In today’s episode, Gen Rinchung reflects on loss, grief, spiritual growth, and the transformative power of Dharma. Drawing on her personal experience of losing her brother at a young age and her subsequent search for meaning, she shares how this loss revealed there was something within herself that was causing her pain. Seeing how destructive mental states shaped her suffering set her on a quest to find a spiritual teacher—someone who could teach her about her mind and how to work with it.

Meeting Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche profoundly changed her life. This episode explores how changing our mind is the only realistic way to change the world, bringing hope, purpose, and deep peace, and how authentic spiritual practice helps us live a more meaningful and compassionate life.

Chapters

00:00 Facing Death and Loss

05:20 Losing Her Brother and Grief

10:00 Spiritual Search and Meeting Venerable Geshe-la

15:20 Meeting Venerable Geshe-la and Authentic Dharma

20:02 Changing the Mind, Changing the World

24:10 Meditation, Effort, and Stubbornness

29:04 Ordination and Daily Commitment

32:01 Goals, Prayer, and Letting Go

Book References

Modern Buddhism: https://kadampa.org/book/modern-buddhism

How to Transform Your Life: https://howtotyl.com/

Gen Rinchung is a senior teacher within the New Kadampa Tradition, an international Buddhist tradition with over a thousand meditation centers worldwide.

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In this episode, Gen Ananda explores the Buddhist practice of patience, understanding it as a profound practice of acceptance - not passive tolerance, but a powerful method for transforming anger, conflict, and emotional pain. Through real-life examples, personal stories, and Kadampa Buddhist wisdom, we learn how patience creates inner freedom, courage in difficult conversations, and a healthier way to meet conflict - without suppressing our feelings or fueling them. A deep, practical conversation on emotional maturity, forgiveness, and changing the world by changing the mind.

Chapters

00:00  Why Patience Matters

05:20  Working with Anger & Emotional Triggers

09:20 Courage, Conflict & Inner Freedom

13:45  Conflict Without Drama

17:20  Healthy Ways to Process Anger

22:15  Meditation as Real-Life Training

25:20  Conflict with the World & Society

33:45  Forgiveness & Letting Go of Blame

40:00  Healing Through Responsibility & Insight

Book References

Modern Buddhism: https://kadampa.org/book/modern-buddhism

How to Transform Your Life: https://howtotyl.com/

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In today’s episode, Gen Demo shares her journey of working with the mind through Kadampa Buddhism and how this practice has transformed her experience of happiness and meaning. Reflecting on her early encounters with Buddhist teachings, international festivals, and meeting Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, she explains how learning to observe and train the mind gradually shifted her priorities and sense of fulfillment. Gen Demo describes how ordination and daily practice helped her see that unhappiness is not caused by external conditions, but by the way the mind responds to them.

Through practical examples and personal insight, she shows how difficulties can become opportunities for inner growth, and how cultivating a peaceful, flexible mind leads to a stable happiness that does not depend on circumstances. This episode highlights the Kadampa approach to modern life - using meditation, reflection, and compassion to turn everyday experiences into a meaningful spiritual path.



Chapters


00:00 Introduction to Training the Mind


05:40 Discovering Kadampa Buddhism


11:05 Meeting Geshe Kelsang Gyatso


17:10 Ordination and Kadampa Nun Life


23:20 Daily Meditation and Inner Change


29:15 Overcoming Problems with Buddhism


35:10 Mind Training in Everyday Life


41:05 Using Difficulties as the Path


47:00 Finding Meaning and Lasting Happiness




Book References


Modern Buddhism:


https://kadampa.org/book/modern-buddhism

How to Transform Your Life:


https://howtotyl.com/

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In today’s episode, Gen Chogma shares her personal journey of working with anxiety and panic attacks, explaining how meditation transformed her relationship with her mind. Drawing on her lived experience and the teachings of Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, she explains how intense feelings can seem overwhelmingly real, even when nothing is actually wrong externally, and why it is so important to control our mind—otherwise, it can easily deceive us.

Through clear, honest examples from everyday life, she explores how learning to watch the mind helps us recognize the early stages of anxiety, create inner space, and gradually regain a sense of control. Rather than suppressing difficult emotions, this episode shows how gently pacifying the mind allows thoughts and feelings to settle naturally, like waves calming on an ocean.

This conversation highlights a deeply practical approach to meditation and mental training that many people will find beneficial.

