How did your favorite author become the expert that you know them to be? How did some of today’s greatest artists develop their passion for spirituality?
In this podcast, Ivan Bercholz, co-owner of Shambhala Publications, speaks with influential figures about the origins of their spiritual journey. Delve into the stories that have shaped these individuals into who they are today. Hear about formative childhood experiences, influential teachers, songs that rocked their world, times of despair and triumph, books that opened their consciousness, and so much more.
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Episode 12: Rude Awakenings: Devendra Banhart and Sam Bercholz in Conversation
Singer-songwriter Devendra Banhart is a guest host on this episode featuring publisher, author, and Buddhist teacher Sam Bercholz for a warm, searching, and frequently hilarious conversation about wakefulness, suffering, friendship, and the unruly business of being human.
Episode 11: Finding Your Way Home with Cuong Lu
In this episode we are joined by author and Zen teacher Cuong Lu for a deeply personal conversation about freedom, grief, spiritual practice, and finding one’s way home through it all.
Episode 10: Another Kind of Freedom: An Intimate Conversation with Pema Chödrön
In this warm and wide-ranging conversation, Pema Chödrön reflects on her life, practice, teaching, and making Buddhist wisdom accessible in everyday experience as the milestone of her 90th birthday approaches.
Episode 9: The Dance of Sound and Meaning with Larry Mermelstein
In this episode of This Very Moment we are joined by Larry Mermelstein, a longtime student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and a founding member of the Nalanda Translation Committee.
Episode 8: Dream Yoga to Sleep Science
In this episode of This Very Moment, we sit down with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, a revered master of the Bön tradition of Tibet.
Episode 7: From Hardship to Heart-Opening
Episode 7 of This Very Moment features Zen teacher, meditator, and author Diane Musho Hamilton in a rich conversation about learning to be with life as it is.
Episode 6: Skepticism, Skateboarding, and Samadhi with Devendra Banhart
In this episode, musician and visual artist Devendra Banhart sits down with Ivan Bercholz for an intimate conversation about how Buddhist practice, books, and subculture have shaped his life and work, leading him to This Very Moment.
Episode 5: The Nomadic Life of the Lazy Lama with Ringu Tulku Rinpoche
In this intimate conversation, eminent Tibetan Buddhist master and scholar Ringu Tulku Rinpoche traces his extraordinary life shaped by exile, rigorous study, a lifetime of practice and teaching across cultures, leading him to this very moment.
Episode 4: The Intersection of Music and Spirituality with Pamela Ayo Yetunde
This episode features author, theologist, and Community Dharma Leader, Pamela Ayo Yetunde. Hear about Ayo’s upbringing and early roots in the church and Black Christian community, and how her love of music and poetry spawned a deep appreciation of the spiritual and symbolic elements hidden within artistic compositions.
Episode 3: Spreading the Practice of Chöd Across the World with Dungzin Garab Dorje Rinpoche
This episode features Dungzin Garab Dorje Rinpoche, the son and dharma heir of his father, Thinley Norbu Rinpoche. Learn about his upbringing and early introductions to the deepest layers of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
Episode 2: From 60's Counterculture to Yoga Lineage with Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor
Join Ivan and Sara Bercholz (co-owners of Shambhala Publications) in conversation with the renowned yoga teaching couple Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor.
Episode 1: Part One—From Skeptic to Seeker & Part Two—Doctor, Retreatant, Translator
In this inaugural episode, Ivan Bercholz (co-owner of Shambhala Publications) queries John Canti, a founding member of the Padmakara Translation Group, about the path that has led him to This Very Moment.