How to Process and Befriend Your Feelings

How to Process and Befriend Your Feelings When we are gripped by strong emotions like anger, anxiety, or sadness, we typically either get swept away by them or fight desperately to suppress them. But as Mingyur Rinpoche explains in this month’s teaching, there is a third way — and it is the key to befriending [...]
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What Happens When You Die?

It is such a huge question, and one we often avoid out of fear: What happens when we die? In this month’s teaching, Mingyur Rinpoche shares a profound Buddhist perspective…

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What Are the Three Types of Awareness?

In this month’s teaching, Mingyur Rinpoche breaks down the types of awareness that guide us from our everyday distracted state to a life of freedom and wisdom. While awareness itself…

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Making Friends with the Monkey Mind

Do you ever feel like your mind is a “monkey” that won’t stop jumping from branch to branch, activity to activity? Many of us, when trying to meditate, approach our…

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The Healing Power of Awareness

In this month’s teaching, Mingyur Rinpoche explores the connection between meditative awareness and our physical and mental well-being. While modern science has provided evidence of numerous benefits of meditation for…

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Meditation and Yoga for Everyday Life

In our busy lives, we often find our minds jumping between regrets about the past and worries about the future, leaving the present moment — and our physical bodies —…

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Can We Meditate with Music?

Many of us wonder if listening to music or singing can be part of our meditation practice. Is just listening enough, or do we need to do something more? Mingyur…

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Can’t Sleep? Meditation for Restless Nights

Do you ever find yourself tossing and turning at night, unable to relax even when you’ve tried everything? We often do all the right things, from cutting caffeine to adjusting…

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The Power of Community

Embarking on a spiritual path can sometimes feel like a lonely endeavor. We read books, watch teachings, and often practice on our own. Yet, one of the most powerful catalysts…

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Just Be: The Key to Transformation

In our fast-paced society, we are constantly doing — thinking, planning, achieving. We fill every spare moment with stimulation, often losing ourselves in thoughts of the past or worries about…

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