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"Dzogchen" calligraphy by the Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
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Dharma Talks

8/16/09 - Hong Kong
Audio Hong Kong
Community Talk

.MP3, 66 min, 30MB


Talk at Love and Relationships program, Omega Institute, 2008

Webpage On Mindfulness, Love, and Relationship
Shambhala Sun magazine
Audio excerpts from DPR's talk at Omega Institute's 2008 Love and Relationships program. Joining Rinpoche on the panel were John Tarrant, Polly Young-Eisendrath, and Sylvia Boorstein.


Talks at Nalanda West, Seattle

Audio On the Importance of Meditation Practice 9-30-07
.MP3, 102 min, 48MB
Audio On Concepts, Emotions
and Freedom from Suffering
10-14-07

.MP3, 90 min, 64MB
Two Sunday morning community talks given at Nalanda West, Seattle.


Radio Interviews

Audio 03/27/07 Ron Reagan Show
.MP3, 36 min, 15MB
Interview by Ron Reagan on 710 KIRO News Radio about Tibetan Buddhism and DPR's new book, 'Mind Beyond Death'

Audio 07/21/07 New Dimensions
.RAM, 55 min. Requires free RealPlayer.
Interview by Michael Toms on New Dimensions Radio. From the Buddhist perspective understanding our mind is key to understanding life and death. Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche explains the nature of mind and how to use this understanding to rid ourselves of needless suffering and fear. MP3 instant download also available for purchase.


Video

Video Suffering as an
Antidote to Pride

.WMV, 3 min, 15 MB
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A short clip from Rinpoche's visit to Copenhagen, September 2005.

Video Compassion Without Limit
YouTube
14 segments, 2 hours
A teaching on 'The Courageous Heart and Lojong Practice' given April 11, 2003 at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado.

Video Keynote Address from 2006 Conference on Death and Dying
YouTube
12 segments, 63 min
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Video Transplanting Dharma
to the West

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An excerpt from a talk given at Nitartha Institute.

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Buddha and His Teaching

Adobe PDF Getting to Know the Buddha
.PDF, 19 pages, 212KB
Short account of the life of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni given as a series of public teachings in Vancouver, BC, Canada in April 1998.

Adobe PDF Buddhism As a
Science of Mind

.PDF, 2 pages, 57KB
Excerpted from a teaching given in Nova Scotia, 1992.

Webpage What the Buddha Taught
and The Two Truths

Shambhala Sun magazine
The Buddha offered a progression of teachings appropriate to people's different spiritual needs. The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche outlines the three turnings of the wheel of dharma. First published May 2006.


Entering the Path

Adobe PDF Gambling With
the Lord of Death

.PDF, 5 pages, 54KB
Introduction from 'Mind Beyond Death' published in 2006.

Adobe PDF Taking Refuge as a Protection Against Suffering
.PDF, 8 pages, 116KB
A talk given in Vermont, 1996. Originally published in Bodhi Magazine, Issue 1.

Adobe PDF The Four Foundations
of Mindfulness

.PDF, 21 pages, 181KB
Excerpted from a teaching given in Vermont, 1996. Originally published in Bodhi Magazine, Issue 3.

Adobe PDF Forum: Too Much Meditation?
.PDF, 10 pages, 425KB
A panel discussion among four teachers about the role of meditation on the buddhist path. Published summer 2007 in Buddhadharma magazine.

Webpage Forum: How to Be a Student
Buddhadharma magazine
Sharon Salzberg, Norman Ficher and Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche discuss the relationship between student and teacher in buddhism. First published winter, 2005.

Webpage The Wisdom of the Body in the Hinayana, Mahayana and Vajrayana
Shambhala Sun magazine
From the impermanent to the heroic to the sacred—The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche on how the view of body changes and evolves in the three vehicles of Buddhism. First published September 2004.


Vajrayana Journey

Webpage This Very Mind,
Empty and Luminous

Shambhala Sun magazine
We can see awakening in the world around us, but we can also turn the telescope inward and look directly at our mind. In the Vajrayana school of Buddhism, we discover that this very mind is the mind of the Buddha, and what we've been searching for so long has been right in front of us all the time.

Adobe PDF Five Wisdoms, Buddha Families and Five Poisons
.PDF, 10 pages, 128KB
Excerpts from 'Penetrating Wisdom: The Aspiration of Samantabhadra' published in 2006.

Adobe PDF Three Classifications of Mahamudra
.PDF, 4 pages, 79KB
Excerpt from 'Wild Awakening' published in 2006.

Adobe PDF Two Talks on
Vajrasattva Practice

.PDF, 23 pages, 159KB
A set of talks on the vajrayana purification practice of Vajrasattva given at the 2006 Treasury of Knowledge Retreat in San Antonio, Texas. For more information, visit the Prayer4Peace project website.

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