Wisdom Dharma Chats | Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (3)

This Wisdom Dharma Chat features a conversation with Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche and host Daniel Aitken. Rinpoche is the author of two bestselling books and oversees the Tergar Meditation Community, an international network of Buddhist meditation centers. He is the son of the renowned meditation master Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and was formally enthroned as the seventh incarnation of Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche by Tai Situ Rinpoche when he was twelve years old. In addition to his extensive background in meditation and Buddhist philosophy, Mingyur Rinpoche has held a lifelong interest in psychology, physics, and neurology. In this Wisdom Dharma Chat, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche and Daniel discuss vajrayana, awareness, and bringing Dharma to the west.

During the conversation, Rinpoche and Daniel mentioned a session Rinpoche recently recorded on the subject of awareness, this is part of our upcoming Wisdom Academy course with Rinpoche and Bhikkhu Anālayo and is not yet available. As a member of the Wisdom Experience, you’ll receive an email when it becomes available, so be on the lookout for that. You can currently watch several of Rinpoche’s other Wisdom Dharma Chats though. His first Wisdom Dharma Chat is available here, and be sure not to miss out on this short clip from it on the nature of the mind and self luminosity. You can also watch the Wisdom Dharma Chat with Rinpoche and Bhikkhu Anālayo which resulted in their upcoming course here.

During the Dharma Chat, Rinpoche’s upcoming weekend retreat on the Heart of Tantra was discussed. You can learn more about it and enroll here. Additionally, the book that was mentioned and referenced is Creation and Completion. To learn more about Rinpoche’s upcoming courses and events visit learning.tergar.org/ and events.tergar.org/.

Wisdom Dharma Chat | Karma Trinlay Rinpoche

During this Wisdom Dharma Chat host Daniel Aitken and Karma Trinlay Rinpoche discuss Rinpoche’s life and experiences growing up as a tulku. A highly accomplished Buddhist teacher and meditation master, Rinpoche is the first reincarnated Westerner of French and American origin to be recognized in the Karma Kagyu tradition of Vajrayāna Buddhism. Rinpoche shares how and when he was recognized, his time with his teachers including H.H. the 16th Karmapa and Kalu Rinpoche, and much more.

Wisdom Dharma Chats | Rabkar Wangchuk

Please enjoy this unedited recording of our Wisdom Dharma Chat with host Daniel Aitken and special guest Rabkar Wangchuk.

Born in Dharamsala, India, Rabkar studied Tibetan Buddhist Tantra and Philosophy for seventeen years at Gyudmed Tantric University in South India. Rabkar received training in Tibetan thangka painting and arts from revered Tibetan masters such as Venerable Ngawang Norbu and Venerable Sangye Yeshi. After moving to the West, Rabkar’s style has continued evolving into its own unique form. Using both traditional Tibetan Buddhist artistic methods and contemporary styles, he merges Tibetan imagery with modern iconography of consumerism and hybrid identities. His approach melds light and dark, East and West, in extraordinary and unexpected ways, bringing humor and a depth of meditative searching and self-awareness to the work.

We’ll be celebrating the launch of Rabkar’s first solo exhibit, Mystery of Life, which includes his colorful pop-art acrylic paintings, mineral pigment on silk pieces, and 3D installations. He and host Daniel Aitken discuss his time studying with Venerable Ngawang Norbu, Rabkar’s inspiration behind the pieces in this exhibit, and much more.

Mystery of Life at HereNowSpace in New York, which runs from June 7 to June 24, features pieces that Rabkar started at the onset of the pandemic, when his mother passed away. Dedicated to her memory, the work reflects on a mother’s everlasting love for her child, despite being separated by an ocean. Upon realizing the boundless nature of love after her passing, Rabkar returned to what he knows best: using a paintbrush and canvas, transforming his grief into artistic expression. Creating one piece after another in the silence of his atelier amid lockdown, each artwork is a meditation on the fleeting moment unfolding into the unknown. The exhibition will also feature the sculptures of guest artist Michela Martello, who is similarly influenced by Tibetan art and Buddhism.