About this episode

Dr Espen interviews Tulku Lobsang about the Tibetan practice of Tummo and the wisdom of personal change.

“Changing yourself is wisdom. Changing others is ignorance." -Tulku Lobsang Dr Espen sits down with Tulku Lobsang for a profound conversation on the ancient Tibetan practice of Tummo, the nature of death and reincarnation, and what it truly means to live without regret. Tulku shares his journey from being recognized as a reincarnated Lama at age 13 to becoming a master of inner fire practices, and offers practical tools anyone can use, no monastery required, to access more bliss, presence, and peace in daily life. About our guest: Venerable Tulku Lobsang Rinpoche is a high Buddhist master who was born in 1976 in Amdo, Eastern Tibet. At the age of 6, Tulku Lobsang Rinpoche entered the local Buddhist monastic school. At 11, he then moved to the Nangzi Monastery, the largest Bon monastery in Tibet. At that time, the monks of the Sowa monastery were looking for the reincarnation of their lama. At the age of 13, Tulku Lobsang Rinpoche was recognized as the 8th reincarnation of the Nyentse Tulku. In 1993, at the age of 17, Rinpoche left Tibet for South India to deepen and complete his studies in the Gaden Shartse Monastery. After five years in Gaden Monastery, Tulku-la moved to…

People in this episode

Host: Dr Espen Wold-Jensen

Guest: Tulku Lobsang

Topics covered

• Tummo
• inner fire
• death
• reincarnation
• self-improvement
• Buddhism
• wisdom

Keywords

• Tummo
• inner fire
• Buddhism
• reincarnation
• self-improvement
• wisdom
• death

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gaden Shartse Monastery, Nangzi Monastery, Sowa monastery

Places: Tibet, South India, Dharamsala

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