33 min

Life After: Conflict Awaken

    • Personal Journals

If faced with bravery and awareness, conflict can bring great insight into what is right or needed. From the Buddhist perspective, it’s not the conflict itself that matters, but how we react to it. Because if we are too guarded, protecting ourselves from the difficult emotions that come with conflict, we might miss out on the opportunity for growth and new possibilities. 
View the artwork discussed in this episode, beginning at 25:07.
Read about this artwork, learn more about the Rubin, donate, and more: https://rubinmuseum.org/mediacenter/life-after-conflict-awaken-podcast
 
AWAKEN Season 3 is hosted by singer and songwriter Falu. Guests featured in this episode include poet Marie Howe, artist, director, and author Chella Man, Tibetan Buddhist meditation teacher and author Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, meditation teacher and writer Sebene Selassie, author and poet Michelle Tea, neuroscientist Dr. Kay Tye, and meditation teacher and author Spring Washam.


(00:00) - Conflict
(24:08) - The Fifth Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobzang Gyatso (1617–1682) with Previous Incarnations
(26:45) - Conflict
(31:22) - outro

If faced with bravery and awareness, conflict can bring great insight into what is right or needed. From the Buddhist perspective, it’s not the conflict itself that matters, but how we react to it. Because if we are too guarded, protecting ourselves from the difficult emotions that come with conflict, we might miss out on the opportunity for growth and new possibilities. 
View the artwork discussed in this episode, beginning at 25:07.
Read about this artwork, learn more about the Rubin, donate, and more: https://rubinmuseum.org/mediacenter/life-after-conflict-awaken-podcast
 
AWAKEN Season 3 is hosted by singer and songwriter Falu. Guests featured in this episode include poet Marie Howe, artist, director, and author Chella Man, Tibetan Buddhist meditation teacher and author Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, meditation teacher and writer Sebene Selassie, author and poet Michelle Tea, neuroscientist Dr. Kay Tye, and meditation teacher and author Spring Washam.


(00:00) - Conflict
(24:08) - The Fifth Dalai Lama, Ngawang Lobzang Gyatso (1617–1682) with Previous Incarnations
(26:45) - Conflict
(31:22) - outro

33 min