Rinpoche at Insight Meditation Community in April 2012
Insight Meditation Community (Washington, D.C.) with Tara Brach hosted Rinpoche for a book talk back in April near the beginning of the tour. If you’ve been keeping up with these video posts, you will recognize some similar themes, but we never tire of hearing his teachings and stories. Enjoy watching this wonderful video by … READ MORE
Rinpoche Speaks with David Rome at Garrison Institute 2009
David Rome, Senior Fellow at Garrison Institute, interviewed Tsoknyi Rinpoche in 2009, in this 20-minute video presentation. Rinpoche speaks to the difference between teaching in Asia and the West, why his teaching begins with emhasis on meditation using the body, opening the heart, and attending to emotional well-being. Please click here to watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBvKnSW2Nrw
Rinpoche’s LaJolla, CA Book Talk/Teaching Now on YouTube
Rinpoche spoke about Open Heart, Open Mind on May 16, 2012, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in LaJolla, California. To enjoy this 6-part video presentation sponsored by Rigpa San Diego, please click here: http://www.youtube.com/user/Pundarika?feature=watch
Free Podcasts of Rinpoche’s Talk at Upaya Zen Center 6/29/12
The Upaya Zen Center was kind enough to record and podcast Rinpoche’s Friday evening talk (June 29, 2012) about the basic spark of essence love. Here are the direct links to this talk in two parts: Episode #649: http://www.upaya.org/dharma/tsoknyi-rinpoche-06-29-2012-using-difficult-emotions-to-wake-up-part-1-of-2/ Episode #650: http://www.upaya.org/dharma/tsoknyi-rinpoche-06-29-2012-using-difficult-emotions-to-wake-up-part-2-of-2/
Tsoknyi Rinpoche on Chronicles Radio
Chronicles of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche radio host Barry Boyce interviews Tsoknyi Rinpoche about Open Heart, Open Mind and explores the topic of essence love. Please click here to listen to the interview:http://chronicleproject.com/chroniclesradio_letloose/index_letloose.html (photo copyright Marvin Moore Photography)
Unity Church/Boulder, CO: 6/27/12
(All photos by www.MarvinRossPhotography.com) Approximately 300 people turned out for Rinpoche’s book talk on a very warm evening with the smell of smoke from multiple wildfires. Rinpoche emphasized the importance of clearly distinguishing our ego, feeling and cognitive functions as a practice to heal our subtle bodies to recover essence love, our basic birthright … READ MORE
Changing Hands Bookstore: Tempe, AZ 7/2/12
On a very hot 102 degree day in Tempe, Rinpoche gave a large evening audience – around 125 people – an inspiring and lively talk on his book, Open Heart, Open Mind. The audience enjoyed Rinpoche’s humor and stories very much (a lot of laughter and delight) and his sage advice on how to … READ MORE
Upaya Zen Center: Santa Fe 6/29-7/1/12
Rinpoche teaching at Upaya with Manjushri in the background The first evening was a public book talk attended by both the retreat participants and the public. With joy and brilliance Rinpoche led everyone through the main themes of Open Heart, Open Mind. Those who attended were captivated by the beauty and direct practicality of … READ MORE
Tattered Cover/Denver, CO: 6/27/12
On the evening of June 27th, Rinpoche spoke about his new book to about 100 people at the Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver, Colorado focusing on the book’s central themes of recovering essence love, using discerning wisdom and emotional transformation to lessen trauma and reduce ego fixation, and how we can find happiness for … READ MORE
Halifax Shambhala Center, Nova Scotia: 6/22-24/12
(Photo copyright Marvin Moore Photography) Rinpoche gave a Friday night book talk on Open Heart, Open Mind and weekend Dzogchen teachings at the Halifax Shambhala Center to approximately 170 people. He was a special guest at a number of meetings, which included a visit and short teaching at the Shambhala Sun offices, a podcast … READ MORE
