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07/09/2026

The Restful Mind Podcast

🌿 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐔𝐬 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞

Work is changing quickly. AI, competition and uncertainty are reshaping not only our careers, but also how we think about success and security.

Amid all this change, it may be worth asking:
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘨? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩? 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘧𝘶𝘭?

In 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟓𝟑 of The Restful Mind Podcast, Gyalwa Dokhampa takes us through some of the most pressing anxieties surrounding work and career today — from feeling unseen despite giving our best, to competition, AI, financial security, ambition and our constant need for recognition.

At the heart of the conversation is a simple but increasingly important reminder: A restful mind does not give us control over an uncertain world. But it gives us space to see change more clearly, reflect on what we are chasing, and decide what is truly worth our effort.

🌿 Some questions explored in this episode:

▪️How do you keep giving your best when your work goes unseen?
▪️What does career security mean in the age of AI?
▪️Who actually decides what “success” — or “enough” — looks like?
▪️How do we pursue meaningful work without being consumed by competition and recognition?

🎧 Step into 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟓𝟑, and take a moment to reflect on how we work, what we pursue, and what truly matters to us in a world that keeps changing.

And if there is a question you have been carrying, we warmly invite you to write to us. Gyalwa Dokhampa deeply values these opportunities for genuine conversation, and your question may open a reflection that speaks to many others too.

𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4yuz9BBar0f4p8ERImDqnR?si=148b388a724544ef

𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝘀: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-restful-mind/id1636300966?i=1000774974161

𝐖𝐞𝐛 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝗲𝗿: https://sites.libsyn.com/427676/the-restful-mind-ep-53

Tap Follow on your preferred platform to subscribe. You’ll be notified automatically when new episodes are released.

Have a question you'd like answered in a future episode? Email us at: [email protected]

Find Gyalwa Dokhampa’s book The Restful Mind online

And if you need a gentle daily companion, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐩𝐩 offers reflections, breath practices, and reminders to help you stay rooted in what truly matters: https://onelink.to/5gzzhz

🌿 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐔𝐬 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞

Work is changing quickly. AI, competition and uncertainty are reshaping not only our careers, but also how we think about success and security.

Amid all this change, it may be worth asking:
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘨? 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩? 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘧𝘶𝘭?

In 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟓𝟑 of The Restful Mind Podcast, Gyalwa Dokhampa takes us through some of the most pressing anxieties surrounding work and career today — from feeling unseen despite giving our best, to competition, AI, financial security, ambition and our constant need for recognition.

At the heart of the conversation is a simple but increasingly important reminder: A restful mind does not give us control over an uncertain world. But it gives us space to see change more clearly, reflect on what we are chasing, and decide what is truly worth our effort.

🌿 Some questions explored in this episode:

▪️How do you keep giving your best when your work goes unseen?
▪️What does career security mean in the age of AI?
▪️Who actually decides what “success” — or “enough” — looks like?
▪️How do we pursue meaningful work without being consumed by competition and recognition?

🎧 Step into 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟓𝟑, and take a moment to reflect on how we work, what we pursue, and what truly matters to us in a world that keeps changing.

And if there is a question you have been carrying, we warmly invite you to write to us. Gyalwa Dokhampa deeply values these opportunities for genuine conversation, and your question may open a reflection that speaks to many others too.

𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4yuz9BBar0f4p8ERImDqnR?si=148b388a724544ef

𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝘀: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-restful-mind/id1636300966?i=1000774974161

𝐖𝐞𝐛 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝗲𝗿: https://sites.libsyn.com/427676/the-restful-mind-ep-53

Tap Follow on your preferred platform to subscribe. You’ll be notified automatically when new episodes are released.

Have a question you'd like answered in a future episode? Email us at: [email protected]

Find Gyalwa Dokhampa’s book The Restful Mind online

And if you need a gentle daily companion, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐩𝐩 offers reflections, breath practices, and reminders to help you stay rooted in what truly matters: https://onelink.to/5gzzhz

07/09/2026

🪷𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 — 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗘𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀

During the Tara teaching in London on 5 September, organised by Drukpa UK, Gyalwa Dokhampa shared how Tara practice can become a practical way of working with our emotions and cultivating a healthier, more balanced mind.

To illustrate this, Gyalwa Dokhampa shared a story.

𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘨𝘰, 𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘺. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘺. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭.

𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯. 𝘏𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 “𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭” 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯.

The story raises an interesting question: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹?

