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:
- how he met and started working with the Dalai Lama, and insights from 35 years of translating for him;
- the relationship of language and mind;
- how to deal with self-consciousness;
- the dialogue between Buddhism and science;
- first- and third-person ways of investigating the mind that are central to the science of meditation;
- sources of valid evidence and knowledge;
- the mind as more than the brain;
- the relevance of compassion for well-being and a program he developed to cultivate it;
- the value of mental training in the time of COVID, and other topics.
Original release date: April 29, 2020
Full show notes and resources: https://podcast.mindandlife.org/thupten-jinpa/
Transcript: https://podcast.mindandlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Thupten-Jinpa_transcript.pdf
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