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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 sparks@prajnafire.comVISIT prajnafire.com/sparks @prajnasparks on Facebook Instagram TwitterLama Yeshe @karmayeshechodronLama Zopa @karmazopajigme
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- 6 days ago41 min
151 | Integrity
Integrity not as moral perfection, but as the growing coherence of a life that gathers every experience into the path without letting any fragment overrule the whole. Join Lama Yeshe for a spacious Dharma talk, active contemplation, and guided meditation on living from the fullness of who we are.FULL MOON SIT is an ongoing series offering Tibetan Buddhist meditation instruction and practice Make a dana offeringPRAJNA FIRE is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by applicable law.Learn more about meditative inquiry and the integrative dharma practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating from Prajna Rising, our online journal.PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/mediaSubscribe to Prajna Fire's newsletter on Substackhttps://prajnafire.substack.comFOLLOW USJoin the Prajna Fire Global Community Private Teaching Sessions Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online)EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.comFIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks)@prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and TwitterYouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos)
- May 1, 202650 min
150 | Self-love
What is “self-love”?In contemporary psychology and self-help, self-love is often framed as self-acceptance, self-worth, and meeting our emotional needs with care. These approaches can be deeply supportive—but they may also rest on a limited view of the “self” they are trying to love.In this episode of Prajna Sparks, we explore a broader, more nuanced perspective drawn from the Mahayana Buddhist tradition.Rather than asking only how to love ourselves, we begin by asking:What is this “self” we are loving?Join Lama Yeshe for an integrated Dharma talk and guided meditation exploring the panoramic view of the "I"FULL MOON SIT is an ongoing series offering Tibetan Buddhist meditation instruction and practice Make a dana offeringPRAJNA FIRE is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by applicable law.Learn more about meditative inquiry and the integrative dharma practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating from Prajna Rising, our online journal.PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/mediaSubscribe to Prajna Fire's newsletter on Substackhttps://prajnafire.substack.comFOLLOW USJoin the Prajna Fire Global Community Private Teaching Sessions Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online)EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.comFIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks)@prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and TwitterYouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos)
- Apr 1, 202630 min
149 | Bypass Whiplash
Meditation for meeting our deepest emotions without bypassing or backlash guided by Lands Yeshe FULL MOON SIT is an ongoing series offering Tibetan Buddhist meditation instruction and practice Make a dana offeringPRAJNA FIRE is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by applicable law.Learn more about meditative inquiry and the integrative dharma practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating from Prajna Rising, our online journal.PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/mediaSubscribe to Prajna Fire's newsletter on Substackhttps://prajnafire.substack.comFOLLOW USJoin the Prajna Fire Global Community Private Teaching Sessions Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online)EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.comFIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks)@prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and TwitterYouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos)
- Mar 3, 202634 min
148 | Miracle of Yes
Lama Yeshe guides a practice of The Miracle of Yes, consisting of meditative inquiry and deep rest that supports nervous-system regulation, relational clarity, and a direct taste of the security and openness of infinite potentiality, shunyata, emptiness.FULL MOON SIT is an ongoing series offering Tibetan Buddhist meditation instruction and practice Make a dana offeringPRAJNA FIRE is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by applicable law.Learn more about meditative inquiry and the integrative dharma practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating from Prajna Rising, our online journal.PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/mediaSubscribe to Prajna Fire's newsletter on Substackhttps://prajnafire.substack.comFOLLOW USJoin the Prajna Fire Global Community Private Teaching Sessions Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online)EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.comFIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks)@prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and TwitterYouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos)
- Feb 1, 202629 min
147 | Eros
For Valentine’s Day, this Full Moon Sit explores Eros as the life-force coursing through experiences of body, heart, and mind. Lama Yeshe guides the practice from somatic vitality into relational warmth, flowing into creativity, sensual charge, and presence, then ending with integration, to open into uncontrived experience. FULL MOON SIT is an ongoing series offering Tibetan Buddhist meditation instruction and practice Make a dana offeringPRAJNA FIRE is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by applicable law.Learn more about meditative inquiry and the integrative dharma practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating from Prajna Rising, our online journal.PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/mediaSubscribe to Prajna Fire's newsletter on Substackhttps://prajnafire.substack.comFOLLOW USJoin the Prajna Fire Global Community Private Teaching Sessions Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online)EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.comFIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks)@prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and TwitterYouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos)
- Jan 3, 202632 min
146 | Ocean of Mind
Lama Yeshe guides a meditation of immersive presence in our own consciousness incorporating elements of shamatha (tranquility) and vipashyana (insight) practice.FULL MOON SIT is an ongoing series offering Tibetan Buddhist meditation instruction and practice Make a dana offeringPRAJNA FIRE is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by applicable law.Learn more about meditative inquiry and the integrative dharma practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating from Prajna Rising, our online journal.PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/mediaSubscribe to Prajna Fire's newsletter on Substackhttps://prajnafire.substack.comFOLLOW USJoin the Prajna Fire Global Community Private Teaching Sessions Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online)EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.comFIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks)@prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and TwitterYouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos)
- Dec 4, 202530 min
145 | Loving
Lama Yeshe guides a meditation that invokes creative imagination to cultivate familiarity with our innate quality of being love within a space of active repose.FULL MOON SIT is an ongoing series offering Tibetan Buddhist meditation instruction and practice Make a dana offeringPRAJNA FIRE is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by applicable law.Learn more about meditative inquiry and the integrative dharma practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating from Prajna Rising, our online journal.PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/mediaSubscribe to Prajna Fire's newsletter on Substackhttps://prajnafire.substack.comFOLLOW USJoin the Prajna Fire Global Community Private Teaching Sessions Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online)EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.comFIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks)@prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and TwitterYouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos)
- Nov 5, 202536 min
144 | Tonglen
Lama Yeshe guides a rich and delicate practice of tonglen, or open-handed welcome. Instructions include shamatha or tranquility meditation, meditative inquiry, and an intimate tonglen practice that begins with you, your joys and aspirations, your pains and challenges. We invite you to let this practice connect you with the deepest resources of mind's true nature on a daily basis.FULL MOON SIT is an ongoing series offering Tibetan Buddhist meditation instruction and practice Make a dana offeringPRAJNA FIRE is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit religious organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by applicable law.Learn more about meditative inquiry and the integrative dharma practice of listening, contemplating, and meditating from Prajna Rising, our online journal.PUBLISHED ARTICLEShttps://www.prajnafire.com/mediaSubscribe to Prajna Fire's newsletter on Substackhttps://prajnafire.substack.comFOLLOW USJoin the Prajna Fire Global Community Private Teaching Sessions Book Online at Prajna Fire with immediate confirmation (https://www.prajnafire.com/book-online)EMAIL US sparks@prajnafire.comFIND US on the Prajna Fire website (https://www.prajnafire.com/sparks)@prajnasparks on Facebook, Instagram, and TwitterYouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRUzGmU7c4_TJdLhG9R8IDA/videos)
About PRAJNA SPARKS
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 sparks@prajnafire.comVISIT prajnafire.com/sparks @prajnasparks on Facebook Instagram TwitterLama Yeshe @karmayeshechodronLama Zopa @karmazopajigme
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