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Denver Dzogchen Podcast, Episode 39. Halloween Special: Using Fear as the Path

Denver Dzogchen Podcast, Episode 39. Halloween Special: Using Fear as the Path

Update: 2025-10-31
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Denver Dzogchen Podcast, Episode 39

Halloween Special: Using Fear as the Path 


In this episode’s of the Denver Dzogchen Podcast Joe and Damien discuss the role of fear in Vajrayana practices. 


00:00:10 the role of fear and the path. Milarepa statement about fear of death. The Island: An Anthology of the Buddha’s Teaching of Nibbana book. Paltrul Rinpoche on the importance of contemplating death. 

00:04:10 Damien shares his personal experiences of death. A Year to Live: How to Live This Year as if it Were Your Last, book by Stephen Levine. 

00:12:09 The power of fear. Resting in the waves of life. 

00:20:25 The fear of fear. Practice of Chöd and nurturing demons and negative emotions until they are satisfied, thereby disintegrating the ego and developing compassion. 



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Denver Dzogchen Podcast, Episode 39. Halloween Special: Using Fear as the Path

Denver Dzogchen Podcast, Episode 39. Halloween Special: Using Fear as the Path

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