Nyima Marc Olmsted is a senior student and resident teacher of the San Francisco chapter of the Vajrayana Foundation, Last Chance Gonpa. He has been a student of Buddhism since 1974, when Allen Ginsberg taught him sitting practice. He completed three-year retreat under his current teacher, Lama Tharchin Rinpoche, in 1995. Support the show______________ To participate live and be notified of upcoming speakers in advance, please Like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/gaybuddhistfellowship) or visit https://gaybuddhist.org/calendar/ To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audiences worldwide, please visit www.GayBuddhist.org.There you can: * Donate * Learn how to participate live * Find our schedule of upcoming speakers * Join our mailing list or discussion forum * Enjoy many hundreds of these recorded talks dating back to 1996 CREDITSAudio Engineer: George HubbardProducer: Tom BrueinMusic/Logo/Artwork: Derek Lassiter