Marcia Binder Schmidt: Meeting Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (#194)
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In the first episode of this celebratory series of episodes, Wisdom Podcast host Daniel Aitken is joined by Marcia Binder Schmidt, one of the editors of Blazing Splendor and a student of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche.
During this episode, she and Daniel discuss
- how she began to practice Tibetan Buddhism;
- her impactful first meeting with Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche;
- how the book Blazing Splendor came to be;
- her involvement in preserving Rinpoche’s teachings through books; and
- so much more.
Be sure to come back next week for episode two in our Blazing Splendor Podcast Series with special guest Erik Pema Kunsang.
Wisdom Podcast listeners are invited to save 20% off Blazing Splendor hardcover collector’s edition with code WPODBLAZE through October 31.
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About the Interviewee
Marcia Dechen Wangmo, AKA Marcia Binder Schmidt is a renowned Buddhist translator, editor, writer, and teacher. Together with Erik Pema Kunsang, she established Rangjung Yeshe Institute that has been dedicated to offering educational and practice support for practitioners and scholars of Tibetan Buddhism in 1981. In 1986 as an offshoot of this Institute, Erik and she created Rangjung Yeshe Publications. (www.rangjung.com) www.lotustreasure.com. They have translated and produced over sixty-two titles that have been translated into twenty different languages.
Marcia has helped to develop retreat centers and study groups all over the world and has been teaching sharing her humor and human approach to traditional Tibetan Buddhist practice, all over the world.
