How to Bring Buddhist Teachings into Daily Life with Thupten Jinpa

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In this Dharma Chats Clip Thupten Jinpa explains not only how to read a dharma text, but also how to make the teachings come alive in our day to day life.

In this Dharma Chat, Jinpa gave wonderful advice on how to read Dharma texts and integrate them with your practice. He also discussed the art of memorization, which texts most need to be translated, the importance of chanting, and some advice to translators.

Thupten Jinpa, Ph.d., received his early education and training as a monk and obtained the Geshe Lharam degree from the Shartse College of Ganden Monastic University, South India. In addition, Jinpa holds a B.A. with Honors in philosophy and a Ph.D. in religious studies, both from Cambridge University. He taught at Ganden Monastery and worked as a research fellow in Eastern religions at Girton College, Cambridge University. Jinpa has been the principal English translator to His Holiness the Dalai Lama since 1985 and has translated and edited numerous books by the Dalai Lama, including The New York Times’ bestseller “Ethics for the New Millennium,” “Transforming the Mind,” “The Universe in a Single Atom: Convergence and Science and Spirituality,” and “Toward a True Kinship of Faiths: How the World’s Religions Can Come Together.”

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