Karl Brunnhölzl: Sounds of Innate Freedom (#160)

The Wisdom Podcast

This Wisdom Podcast filmed as a live Wisdom Dharma Chat features special guest Karl Brunnhölzl. Originally trained as a physician, Karl Brunnhölzl, MD, PhD, received his systematic training in Tibetan language and Buddhist philosophy and practice at the Marpa Institute for Translators, founded by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, as well as the Nitartha Institute, founded by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. Since 1989 he has been a translator and interpreter of Tibetan and English. Karl is a senior teacher and translator in the Nalandabodhi community of Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, as well as at Nitartha Institute. He is also the author and translator of numerous texts, including most recently Sounds of Innate Freedom, Volume 3: The Indian Texts of Mahāmudrā, the canon of the mahasiddhas.

In this episode, Karl and host Daniel Aitken discuss:

• his book, Sounds of Innate Freedom, Volume 4: The Indian Texts of Mahāmudrā;
• the dohā tradition of the mahasiddhas;
• singing and dancing as part of the path;
• the voice of women in the Mahāmudrā songs of realization;
• Karl’s musical recordings of the dohās, which can be found here;
• and much more.

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