Living Dharma Podcast

About Living Dharma Podcast

Explore 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.

Publisher

Tergar Institute

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

11 Jul 2025

Latest episode

11 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

4 of 11 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   11 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Ep. 11: Jessica Morey — Planting Seeds (Meditation, teenagers, and trusting the path)

   Meditation teacher Jessica Morey shares with hosts Tsunma Kunsang Palmo and Justin Kelley how she cultivates kindness in her children and trusts their unfolding paths.

2. 

   13 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Ep. 10: Nico and Devon Hase — This Messy Gorgeous Love (Practising the Dharma in real relationships)

   Nico and Devon Hase, Buddhist teachers and authors, share with hosts Tsunma Kunsang Palmo and Justin Kelley how to integrate Dharma ideals into the challenges of real relationships.

3. 

   14 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Ep. 9: Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo — The Sky-Like Mind (Practising the Dharma in a distracted world)

   Tsunma Kunsang Palmo and Justin Kelley interview Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo about cultivating a sky-like mind for practicing Dharma in a distracted world.

4. 

   11 Jul 2026

   Ep. 8: Rob Roeser — The Teacher Is the Curriculum (How contemplative science meets the human heart)

   Tsunma Kunsang Palmo and Justin Kelley interview developmental psychologist Rob Roeser about how contemplative science integrates with the human heart.

5. 

   16 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Ep. 7: Bill and Susan Morgan — Lighting Up the Moment (Bringing heart and play into daily practice)

   Co-hosts Tsunma Kunsang Palmo and Justin Kelly interview Bill and Susan Morgan about their heart-centered approach to mindfulness and psychotherapy, offering insights for accessible daily practice.

6. 

   14 Apr 2026

   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 education settings with precision and care. We explore her foundational principle—“serve the child i...

7. 

   2 Mar 2026

   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 listening, and for the world as it is. The conversation explores how ritual functions as a techn...

8. 

   14 Feb 2026

   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 activism, prison systems, hospice care, and contemplative training, she shares how contemplatio...

9. 

   14 Jan 2026

   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 formative spiritual experience in nature shaped his lifelong commitment to relieving suffering—not...

10. 

    31 Aug 2025

    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 turbulence. He speaks candidly about lessons learned from grief and suffering, the liberating power of cur...

11. 

    11 Jul 2025

    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 human emotion can lead us toward freedom. Whether you’re new to meditation or walking a seasoned pat...

Inside a recent episode

Ep. 11: Jessica Morey — Planting Seeds (Meditation, teenagers, and trusting the path)

Published 11 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Yeah. I imagine having had such wonderful experiences yourself at IMS as a teenager. Yeah. you actually lived that experience and then to hold that space for other teenagers it's it's something that just naturally comes very natural to you yeah yeah there's a very strong inclination to like to be able to pass that on and the adults the teachers that were running the insight meditation the retreats are all i mean they're such good role models of like everything i'm describing probably i picked it up because that's how they treated me with like so much respect so much openness um and then what was so cool as i started offering team retreats they were really a big part of my life like they were mentors guiding me all the way along yeah One of the things I love about teenagers is their honesty. […]

Who has been a guest on Living Dharma Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Jessica Morey
• Nico Hase
• Devon Hase
• Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
• Rob Roeser

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

24 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

19 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 28 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

36

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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Books guests

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