Chapters

00:00 Panic, Anxiety, and First Meditation

05:30 Learning to Watch the Mind

11:00 Feelings, Fear, and Deceptive Appearances

16:30 Acceptance, Impermanence, and Loss

22:00 Using Suffering to Grow Compassion

27:30 Anxiety, Modern Life, and Mental Tools

32:30 Watching the Mind in Daily Life

37:45 Shifting from Self to Others

Book References



In this episode Gen Kelsang Chogma references :



How to Understand the Mind https://kadampa.org/books/how-to-understand-the-mind

Modern Buddhism 
https://kadampa.org/book/modern-buddhism

How to Transform Your Life
 https://howtotyl.com/

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WHY OUR OWN THOUGHTS THAT SCARE US - & HOW TO FACE THEM

In today’s episode, Kadam Lucy James explores the challenges of modern life and the difficulty many people face in keeping their mind peaceful. Drawing on her experience and the teachings of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, she explains how our minds are often dominated by uncontrolled, anxious, or judgmental thoughts - a state that has become normalized in today’s fast-paced, distraction-filled world. She points out that most people are unable to sit quietly with their own thoughts, and so are forced to fill their life with busyness and distraction, which creates a vicious circle of mental pain.

Using the powerful analogy of the mind as a vast, clear sky and thoughts as passing clouds, she demonstrates how meditation helps us step back from our delusions, gain perspective, and cultivate a deeper sense of self. This episode emphasizes that peace is already present within us, and by gently letting go of distracting thoughts, we can develop the space to be able to deal with things in a more constructive way.

Chapters:

00:00 Peace and Letting Go

02:00 The Basics of Meditation

06:26 Modern Life and Distractions

11:03 Experiment on Sitting with Thoughts

15:45 Fear of Our Own Mind

20:12 Uncontrolled Thoughts and Judgment

24:40 The Mind as a Sky

29:10 Breathing Meditation Practice

34:25 Experiencing Inner Peace

39:00 Building a Healthy Sense of Self

43:50 Long-Term Benefits of Meditation


Book References


Modern Buddhism:


https://kadampa.org/book/modern-buddhism

How to Transform Your Life
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https://howtotyl.com/

Kadam Lucy James is a senior teacher within the New Kadampa Tradition, an international Buddhist tradition with over a thousand meditation centers worldwide.



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In today’s episode Gen Kelsang Leksang shares her personal journey from a high-powered corporate career to a spiritual life as a Buddhist nun and teacher. Reflecting on her life, she reveals how experiences that once felt like failures were, in fact, profoundly beneficial—shaping her personal development and inner growth. She explains that when life appears to be falling apart, peace and purpose can be found by letting go of attachment, adjusting our expectations, and training the mind in acceptance.

Drawing on the wisdom of the New Kadampa Tradition, Gen Leksang explores how focusing on others, cultivating compassion, and developing inner acceptance can transform suffering into clarity and confidence. This episode offers heartfelt reflections on death, purpose, career pressure, and happiness — showing how even life’s most painful moments can become profound teachers. Insightful, practical, and uplifting, this conversation gently challenges modern ideas of success and invites us to discover a deeper, more stable happiness that comes from within.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction & Career Shift 

02:16 Searching for Purpose 

02:30 Father’s Illness & Death 

03:36 Refuge, Acceptance, and Peace 

05:33 Learning Through Helping Others 

07:20 Redefining Success and Happiness 

08:10 Finding Depth While Living Fully 

12:32 Pressure, Plans, and Life Direction 

15:13 Career Advice for Young People 

17:09Discovering True Motivation 

20:18 Letting Life Evolve Naturally 

26:46 Inner Peace Is Happiness 

28:02 Acceptance When Life Doesn’t Work Out

Book References

In this episode Gen Leksang references the following books by by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso:

How to Solve our Human Problems https://kadampa.org/book/how-to-solve... 

Modern Buddhism https://kadampa.org/book/modern-buddhism 

How to Transform Your Life https://howtotyl.com/ 

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Is it really possible to fulfill your dreams?

Can you be truly happy all the time?

Agnes explores these profound questions with Buddhist nun Kelsang Sama, offering insights into how we can transform our lives by improving our minds with confidence and wisdom. Sama explains how inner change leads to a life that supports spiritual growth and lasting happiness.

