Saraswati Publications Podcast

Lama Dawa shares his poetry on death and dying

In the months before Lama Dawa's parinirvana, he wrote many poems and dohas about death and dying. Here he shares his writings with a private group and translates them for us. Recorded September, 2017.

Dzogchen Teachings with Lama Dawa Chhodak Rinpoche, part 2

Part 2 of Dzogchen teachings given by Acharya Dawa Chhodak Rinpoche in Lansing, Iowa, in 2009; based on texts by Jamgon Kongrul and Dudjom Rinpoche. In his intimate and engaging style, Rinpoche gives advice on practice, points out the nature of mind, and shares amazing stories of his life. This is part 2 of a two-part teaching. Running time: 2 hours, 40 minutes.

Dzogchen Teachings with Lama Dawa Chhodak Rinpoche, part 1

In a teaching given at the RiverView Dharma Center in Iowa in 2009, Acharya  Dawa Chhodak Rinpoche gives Dzogchen instructions based on texts from Jamgon Kongtrul and Dudjom Rinpoche. Rinpoche gives the verbal transmission for Jamgon Kongtrul's text, "Dzogchen Ngo-drud Dam-Ngag Kalden Nying-kyi Norbu Marchen Lachang." In his intimate and engaging style, Rinpoche gives advice on practice, points out the nature of mind, and shares amazing stories from his life. This is part one of a two-part teaching. Running time: 2 hours, 47 minutes

Dzogchen Teachings with Lama Dawa Chhodak Rinpoche

In this intimate and engaging teaching, Lama Dawa gives a reading tranmission and a translation on-the-fly, along with commentary on the text, "DAM-NGAG MAR-GYI YANG-ZHUN;" a terma revelation by Dorje Lingpa. This special teaching is of the genre of 'liberation upon hearing' in which Padmasambhava claimed one could become liberated from the three lower realms by hearing this teaching three times. The teaching is followed by a lively discussion and question and answer period, and also includes Lama Dawa bestowing the lung two more times so that participants would hear this three times. This teaching was given to a small group in Sonoma, CA in 2008.

Lama Dawa Dzogchen Ngo-Drod

Lama Dawa gives transmission, translation and teaching on a sacred Dzogchen text by Jigdrel Yeshe Dorje, entitled, "Dzogchen Ngo-drod Dang-Ngag, Kalden Nying-kyi Norbu Marchen Lachang."