The Double Dorje: Modern Vajrayana Buddhism.
August 2026: Season 3 of the Double Dorje podcast has begun.
The posting schedule is still uncertain.
Tips. Travellers’ tales. Perspective. Gossip. Experience. Stories. Wonder.
Putting a bit of flesh on the bones of Vajrayana (Tibetan style) Buddhist practice in today’s society.
Are you curious about Tibetan Buddhism? But how, and where, and when, and all that? Is the water safe? Or have you taken the plunge, but want to plug into it better? Come - let’s enjoy a bowl of dharma momos in the Double Dorje. Chilli with yours?
Special emphasis on Nyingma, Kagyu and on non-monastic practice.
You can find it on YouTube as well as the links below.
The Double Dorje
(Episodes below the blurb.)
I've been a Buddhist now for fifty years and it doesn't seem at all too long.
But effing fifty! Where did the time go? Then again, I've watched a lot of stuff go down in that time, so I do have a bit to share.
I practiced Kagyu teachings at first, but now I'm pretty much Nyingma - all in modern, "western" environments. I know some of the great joys, and also the pitfalls. Ah, the pitfalls!
Here I try to share some of my "accumulated wisdom". Not, not, not in the sense of a virtual classroom or a virtual temple, but rather in the sense of sharing across the table of a virtual eatery - the Double Dorje - over steaming dumplings and chilli sauce.
Maybe I can open the gate to some of the magic and wonder. And maybe you'll be able to see some of the traps coming.
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#Buddhism #Vajrayana #Tibet #DoubleDorje
PS This podcast has no connection with the evidently defunct "Double Dorje" podcast briefly run a few years ago by Sean Starr and Jennifer Baker of Texas.
Episodes
Aug 16, 2026
Aug 16, 2026
17 min
After a masterpiece of a life, Lama Lodro finally left us at the age of 100.
#Lama #Lodro #eulogy #Tibetan #Buddhism #Edgbaston
Apr 19, 2026
Apr 19, 2026
13 min
There have been a depressing number of scandals in major Tibetan Buddhist organizations, particularly (though not only) in the West.
It clearly has systemic roots - can the disease be identified?
PS. How unprofessional! I uploaded the sound file without the delightful music. This is now the correct one.
Feb 21, 2026
Feb 21, 2026
2 min
The podcast will have to take a back seat for some months as I work on a project aimed at publishing biographies of a few of the nuns, and the sometimes heroic journeys they undertook to arrive at the caves above Tsopema (Rewalsar) to live and practise.
A Tsopema Nuns blog gives a few details. It should help to find missing pieces in the jigsaw of names and places.
Jan 31, 2026
Jan 31, 2026
9 min
"To get enlightened" is such a watery explanation. Mindfulness largely misses the point. This was a retreat about a specific deity. Whatever that is!
#Tibetan #Buddhism #Vajrayana #Retreat
Jan 3, 2026
Jan 3, 2026
11 min
Really intended as a brief video on YouTube.
Is the Vajrayana "just" a clever technique within conventional Mahayana, or is it really something different.
Nov 19, 2025
Nov 5, 2025
Nov 5, 2025
48 min
You've been looking at Tibetan Buddhism? You want to start? But you still don't know how? This might help.
Oct 22, 2025
Oct 22, 2025
23 min
Like it or not, magic is interwoven with Tibetan Buddhism. Is it symbolic? Or is it real?
Oct 8, 2025
Oct 8, 2025
17 min
Devotion (mögü) - another Tibetan word that doesn't quite correspond to its English usage.
Sep 24, 2025