My Mornings With Rinpoche

My Mornings With Rinpoche

Tibetan Buddhist teacher Lama Thupten Gyaltsen Dorje Rinpoche describes his experiences growing up in the ghetto, mastering martial arts, studying dance, mime, meditation and the virtues of self-discipline in a series of conversations with Next Chapter Podcasts producer Michael Goodfriend.

Episodes

May 1, 2024 44 mins
If we don’t open our heart to the innate kindness within it will never manifest without.
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These are difficult times.
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April 17, 2024 32 mins
Avoid the conflict before it begins.
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Sometimes the demigods come to power to shake us up.
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April 3, 2024 32 mins
Breathe into the Sea of Tranquility, rest your mind and be free.
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March 20, 2024 30 mins
If there is no creativity there is no freedom.
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To experience the God within, you would fall down in awe.
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March 6, 2024 41 mins
We are the dream of someone else’s dream. Rest in the Unknown of the Infinite.
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February 28, 2024 22 mins
How would you like your life to unfold? Rinpoche asks us to contemplate our death so that we may live our life.
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February 21, 2024 43 mins
Rinpoche describes retreating into “The Heart Drop Essence of the Great Expanse”
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February 14, 2024 39 mins
Rinpoche describes his experience with Butoh, the dance that emerges from the unknown.
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February 7, 2024 26 mins
Rinpoche recounts how following his dream of being a musician led him into a life in the arts.
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January 31, 2024 35 mins
Rinpoche lays the groundwork for training your mind as he reflects on his own process of discovery.
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January 24, 2024 21 mins
Lama Thupten Rinpoche describes his journey from being Jerry in Bed-Stuy to The One Who Sits on the Seat in The Ocean of Existence.
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January 22, 2024 50 secs
How do you become a Rinpoche? And what the heck is that, anyway? Michael Goodfriend reconnects with a friend he first met over 30 years ago to find out how Jerry Gardner went from being a kid in Bed-Stuy to a master teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
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