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Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersGrow Up in the Dharma with Mushim Patricia IkedaSecular & Buddhist teacher Mushim Patricia Ikeda in convo with Rev. Liên on how mature practice can help us deal with the current conditions of our world.GUESTMushim Patricia Ikeda is an internationally-known secular mindfulness and Buddhist teacher working primarily with justice activists and Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) meditation practitioners and with people with disabilities and chronic illnesses. A core teacher at East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland, California, she is an author whose writing has been published in Lion's Roar, Tricycle, Buddhadharma and various anthologies. Mushim w...2025-05-0654 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersSeason 3 Compilation - A Beautiful Web of Asian Heritage BuddhistsOn season 3, we co-created and witnessed an amazing example of how the Net of Indra weaves and connects. We heard from 13 Buddhist practitioners and teachers of Asian American or Asian Diaspora heritage, and in their own words, spoke to what the AA/AD Buddhist experience is for them. Season 3 is officially a wrap! Thank you to everyone who listened with us, and we hope you join us for more Asian American/Asian Diaspora forwarding conversations and offerings in season 4. Full list of guests, and their featured episodes, in order:Co-hosts Rev. Liên Shu...2025-03-0413 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersMeditation on Safety with Rev. Liên ShuttMeditation to find stability in the midst of current threats in our world: nationally, world-wide, and with climate justice. -- Given at EBMC BIPOC SanghaREV. LIÊN SHUTT (she/they) is a recognized leader in the movement that breaks through the wall of American white-centered convert Buddhism to welcome people of all backgrounds into a contemporary, engaged Buddhism. As an ordained Zen priest, licensed social worker, and longtime educator/teacher of Buddhism, Shutt represents new leadership at the nexus of spirituality and social justice, offering a special warm welcome to Asian Americans, all BIPOC, L...2025-02-1120 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersTalk: Healing in Time & Space with Rev. Liên ShuttHello, listeners of Opening Dharma Access, for February, we're doing things a little bit different by offering you some meditations and Dharma talks on current conditions as 2025 brings to the United States a whole bunch of difficult circumstances: the L.A. fires; the inauguration.NOTE: This talk was given at a BIPOC group, addressing specific fears & issues of people of color in extremely challenging U.S. political and social justice contexts. May it be for the benefit of all beings. REV. LIÊN SHUTT (she/they) is a recognized leader in th...2025-02-0434 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersInauguration Healing Space with Rev. Liên ShuttAs today marks a disturbing time for many of us, I offered a Healing Space today at the same time as the swearing in. It was informal and my aim was to offering 3 aspects of healing: Acknowledging what is with tools we've learned from Buddhism and practice. Second, to attend to the impacts of hurt and harm in ourselves & with each other. Third, committing to enacting qualities and ways we can stay connected and thrive in the net of life which includes us all.Host:REV. LIÊN SHUTT (she/they) is a...2025-01-2026 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersEco-Dharma Care with Ram AppalarajuWhat does "caring" really mean? Listen in on this fascinating conversation on Nature, Dharma & Caring for self and the Earth between Ram Appalaraju and Host Rev. Liên Shutt.RAM APPALARAJU was brought up as a Hindu and has been on a spiritual path since the 90's, first studying Vedanta and pursuing Buddhism since 2012. After years of practice he chose to pursue a path of service and became a chaplain focused on Ecology as well as supporting marginalized people in prisons and homeless shelters. He is now one on the faculty of Sati Center for Bu...2025-01-0756 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersInsight Dialogue & Further Relationality with Yenkuei ChuangYenkeui Chuang & Rev. Liên dialogue on some "edges" of "Diasporic Asian Americans," overseas Asian practices, and then Insight Dialogue. Yenkeui shares fascinating details of the interconnections from all the different traditions she's practiced in. Come listen!YENKUEI CHUANG was born a Taiwanese girl before she became an American woman. As a licensed psychologist, somatics and mindfulness teacher, she is