Book references:How to Transform Your Life ~ https://kadampa.org/books/free-ebook-...Kelsang Sama is the Resident Teacher at Kadampa Meditation Center Manchester in the UK. https://kmcmanchester.org/The participants of these podcasts are practicing meditation according to the New Kadampa Tradition, which has over a thousand meditation centers worldwide. See more https://kadampa.org/WANT MORE?   • FREEDOM FROM ANXIETY: BUDDHIST MEDITATIONS...  Find a meditation center near you https://kadampa.org/nkt-center-search...Listen to teaching clips:    / nktikbu   https://open.spotify.com/show/5QPCFEy... Follow the Modern Buddhism PodcastFacebook:   / modernbuddhismpodcast  Instagram:   / modernbuddhismpodcast   TIkTok:   / modernbuddhismpodcast   #modernbuddhismpodcast #buddhism #podcast #myjourney #InspiringStories #meaningoflife #motivation #BuddhistPodcast #MeditationForChange #personalgrowth #mindfulnesspodcast #Freedom #truestories #emotionalfreedom #RealLifeStories #transformationstories

Buddhist teacher Kadam Morten Clausen talks with Agnes about his 30 years of living and teaching in the Big Apple: the challenges of modern city life and what they've taught him, and his experience of decades of practising meditation and mindfulness in New York City.

Morten is the National Spiritual Director of the New Kadampa Tradition for the Eastern United States and regularly teaches all around the world; he is the resident Teacher at Kadampa Meditation Center New York City: https://meditationinnewyork.org

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In this episode, Adam is joined by Marlise Anthonioz, who discusses openly how her meditation practice has taken her from a place of depression and hopelessness to a joyful optimism, enabling her to live a full and happy life. She discusses how family life was causing her to feel unhappy and unfulfilled and how her Buddhist meditation practice transformed her experience. A desire to understand the deeper meaning of life led her to search and question others. She discovered that meditation was the pathway through which she could open her heart to truly love her partner and be a better mother to her children. This podcast will inspire those who feel overwhelmed by family life to see how it can become a way of achieving our potential to love and to feel genuine happiness.

Having been born in Cameroon and raised in poverty, Marlise is now the teacher at Centre Boudhiste Lyon in France.

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Kadam Morten Clausen talks about how our limited or negative view of ourself is the basis for low self esteem. Then how we can change our view of what the self is and through this develop a new way of identifying ourself that gives authentic higher self esteem and we can learn to be happy with ourself.

In today’s podcast, Kadam Morten talks about a very important topic—the way we view ourselves and how this view shapes our self-esteem. It's something that many of us struggle with: the negative self-talk, the limiting beliefs, and the sense of not being enough. Kadam Morten explores how our limited or negative view of ourselves is actually the foundation of low self-esteem. But here's the good news: We have the power to change how we see ourselves, and in doing so, we can unlock a higher, more authentic sense of self-esteem and happiness.

So, how do we make this change? Listen to find out.

Book references

How to Transform Your Life: https://kadampa.org/books/free-ebook-download-howtotyl

Kadam Morten is the Resident Teacher at Kadampa Meditation Center New York City https://meditationinnewyork.org/

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Our thoughts don't define our reality, yet we often buy into negative beliefs about ourselves, leading to a distorted self-image. In this podcast, Gen Jigme explores how meditation can help us quiet the negative inner voice and cultivate a more positive understanding of ourselves. While we acknowledge our flaws, we also recognize our growth and appreciate the goodness within us. He guides us through various ways of thinking that can help free us from feelings of isolation and foster a healthier, more compassionate self-image.

Book reference. How to Transform your Life by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. https://kadampa.org/book/how-to-transform-your-lifeGen Jigme is the Resident Teacher at Bodhisattva Kadampa Meditation Center in Brighton https://meditateinbrighton.com/The participants of these podcasts are practicing meditation according to the New Kadampa Tradition, which has over a thousand meditation centers worldwide. See more https://kadampa.org/WANT MORE?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U5J8JlJq2YFind a meditation center near you https://kadampa.org/nkt-center-search/?lang=enListen to teaching clips: youtube.com/nktikbu https://open.spotify.com/show/5QPCFEyZz74nOHZbQr1B4z Follow the Modern Buddhism PodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/modernbuddhismpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/modernbuddhismpodcast/ TIkTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@modernbuddhismpodcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7lgQNhbjMGoHOxBnjkfmK4 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/519b6d69-b6ed-46b2-ab56-ebaf59adf96e/the-modern-buddhism-podcast #modernbuddhismpodcast #buddhism #podcast #OvercomeFear #meditation#FearOfFailure #SelfImprovement #PersonalDevelopment #Motivation #fomo#SuccessMindset #ConfidenceBuilding #MentalHealth #GrowthMindset #LifeSkills