Dakini Conversations

"Reducing Suffering: On Animals, Compassion and Courage." Interview with Maneka Gandhi (Ep.10)

IntroductionThis is a Dakini Conversations interview podcast (June 1 2026) with a woman who needs little introduction in India: Maneka Gandhi. She is widely known not onl

Retracing the Footsteps of the Buddha and Xuanzang: Interview with Indian explorer and researcher,Deepak Anand (Dakini Coversations, Ep.9 )

For Episode 9 of the Dakini Conversations podcast I am delighted to welcome Deepak Anand, an Indian explorer, writer and researcher and author of several books on Indian

Animal Liberation, Saving Lives, Ethics and Controversies: Prof. Peter Singer

For the latest episode of Dakini Conversations podcast Episode 8, Adele Tomlin speaks with writer, thinker and philanthropist, Prof. Peter Singer, considered by many to b

The Authentic Roots and Fruits of the Kālacakra Tantra: Niraj Kumar (Dakini Conversations, Ep.7)

Here is the seventh episode of the Dakini Conversations podcast, an in-depth discussion with the leading Indian Kālacakra scholar and translator, Niraj Kumar, who was als

An emanation of Noble Tara: The Amazing Life and Activities of Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

On Tara Day (20th December 2023) it was a delight and honour to welcome a woman who really needs no introduction within the world of Tibetan Buddhism, Jetsunma Tenzin Pal

Life and 'Soul' of Yeshe Tsogyel: Woman, Disciple, Consort and Dakini. Interview with Dr. Jue Liang.

In Episode 5 of Dakini Conversations, Adele Tomlin interviews Dr. Jue Liang, a female scholar and translator originally from China, whose PhD in 2020, from the University

'Food of Sinful Demons': Vegetarianism and eating animals in Tibetan Buddhism and Tibet: Interview with Dr. Geoffrey Barstow (Dakini Conversations: Ep.4)

In Episode 4 of the Dakini Conversations podcast, Adele Tomlin speaks with Dr. Geoffrey Barstow, one of the leading scholars and writers in the world today on the topic o

'Dance of 17 Lives: The Incredible True Story of Tibet's 17th Karmapa': Interview with writer/journalist, Mick Brown (Dakini Conversations: Ep.3)

For the third episode of Dakini Conversations, Adele Tomlin speaks with British journalist and writer, Mick Brown about his important book 'Dance of 17 Lives: The Incredi

Entering the Space of Dakinis: Interview with Prof. Janet Gyatso (Harvard University) (Dakini Conversations: Ep.2)

In this second episode of the Dakini Conversations podcast it is a great delight and honour to welcome Prof. Janet Gyatso, the first and current Hershey Professor of Budd

Vegetarianism in Buddhist Bhutan: Karma Dendup Interview with Adele Tomlin

In the first episode of Dakini Conversations, a new channel for interviews/podcasts, Adele Tomlin (Buddhist scholar-translator-practitioner and founder of Dakini Translat