Mangala Shri Bhuti - The Link

Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This is the fourth of five talks given during a weekend program to students of Naropa University in November 2002. The program focus was the practice of meditation. In this fourth talk, Rinpoche revisits the pith instructions on in-meditation and post-meditation practice, including the fruition, which is to "wake up".

Speaker: Moni Banerjee. Moni opens with an analogy between devotional dance and devotion to the guru. She then reflects on Rinpoche's teaching from NSS on the eight consciousnesses being a framework for working with mental proliferation and delusion. Rinpoche emphasized how every moment has self-awareness, which can be harnessed through the practices of shamatha, completing our thoughts, contemplating the four immeasurables, and applying Madhyamika logic. With this "roadmap", Moni concludes that we can work with our own minds to break free from a bleak mindset. She brings her analogy full circle by describing how the dance to Shiva enacts the eight consciousnesses and arrives at devotion.

Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This talk was originally given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche during a three-day, weekend program at Naropa University in November 2002. Part 1 of the third talk aired September 23, 2026. In Part 2, Rinpoche continues the series with detailed teachings and instruction on the practice of meditation.

Speaker: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This talk was originally given by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche during a three-day, weekend program at Naropa University in November 2002. The third talk from these weekend teachings was one hour and thirty minutes long, so it was split into two parts airing September 23 and 30, 2026. Rinpoche guides students through the view and fruition of Buddhist meditation practice.

Speaker: Stephanie Kindberg. "Bring your struggles onto the path and appreciate them." Stephanie recalls important advice Rinpoche gave her when she started a new business. "Let your work become your practice and bring skillful means and wisdom to each situation rather than rigidly following a manual." Stephanie reflects on how this unconventional approach extends well beyond our work situation, informing how we contemplate impermanence and death.