passionate about helping people heal and find freedom, belonging, and power in the richness of their intersectional identities. Yenkuei loves to eat, cook, dance, do nothing and everything.IG handle: yenkueichuang2024-11-0545 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & Practitioners"Meeting with my Asian Sangha Tonight" with Poet Bo Hee MoonListen in to hear how Bo Hee Moon was inspired by practice in the 3-month course "Lotus Rising from Mud: A Path for Anti-Asian American Restoration. Guest:BO HEE MOON was adopted at three-months-old from South Korea. Her poems have appeared in AGNI, Poetry, swamp pink, and others. Omma, Sea of Joy and Other Astrological Signs, published by Tinderbox Editions, is her debut collection of poems. She previously published under a different name.Connect with Bo at:BoHeeMoon.comAfterlives: An AGNI Portfolio of Asian Adoptee...2024-09-0331 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & Practitioners"Silence is Not the Way" with Professor Sharon SuhA layered and engaging discussion with Prof. Sharon Suh on what "Asian American Buddhism can be defined as; including the refusal to be silenced.Guest:SHARON SUH is professor of Buddhism at Seattle University and author of Being Buddhist in a Christian World: Gender and Community (2004); Silver Screen Buddha: Buddhism in Asian and Western Film (2015); and Occupy This Body: A Buddhist Memoir (2019). She focuses on racialized trauma experienced by people of color and emphasizes the importance of embodiment. She's also President of Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women. Her upcoming...2024-07-0244 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersBodhi Leaves: The Asian American Buddhist Monthly Co-Associate Editors Mihiri Tillakaratne and Noel AlumitIn this rich and joyful conversation, Rev. Liên and Rev. Dana talk with Mihiri Tillakaratne and Noel Alumit, the co-founders and co-associate editors of Bodhi Leaves: The Asian American Buddhist Monthly at Lion's Roar. Bodhi Leaves is the first published series of its kind, highlighting and focusing on the experiences and perspectives of Asian American Buddhist practitioners. We learn about Mihiri and Noel's views on their own identities and spiritual backgrounds, as well as about how Bodhi Leaves got started and visions for its future. MIHIRI TILLAKARATNE (she/her) is an associate e...2024-05-2146 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersRev. Liên's 2024 May We Gather Dharma Message: Stewarding the Net of IndraThis is the audio of a recording of Rev. Liên's dharma message at May We Gather 2024: A National Buddhist Pilgrimage for Asian American Buddhists, in Antioch, California. You can also watch the video here. Find out more about May We Gather. Listen to Rev's interview with the co-organizers, Funie Hsu, Chenxing Han and Duncan Ryūken Williams. Also check out the full event summary, either in audio or video form. REV. LIÊN SHUTT (she/they) is a recognized leader in the movement that breaks through the wall of American white-centered convert Buddhism to wel...2024-05-1409 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersSummary of May We Gather 2024: A National Buddhist Pilgrimage for Asian American AncestorsThis is the audio of a video of a summary of the events at May We Gather 2024: A National Buddhist Pilgrimage for Asian American Ancestors, Co-Coordinated by Funie Hsu, Chenxing Han, & Duncan Ryūken Williams.Here is a list of the voices, chants, & Dharma Messages you'll hear: (Time-stamps are from the actual YouTube VIDEO Summary):· 0:26- 0:56 O-Daiko drum roll led by Dr. Paula Arai (Institute of Buddhist Studies) and Kansho Bell ringing led by Rev. Harry Bridge (Buddhist Church of Oakland)·...2024-05-0712 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersReflections with the 2024 May We Gather Co-Organizers: Funie Hsu, Chenxing Han and Duncan Ryūken WilliamsFunie Hsu, Chenxing Han, and Duncan Ryūken Williams are the co-organizers of May We Gather, a collaborative project of commemorative healing, by and for Asian American Buddhists and their spiritual friends. What began in 2022 as a response to the uptick in violence and hate towards Asian Americans, has continued into 2024, as a second iteration of May We Gather, this time in the form of ritual memorial, and also as a precious and much needed space for gathering and community. In this interview, the three co-organizers share their reflections on the 2024 event. Watch the entire live stream r...2024-05-0147 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersSeason 3 Premiere! The Disquiet & Forwarding Asian American & Asian Diasporic Buddhist Experiences with Rev. Liên