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Mindful U at Naropa University112. The Art of Truly Listening: Spiritual Care for a World in TransitionIn this episode, Dr. Ji Hyang Padma—Associate Professor in Naropa University’s Master of Divinity program, Soto Zen teacher, and longtime interfaith chaplain—explores the art and profession of spiritual care .Drawing on more than twenty-five years of Zen training, including fourteen years in monastic practice, she shares what it means to serve as a “spiritual friend,” accompanying people through illness, grief, and life’s most vulnerable transitions—and how contemplative practice helps us meet suffering with spaciousness rather than trying to fix it.
She shares insights from her work across university chaplaincies and contemplative education, describing how...
2026-02-1754 min
Transforming Grief, One Conversation at a TimeCommunal Grief, Collective Healing with Dr. Ji Hyang PadmaIn this insightful episode, Dr. Jessica Thomas and Ji Hyang delve into the profound themes of communal grief and collective healing. Theyexplore how acknowledging grief in a shared context can transform personal struggles into opportunities for growth and connection. Through poignant discussions, they highlight the importance of being present with grief to unlock the power of change and healing. Join them as they navigate the complexities of grief, offering wisdom and hope for those seeking to understand and embrace this universal experience. Chapters00:00:00 Introduction to Communal Grief00:00:00 Ji Hyang's Journey and Z...
2025-09-1846 min
Natural WisdomA Recording of Metta Practice at lovely Omega InstituteAt this time of year, my teaching at Omega Institute approaches. Here is a recording of Metta infused with the light and birdsong of the Omega Sanctuary.
2025-04-3025 min
Grab This Edge-Of-Your-Seat Full Audiobook — Perfect In The Car.Living the Season by Ji Hyang PadmaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/177366to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Living the Season
Author: Ji Hyang Padma
Narrator: Jeanne Scurek
Format: mp3
Length: 5 hrs
Release date: 08-02-22
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Zen
Publisher's Summary:
Living the Season offers creative safe passage through periods of transition, drawing on ancient and contemporary spiritual practices that are particularly useful today. Ji Hyang Padma has organized the book around the cyclic change of the four seasons. In living connected to natural rhythms—the stillness of winter, the renewal of spring, the ripening of summer, the harvest of autumn—we touch a holi...
2022-08-0230 min
Positive Changes: A Self-Kick PodcastSpiritual Healing with Ji Hyang PadmaDo you need to heal relationships from the past but do not know how or where to start? Spiritual teacher and author, Ji Hyang Padma has wise words of wisdom and years of research to share with you in this inspirational episode.
🎙In this episode of POSITIVE CHANGES: A SELF-KICK PODCAST, Shelley F. Knight talks to Ji Hyang Padma about using ancient tools to heal yourself.
👥 Join Shelley and Ji Hyang as they discuss suffering, Attachment Theory, anxiety, stress, healing tools, and positive changes.
We cannot offer anyone anything that we have not already...
2021-08-2534 min
Spirit Sherpa ~ From Spiritual Awakening to Enlightenment ~ Step Into Your MissionReclaiming the Power of Ritual Healing with Ji Hyang Padma🌟 Unlock the Magic of Ritual Healing with Spirit Sherpa Podcast 🎙️✨Join us on a profound journey of self-discovery and empowerment as we delve into the captivating world of "Reclaiming the Power of Ritual Healing" with the incredible Ji Hyang Padma. 🕊️✨In this enlightening episode, we explore the transformative nature of rituals, ancient healing practices, and the profound impact they can have on our lives. Ji Hyang Padma shares her wisdom on harnessing the power of rituals to find healing and connect with our inner selves. 🌿🌅References:-For more information about Kelle Sparta or Kelle Sparta...
2021-07-0537 min
Life, Death & The Space Between with Dr. Amy RobbinsReclaiming Ritual Healing with Ji Hyang Padma“Hopefully we don’t believe everything we think.” – Ji Hyang Padma Ji Hyang Padma has combined an academic career with her vocation as a spiritual teacher. Ji Hyang served as Director of Spirituality & Education as well as a Buddhist chaplain at Wellesley College for fourteen years. Additionally, she has served as a meditation teacher at Harvard University, Boston University, Babson College, Esalen Institute and Omega Institute. Ji Hyang Padma currently serves as a chaplain at the University of California at San Francisco. Ji Hyang Padma is the author of the new book “Field...
