EveryBodhi Podcast
Episodes
eB 143 - A Question of Integrity
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the surface, many Lojong verses seem like do-this-don't-do-that dictates restricting and prohibiting our freedom. These verses are actually friendl...
eB 142 - The Best Revenge
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are full of stories. Our whole relative experience can be seen as such, just stories. Stories are helpful in comprehending experience, but stories ...
EB 141 - What A Life
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There are 59 verses in the root text of Lojong that function as pithy mind training slogans. Each verse is dialed into a specific way that we struggle...
eB 140 - The Great Debate
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Humans have used debate for millennia because it effectively exposes assumption, bias and misunderstanding. Most debates these days, though, are under...
eB 139 - A Question of Loyalty
02 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Loyalty is a charged concept these days. For some, loyalty is a noble quality. For others, loyalty provokes dismissive disdain, as if it were just ano...
eB 138 - I AM NOT PREDICTABLE
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Each of Lojong's 59 slogans are composed of carefully selected words that can become powerful and reliable resources on the spiritual path. One's own ...
eB 137 - The Thought That Counts
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ego loves attention. It loves to call the shots. Ego even inserts itself into otherwise positive, altruistic actions. The Buddhist tradition of Lojong...
eB 136 - Adventurous Mindset
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jampal Norbu considers the examined, meaningful life beyond self indulgence and impulse. Our impulsive behavior is dictated by the self important rasc...
eB 135 - The Land of Dragons
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sit by a riverside in The Kingdom of Bhutan with Jampal Norbu as he reflects on the value of our Buddhist heritage and history. The people, places and...
eB 134 - A Pilgrim In Sarnath
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jampal Norbu discusses the historical and cultural significance of the Deer Park at Sarnath, where the Buddha first turned The Wheel of Dharma. He emp...
eB 133 - Mind Your Own Business
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Lojong mind training slogans don't offer practitioners advice so that we might simply become nice or agreeable people. Mind training aims to aid u...
eB 132 - Everyone's A Critic
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Have you heard of negativity bias? Recognizing threats to our well being is intuitive and alerts a sense of urgency around perceived negativities. How...
eB 131 - Freedom Through Discipline Pt 2 with Pema Chodron
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The practice of Lojong has a long and well established history. Many great practitioners have composed invaluable commentaries on its liberating effec...
eB 130 - Freedom Through Discipline pt 1 with Pema Chödron
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The practice of Lojong has a long and well established history. Many great practitioners have composed invaluable commentaries on its liberating effec...
eB 129 - The Responsibility of Freedom
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Freedom is one of the fundamental rights for all human beings. But what does freedom look like on a personal level…on a spiritual level? Are we seek...
eB 128 - Self Discovery
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jampal Norbu examines the 22nd verse of Lojong: "You have reached proficiency if you can practice even while distracted." Transforming self concern ...
eB 127 - Sunnny Side Up
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Suffering happens, sometimes in heaps. It takes a great deal of strength to overcome the internal darkness of neurotic emotions. While forced positivi...
eB 126 - Genuine Confidence
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The proliferation of opinions is endless, and many of them are misinformed. How do we come to trust the direct perception of our own mind over the ass...
eB 125 - What Is The Point?
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jampal Norbu examines the 19th verse of Lojong, "All dharma agrees at a single point." This verse identifies the common ground shared...
eB 124 - We Die As We Live
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jampal Norbu considers the 18th verse of Lojong, "The Mahayana Instructions for the transference of consciousness are the five thoughts. Conduct is vi...
eB 123 - The Precious Path
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jampal Norbu explores the fourth point of mind training, which encourages practitioners to make Lojong a way of life. The seventeenth verse of Lojong,...
eB 122 - A Flexible Framework
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jampal Norbu examines what it means to bring the practice of Lojong fully into your life. The sixteenth verse of lojong, "use whatever you face as a p...
eB 121 - Fueled By Merit
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jampal Norbu explores the practice of applying Tonglen in everyday life by utilizing specific skillful means. The fifteenth verse of Lojong, "The Four...
eB 120 - The Mind Protector
21 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jampal Norbu gives a brief introduction to the four kayas, and the significance of emptiness as guardian against samsara's influence. The fourteenth v...
eB 119 - Great Wealth Great Wisdom
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jampal Norbu takes a look at the importance of gratitude in life, including gratitude for challenging events and people. The thirteenth verse of lojon...
eB 118 - The Blame Game
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jampal Norbu looks into the importance of taking responsibility for the activity of our own minds, without succumbing to self-aggression. The twelfth ...
eB 117 - Carrying the Path
18 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jampal Norbu opens up the third point of mind training - transforming adversity into the path of enlightenment. The chapters starts with the eleventh ...
eB 116 - Compassionate Boundaries Pt 2
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jampal Norbu explores the application of tonglen within everyday life - especially in relationship with our selves. The tenth verse of Lojong, "Begin ...
eB 115 - Compassionate Boundaries pt 1
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jampal Norbu explores the application of tonglen within everyday life - especially in relationship to oneself. The tenth verse of lojong, "Begin the s...
eB 114 - Effortless Practice
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jampal Norbu explores the necessity of mind training as a living practice through developing a deeper understanding of the lojong slogans. The diligen...
eB 113 - Internal Alchemy and Transforming Poisions
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jampal Norbu examines how dharma practice is meant to transform negative emotions. The goal of a Buddhist path is to transform negative states of min...
eB 112 - Invest in the Self Exchange
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jampal Norbu shares his personal reflections on tonglen practice, the exchange of self for others. By emphasizing bodhichitta, and the teachings on th...
eB 111 - Sage Advice With Pema Chodron
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Renowned author and meditator Ani Pema Chodron answers questions and gives advice on the practice of tonglen. Tonglen is the exchange of self for othe...
eB 110 - An Exchange With Pema Chodron
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Renowned author and meditator Ani Pema Chodron shares her own experience with tonglen practice, from her introduction to the practice by Chogyam Trung...
eB109 - Introducing Tonglen
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jampal Norbu introduces the practice of tonglen: the exchange of self for others. This practice is an essential step on the path of Mahayana Buddhism,...
eB108 - Roots in Bodhichitta
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jampal Norbu examines the main practice of Bodhichitta, which rests at the heart the Lojong text. Bodhichitta is the aspiration to attain enlightenmen...
eB107 - Childlike Wonder
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jampal Norbu examines the 6th verse of Lojong: IN POST MEDITATION, BE A CHILD OF ILLUSION. In this context, "childlike" refers to a sense of wonder ra...
eB106 - Do You Abide?
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jampal Norbu examines the fifth verse of Lojong: "Rest in the Nature of the Alaya". This verse explores what it means to rest the mind in meditation a...
eB105 - The Ultimate Medicine
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jampal Norbu examines the fourth verse of Lojong: "The Antidote in Itself is Liberated". This verse explores emotional suffering through the five nega...
eB104 - A Spontaneous World
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Jampal Norbu leads a guided meditation to explore the nature of mind as we contemplate the third verse of the Lojong text, 'Examine th...
eB103 - Like a Dream
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jampal Norbu examines the second verse of Lojong: "Consider All Phenomena as a Dream". This verse introduces one of the great philisophical cornerston...
eB102 - First Things First
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jampal Norbu welcomes Dharma teacher and author Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel to examine the first verse of Lojong: "First, train in the preliminaries. The...
eB101 - You've Been Warned
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jampal Norbu begins his examination of the various commentaries on Lojong, the classic teachings on Mahayana mind transformation. He ...