Shutt & Rev. Dana TakagiNEW Co-Host: Reverend Dana TakagiDana (she/her) is a retired professor of Sociology and also a zen priest. She spent 33 years teaching sociology and Asian Am history at UC Santa Cruz, she is a past president of the Association for Asian American Studies. Zen practice since 1998. Check out more of Dana's work:2022: Sutra and Bible: an Interview with Duncan Ryūken Williams2020: Most Intimate, Ordinary Way, Recollections of Katherine Thanas (co-eds. with Eugene Bush; 2nd printing 2022)Mentioned in the episode, her 1993 book on...2024-04-0247 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersResting Where You Are Meditation with Rev. Liên ShuttRest in this meditation with Rev. Liên, Creator, Producer, & Co-host of ODA, as we transition Seasons. Offered at her weekly Access to Zen Meditation Group. Join us! REV. LIÊN SHUTT (she/they) is a recognized leader in the movement that breaks through the wall of American white-centered convert Buddhism to welcome people of all backgrounds into a contemporary, engaged Buddhism. As an ordained Zen priest, licensed social worker, and longtime educator/teacher of Buddhism, Shutt represents new leadership at the nexus of spirituality and social justice, offering a special warm welcome to...2024-03-1930 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersExpanding The Dharma: ODA Season 2 Wrap-Up with All 4 HostsListen to this really amazing discussion between the 4 hosts on themes and highlights from all our interviews in Season 2. Listening will "make" you want to go listen to all of our wonderful guest teachers again! Or, check out the ones you've missed!9 bows of love and appreciation for all the Hosts of Season 2!1. LAMA KARMA YESHE CHÖDRÖN is a scholar, teacher, and translator of Tibetan Buddhism at Rigpe Dorje Institute at Pullahari Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal and co-founder of Prajna Fire. In addition to Opening Dharma Access, Lama Yeshe co-hosts Pr...2024-03-0553 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersDharma Stories for Visibility with Grace SongAn engaging conversation with Grace about creating space for self, community, & collective inclusion for 21st Century Dharma.GUEST:Grace Song is an ordained Won Buddhist Kyomunim, meditation teacher, and advocate of interfaith dialogue. She serves as the Chair of the Won Buddhist Studies Department at the Won Institute of Graduate Studies. She has traveled to many countries to present and lead workshops and retreats on interfaith dialogue, social justice, mindfulness in education, and spiritual practice in daily life. She is committed to embodying the truth of interconnection and invests her t...2024-01-0238 min
Preferred Walk-OnsThe Ball Is TippedShutt was on vacation last week, but there are no more days off for the foreseeable future. College football enters the final stretch of the season, while basketball returned on Monday. We discussed what to watch this weekend on the gridiron and previewed the season ahead on the hardwood. Topics for discussion included:
Shutt's trip to the last remaining Blockbuster video store
High-profile wins from Washington and Alabama and how it impacts Heisman voting
The state of ACC football and a preview of every conference game in Week 11
Predictions for the top national games of the Week 11 slate
...2023-11-081h 23Preferred Walk-OnsThe Ball Is TippedShutt was on vacation last week, but there are no more days off for the foreseeable future. College football enters the final stretch of the season, while basketball returned on Monday. We discussed what to watch this weekend on the gridiron and previewed the season ahead on the hardwood. Topics for discussion included:
Shutt's trip to the last remaining Blockbuster video store
High-profile wins from Washington and Alabama and how it impacts Heisman voting
The state of ACC football and a preview of every conference game in Week 11
Predictions for the top national games of the Week 11 slate
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Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersIllumination of Chan with Rebecca LiAn open, spacious conversation with Dr. Rebecca Li on her practice & teachings on Chan Buddhism and her newly released book, Illumination: A Guide to the Buddhist Method of No-Method GUEST:Dr. Rebecca Li, a Dharma heir in the lineage of Chan Master Sheng Yen, is the founder and guiding teacher of Chan Dharma Community. Her books include Allow Joy into Our Hearts: Chan Practice in Uncertain Times and the upcoming book Illumination: A Guide to the Buddhist Method of No-Method. She lives in New Jersey with her husband. 2023-11-071h 00
