Wisdom Dharma Chats | Paul MacGowan

Please enjoy this unedited recording of our Wisdom Dharma Chat with host Daniel Aitken and special guest Paul MacGowan, director of the films A Joyful Mind and Wandering . . . But Not Lost, both featuring beloved teacher Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. A Joyful Mind is available to watch on the Wisdom Experience here.

Learn more about Wandering . . . But Not Lost here.

In the Dharma Chat, Daniel and Paul discuss:

  • Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche’s teachings on monkey-mind and how to “give your mind a part-time job”
  • the importance of relaxation for practice
  • the three layers of self
  • what the scans of Rinpoche’s brain revealed
  • the nature of distraction
  • and much more.

Get Rinpoche’s children’s book here!

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