{"podcast":{"title":"Dharma Sunday","slug":"dharma-sunday-7558056","podcast_index_feed_id":7558056,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/dharmasunday/feed.xml","website_url":"https://dharmasunday.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/21507877/Dharma_Sunday_Cover_2048_x_2048_px_796zk.jpg","author":"Natural Dharma Fellowship","episode_count":73,"summary":"Dharma Sundays with Natural Dharma Fellowship include teachings, meditation, and discussions led by NDF Dharma and guest teachers. A wide range of topics are offered.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T00:18:53.467673+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharma-sunday-7558056"},"episode":{"title":"The Sadhana of Mahamudra With Matthew Bellows","slug":"the-sadhana-of-mahamudra-with-matthew-bellows","published_at":"2026-06-11T16:26:18+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharma-sunday-7558056/the-sadhana-of-mahamudra-with-matthew-bellows","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharma-sunday-7558056","url":"https://dharmasunday.podbean.com/e/the-sadhana-of-mahamudra-with-matthew-bellows/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/9msgu9wq3i2theg4/260531_The_Sadhana_of_Mahamudra_Matthew_Bellowsaj58u.mp3","summary":"Written (or discovered) in 1968, the Sadhana of Mahamudra is more relevant now than it has ever been. This long prayer, which includes some of the most poetic descriptions of devotion, longing and awakening in English, is available to meditation students both new and old. Combining the realization of the Kagyu and the Nyingma schools of Tibetan Buddhism, the Sadhana of Mahamudra emerged at a time of revolution and tumult. The author, Trungpa Rinpoche, was struggling to find a way to connect his deep training in Tibetan Buddhism with the modern world. This sadhana was his answer. Please join us this Sunday for a discussion of the Sadhana of Mahamudra, and then a group practice session. Most sadhanas are not available without finishing preliminary practices, but in this case the lineage holder has given us permission to do this practice at NDF.","meta_description":"Written (or discovered) in 1968, the Sadhana of Mahamudra is more relevant now than it has ever been. This long prayer, which includes some of the most po…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6504,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dharma-sunday-7558056/episodes/the-sadhana-of-mahamudra-with-matthew-bellows/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharma-sunday-7558056/the-sadhana-of-mahamudra-with-matthew-bellows.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}