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersDharma Songs for Connection with Joe ReillyGUEST:JOE REILLY (he, him) is a singer, songwriter, social worker, and ordained Dharma Teacher in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. Joe was raised Catholic and currently studies and practices progressive Catholicism, Native American spirituality, and engaged Buddhism. Joe has been a student of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh since 2004 and is often found singing and writing songs on spiritual retreats. He currently lives in Waawiyatanong/Detroit, where he co-leads the Building Beloved Community Sangha. He is of Cherokee, Choctaw, Italian, and Irish descent and identifies as Native American.Connect...2023-09-0554 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersLovingkindness Meditation with Anushka FernandopulleA short, but lovingly offered, meditation from Anushka Fernandopulle. Originally offered on Dharma Seed. Anushka Fernandopulle (she/they) is on the Spirit Rock Teacher's Council and has trained for over 30 years in the Theravada Buddhist tradition in the U.S., India, and Sri Lanka. Anushka lives in San Francisco and teaches retreats and workshops around the world. They also works as a leadership coach and management consultant, influenced by a BA in anthropology and religion from Harvard and an MBA from Yale. Her teaching is informed by nature, creative arts, political engagement and modern urban...2023-08-1511 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersThe Nature of Practice & Teaching with Anushka FernandopulleGUESTAnushka Fernandopulle (she/they) is on the Spirit Rock Teacher's Council and has trained for over 30 years in the Theravada Buddhist tradition in the U.S., India, and Sri Lanka. Anushka lives in San Francisco and teaches retreats and workshops around the world. They also works as a leadership coach and management consultant, influenced by a BA in anthropology and religion from Harvard and an MBA from Yale. Her teaching is informed by nature, creative arts, political engagement and modern urban life.Connect with Anushka at:https...2023-08-0134 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersFrank Dharma with Dalila BothwellGet to know ODA's Season 2 other new co-host, Dalila Bothwell, as she shares with Rev. Liên frank talk about what it takes to teach and stay true to their experience as queer, Black, and other social locations in predominantly white convert-Buddhist settings. Dalila Bothwell (she/her) is a Dharma practitioner in the Insight Meditation/Theravada Buddhist tradition and a graduate of Spirit Rock's Community Dharma Leader Program. She served as Deputy Director of New York Insight Meditation Center for nearly a decade where she learned the priceless value of sangha and the role relationships play in em...2023-04-0439 minPreferred Walk-OnsControversy!No program in college basketball has had a more eventful week than Virginia. In this episode, we break down UVA's last two games and look ahead to the upcoming NCAA tournament. We discuss:
Virginia men's and women's program defeating ranked NC State teams
UVA's narrow and controversial win over Duke
Other news and notes from the weekend's slate of games, and how replay impacts the viewing experience
Our picks for teams most likely to make a tournament run at each projected seed line
All hate mail about Shutt's criticism of UVA fans can be sent directly to preferredwalkons@y...2023-02-131h 17
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersPracticing to Touch Our Edges with Noliwe AlexanderNoliwe Alexander has been a student of Vipassana meditation for over 20 years. Throughout this time of deep devotion to the Dharma, Noliwe has become a dedicated practitioner, meditation teacher of various retreats and sitting groups, day-longs and class series programs. She dedicates much her BuddhaDharma practice and teachings to the BiPOC, LGBTQIA+, At Risk and Elder communities. She is a graduate of Spirit Rock's CDL4 program, EBMC's Commit 2 Dharma program in 2010 and is a graduate of Spirit Rock Teacher Training from 2017-2020. Noliwe is the co-founder of Peace At Any Pace, Inc. a non-profit organization that offers a Journey...2023-02-0755 minPreferred Walk-OnsHappy New Year to Everyone Outside of ColumbusAfter one of the most thrilling college football semifinals in history, the Michaels are back with the first episode of 2023. This week, we discuss:
Shutt's experience at the Duke's Mayo Bowl
A recap of the College Football Playoff games
The early signing period, transfer portal, and NIL
ACC recruiting rankings and the conference's quarterback carousel
Bad Coach Speak of the Week!
