Mingyur Rinpoche: A Meditation Master on Anxiety, Awareness, and Awakening

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Dr. Rick and Forrest are joined by Mingyur Rinpoche, a renowned Tibetan Buddhist teacher, to explore calming anxiety with awareness, relaxing unhealthy wanting, and finding a deeper sense of our innate goodness. Rinpoche shares how a near-death experience during his four-year “wandering retreat” transformed his relationship to fear and deepened his gratitude for life. They discuss practical ways to see the true nature of the mind, soften the grip of aversion and attachment, reframe fear as care, and embrace impermanence as a path to freedom.

Learn more about Rinpoche's live teaching in South Africa and join for free online at https://tergar.org/southafrica.

Key Topics:

0:00: Introduction

3:33: How a near-death experience dissolved Rinpoche’s fear

7:06: Learning not to fight panic attacks

10:25: Seeing anxiety as clouds in the sky

14:18: Awareness, wisdom, and love as innate qualities

18:39: Recognizing basic goodness even in self-hatred

25:28: Courage to be with doubt and uncertainty

27:51: “Anytime, anywhere” meditation practice

33:57: Awareness and emptiness as inseparable

46:49: Letting old selves die and embracing change

52:41: Recap

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