2021-05-2440 minThe Mystical PositivistThe Mystical Positivist - Radio Show #380 - 24APR21Podcast: This week on the show we feature a pre-recorded conversation with Ji Hyang Padma, author of Field of Blessings: Ritual & Consciousness in the Work of Buddhist Healers. Ji Hyang believes that we are hungry for a direct experience of the sacred in this culture. We try to fill the void with technology, and its “quick fix” of images and information. This leaves us hungry for true connectivity. We don’t need more information. We need more appreciation. Gratitude opens the heart, and gives our life meaning; it becomes a form of spiritual experience that gives us strength. Field...
2021-04-2500 min
The Mystical PositivistThe Mystical Positivist - Radio Show #380 - 24APR21
Podcast:
This week on the show we feature a pre-recorded conversation with Ji Hyang Padma, author of Field of Blessings: Ritual & Consciousness in the Work of Buddhist Healers. Ji Hyang believes that we are hungry for a direct experience of the sacred in this culture. We try to fill the void with technology, and its “quick fix” of images and information. This leaves us hungry for true connectivity. We don’t need more information. We need more appreciation. Gratitude opens the heart, and gives our life meaning; it becomes a form of spiritual experience that gives us strength. Field...
2021-04-2500 min
The Truth to Power ShowField of BlessingsAuthor of Field of Blessings Ji Hyang Padma discusses Buddhist healing practices with host Vijay R. Nathan
2021-04-1159 minNatural WisdomMedicine and Illness Cure Each Other: A koanThis Dharma talk is based on Zen Master Un Mun's koan, "Medicine and disease cure each other. The whole world is medicine. What is your true self?"
2020-04-1812 minNatural WisdomWholeness Rather Than PerfectionismAt this time, let’s recognize that Mindfulness is not about continuous serenity. If we are doing our work we experience wholeness, a dynamic state that involves working with emotions such as powerlessness and fear. Join us in this exploration.
2020-04-0515 minNatural WisdomZen, Somatics and Satipatthana Sutta: Practices for HealingIn addition to teaching Zen, I have also trained in counseling and psychology, and done some training in trauma and recovery and have offered stress reduction classes in hospitals, universities, a variety of settings. I sense the Covid experience as a collective trauma, most skillfully addressed through somatic approaches. Like all trauma, it is also a kind of initiation, requiring that we uncover inner resources. In this podcast, I combine ancient wisdom with contemporary somatic psychology to increase our toolset for healing self and others. Please join us!
2020-03-281h 19Natural WisdomApproaching this Kairos- time as Initiation and as Living CeremonyOpen Gate Zen Collective
Saturday Morning 3.14.20
We are collectively going through a time of complete transformation: Kairos, a turning moment. Kairos, to the Greeks, referred to the sacred and vital nature of time, a choice point, in which we must seize the opportunity as it arises. Kairos is the root of chaos. Yet as we center ourselves in this moment, this experience of chaos can serve as an initiation, through which we uncover our hidden resources. We can treat this time with reverence and as sacred ceremony. Zen practice provides a grounding and centering force, throu...
2020-03-1527 min2019-11-3028 minNatural WisdomSensei Shinzan Palma, on RenunciationGiven at the Chapel of Awareness November 23, 2019
2019-11-2325 minNatural WisdomDiamond Sutra, Part 2As Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh notes, to see clear water, one must look past the reflection and the sunlight. In this episode we discuss the three bodies of Buddha: Dharmakaya, Nirmanakaya and Sambhogakaya-- and point directly to mind.
2019-11-2230 min2019-11-0927 minNatural WisdomDiamond Sutra, part 1This is the first Dharma Talk on the Diamond Sutra in an occasional series.
Recorded at Chapel of Awareness, November 9, 2019.
2019-11-0929 min2019-11-0919 minNatural WisdomBearing WitnessThis Dharma talk was given on Saturday, October 19th at Chapel of Awareness, Encinitas.
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2019-10-2025 minNatural WisdomIt Doesn't Have To .Be the Blue IrisWe visit Inspiration, waterfalls, and the entire universe in a single flower. Given at Chapel of Awareness, October 11, 2019.
2019-10-1329 minNatural WisdomThe Sending- Forth.1From a Buddhist perspective, it is believed that death, like life, is a journey. The consciousness opens up in a particularly powerful way at the time of death; there is the opportunity for awakening on that great journey ...
In this presentation, we will explore Buddhist approaches to end-of-life, as well as art and ceremonies that can truly be a celebration of life, as based in traditional Buddhist ritual practices. Participants participate in ceremony that commemorates their own life, including a simplified form of the Tibetan phowa practice. These have been adapted, so as to be experientially welcome...
2019-10-0632 minThe Truth to Power ShowThe Healing MindBuddhist writer Ji Hyang Padma discusses consciousness and healing with host Vijay R. Nathan and cohost Jessica Hinds. Featuring music from Ani Choying Drolma,
2019-06-2759 min