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PRAJNA SPARKS

PRAJNA SPARKS

Prajna Fire

Integrating the Dharma teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni from the perspective of the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, by cultivating familiarity with prajna, or precise knowing, in progressively subtle degrees. Timely and accessible to contemporary seekers of any spiritual tradition, or none at all. Full episodes on new and full moon days. Contemplation interludes on the quarter moons. May all beings benefit! EMAIL [email protected] VISIT prajnafire.com/sparks @prajnasparks on Facebook Instagram Twitter Lama Yeshe @karmayeshechodron Lama Zopa @karmazopajigme
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PRAJNA SPARKS - 136 | Promise

136 | Promise

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12/30/24 • 42 min

PROMISE can be a loaded term, and yet it simultaneously proffers inspiration, fulfillment, and priceless opportunity.

Lamas Yeshe and Zopa explore how we can recruit the power of promise to fuel our longing to thrive in the best possible way, by fulfilling our true nature as buddhas.

RELATED:

Read When Bodhisattvas Break, Lama Yeshe's article on inspiration from the mighty bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara

https://bit.ly/BodhisattvasBreak

Or watch Lama Zopa's live video comments from our weekly sangha practice ⁠https://bit.ly/InspirationDark⁠

PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons.

Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna

RESOURCES

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/3xRySck

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Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book Online at Prajna Fire⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online)

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PRAJNA SPARKS - 128 | One Taste

128 | One Taste

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04/08/24 • 35 min

Exploring the mind in Mahamudra practice brings us increased intimacy with its qualities as we practice, experience, and realize the Four Yogas of Mahamudra.

Lamas Yeshe & Zopa describe the Yoga of One Taste, the practice, meditative experience, and realization of wholness, unity, complementarity of all things in emptiness.

Contemplate quotes about One Taste and follow a guided meditation to connect with the essence of all experience, inseparable from experience and experiencer.

PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons.

Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna

RESOURCES

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/3xRySck

⁠⁠PUBLISHED ARTICLES⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.prajnafire.com/media⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠Prajna Fire on Substack⁠⁠

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Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book Online at Prajna Fire⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check us out in the media ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.prajnafire.com/media

EMAIL US [email protected]

FIND US on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Prajna Fire website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.prajnafire.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@karmayeshechodron⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@karmazopajigme⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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PRAJNA SPARKS - 127 | Nonconceptuality
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03/11/24 • 37 min

Exploring the mind in Mahamudra practice brings us increased intimacy with its qualities. Lamas Yeshe & Zopa describe the nonconceptual character of mind, and its empty essence, as well as our thought, feeling, sensory and other experiences. Contemplate quotes about mind's nonconceptuality and follow a guided meditation to connect with raw sense impressions free of conceptual overlays.

PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons.

Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna

RESOURCES

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/3xRySck

PUBLISHED ARTICLES⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.prajnafire.com/media⁠⁠

Prajna Fire on Substack

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our Global Community⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa

Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book Online at Prajna Fire⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check us out in the media ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.prajnafire.com/media

EMAIL US [email protected]

FIND US on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Prajna Fire website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.prajnafire.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@karmayeshechodron⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@karmazopajigme⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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PRAJNA SPARKS - 125 | Mind

125 | Mind

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01/11/24 • 36 min

What is mind? Lamas Yeshe & Zopa unveil the tip of the iceberg that is the experiential exploration of this quintessential sphere of experience.

PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons.

Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna

RESOURCES

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/3xRySck

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our Global Community⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa

Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book Online at Prajna Fire⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check us out in the media ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.prajnafire.com/media

EMAIL US [email protected]

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.prajnafire.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@karmayeshechodron⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@karmazopajigme⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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PRAJNA SPARKS - 123 | Troubling Times
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11/13/23 • 32 min

Lamas Yeshe and Zopa invite everyone into the brave heart of courageous walking the world with powerful presence in troubling times.

PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Beginning November 2023, we are shifting to a once per month schedule. Look for new episodes on the new moons.

Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna

RESOURCES

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/3xRySck

A Song of Awakening, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.prajnafire.com/post/a-song-of-awakening

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our Global Community⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa

Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book Online at Prajna Fire⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check us out in the media ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.prajnafire.com/media

EMAIL US [email protected]

FIND US on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Prajna Fire website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.prajnafire.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@karmayeshechodron⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@karmazopajigme⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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PRAJNA SPARKS - 121 | Tame the Mind

121 | Tame the Mind

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10/14/23 • 29 min

Lamas Yeshe and Zopa discuss the single phrase that encapsulates all of the Buddha's teachings: "tame the mind."

Teachings by Drupon Khenpo Lodro Namgyal mentioned in this episode occurred via Zoom online, October 13 to 15, 2023. Translation to English (by Lama Yeshe), as well as French, Mandrin, and Spanish available.

Use this link to register and attain access to recordings of Drupon Khenpo's teachings through January 2024. https://rigpedorjemontreal.org/en/un-seul-mot-des-instructions-essentielles-du-guru-en/

PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Beginning November 2023, we are shifting to a once per month schedule. Look for new episodes on the new moon.

