Tenzin Chogkyi | Unlocking True Happiness

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The Case for American Pluralism

The motto of the United States, E pluribus unum (“Out of Many, One”) speaks to a pluralistic democracy with protections for every...

The Case for American Pluralism

The motto of the United States, E pluribus unum (“Out of Many, One”) speaks to a pluralistic democracy with protections for every...

Acceptance is not Complacency

In these uncertain times, our roles as individuals in the sweeping events washing over the world stage can feel deeply unclear, sometimes...

Words Matter: The Power of Skillful Speech

The concept of Right Speech (or "Skillful Speech") is core to many Buddhist teachings about how to live an ethical life and avoid causing...

The Four Virtues of the Heart

His Holiness the Dalai Lama has often commented that the foundation of Buddhist practice is cultivating a good heart. As important as...

The Neuroplasticity of Perception

We’re raised to believe that our perceptions of the world around us has an objective quality, but both Buddhism and modern neuroscience...

How to Change Your Mind

Our perceptions of “reality” are much more subjective than we often think. In this episode, we will talk about both Buddhist and modern...

The Power of Interconnection

The COVID pandemic has led many of us to feel the hidden epidemic of loneliness more acutely than ever, yet loneliness is not much...

Mindfulness of Our Motivations

In this episode, Ven Tenzin explores the Eight Worldly Concerns, a set of four dyads that correspond to many of the deeply held hopes and...

Compassionate Conversations with special guest Sunil Joseph

In this special episode of Reflections on Buddhism, we’re joined by Sunil Joseph, an empathy coach, mindfulness teacher and lifelong...

The Path to Genuine Happiness

Capitalist consumer culture puts a huge emphasis on finding happiness in the external world. But, this hedonic happiness is shown, both...

Getting Un-Hooked: Discomfort, Suffering and Consumer Culture

The first Noble Truth of Buddhism is popularly translated as “life is suffering,” which is often misunderstood as a fatalistic view of a...

Grief and Gratitude

This month we are joined by local NVC facilitator and coach Kristin Masters For the last several years, local Santa Cruz Non-violent...