Parity at the top of the college basketball ranks and the week ahead in the ACC
Our New Year's Resolutions as sports fans
2023-01-031h 53Preferred Walk-OnsHappy New Year to Everyone Outside of ColumbusAfter one of the most thrilling college football semifinals in history, the Michaels are back with the first episode of 2023. This week, we discuss:
Shutt's experience at the Duke's Mayo Bowl
A recap of the College Football Playoff games
The early signing period, transfer portal, and NIL
ACC recruiting rankings and the conference's quarterback carousel
Bad Coach Speak of the Week!
Parity at the top of the college basketball ranks and the week ahead in the ACC
Our New Year's Resolutions as sports fans
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Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersAttending: A New Year's Meditation with Rev. Liên ShuttHappy 2023! Enjoy this meditation to support you bring the quality of attending (my latest word for our natural access to the quality of mindfulness.The "Meditation Training" course referred to in the meditation is "Meditation Training: Establishing a Meditation Practice in 4 Short Week." It's a popular and effect course taken by thousands at this point. Back in-person in SF and online for everyone else. It starts this Thursday, 1/5, 7:30 pm PT so for full info and registration, CLICK HERE.For other practices and full programming, go to AccessToZen.org or email me...2023-01-0331 minOpening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersBeing Love with Lama YesheA guided meditation invoking creative imagination to cultivate familiarity with our innate quality of being love within a space of active repose. Led by Lama Yeshe.LAMA KARMA YESHE CHÖDRÖN is a scholar, teacher, and translator of Tibetan Buddhism at Rigpe Dorje Institute at Pullahari Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal and co-founder of Prajna Fire.HOST LAMA KARMA YESHE CHÖDRÖN is a scholar, teacher, and translator of Tibetan Buddhism at Rigpe Dorje Institute at Pullahari Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal and co-founder of Prajna Fire.2022-12-2030 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersReflecting on 2022 and Transitioning to 2023Tune in as Rev. Liên and Lama Yeshe share a lively discussion of their experiences with Opening Dharma Access during 2022. They also bid farewell to Kaira Jewel Lingo as she transtions from Opening Dharma Access to other Dharma activities.Rev. Liên Shutt can be reached at: AccessToZen.orgLearn more about Kaira Jewel Lingo and her Dharma Offerings at kairajewel.com to learn more about her Dharma offerings. Lama Karma Yeshe Chödrön shares the Dharma through the Prajn...2022-12-0637 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersYou Can Polish the Mirror of Your Life with Myokei Caine-Barret, ShoninListen in on this candid and wise interview with Myokei Caine-Barret, Shonin, as she shares about her own path of transformation and how we can all create a deeper experience of refuge for each other in the Dharma. She names the importance of sharing about race and increasing awareness in dharma spaces in the face of resistance. And how empowering it can be to leave space for listening, honoring people's unique experiences, and the importance of offering a warm welcome. She encourages us to learn from the radical hospitality in cultures of color, and describes how she used chanting...2022-11-0154 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersMeeting La Familia Where They Are At with Bhante SanathavihariLos Angeles Sanathavihari Bhikkhu is a Mexican-American Theravāda monk at the Sarathchandra Buddhist Center in North Hollywood, a Sri Lankan center. He is a student of the late Dr. Bhante Punnaji, and the director of Casa De Bhavana – an outreach project to bring the Dhamma to the Spanish-speaking world. He is also the co-author of Buddhism in Ten Steps. Bhante is a U.S. Air Force veteran, has a B.A. in Religion, and is a Mindfulness researcher at Mount St. Mary University, Los Angeles, and a Graduate Student in Counseling Psychology at Mount St. Mary Univ...2022-09-0644 min
