Thupten Jinpa - Cultivating Compassion
In this inaugural episode, Wendy speaks with Buddhist scholar, author, and longtime translator for the Dalai Lama, Thupten Jinpa. Their conversation covers many topics, including:\nhow he met and started working with the Dalai Lama, and insights from 35 years of translating for him;\nthe relationship of language and mind;\nhow to deal with self-consciousness;\nthe dialogue between Buddhism and science;\nfirst- and third-person ways of investigating the mind that are central to the science of meditation;\nsources of valid evidence and knowledge;\nthe mind as more than the brain;\nthe relevance of compassion for well-being and a program he developed to cultivate it;\nthe value of mental training in the time of COVID, and other topics.\nFull show notes and resources