Urban Dharma NC Podcast

Milarepa was an 11th Century Buddhist poet and saint, a cotton-clad yogi who avoided the secular institutions of his time and wandered from village to village, teaching enlightenment and the path to Awakening through his spontaneously composed songs. Wherever he went, crowds of people gathered to hear his sweet sounding voice “singing the Dharma.” Milarepa exchanged a life of sin and maliciousness for one of contemplation and love, eventually reaching the ultimate state of Awakening. His thousands of extemporaneously composed songs communicate profound visions in a lyrical, simple, and lucid style.

Dorje Lopon Dr. Hun Lye offers this series on these profound vajra-songs by integrating the teachings with a vajrayāna sadhana (meditation liturgy) – The Guruyoga of Milarepa – arranged by His Holiness Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang, the supreme-head of Drikung Kagyu Lineage. Instead of the usual way of practicing the sadhana – which often emphasizes the chanting (or reading, if done in English) – Dr. Lye introduces a more contemplative and experience-based approach to practicing this sadhana.

https://archive.org/download/SongsOfMilarepa5/Songs%20of%20Milarepa%20-%205.mp3

Dorje Lopon Dr. Hun Lye teaches about the Bardo, or intermediate state between death and birth, through an exploration of Padmasambhava’s Root Verses of The Six Bardos. This text is part of the Great Liberation Upon Hearing, a teaching revealed by Karma Lingpa, that is often known in the west the Tibetan Book of the Dead.

Urban Dharma is a Buddhist temple in the heart of Asheville, North Carolina. https://archive.org/download/BardoPart4/Bardo%20Part%204.mp3

Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche
Urban Dharma NC

“Generating the Bodhi Mind”—the supreme resolve to attain full awakening for the benefit of all beings—is the formal commitment to living altruistically from this lifetime and into all future lifetimes. It is thus a most profound moment in one’s journey to full awakening, to the state of buddha. The Drikung Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism in particular has a unique and uncommon tradition of bestowing the relative and ultimate aspects of the Bodhi Mind in a deeply moving and profound 2-day ceremony known as the “Drikung Thuk-kyed Chenmo” (“The Great Drikung Generation of the Noble Mind”), rarely offered in the West. In this series, Khenchen Rinpoché will share with us his own experience and realization of the Bodhi Mind (bodhicitta) while bestowing the Bodhisattva Vow in the distinct tradition of Drikung Kagyu.

https://archive.org/download/BodhiMindPart1_201607/Bodhi%20Mind%20Part%201.mp3

“Radical Compassion for a Challenging World” (Part 1)

by Dorjé Lopön Dr. Lye of Urban Dharma NC

http://www.UDharmaNC.com

In this four-part series, Dorje Lopon Dr. Hun Lye shares a unique way of applying the Buddha’s teachings in a chaotic world so that we may find freedom and happiness regardless of our outer environment. These talks are based on the famous Tibetan lojong text, “Seven Point Mind Training,” which advocates a radical shift from self-centeredness to other-centeredness in the midst of every life, using difficult circumstances to help us be free from the bondage of stress, depression, and frustration.

Recorded at Than Hsiang Temple in Penang, Malaysia on September 28, 2015.

Urban Dharma NC is a public Buddhist center in western North Carolina that emphasizes integrating rather than compartmentalizing, engaging rather than retreating, communing rather than isolating. Our mission is to foster a deeper understanding of the teachings of the Buddha, build meaningful community, and integrate contemplative teachings into everyday, ordinary life.

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https://archive.org/download/7Mind1of4_201603/7Mind%201of4.mp3

“The Buddha’s teaching on karma (literally, “action”) is nothing other than his compassionate explanation of the way things are: our thoughts & actions determine our future, & therefore we ourselves are largely responsible for the way our lives unfold. Yet this supremely useful teaching is often ignored due to the misconceptions about it that abound in popular culture, especially oversimplifications that make it seem like something not to be taken seriously.”

In this series Dr. Lye will unpack this important concept & show how the Buddha’s teachings on karma can help us live good & happy lives for ourselves & for others. Dr. Lye’s often humorous & highly-relatable presentation will help us see how a clear & realistic understanding of the Buddha’s teachings on karma can lead to a transformative way of life despite an overwhelming feeling of living in difficult, challenging & threatening times.

https://ia800806.us.archive.org/13/items/WhatsKarmaGotToDoWithItPart2/What%27s%20Karma%20Got%20To%20Do%20With%20It%3f%20-%20Part%202.mp3