Program Description: The teachings of Buddhism tell us we are all enlightened now, in this moment. But when you're facing hardship or loss, your courage has waned, and happiness seems an unattainable goal, it's difficult to remember to stop striving and just "be here now." Za Rinpoche understands this, and lends his Tibetan wisdom to our Western ways, for a new understanding of what it means to free yourself from suffering-or struggling, as he defines it-so that you can enter your own happiness with the same simple intent with which you point your curser and click your mouse. He tells us, "When you are being in the moment, you will realize that you are just one piece of one whole truth. And not only you, but you will see every other being, every other thing, is also part of this one whole thing. So you will lose the sense of ego, but you will get a sense of wholeness. And when you get this sense of unity, that interconnection, you don't have to do things to become a loving person. You will be a very caring, compassionate, loving person just by realizing that unity. That is the perfection of unity." (Hosted by Justine Willis Toms)
ZaChoeje Rinpoche was born in Nepal, and at the age of sixteen was recognized by the Dalai Lama as the sixth reincarnation of the fifth ZaChoeje Rinpoche. He received the Geshe Lharampa degree, equivalent to a doctorate in Tibetan Buddhism, from the Drepung Loseling Monastery, and in 2001 helped to found the Emaho Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. Za Rinpoche is co-author with Ashley Nebelsieck of The Backdoor to Enlightenment: Eight Steps to Living Your Dreams and Changing Your World (Three Leaves Press 2007). To learn more about the work of Za Choeje Rinpoche go to www.emahofoundation.org
Topics explored in this dialogue:
How you can dismantle the struggles that make you unhappy
What are the three types of compassion
Why there is no such thing as right or wrong
How you can know for sure that you have all the courage you need
