Life is full of unexpected challenges. We may lose a job, a loved one, or face a serious illness. In these moments, it’s natural to feel overwhelmed and ask, “What should I do?”

In this teaching and guided meditation, Mingyur Rinpoche offers a beautiful practice he has used to navigate his own experiences with loss and hardship. While we cannot always control what happens to us, we can change how we relate to our experiences. Rinpoche shares that rather than resisting pain, we can learn to connect with a sense of universal compassion, appreciate the good in our lives, and find hidden lessons within our hardship.

May this simple yet powerful meditation help you learn how to let go without giving up and discover how life’s problems can become keys to a more meaningful life.

Many young people grapple with big questions: What is the meaning of life? Why am I here? What is my purpose? Despite seeking answers through achieving goals, building friendships, or finding material success, there can still be a nagging feeling that something is missing.

In this heartfelt teaching, Mingyur Rinpoche offers profound and practical advice, sharing from his own journey and pointing to where real happiness and purpose can be found — not outside, but within our basic innate goodness, which is comprised of awareness, love and compassion, and wisdom.

In the face of overwhelming environmental challenges, can one person truly make a difference? How does the truth of impermanence open the door to hope? In this monthly teaching, Mingyur Rinpoche reflects on our shared responsibility to nature, addressing the reality of climate change and emphasizing how even small individual actions can collectively make a profound difference in the health of our home. Be inspired to take practical actions today to help heal the Earth and ensure its well-being for generations to come.

Imagine the Buddha walking among us today. What teachings would he share to help us navigate our modern world and its unique challenges?

In this teaching, Mingyur Rinpoche reflects upon this captivating question. From remote Himalayan villages to bustling modern cities, people for over 2600 years have applied the Buddha’s teachings to live more joyful and fulfilling lives. Can they still illuminate the darkness of today?

Have you ever felt the pain of a friend’s heartbreak as if it were your own? Or perhaps witnessed someone struggling and felt a deep urge to help? Many of us use the terms “empathy” and “compassion” interchangeably. While both are valuable, understanding the difference can help avoid emotional burnout.

In this monthly teaching, Mingyur Rinpoche delves into the subtle but significant differences, explaining how to cultivate genuine compassion and avoid the pitfalls of excessive empathy. He provides practical guidance on developing a more compassionate approach to life, which can lead to greater well-being for ourselves and others.

As we work to establish a meditation practice, we can often fall into the trap of becoming overly serious or rigid in our practice and lives. In this monthly teaching, Mingyur Rinpoche explores the importance of integrating humor into meditation, emphasizing that we are all unified through an innate, wonderful nature. He shares his personal journey growing up introverted and overly sensitive to becoming more playful, emphasizing the joy of meditation.

Finding a true work-life balance can feel like an impossible dream. We can all relate to struggling to juggle the demands of a career, personal life, and spiritual practice. In this monthly teaching, Mingyur Rinpoche offers a refreshing perspective and practical solutions to help you find harmony in all aspects of your life — helping reduce stress, improve work satisfaction, and foster spiritual growth.

As Mingyur Rinpoche has traveled and met thousands of people worldwide, he is often asked for support in maintaining good mental health. Particularly at this time, he has noticed greater emotional turbulence and less resilience. Whatever their causes — be it global conflicts, climate change, political instability, or racism — people are facing growing anxiety, depression, loneliness, and low self-esteem. In this month’s teaching, Rinpoche shares seven practical ways to support your mind and body. By adopting these simple strategies, you can develop greater resilience in the face of modern challenges.

On the spiritual path, do we need a teacher? What if we are just beginning, or perhaps further along the path? How should we relate to a teacher? In this month’s teaching, Mingyur Rinpoche shares the qualities we should look for in a teacher, three styles of relating to teachers, and the four different types of teachers.

Although meditation instructions are often simple and easy to understand, knowing whether we are practicing correctly can be difficult. How do we know if it is being effective and helping us progress along the path of awakening? In this monthly teaching, Mingyur Rinpoche gives helpful advice to assess how our calm abiding practice or insight meditation practice is progressing.