Contentment and Ambition with Yangsi Rinpoche #160

Contentment and Ambition with Yangsi Rinpoche #160

Author: Scott Snibbe May 14, 2024 Duration: 32:04
Yangsi Rinpoche's gave a beautiful talk a couple of months ago with the intriguing title "Contentment Plus Ambition." He was generous enough to sit down with me afterwards for an interview about the same topic in which he talks about how to practice real self-compassion and even how we can create the causes for world peace. Yangsi Rinpoche studied at Sera Jey Monastery in south India until 1995 when he graduated with the highest degree of Geshe Lharampa. Rinpoche now lives in Portland,...

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