Guru. Damien shares how he connected with his first teacher. 

00:05:10: “Be a lamp onto yourself “ - Buddha. Joe recalls meeting Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. Make daily aspirations that you may meet your karmically destined teacher.&nbs...

The Seven-Line Prayer Recited 108 Times by Adzom Paylo Rinpocheཧཱུྃ༔ ཨོ་རྒྱན་ཡུལ་གྱི་ནུབ་བྱང་མཚམས༔hung, orgyen yul gyi nubjang tsamHūṃ. In the north-west of the land of Oḍḍiyānaཔདྨ་གེ་སར་སྡོང་པོ་ལ༔pema gesar dongpo laIn the heart of a lotus flower,ཡ་མཚན་མཆོག་གི་དངོས་གྲུབ་བརྙེས༔yatsen chok gi ngödrub nyéEndowed with the most marvellous attainments,པདྨ་འབྱུང་གནས་ཞེས་སུ་གྲགས༔pema jungné zhé su drakYou are renowned as the ‘Lotus-...

Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 49

Signs on the Path to Stay Psyched

00:01: Introduction to a discussion about motivation and signs on the path. 

00:05:50 Importance of writing down your signs. Become familiar with symbols. Pure Perception. 

00:15:00 The importance of keeping signs secret and only sharing it with your teacher or other Vajra sisters and brothers as appropriate. 

00:19:20 Categories of signs. 

Not...

Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 48

Establishing a Daily Practice 

00:01: Introduction to a discussion about setting up a daily practice. All we have is today. Start with a small practice and build upon that. 

00:07:05 The Three Excellences. 

00:16:20 The importance of an alter or shrine and considerations when setting up and closing down the space. 

00:23:10 Continuation of the Three Excellences discussion. Looking a...

Denver Dzogchen Podcast Episode 47

Navigating Difficult Political Times

00:01: Introduction to a discussion about navigating the path during difficult times. Modern news and social media. Shenwong (power of other) to Rangwong (autonomy). 

00:08:20 Protesting, intention, aggression and a story about Trungpa Rinpoche. 

00:12:20 The importance of faith in the Dharma. Garchen Rinpoche and Tonglen excerpt from https://youtu.be/cko...

Denver Dzogchen Podcast, Episode 45

Mind’s Everest: Kalu Rinpoche’s Three-Year Retreat 

00:00:10 Joe and Damien introduce special guest Lama Dawa Zango. Lama Dawa Zango discusses his dharma background. 

00:07:18 Lama Dawa Zango discusses his three-year retreat under Kalu Rinpoche. 

00:13:15 Discussion about potential difficulties during a three-year retreat. The saintly nature of Kalu Rinpoche. 

00:17:40 ...

Denver Dzogchen Podcast, Episode 44

Veganism on the Path

00:00:10 Introduction to a discussion about veganism. Christspiracy documentaryhttps://christspiracy.com/. Buddhism and abandoning activities that are based on ignorance. 

00:13:20 Diet and merit. 

00:17:05 Integrating a conscious diet into your life. Great masters, realizations, and diet. The importance of being conscious of our actions. 

00:23:10 Sacrificin...

Denver Dzogchen Podcast, Episode 43

Santa Claus - Jambhala’s Generosity & The Spirit of Giving 

00:00:10 Jambhala/Dzambhala and the spirit of generosity. Joe discusses his connection to Jambhala practice. Parallels between Jambhala and Christmas. 

00:09:35 Buddhist practice of bringing local deities into the fold of our faith. Mantra of HO HO HO. The parimita of Generosity. 

00:15:30 The spirit of love and gene...

Denver Dzogchen Podcast, Episode 42

Grateful For This Sangha

In this episode of the Denver Dzogchen Podcast, Joe and Damien talk with Denver Dzogchen sangha member Ricky Coffin.

00:00:10 Ricky’s introduction to Buddhism, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche on Buddha-nature, and how he found Denver Dzogchen. 

00:05:25 The foundational practice of Ngondro and support from Joe. 

00:09:00 Reflections on practices from different Buddhist ...