This episode drops at the start of the 2023 Annular Solar Eclipse in Santa Fe, NM, home of Prajna Sparks.

Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna

RESOURCES

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/3xRySck

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen Contemplate Meditate, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/3ygFsus

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Meditative Inquiry, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/3xRySck

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our Global Community⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa

Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book Online at Prajna Fire⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check us out in the media ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.prajnafire.com/media

EMAIL US [email protected]

FIND US on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Prajna Fire website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.prajnafire.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@karmayeshechodron⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@karmazopajigme⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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PRAJNA SPARKS - 120 | Samsara is Tragic
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09/29/23 • 28 min

Lamas Yeshe and Zopa discuss the tragedy that is samsara, fourth of the Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind to Dharma, a set of contemplations to reoirent the mind away from the deceptiveness of samsara and towards liberation and buddhahood.

This is a five-part series exploring each of the four thoughts and their contemplative practice, offered to support Prajna Fire's ⁠⁠⁠⁠Ngondro Prep School. Read more about this dynamic four-month online program here.⁠⁠⁠⁠

https://www.prajnafire.com/event-info/ngondro-prep

PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes monthly.

Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna

RESOURCES

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/3xRySck

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen Contemplate Meditate, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/3ygFsus

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Meditative Inquiry, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/3xRySck

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Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book Online at Prajna Fire⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online)

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.prajnafire.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@karmayeshechodron⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@karmazopajigme⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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PRAJNA SPARKS - BONUS | A Song of Awakeing
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09/23/23 • 9 min

In this bonus episode, Lama Yeshe reads her piece "A Song of Awakening," published in the collaborative offering "Glimpses of Buddhanature" in the Fall 2023 issue of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide.

Read the full article online here

https://www.lionsroar.com/glimpses-of-buddhanature/

You are welcome to share this free audio track with anyone who may benefit from listening to it ...

https://www.prajnafire.com/downloads

PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on new and full moon days, and contemplation interludes on the quarter moons.

Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna

RESOURCES

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/3xRySck

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen Contemplate Meditate, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/3ygFsus

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Meditative Inquiry, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/3xRySck

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our Global Community⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa

Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book Online at Prajna Fire⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online)

⁠⁠⁠⁠Check us out in the media ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.prajnafire.com/media

EMAIL US [email protected]

FIND US on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Prajna Fire website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

@prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.prajnafire.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@karmayeshechodron⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@karmazopajigme⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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PRAJNA SPARKS - 119 | Karma

119 | Karma

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09/15/23 • 36 min

Lamas Yeshe and Zopa discuss karmic cause and effect, the thrid of the Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind to Dharma, a set of contemplations to reoirent the mind away from the deceptiveness of samsara and towards liberation and buddhahood.

This is a five-part series exploring each of the four thoughts and their contemplative practice, offered to support Prajna Fire's ⁠⁠⁠Ngondro Prep School. Read more about this dynamic four-month online program here.⁠⁠⁠

https://www.prajnafire.com/event-info/ngondro-prep

PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on new and full moon days, and contemplation interludes on the quarter moons.

Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna

RESOURCES

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/3xRySck

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen Contemplate Meditate, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/3ygFsus

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Meditative Inquiry, by Lama Yeshe, in Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Guide⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/3xRySck

FOLLOW US

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our Global Community⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for regular updates on Prajna Fire events with Yeshe and Zopa

Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book Online at Prajna Fire⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online)

⁠⁠⁠Check us out in the media ⁠⁠⁠https://www.prajnafire.com/media

EMAIL US [email protected]

FIND US on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Prajna Fire website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

@prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.prajnafire.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@karmayeshechodron⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@karmazopajigme⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Shivnee Ratna, Tibetan singing bowls (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.shivgauree.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠)

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PRAJNA SPARKS - 134 | Genuine Reality, Reasoning Style
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10/02/24 • 32 min

Lamas Yeshe & Zopa present Genuine Reality from the stance of reasoning, on its own, as a counterpart to our previous episode.

Hear what "genuine reality" means in the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Learn how to employ our powers of reasoning to connect with what is real based on our own inward experience.

PRAJNA SPARKS follows the lunar calendar. Look for new episodes on the new moons.

Tibetan singing bowl interludes by Shivnee Ratna

RESOURCES

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Meet Lama Yeshe & Lama Zopa, in Tricycle Magazine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://bit.ly/3xRySck

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Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa offer individual spiritual counsel on formal Buddhist practice as well as innovative ways to integrate Buddhist perspective into your everyday life. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Book Online at Prajna Fire⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online)

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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.prajnafire.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@karmayeshechodron⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@karmazopajigme⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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PRAJNA SPARKS currently has 158 episodes available.

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The podcast is about Buddhism, Religion & Spirituality and Podcasts.

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The episode title '127 | Nonconceptuality' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on PRAJNA SPARKS is 27 minutes.

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Episodes of PRAJNA SPARKS are typically released every 7 days, 16 hours.

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