Episode 9: Harvey Aronson/Lama Namgyal Dorje guides this meditation on the syllables OM, AH, and HUNG, which begin the Guru Rinpoche mantra (and are found in many others as well).  We practice receiving the blessings of the lineage through those syllab...

Episode 8: Anne Klein/Lama Rigzin Drolma teaches about the true meaning of Guru Yoga, a very special practice of central importance to tantra.  Although it might seem that we’re seeking a connection with an external teacher,

Episode 7:  Harvey Aronson/Lama Namgyal Dorje explains what “treasures” are in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and the blessings associated with the Guru Rinpoche treasure practice we did in October.  He also reminds us that Guru Yoga is a special way o...

Episode 6: In this special meditation, Harvey Aronson/Lama Namgyal Dorje guides us to connect with the earth and follow the energy of the breath.  Then he leads us through an informal Guru Yoga practice, inviting us to imagine him as a conduit for the ...

Episode 5: In this teaching Harvey Aronson/Lama Namgyal Dorje unpacks the basic message of the Uttaratantra (Sublime Continuum): each of us is already a fully-formed buddha, and we practice simply to realize that nature.

Episode 4: Harvey Aronson/Lama Namgyal Dorje guides us through a meditation that begins with settling the mind and resting in the sensation of breathing.  Then he guides us through imagining a person or scene we find inspiring and noticing impact that ...

Episode 3:  In this bonus episode we get a pithy teaching from Harvey Aronson/Lama Namgyal Dorje underscoring that in traditional Asian contexts, knowledge is transmitted as part of a relationship between student and teacher.

Episode 2: In this teaching Anne Klein/Lama Rigzin Drolma explains that both sutric and tantric methods of Buddhist practice help us to recognize our true nature, and they’re profoundly connected.  The distinction between the two is that sutric practic...

Episode 1: In this meditation, Anne Klein/Lama Rigzin Drolma guides us through a process of settling the mind and body.  Then she helps us attend more deeply to our own bodily experiences of waking up from thoughts of past and future; she asks us to fe...

In this special teaching from the archives, Harvey Aronson/Lama Namgyal Dorje discusses the ways we tend to go into “zombie” mode, letting habitual tendencies run our lives.  But practice can help us wake up,