Mingyur Rinpoche is a Tibetan lama and world-renowned meditation teacher who combines traditional Buddhist wisdom with modern neuroscience. As a long-time practitioner, he began meditating as a child under the guidance of his father, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche. Mingyur overcame severe panic attacks through meditation – an experience that now informs his teachings. He leads the global Tergar Meditation Community and collaborates with scientists like Richard Davidson to study the effects of meditation on the brain. His bestselling books, including In Love with the World: A Monk’s Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying explore how practice can transform suffering into freedom and joy.
In this episode, we speak about, among other topics:
- How to see obstacles as opportunities for growth
- Mingyur’s near-death experience
- Being on a wandering retreat for over four years
- The Tibetan Buddhist teachings of bardo, the intermediate states of life
- Mistaken identities
- The impermanence of life
- What we can learn from challenging experiences
- The three senses of self
- The benefits of meditation
- The nature of mind and its qualities
- Easy ways to glimpse our true nature
- The most important thing
- How to deal with negative emotions like panic attacks
- What it means to accept something fully
- The courage to fail
- Whether humans have a basic goodness
For more information about Mingyur Rinpoche, please visit www.tergar.org