Many of our beliefs and values are shaped by our own concepts. As The Gyalwang Drukpa often teaches, our concepts are like a mirror, and our experiences are like reflections in that mirror.

From a spiritual point of view, we can also understand the health of our mind by looking at how we relate to our emotions.

An incident may have happened fifteen years ago and lasted only ten minutes, yet we can continue carrying the anger and resentment for years. We replay those ten minutes again and again in our mind, repeatedly experiencing the same hurt. The incident happened only once, but in our mind, we may allow it to happen thousands of times.

When anger, hatred or resentment reaches a point where it continually disturbs our inner peace and affects the way we experience life, it becomes important to recognise and work with it.

This is where 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲.

Tara practice is not separate from our emotions and daily experiences. Through awareness and mindfulness, we learn to recognise our anger, fear, attachment, jealousy and resentment rather than simply being carried away by them.

Spiritual practice does not mean that difficult emotions will never arise. Rather, through practice, we gradually learn how to relate to them differently—without allowing them to dominate our mind or remain in our heart for years.

In this way, Tara practice becomes not only a prayer or meditation, but a practical path of transforming our mind—cultivating greater awareness, compassion, wisdom and inner freedom.

𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗮’𝘀 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗱𝗼𝗺, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀, 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺.

𝗢𝗺 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗵𝗮 🙏📿🙏

06/09/2026

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02/09/2026

🌸 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 🌸

There are many podcasts that explore our emotions, relationships, fears, ambitions and the pressures of modern life. And there are Dharma teachings that guide us deeply into Buddhist philosophy and practice.

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐃𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨.

A question about fear becomes an exploration of impermanence. ▪️A conversation about marriage reveals how easily we fall in love with our own idea of another person. ▪️Confidence leads unexpectedly to the wisdom of equanimity. ▪️Even social media algorithms become a way of looking at how our existing concepts are continually reinforced.

🌿 And then the conversation goes further.

Why do we visualize Tara in Vajrayana practice? ▪️Why repeat a mantra hundreds of thousands of times? ▪️Why offer seven bowls of water to a Buddha who needs nothing from us?

Behind practices that can sometimes appear mysterious is a remarkably precise understanding of the mind — and a path for moving from knowing something intellectually to embodying it in how we see, respond to, and live our lives.

That makes this conversation worthwhile whether you have practised for years or are simply curious about where Buddhist wisdom might lead when taken beyond ideas.

🌿 A few questions you’ll want to stay with:

▪️What if fear comes not from change itself, but from our difficulty in accepting that things will change?
▪️How much of our suffering comes from being trapped in our own definitions?
▪️What would confidence look like if it were no longer based on being better than someone else?
▪️Why does Vajrayana work with visualization rather than intellect alone?
▪️What is the deeper meaning of mantra, visualization and offering?
▪️And ultimately: how does wisdom become something we actually live?

It is a long conversation, and perhaps that is part of its value. You do not have to take everything from it at once.

🎧 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 — 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫.

Somewhere in this conversation, there may be a story, a question, or a teaching that speaks directly to something you are living through right now. 🌿

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Drukpa Paris

🪷 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐈𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬

Gyalwa Dokhampa said during today’s Tara teaching that 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿—𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝘀 𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.

Every time we practise Tara, we are working with our own emotions.

When we make offerings in the Vajrayana tradition, —flowers, fruits, milk and other beautiful things—we are not simply offering them to Tara. The act of offering helps us loosen our attachments: to our senses, our habitual ways of living, and the concepts we hold onto.

And when we practise purification, we recognise our faults and mistakes, understanding that some of our actions have come from ignorance. At the same time, we remind ourselves that we can come out of our mistakes, change, and transform.

In this way, Tara practice becomes a form of mindfulness—a more interactive mindfulness practice—helping us look within, recognise our emotions and attachments, and gently work with them.

Organised by Drukpa Paris. 🙏😊

29/08/2026

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Today, Drukpa Australia united in prayer and offered butter lamps for all those affected by the devastating floods in Nepal and China.

May light guide them through the darkness. May they find strength in their communities, and may safety and hope return to all affected.

Om Mani Padme Hung 🙏🏼

28/08/2026

“Even if you donate a small amount, if it is offered with a pure and generous heart, the merit is vast and lasting. But if you give unwillingly, with hesitation, or without the true intention to help, then both the money and the merit are lost. The key is not the size of the offering, but the sincerity behind it. “ - Gyalwa Dokhampa