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

Episode 14 - Be Kind

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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Episode 13 - Pray

April 24, 2024 • 39 mins

These are difficult times.

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Episode 12 - Don't Be There

April 17, 2024 • 32 mins

Avoid the conflict before it begins.

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Episode 11 - There Will Always Be The Shadows

April 10, 2024 • 25 mins

Sometimes the demigods come to power to shake us up.

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Episode 10 - Alter Your Pattern

April 3, 2024 • 32 mins

Breathe into the Sea of Tranquility, rest your mind and be free.

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Episode 9 - Create This Day

March 20, 2024 • 30 mins

If there is no creativity there is no freedom.

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Episode 8 - Arrive at A Oneness from Within

March 13, 2024 • 33 mins

To experience the God within, you would fall down in awe.

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Episode 7 - Speak To Me, Universe

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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Episode 6 - Accept Your Fear

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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Episode 5 - There Is Nothing To Find

February 21, 2024 • 43 mins

Rinpoche describes retreating into “The Heart Drop Essence of the Great Expanse”

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Episode 4 - The Dance of Life

February 14, 2024 • 39 mins

Rinpoche describes his experience with Butoh, the dance that emerges from the unknown.

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Episode 3 - Now We Can Begin

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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Episode 2 - Stop Dreaming

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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Episode 1 - What Is Your Dream?

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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Introducing...My Mornings With Rinpoche

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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My Mornings With Rinpoche

Episodes

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Episode 12 - Don't Be There

Episode 11 - There Will Always Be The Shadows

Episode 10 - Alter Your Pattern

Episode 9 - Create This Day

Episode 8 - Arrive at A Oneness from Within

Episode 7 - Speak To Me, Universe

Episode 6 - Accept Your Fear

Episode 5 - There Is Nothing To Find

Episode 4 - The Dance of Life

Episode 3 - Now We Can Begin

Episode 2 - Stop Dreaming

Episode 1 - What Is Your Dream?

Introducing...My Mornings With Rinpoche

Popular Podcasts

Episode 14 - Be Kind

Episode 13 - Pray