Love & Liberation with Olivia Clementine

Love & Liberation with Olivia Clementine

A podcast about relationship and consciousness: exploring wisdom in relating with ourselves, each other and our greater world. Listen to conversations on spirituality, relationship, ecology, culture and art and pathways to becoming more connected and fulfilled. Hosted by Olivia Clementine

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April 29, 2025 49 mins

Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo is a bhikṣuṇī, author and founder of the Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery in Himachal Pradesh, India. She also spent twelve years living and practicing in a remote cave in the Himalayas. 

Today's timenotes:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:17  8th Khamtrul Rinpoche

00:06:45 Togden and togdenma (yogi and yogin...

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Today’s episode is the final part of three parts

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00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:49 Signs, visions, dreams

00:12:00 Protector land spirits

00:16:00 Tests, conceptual collapse and faith

00:20:00 Meditation boxes

0023:30 Sky burial

00:28:00 Sri Lanka vipassana reform

00:29:30  Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok...

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Today’s episode is part two of three parts.

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Time notes:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:02:15 Subtle body, mind and prana

00:11:30 Yidam and reflections of the universe

00:13:40 Tsa-lung and trulkhor

00:18:51 Modernization influence on dedication, asceticism and health.

00:24:00 Chu Rey, wet sheet ceremony

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Today's episode is part one of three parts that will be shared over the coming weeks. 

Time notes:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:51 Elizabeth’s early years at Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo’s retreat place, and about the Togdens and Togdenmas

00:07:14 What led Elizabeth to Gebchak gonpa.

00:09:00 The initial meeting between Wandrak Rinpoche and the Gebchak yog...

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This is a visual episode that is meant to be watched.

You can watch it here: https://oliviaclementine.com/tibetan-handicraft-society-master-carpet-weavers/

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Today’s episode takes place at the Tibetan Handicraft Society in McCleoud Ganj, in northern India. This Handicraft Society was founded in 1963 to support Tibetan refugees, and Tibetans who have grown up in exile and Tibe...

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Maya Khosla is a biologist and writer. She has spent thousands of hours hiking, backpacking, and documenting forests, including post-fire regeneration.

 

Time notes:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:07 The message of fire

00:02:00 3 types of traditional fire practice in India.

00:03:22 Rebirth after fires

00:08:00 Intimacy and the effect of...

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Watch our conversation and see images of Jetsunma’s path here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Mu1fPYtik

 

Today our guest is Her Eminence Sakya Jetsunma Kunga Trinley Palter. Jetsunma is the granddaughter of His Holiness the 41st Sakya Trizin and the eldest daughter of the 42nd Sakya Trizin and Dagmo Kalden Dunkyi. Jetsunma is also a tulku, the reincarnatio...

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Watch the interview here:

https://youtu.be/Yuwtnf8JtrA

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Today we have a brief conversation at a cafe in Kathmandu about some of the common obstacles and questions that Jetsunma’s students often share with her. Jetsunma then shares clarification on meeting these challenges and curiosities.

This is part of our new weekly season schedule of publishing shorter conve...

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00:01:30 The mandala principle

00:04:32 Enlightened organizing principle of the universe

00:09:45 Mandalas for practice

00:16:12 Vajrakilaya mandala

00:19:25 Field of blessing

00:21:22 Lama Dawa and Guru Rinpoche Prophecies

00:24:18 Lama Dawa mirror divining the locations for Vajrakilaya mandalas.

00:27:16 Elements as veh...

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Watch the tour here:

https://youtu.be/YX8jJ5-sOzQ

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Today we meet at the Tibetan Medical & Astro Institute Museum and receive a brief tour from Dr. Kalsang Youdon and Kelsang Chodon.

Time notes:

00:00:46 Tibetan medicines and instruments

00:06:17 Tibetan medicine paintings

00:09:16 History of the re-established Men-Tsee-Khang ...

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Watch on YouTube here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsSDGe4xRfA

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Today we meet at the headquarters of Men-Tsee-Khang in Dharamshala, India with Dr. Tsering Norbu, who has worked here for over 30 years and is the director of both the Culture and Materia Medica departments. 

00:01:00 Dr. Tsering’s medicine heritage and path

00:01:49 Born into a lineage of Sowa Ripga doctors, how it has changed.

00:05:00 About Men-Tsee-Khang Insti...

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Jetsunma Jamyang Yeshe Palmo is a Buddhist teacher and retreat master. She spent nine years in a monastic university studying all of the major subjects of Buddhism. Following her studies she spent nine years in a closed practice retreat. She also spent two years studying psychology and Western philosophy at Harvard University. Jetsunma is the vajra master of the study and prac...

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This is a re-release of a conversation with Tenzin Norbu in his home studio in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Today's conversation is solely available in a video format.

Here is the link to watch today's episode:

https://youtu.be/bBkNuHZSN38

 

Tenzin Norbu was born in Dolpo, Nepal, into a family ...

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Vision version of today's conversation:

https://youtu.be/gXWcorUoTnc

 

00:01:40 Introduction to the retreat place and intentions

00:05:56 Visions in dark retreat

00:15:00 Fear, trust, confidence and endless potential

00:21:00 Not being the only doing the work in one’s practice

00:29:00 Having the correct context of decond...

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00:00:00 Elisabeth’s Introduction to Buddhism and the Sakya Lineage

00:06:00 Origin of Sakya lineage and on Lamdre

00:12:00 Jetsunma title and what makes the Sakya Jetsunmas so unusual

00:20:00 Residence or labrangs of Jetsunmas and 00:24:00 Jetsunma versus Sakya Lama roles

00:26:00 Jetsunma Chime Tenpai Nyima (b. 1756)

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Tiokasin Ghosthorse is of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation of South Dakota and has a long history with Indigenous activism and advocacy. He has been the Founder, Host, and Executive Producer of “First Voices Radio'' for over 30 years.

 

Some of what Tiokasin shares today includes:

00:00:00 Land raising children, Lakota language and trusting the future

00:06:00 Ma...

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Carroll Dunham: The Path of a Householder Practitioner, Rites of Place & Taking Risks

Carroll Dunham is a medical anthropologist, storyteller, Buddhist practitioner, and chaplain, who has devoted her life to exploring human entanglement between other species. She was based in Nepal for over 30 years and has lived and traveled amongst nomadic communities including in China, Mongolia, and India. 

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00:00:00 Song Dzomba Yakmo Beautiful Abundance & Introduction

00:01:00 Growing up in a Ngakpa family in Admo Tibet.

00:03:40 Importance of life

00:07:00 Drukmo’s ngakpa grandfather

00:12:00 Slowing down and taking in advice from her grandfather

00:15:00 Most important dharma principles

00:17:00 Tibetan medicine helping come out of reli...

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00:00:00 A life re-directing pilgrimage

00:03:00 Earth treasure vases and the terma, treasure tradition.

00:13:00 Liberian women ending the 14 year Civil War

00:18:00 Christian Bethelson, Thich Nhat Hanh and engaged Buddhism

00:23:00 The timing of forgiveness and healing the earth and our bodies.

00:27:00 The fine line of letting go and holding peop...

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This episode is best enjoyed on video.

Link to Watch this Episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUkL7SpfIQA

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Today's conversation is with Lama Sonam Tsering at his retreat place in the Hyolmo region of Nepal.

Some of what Sonam shares includes: 

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