Prefer watching on YouTube? View it here → MTCSD Conversation 1: Jonathan Makransky
Overview
I sit down with Tibetan Buddhist practitioner and Harvard Divinity School’s Multi-Religious Initiatives Coordinator, Jonathan Makransky, to talk (and laugh) about all things practice-related.
Sources & Further Reading*
6:30 Ethan Nichtern
15:40 Teachers (Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, HH The Dalai Lama)
28:25 Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche
28:35 Erik Pema Kunzang
29:25 84,000.org
41:25 Teachers (Lama Rod Owens, Dr. Pamela Ayo Yetunde, Casting Indra’s net)
45:55 Rime movement
49:50 Green Tara
50:15 Tara’s Triple Excellence
52:45 Precious Human Life
*I support the democratization and crowdsourcing of knowledge, and I regard platforms such as Wikipedia as valid and valuable repositories of human knowledge that help balance academic gatekeeping of epistemic authority. I also value rigorous fact-checking and common sense.
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