We’ve all heard platitudes about cultivating wisdom, love, and compassion, but can developing these qualities really transform adversity? Based on his new book, The Power of Mind: A Tibetan Monk’s Guide to Finding Freedom in Every Challenge (Shambhala Publications, 2022), Tibetan Buddhist monk Khentrul Rinpoche will discuss how, yes, they can – not by searching for something in the outside world, but instead through training the mind. Peace and happiness start within us then extend out to the entire globe. Regardless of what’s happening in our lives, Rinpoche teaches that our route to freedom lies within our minds.

A thousand years ago, the Indian saint Atisha risked his life to seek out these mind training teachings in Indonesia. He then brought them to Tibet, where they flourished and spread to the rest of the world. Khentrul Rinpoche was inspired by his own teachers, who were able to follow these techniques during the Cultural Revolution and transform immense suffering into something positive. Join us in-person with Rinpoche as he explores the potential and power of our mind, and introduces us to this wisdom, which has been passed down from teacher to student for centuries. Signed copies of The Power of Mind will be available for purchase at the event. Khentrul Rinpoche will speak in Tibetan with live English translation.

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Khentrul Lodrö T’hayé Rinpoche is the abbot of a monastery in Tibet and oversees meditation groups across North America, in Australia and South Africa. Since 2002 Rinpoche has traveled year-round teaching seminars and leading retreats. During the covid pandemic, Rinpoche held online retreats for his students around the globe. Khentrul Rinpoche is one of the only monks in the world with three khenpo degrees—equivalent to three PhDs in Buddhist philosophy. Many of his students have nicknamed him “the mind training Khenpo” for his passion for teaching mind training practices.