Deeper Dialogues #2 // 'Pitfalls on the path of meditation' // Interview with Lama Rigdzin Yudron

<p>In this deep and powerful conversation with Lama Rigdzin Yudron we discuss the benefits and potential pitfalls on the path of meditation. How is it possible that so many people meditate, but we don&#39;t process process the all dark stuff? In her 30 years of Buddhist practice she has encountered many of the pitfalls you will encounter when you engage a meditation practice. Lama Rigdzin is a resident lama (priest) at the Tibetan Buddhist monestary Dag Shang Kaygu in the Spanish Pyrenees. She went through a rigorous ten year meditation training in Nepal to become a lama. Her experience includes an individual meditation retreat of 3 years, 3 months and 3 days, in which, for the record, she did not sleep. </p>

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<p><strong>Questions covered in this interview:</strong></p>

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<li>What are the benefits and pitfalls on the path of meditation?</li>

<li>How to meditate? What phases are there? </li>

<li>When am I ready for more advanced practices?</li>

<li>What is the role of a teacher on the spiritual path, and how does that stabilize your practice?</li>

<li>How is it possible that so many people meditate, but still after decades are struggling with the same things? (answer: spiritual bypassing)</li>

<li>How to not get crazy along the way?</li>

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