Pema Khandro Interviews

Pema Khandro’s Interviews with Buddhist Teachers. The interviews are recorded in print and by podcast. The interviews cover Buddhist philosophy, the lives of Buddhist women, illness in the era of corona virus and much more. These interviews are published by LionsRoar Magazine, Buddhadharma quarterly and The Buddhist Studies Institute. More interviews will be posted here soon.

Buddhism on
Sickness & Health

“The sooner you let it into your heart, the sooner the pain passes.” Listen in as Pema Khandro interviews Toni Bernhard. The interview is published on the Lion’s Roar podcast channel. It is a part of a mini-series on Buddhism and sickness where Pema Khandro interviewed Toni Bernhard, Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo and Karma Lekshe Tsomo. The recordings of the last two will be broadcast soon.

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Buddhist Women

Pema Khandro interviews Myokei Caine-Barret, Narayan Helen Liebenson, Rebecca Li and Myoan Grace Schireson. “I invite you to join me now in reading this intimate conversation, which went far beyond my expectations. These voices present to us the greatest untold story of dharma—the story of women in Buddhism.” – Pema Khandro. For the full transcript, click below.

https://www.lionsroar.com/forum-hear-our-voices/

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Pema Khandro interviews Harvey B. Aronson on Buddhist Practice on Western ground. This discussion covers the important topic of Anger, how anger is interpreted differently by Buddhist literature than it is in English language. Harvey also discusses his journey, how he come to the study of Buddhism and Psychology. Click here for full interview:

https://buddhiststudiesinstitute.org/reconciling-eastern-ideals-western-psychology/

Pema Khandro interviews Koshin Paley Ellison on the challenges of caring for people as they are dying. This includes a Koshin’s story of the role of compassion while relating to a woman who was screaming in rage at everyone who came into her room. It is a story about how to be of service when someone is enacting trauma. Pema Khandro is a Buddhist scholar and teacher. Koshin Paley Ellison is a contemplative care worker and Zen priest. Click below for full interview:
https://buddhiststudiesinstitute.org/contemplative-care/

https://buddhiststudiesinstitute.org/contemplative-care/

Pema Khandro Interviews Dr. Jim Tucker M.D. about his research into children’s accounts of past life memories which were investigated by his team and corroborated by testimonies from people in the circumstances that these children described. Dr. Tucker is the Bonner-Lowry Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia. He is Director of the UVA Division of Perceptual Studies, where he is continuing the work of Dr. Ian Stevenson with children who report memories of previous lives. Pema Khandro is a Buddhist scholar and teacher of Buddhist Philosophy. Click here for the full interview:

https://buddhiststudiesinstitute.org/past-life-research/

Pema Khandro interviews Julie Rogers about Buddhist teachings on dying and caring for loved ones who have passed away in your home. They discuss the practical aspects of caring for the body, when to call the police and Buddhist rituals for after the persons breathing has stopped. Julie Rogers is the founder of Transitional Life Care and Pema Khandro is a scholar of Buddhist Philosophy and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism. Click here for the full interview:

https://buddhiststudiesinstitute.org/transitional-life-care/

Upcoming Events

Bardo Teachings – Self Paced Course

With Pema Khandro, Father Francis Tiso, Lama Lhanang Rinpoche, Chagdud Khadro, Shugen Roshi, Julie Rogers, Jim Tucker, M.D., Koshin Paley Ellison and Dr. William McGrath

Open Dates

Teachings on Death and Dying Facing realities of dying, death, and grief are central to our human experience. This program offers practical instructions for helping others in the process of dying and an overview of essential knowledge on death, bardo, and rebirth. This includes self-paced lectures on dying, loss, grief, and illness from Lamas and scholars of Buddhist Studies. Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!

Buddhism & Sexuality – Self Paced Course

With Dr. Nicole Willock, Julie Regan, Ph.D., Pema Khandro, Lama Willa Miller, Amy Langenberg , Dr. Ann Gleig, Dr. Nida Chenagtsang, Lama Rod Owens, Dr. Jim Hopper, Dr. Elizabeth Call and Damchö Diana Finnegan

Open Dates

Join Pema Khandro and a group of esteemed Buddhist Studies scholars for an exploration of the history of Buddhist Sexualities from celibacy, to sacred sexuality in Buddhist Tantra and a simple approach to embodied integration with nature in Dzogchen. Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!

