Recent Episodes
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Alejandro Chaoul, Richard Freeman, and Mary Taylor: Yoga for Meditators (#208)
Jun 6, 2025 – 1:01:45 -
Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche: The Legacy of Tulku Urgyen and the Path to Kindfulness (#207)
May 17, 2025 – 35:50 -
Douglas Duckworth: The Great Hūṃ (#206)
Mar 28, 2025 – 52:20 -
Ācārya Malcolm Smith: The Dzogchen Aural Lineage (#205)
Mar 14, 2025 – 1:02:15 -
Christopher Ives: Zen Ecology (#204)
Feb 28, 2025 – 1:03:08 -
Justin Kelley: Beyond Scholarship: The Meeting of Dharma and Education (#203)
Feb 14, 2025 – 1:11:32 -
Lama Alan Wallace: Dzokchen Dialogues (#202)
Jan 18, 2025 – 1:30:18 -
Michael Tweed: Lessons and Laughs (#201)
Jan 7, 2025 – 1:10:36 -
Venerable Thubten Chodron: Vajrayāna and the Culmination of the Path (#200)
Dec 20, 2024 – 1:03:57 -
Venerable Losang Gendun: Bridging Traditions, Building Communities (#199)
Dec 10, 2024 – 1:19:02 -
Geshe YongDong Losar: Exploring Breath, Yoga, and Meditation (#198)
Nov 11, 2024 – 58:58 -
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche: Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche’s Legacy (#197)
Oct 25, 2024 – 1:01:36 -
Tsoknyi Rinpoche: Insights from My Father and Teacher, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (#196)
Oct 18, 2024 – 1:01:14 -
Erik Pema Kunsang: Timeless Teachings with Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (#195)
Oct 11, 2024 – 51:55 -
Marcia Binder Schmidt: Meeting Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (#194)
Oct 4, 2024 – 1:00:30 -
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche: Dream Yoga (#193)
Sep 6, 2024 – 49:13 -
H. E. Khangser Rinpoche: A Monk’s Guide to Finding Joy (#192)
Aug 16, 2024 – 52:45 -
Thupten Jinpa: Mind Training (#191)
Jul 26, 2024 – 1:00:49 -
Jeffrey Hopkins: In Remembrance: The Life of a Buddhist Scholar (#190)
Jul 12, 2024 – 1:31:28 -
Dr. Joanne Cacciatore: Embracing Grief: Meditation, Journaling, and Self-Reflection (#189)
Jul 1, 2024 – 57:11 -
H. E. Khangser Rinpoche: Rebirth, Meditation, and the Path to Joy (#188)
Jun 14, 2024 – 1:03:26 -
Klaus-Dieter Mathes and Péter-Dániel Szántó: Saraha’s Spontaneous Songs (#187)
May 31, 2024 – 57:44 -
H. E. Kalu Rinpoche: Illusory Body and Mind (#186)
May 18, 2024 – 1:01:19 -
Tim Olmsted: Spontaneous Teachers, Spontaneous Student (#185)
May 3, 2024 – 1:02:58 -
Cortland Dahl: Mahamudra and Daily Life (#184)
Apr 19, 2024 – 1:13:26 -
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche: Dorje Drolö and the Power of the Mind (#183)
Apr 6, 2024 – 48:20 -
Peter Skilling: Buddha’s Words for Tough Times (#182)
Mar 18, 2024 – 58:32 -
John Brehm: Dharma Talk (#181)
Feb 23, 2024 – 1:10:23 -
Thupten Jinpa: Stages of the Path (#180)
Jan 27, 2024 – 1:08:45 -
Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi: Noble Truths, Noble Path (#179)
Jan 13, 2024 – 53:39 -
Dr. Richard J. Davidson: Meditation and the Effects on the Brain (#178)
Dec 22, 2023 – 46:07 -
Geoffrey Barstow: Was the Buddha Vegetarian? (#177)
Dec 18, 2023 – 1:07:07 -
Alejandro Chaoul: Trul Khor (#176)
Dec 9, 2023 – 53:56 -
Charles Manson: The Second Karmapa (#175)
Nov 17, 2023 – 58:46 -
Anne C. Klein: Being Human and a Buddha Too (#174)
Nov 10, 2023 – 59:36 -
Sangye Khandro: The Parinirvana of Venerable Dhomang Gyatrul Rinpoche (#173)
Nov 4, 2023 – 56:47 -
Jay Garfield: Buddhist Philosophy In-Depth (#172)
Oct 31, 2023 – 55:44 -
Geshe Tenzin Namdak: The Mind and Knowing (#171)
Oct 21, 2023 – 58:38 -
Venerable Bhikkhu Anālayo: The Signless and the Deathless (#170)
Oct 14, 2023 – 53:20 -
H. E. Kalu Rinpoche: The Yoga of Niguma (#169)
Oct 6, 2023 – 52:52 -
Thupten Jinpa: Science and Philosophy in the Indian Buddhist Classics (#168)
Sep 23, 2023 – 1:27:11 -
Lama Tsomo: Ancient Wisdom for Our Times (#167)
Sep 15, 2023 – 1:26:00 -
Malcolm Smith: Dzogchen: Ten Key Terms (#166)
Aug 18, 2023 – 54:58 -
Khandro Kunga Bumma: Bodhicitta, Happiness, and Interdependence (#165)
Jul 21, 2023 – 51:49 -
Karl Brunnhölzl: Sounds of Innate Freedom: Volume 3 (#164)
Jun 30, 2023 – 48:42 -
Geshe Tenzin Namdak: Freedom Through Correct Knowing (#163)
May 26, 2023 – 1:15:01 -
Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche and Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche: Dharma in the Modern World (#162)
May 15, 2023 – 56:35 -
Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi: Reading the Buddha’s Discourses in Pali (#161)
Apr 15, 2023 – 56:59 -
Karl Brunnhölzl: Sounds of Innate Freedom (#160)
Mar 31, 2023 – 1:02:04 -
His Eminence the 12th Zurmang Gharwang Rinpoche: Mahāmudrā (#159)
Mar 3, 2023 – 1:00:23
Recent Reviews
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coldhollowgirlA favorite podcastGrateful for these dharma conversations with precious and wise Rinpoches thank you 🙏
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mtnmliverThank youThese interviews and conversations are excellent !!i am learning so much about the various lineages and the people who have brought different aspects/ teachings of Buddhism to the west. Priceless dharma archives. Thank you .
