Personal Link

In order to maintain a connection with his students while in retreat, Rinpoche gave weekly teachings over the phone and Internet starting in 1998. He termed these teachings the "Personal Link". They include commentaries on classic texts and spontaneous talks containing essential advice for the meditator. Both are marked by Rinpoche's penetrating investigation into issues facing the practitioner, taught with unsparing honesty, humor and care, very much in the direct and powerful style of Patrul Rinpoche, one of the most important figures in the Longchen Nyingthik tradition. Rinpoche's Personal Links form a body of teachings that reveal the unique and highly applicable wisdom that is the Dharma.

LISTEN

Personal Link Audio Streams are available online. Click on the Personal Link title to view a summary of the talk (available for most talks). To stream a talk, press the alt-option key on your keyboard while clicking on the MP3 link, or right click on the MP3link and select "download linked file." You will see the Mp3 file on your computer desktop after the download is complete. Then, select and drag the audio file into the software application that you normally use to play Mp3 audio files, such as iTunes. Now the talk should be playable on your computer as an audio stream. Each talk is broken into segments of about 30 minutes in length. Click here for a detailed tutorial on how to stream. If you have any trouble playing the audio, please feel free contact us.

LIBRARY

Personal link MP3 audio discs can be checked out from the Phuntsok Choling library by local Sangha members. Please go to the Library and Texts webpageto find out more.

PURCHASING PERSONAL LINKS

Contact recordings@mangalashribhuti.org to order a Personal Link recording. Include the name / Personal LInk number, date, and number of copies of the teaching you wish to obtain.