t.k. talks about the best spiritual path and then explains the distinction between knowing and realizing. Enjoy!May we be ever blessed by the Guru's sublime wisdom haranguing! 0:18 Introduction to the Vajrayana Path4:36 The Start of My Spiritual Search10:19 Paths and Practices Explored16:01 Family Influence on Spirituality23:11 Encountering Vajrayana23:32 Knowing vs. Realizing25:44 The Nature of Knowledge31:22 Subject and Object in Reality40:37 Conclusion and Reflections
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On Prayer
t.k. gives a sublime discourse on prayer, focusing on contemplative prayer as longing for divine experience. He contrasts cataphatic prayer, which contemplates divine attributes, with apophatic prayer, embracing the ineffable mystery. Rinpoche also includes a brilliant exposition of prayer within the context of the Vajrayana path!We're so blessed to have this brilliant teaching. Enjoy!0:05 Introduction to Prayer1:27 Contemplative Prayer Defined4:47 Vajrayana Perspectives5:39 The Attributes of Deity9:09 Transformative Blessings14:56 Devotion and Offerings17:08 The Nature of Submission21:22 Alchemical Transformations25:27 Completion Phase Practices32:25 The Prayer of Realization37:20 The Journey from Form to Formless41:36 The Mystery of Re-emergence45:14 Fearlessness in Contemplation
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Finding Strength in Choices
In this episode, t.k. kindly teaches us by discussing revelatory passages from his wonderful recent book, The Concealing and Revealing.: The Wisdom of Reality Only. https://a.co/d/iYvdJFxTopics include:Finding Strength in ChoicesThe Nature of Suffering Transforming Negative HabitsThe Friction of ChangeElation vs. ExaltationSymbols of SpiritualityThe Limits of LanguageThe Paradox of Spiritual FreedomStarting from Reality Realization Beyond IdeasLove Beyond BoundariesThe Nature of Spiritual PathsEnjoy!
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"The body mind is the only disciple. Awareness, the only Guru."
The Wisdom Blessings of the Guru are always welcome! And we welcome this latest episode of The Freedom Place Podcast where t.k. graces us by discussing some select passages from his new book, The Concealing and Revealing.: The Wisdom of Reality Only - https://www.amazon.com/Concealing-Revealing-wisdom-Reality-Only/dp/B0FD4NJCVM/Enjoy!
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The Greatest Magic is to Have Compassion for All Beings
In this latest recording, t.k. discusses the nature of compassion, the meaning of the title of the new book The Concealing and Revealing.: The Wisdom of Reality Only, the role of the Guru, and the nature of Love. We are truly blessed to have another interview and opportunity to listen to sublime wisdom teachings. With deep and profound gratitude to the spiritual master for sharing wisdom with us, we give thanks. Please enjoy!The Concealing and Revealing.: The Wisdom of Reality Only by t.k. - https://www.amazon.com/Concealing-Revealing-wisdom-Reality-Only/dp/B0FD4NJCVM/
The Freedom Place podcast is a platform for distributing the teachings of Traktung Khepa. Spiritual adept, visionary, poet, farmer, Traktung Khepa is an American-born sage who has taught students in America, Europe, and Cuba since 1990. For 30 years he has guided Tsogyelgar, a contemplative community outside Ann Arbor, Michigan. Equally able to explore the most esoteric aspects and methods of the Tantric path or discuss Existentialism, Santeria, Alchemy, Political Philosophy, or Art History, t.k.’s style of teaching is immediate and relevant. As a child, t.k. traveled with his parents from Marrakesh to Istanbul exploring modern and ancient cultures, museums, churches, whirling dervishes, gypsy caves, healers in the Black Forest, and mysteries of Greek ruins. As a teen he had encounters with spiritual aspirants and adepts of every sort from Jesuit priests and Franciscan monks to Krishnamurti, 32nd degree Freemasons, Sufi and Zen masters and more. At the same time he picnicked on the White House lawn with Reagan and joked with Nixon and Kissinger as they played Happy Birthday for his mother on the piano. t.k’s lifelong passion for exploring spiritual traditions and life’s meaning has seamlessly melded with his profound realization accomplished through the non-monastic Tantric path. The Adept Thinley Norbu Rinpoche repeatedly encouraged him share his wisdom and realization to, “Help Westerners clarify the inner meanings of Tantra without distortions.”
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