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Back to EpisodesYongey Mingyur Rinpoche: The Nalanda Approach (#243)
Description
This Wisdom Podcast episode, recorded live as a Wisdom Dharma Chat, features special guests Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, Justin Kelley, and Sandra Fernandez. They share how Tergar Institute is bringing traditional Buddhist teaching into daily modern life. Rinpoche shares his examples from his wandering retreat, including a near-death experience and how it impacted his view of the world. They also explore the Nalanda framework of view, meditation, and application, and how Tergar Institute condenses traditional scholarship and practice into an intensive cohort model while also pointing to at-home practice options through Tergar programs.
They also discuss:
- Impermanence;
- using debate to explore deeper reflection and study;
- various styles of teaching and learning, including but not limited to monastic style, scholar style;
- the value of community in improving your practice; and
- so much more!
Links from this episode:
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- Dive into your own experiential learning at Tergarinstitue.org<