The High Way with Kyle ShuttEP059: Psycho Las Vegas RecapWelcome back to The High Way with Kyle Shutt! We're back after being LIVE at Psycho Las Vegas this year from the Famous Food Stage and do I have some tales to tell! I answer all your burning questions in this recap episode dedicated to the best festival this country has to offer.Help us keep the show moving along by visiting our Patreon page at the link below. For a few dollars a month you can get early access to next week's episode, score some sweet merch, get a monthly guitar lesson from me, and even...2022-08-3137 min
The High Way with Kyle ShuttEP058: Justin Pearson (Dead Cross, The Locust)Welcome back to The High Way with Kyle Shutt! This week I had the privilege to sit down and talk with Justin Pearson of The Locust, Three One G Records, The Chain PR, and... Dead Cross! We talk all about what it's like being the busiest man in rock n' roll as well as catch up this week's headlines on "That's... NOT NEWS!".CHECK OUT: https://threeoneg.comCHECK OUT: https://www.ipecac.comTO BUY THE NEW DEAD CROSS ALBUM CHECK OUT: https://ipecac-music.myshopify.comHelp...2022-08-0345 min
The High Way with Kyle ShuttEP057: Beto Martinez (Caramelo Haze)Welcome back to The High Way with Kyle Shutt! This week I catch up with my old friend Beto Martinez. Beto received a Grammy nomination for "Best Latin Rock Or Alternative Album" for his work on the album "Sonidos Gold". He's played with so many amazing Austin, TX groups like Grupo Fantasma, Brownout, and Brown Sabbath! He has a new band called Caramelo Haze and they have a new album out called "Noesteásaquí".Help us keep the show moving along by visiting our Patreon page at the link below. For a few dollars a month you ca...2022-07-2757 min
The NeuroNerds: A Brain Injury Recovery & Pop Culture ShowCelebrating Pride with Michael ShuttAll episodes are available at https://TheNeuroNerds.com. Follow @TheNeuroNerds on Twitter/Instagram and Like us at Facebook.com/TheNeuroNerds.SummaryIt’s Pride Month and we are celebrating LGBTQ+ brain injury survivors. In this episode, Joe is chatting with Michael Shutt, a stroke survivor, playwright, actor and gay man from Los Angeles. Michael shares what it was like growing up gay from when he realized he was gay at a young age. They talk about the lack of representation he experienced when he was younger and how that affected him. He also shares the im...2022-06-2859 min
Opening Dharma Access: Listening to BIPOC Teachers & PractitionersDungse Jampal Norbu: Comfortable with the Fluidity of East-West, Tradition-ModernityDUNGSE JAMPAL NORBU is son and Dharma Heir of Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche in the Mangala Shri Bhuti community. His mother is Dharma teacher Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel.Dungse la has lived and traveled extensively in Asia, but spent much of his youth in Colorado. If you were to ask Dungse la how long he has been studying the Buddhist path, he would say, “Since I was born.”When Dungse la was still an infant, Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche instructed Kongtrul Rinpoche to train Dungse la to uphold and continue Kongtrul Rinpoche’s lineage, particularly that o...2022-06-0732 min