My Mornings With Rinpoche

If we don’t open our heart to the innate kindness within it will never manifest without.

These are difficult times.

Avoid the conflict before it begins.

Sometimes the demigods come to power to shake us up.

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

If there is no creativity there is no freedom.

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

We are the dream of someone else’s dream. Rest in the Unknown of the Infinite.

How would you like your life to unfold? Rinpoche asks us to contemplate our death so that we may live our life.

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

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

Rinpoche recounts how following his dream of being a musician led him into a life in the arts.

Rinpoche lays the groundwork for training your mind as he reflects on his own process of discovery.

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.

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.