Tenzin Choegyal: Tibetan Nomadic Songs, Living & Dying

Some of what Tenzin shares includes:

• His Tibetan nomad heritage
• Becoming a refugee and orphan in the Tibetan Children’s Village School in India
• Karmic imprint of hearing  
• His father’s passing
• Nomadic Tibetan folk music, formless and form and metaphor
• Thin line of contemporary and traditional music
• Song maintaining the essence of tsampa
• Death essential part of his practice
• Advice from Namkai Norbu to relate to the passing of his parents
• Passage from “Liberation through Hearing”
• Translating helping his dharma understanding.
• Interweaving of music and practice
• Celebrating oneself and emotion
• Making his new album Yeshi Dolma
• The invitation of not knowing
• Chinese occupation of Tibet
• Dalai Lama and the Middle Path
• Ways to support Tibet
• Jataka story about a bodhissatva parrot

Music in today’s episode from Tenzin Choegyal’s recent album Yeshi Dolma. Songs included: Heart Strings & Snow Lion

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