Buddhist Ethics – Self Paced Course

With Pema Khandro

Open Dates

This course on Buddhist Ethics goes through the Five Buddhist Precepts. The five precepts form the basis of a Buddhist way of life and the vows that Buddhists Seek to follow. The Five Precepts are a discipline of freedom, honor, and precision that cover the potent themes of life from the extraordinary perspective of non-duality. Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for these precious teachings. Your contribution, big and small, helps makes in-depth Buddhist training and education more accessible for all. May the teachings spread and flourish!

Women in Tantric Buddhism – Self Paced Course

With Holly Gayley, Judith Simmer-Brown, Sarah Jacoby, Amy Langenberg , Damchö Diana Finnegan, Venerable Karma Lekshe Tsomo and Pema Khandro

Open Dates

This is the missing history of women in Tantric Buddhism. This course addresses the fascinating story of nuns, mothers, teachers, consorts, prophets, and disciples. Taught by scholar-practitioners whose groundbreaking research on women and Buddhism has changed the way we think of Buddhist history. This course will address the history of women in Buddhism, the history of yoginis and dakinis in India and Tibet, the stories of important Buddhist women, Buddhist philosophy on gender, sex, and sexuality, and the role of the consort in historical Tibet, and contemporary manifestations and so much more. Support the Buddhist Studies Institute by donating for…

21 Day Meditation Marathon

January 1 - 21, 2025

21 Day Meditation Marathon January 1st – 21st, 2025 8 am pst The New Year Meditation Marathon is led by a diverse faculty of Buddhist Studies Institute certified meditation instructors who facilitate Tibetan Zhine (Calm Abiding) meditation followed by a reading and contemplation of one of the Five Buddhist Precepts. Sign Up Now

Ngondro Module 1

With Pema Khandro and Tsal'gyur Starbuck

January 27 - April 7, 2025

Build your life on a solid foundation. Ngondro presents the core practices of Buddhist psychology, working with core needs in identity, relationality, forgiveness and repair, resources and the sense of empowerment. Join Pema Khandro and the Buddhist Studies Institute for a journey into Ngondro, the core practice of Buddhist tantra. This module focuses on the purification of speech as the basis for Buddhist tantric practice. It then focuses on generating the refuge field. This is a practice of getting resourced, learning one’s own lineage and understanding the field of support for one’s spiritual journey. This section concludes with a…

Meditation Teacher Training 2025

With Pema Khandro, Dr. Satya and Aruna Rig'dzin

February 10 - August 4, 2025

Meditation Teacher Training 2025 For Teachers Beholding a Diverse Beautiful World The Meditation Teacher Training supplies the fundamental knowledge and experience necessary to lead meditation classes and one-day meditation intensives. People all over the world have turned to Buddhist meditation as a source of wisdom. Meditation offers a powerful method to access a sense of spaciousness, peace and authentic presence. From a Buddhist point of view, when we know how to meditate, we learn how to work with mind and emotions. We have a practice for unraveling conditioned scripts and unconscious habits. Meditation is a pathway to discovering human…

Buddhism on Sickness & Health

Buddhist Women

Upcoming Events

With Pema Khandro, Father Francis Tiso, Lama Lhanang Rinpoche, Chagdud Khadro, Shugen Roshi, Julie Rogers, Jim Tucker, M.D., Koshin Paley Ellison and Dr. William McGrath

With Dr. Nicole Willock, Julie Regan, Ph.D., Pema Khandro, Lama Willa Miller, Amy Langenberg , Dr. Ann Gleig, Dr. Nida Chenagtsang, Lama Rod Owens, Dr. Jim Hopper, Dr. Elizabeth Call and Damchö Diana Finnegan

With Pema Khandro

With Holly Gayley, Judith Simmer-Brown, Sarah Jacoby, Amy Langenberg , Damchö Diana Finnegan, Venerable Karma Lekshe Tsomo and Pema Khandro

With Pema Khandro and Tsal'gyur Starbuck

With Pema Khandro, Dr. Satya and Aruna Rig'dzin

Buddhism on
Sickness & Health