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In this episode, I am once again joined by Lopon Yudron Wangmo, American teacher of Tibetan Buddhism and author of several books including her recent “Clearing the Way to Awakening”.
Lopon Yudron Wangmo shares the story of her life, her childhood with a spiritualist mother, anecdotes of childhood psychic explorations in automatic writing and other techniques, and reflects on whether psychic abilities are inherent or cultivated.
Lopon Yudron Wangmo recounts how she became a radical lesbian feminist at university, details the social and theoretical aspects of that movement and time, and reveals the surprising choices she made when relating to male Tibetan teachers as a feminist.
Lopon Yudron Wangmo also discusses the pitfalls of performing death rites such as phowa for others, explains why she does not emphasise her feminism and politics in her dharma teaching, and considers the healing power of reparenting by taking the guru as a father figure.
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- Yudron’s unusual spiritualist, new age mother
- Lawyer father
- Early attraction to Tibetan Buddhism
- Likelihood of past life connections
- Early interests in environmentalism and solar energy
- Psychic readings, automatic writing, and hands-on healing
- Are psychic powers gifts or can they be cultivated?
- More stories of Yudron’s psychic mother
- Yudron reflects on her mother’s final years and death
- Performing phowa and other death practices for others
- Remarkable death of Yudron’s father
- Affluent background affords opportunities for spiritual seeking
- Going to university and becoming a radical lesbian feminist
- Impressed by Yeshe Tsogyal’s life story and other female practitioners
- Letting go of radical feminism to pursue the dharma
- Relating to male Tibetan teachers as a feminist
- What attracted Yudron to radical lesbian feminism
- Today’s backlash against feminism
- Conflicting theoretical and philosophical approaches to radical feminism
- United in building woman power
- Working on anger and Vajrakīlāya practice
- Giving up female chauvinism and relating to male Tibetan lamas
- Stories of great female practitioners
- Being typecast as an angry feminist
- Why Yudron doesn’t criticise Tibetan culture
- Rage about abuse of women by Lamas
- Yudron’s desire to teach pure dharma and not mix in her politics
- Why Yudron didn’t challenge her lamas with feminist ideas
5149 - The lama as a father figure, reparenting, and the influence of Yudron’s lamas
- Dropping one’s storyline and going beyond trivialities
- Motivated to counteract abusive lamas
- Americans are discouraged from teaching Tibetan Buddhism
- What to look for in a dharma teacher
- Sycophants vs finding the inner lama
- Fading interest in Tibetan Buddhism
- Dharma teachers should be full time
- The ideal amount of money and pastoralist rhythms
- Two extremes of converts
- Becoming soft
- Dharma teachers vs mindfulness teachers
- Yudron reflects on Theravada meditation and the appeal of Sharon Salzberg
- Prophecies of an impending dark age
- Simplifying dharma teaching
- Yudron asks for Steve’s opinion
- Ben Joffe and relating with spirits
- Steve reflects on the five perfections
- Yudron on the pros and cons of ritual
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Previous episode with Lopon Yudron Wangmo:
- guruviking.com/search?q=yudron
To find our more about Lopon Yudron Wangmo, visit:
- yudronwangmo.com
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- guruviking.com
Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James
