Geshe YongDong: Calm Breath, Calm Mind (#153)
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This Wisdom Podcast episode features Geshe YongDong Losar. Geshela is a Tibetan Bön lama, or spiritual teacher, in the Yungdrung Bön lineage, which is rooted in the indigenous spiritual tradition of the Himalayas. He lives in Courtenay, British Columbia, where he established and directs Sherab Chamma Ling, the only Tibetan Bön Buddhist Center in Canada. He teaches in many centers and universities around the world and has also founded the Bon Da Ling center in Costa Rica.
In this episode, Geshe YongDong and host Daniel Aitken discuss
- Geshela’s early life and training with his family and in monasteries in Tibet and India;
- an overview of the Bön monastic curriculum and training path;
- sacred deity dancing;
- English lessons from H. H. the 33rd Menri Trizin Lungtok Tenpai Nyima;
- Geshe YongDong’s book “Calm Breath, Calm Mind;”
- the power of sound, breath, and mantra;
- special Tsa Lung Trul Khor yogic exercises;
- and much more!
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About the Interviewee
Geshe YongDong Losar (Geshela) is a Tibetan Bön lama, or spiritual teacher, in the Yungdrung Bön lineage, which is rooted in the indigenous spiritual tradition of the Himalayas. He lives in Courtenay, British Columbia. where he established and directs Sherab Chamma Ling, the only Tibetan Bön Buddhist Center in Canada. He teaches in many centers and universities around the world and has also founded the Bon Da Ling center in Costa Rica.