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TarakaiaFantastic! We are very fortunate to have this resource availableThis is a fantastic podcast and Daniel Aitken makes an excellent host. Incredible range of interviewees and topics. Each episode has fantastic depth. Highly recommend to anyone interested in Buddhism and the application of Buddhist teachings in their own life. Listen to broaden your view and deepen your understanding. Recent episodes with Jeffrey Barstow and Alejandro Chaoul were fantastic, just to name a couple.
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karmathoughtsSimplicity pleaseGuess I’m just not as we’ll practiced as most. Too much terminology that is way over my head. Hoping to learn but just feel confused. By far my least favorite dharma podcast out there.
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Red_dustMalcolm SmithI enjoyed your interview with Malcolm, especially the Dzogchen view of the mind. Your dialogue with each other was fun and enlightening. Please continue with laughter and wisdom.
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ChattasteffSophisticated and over my headWhere is my teacher?
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rodolfojExcellentListening to the Wisdom Podcast gives a short and concise opportunity to listen to key thinkers on top themes that resonate with any buddhist or critical thinker
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Vegan RocketshipStellar interviewsDaniel Aitken always asks the best questions from his guests. This is my favorite podcast series. I've learned so much in the past couple years from these chats, not only about movers & shakers in the Buddhist world in general, but also learning to apply the Q&As into my own life moment by moment, resulting in more meaningful conversations with people.
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Izzy LionPay it forward!This Podcast has played an enormous role on this one’s Path. We used to just listen to the Nyingma teachings, but there is wisdom to be found in many lineages. Thank you, Daniel, and all those involved! Ooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Dondrup01ExcellentBest source of authentic Buddhist teachings, culture, etc.
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DWZNanaLearn something new and enjoy it!The best podcast out there. It covers a wide range of topics and every single episode sheds new light on different Buddhist topics! I am learning something new everytime I listen to it.
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Whyte TaraTathagatasRUsRedeemed podcasts for me 🥰
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ssss141sGoodWonderful teachings!
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Curtis T BurglarGood but sometimes confusingI love the guests, the topics and questions asked by the host Daniel Aitken. My only criticism is that the conversations will often lurch suddenly into very dense esoteric territory with a lot of Sanskrit and Tibetan terminology. I wish Daniel would slow down and speak as if most of his listening audience were not in a grad school seminar on Indo-Tibetan Buddhism.
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Resilient-in-DCExcellent!I always enjoy the episodes but the one with Gil Frosdal, one of my favorite authors, was so informative. It motivates me further to pursue my meditation practice. Thank you!
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Soaring CraneGreat PodcastExcellent interviewer, very interesting guests.
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D T JFantastic !Enjoying all the interviews
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TNMNLStunningly brilliantA series of intimate interviews that capture the heart of Buddhism in America. These podcasts are an oral history of the modern American Buddhist movement in the words of the beloved originators themselves. Daniel Aiken is an attentive and knowledgable interviewer and clearly a Buddhist himself. Through his gentle questioning, each interview becomes a deeply satisfying Dharma lesson.
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alpineshine-boulderDharma for WestThis is clearly on of the best podcasts in the West.
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Brad_ScottOne of the bestVery insightful and informative podcast on Buddhism in its various shapes and forms.
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FullyAwareMarginally Aware is a trollThis is a great podcast because it is conversational. How often do you get to listen to such luminaries speak with so much candour. Only this style of podcast could let the guests feel relaxed enough to be as open. Clearly Marginally Aware has something against Buddhist podcasts as he/she has also left a troll review on another show that borders on a personal attack. "marginally aware" seems about right!
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Marginally AwareNeeds a different interviewerThe interviewer constantly interrupts his guests as they're answering his frequently ill-informed and pointless questions; he is inexperienced, disruptive, distracting, and annoying. The volume on his mike needs to be turned down (or preferably off) when the guest is speaking because he is constantly muttering, "Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. . . ." Otherwise, the guests are fun to listen to -- or would be if (see above).
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The T2Fascinating interviewsI look forward to new episodes each week.
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PBKLYNGratefulAs something of a podcast junkie, I've listened to a lot of offerings. This has quickly become my favorite and I'm hugely thankful for the engaging, informative, and inspiring content.
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poldovthe first western...It opens a door to the transmission of info from one culture to the next. How Buddhism keeps trucking
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AIC-halmgAbsolutely unique podcast!I was listening on the way to work. Love it. Highly recommended.
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