Living Dharma Podcast
Living Dharma Podcast explores the heart of Tibetan Buddhist wisdom through meaningful conversations, contemporary reflections, and embodied practice. Each episode brings teachings to life, connecting ancient insight with the challenges and opportunities of modern living. It is produced by Tergar Institute, a community rooted in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
Episodes
Ep. 11: Jessica Morey — Planting Seeds (Meditation, teenagers, and trusting the path)
In this episode of Living Dharma, co-hosts Tsunma Kunsang Palmo and Justin Kelley sit down with Jess Morey, a meditation teacher whose own path began at fourteen, on a teen retreat at the Insight Meditation Society. Asked what applying the Dharma means to her, she answers in a single word, everything, and then narrows it to the work that fills her days now: mothering, and the delicate task of trus
Ep. 10: Nico and Devon Hase — This Messy Gorgeous Love (Practising the Dharma in real relationships)
In this episode of Living Dharma, co-hosts Tsunma Kunsang Palmo and Justin Kelley welcome Nico and Devon Hase, husband-and-wife Buddhist teachers and authors who write about what happens when lofty ideals meet the rub of ordinary life. Their answer begins with getting real. The beautiful ideals of the Dharma, bodhicitta, compassion, stability of mind, have to come alive in exactly the places where
Ep. 9: Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo — The Sky-Like Mind (Practising the Dharma in a distracted world)
Some conversations we approach with a particular sense of reverence, and this is surely one of them. In this episode of Living Dharma, co-hosts Tsunma Kunsang Palmo and Justin Kelley are joined by Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo. Her story needs little introduction. The cave, the long years of solitary retreat, the founding of Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery, and the revival of the Togdenma lineage are by now th
Ep. 8: Rob Roeser — The Teacher Is the Curriculum (How contemplative science meets the human heart)
In this episode of Living Dharma, co-hosts Tsunma Kunsang Palmo and Justin Kelley sit down with Rob Roeser, a developmental psychologist who has spent his life with a foot in two worlds that do not always speak to one another: the rigorous world of science and the quiet world of contemplative practice. Director of Research at Emory University's Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-
Ep. 7: Bill and Susan Morgan — Lighting Up the Moment (Bringing heart and play into daily practice)
In this episode of Living Dharma, co-hosts Tsunma Kunsang Palmo and Justin Kelly sit down with Bill and Susan Morgan, two highly respected voices at the intersection of mindfulness and psychotherapy. With over three decades of teaching together—including a consecutive four-year retreat at the Insight Meditation Society's Forest Refuge—Bill and Susan share their personal evolution away from ri
Ep. 6: Susan Kaiser Greenland — Real World Enlightenment (Mindfulness for Kids & Everyday Life)
In this episode of Living Dharma, we sit down with Susan Kaiser Greenland—best-selling author, mindfulness teacher, Mind & Life fellow, and a pioneering voice in bringing contemplative practice into schools and family life.Susan shares her path into meditation through a family health crisis, the challenges of a strong “thinking mind,” and how her legal training helped her navigate secular educ
Ep. 5: Devon Hase — Ritual, Responsibility, and Remembering Why We’re Here
In this grounded and intimate conversation, Devon Hase reflects on Dharma not as abstraction, but as lived responsibility—something enacted through relationship, ritual, and daily attention.Rather than positioning practice as something separate from ordinary life, Devon speaks to the ways discipline, devotion, and meaning emerge through showing up consistently: for community, for grief, for inner
Ep 4: Roshi Joan Halifax — Practice, Activism, and Meeting Death with an Open Heart
In this deeply embodied conversation, Roshi Joan Halifax—Zen teacher, anthropologist, and founder of Upaya Zen Center—explores what it truly means to live Dharma in everyday life.Speaking with rare clarity and tenderness, Roshi Joan reflects on authentic practice as continuous practice: meeting each moment with wholeheartedness, mutuality, and non-separation. Drawing from decades of work in social
Ep 3: Jonathan F.P. Rose — Applying Dharma to the Healing of Communities, Cities, and the World
What does it truly mean to live the Dharma in today’s complex and interconnected world?In this episode of Living Dharma, hosts Kunsang Palmo and Justin Kelley sit down with Jonathan F. P. Rose—mission-driven developer, contemplative practitioner, and co-founder of the Garrison Institute—for a wide-ranging and deeply grounded conversation on purpose, compassion, and action.Jonathan shares how a for
Ep 2: Joseph Goldstein — Finding Creativity in Meditative Space
In this special live recording of Living Dharma, we sit down with pioneering meditation teacher Joseph Goldstein for a rich and heartfelt conversation on equanimity, compassion, and the creative spirit that arises from silence. With over five decades of practice and teaching, Joseph shares how perspective—whether gazing at the night sky or reflecting on history—can restore balance amidst turbulenc
Ep 1: Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche — Awareness, Humor & the Path of Freedom
In this inaugural episode of Living Dharma, Tibetan meditation master Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche joins us for a warm and insightful conversation on how awareness transforms our experience of life. With his signature humor and grounded wisdom, Rinpoche shares personal stories from his childhood in a monastery, the role of curiosity and joy in spiritual practice, and how embracing the full range of hum
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