Mindfulness Meditation Podcast - Mindfulness Meditation with Gegye Yongyal Tulku Rinpoche

Episode Date: June 26, 2026

Listener Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/meditation-mindfulness-meditation-surveyThe Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art presents a weekly meditation for beginners and skilled meditators alike. Each episode is inspired by a different work of art from the Museum’s collection and is led by a prominent meditation teacher.The episode begins with an opening talk followed by a 20-minute meditation. In this episode, the guided meditation begins at 15:33.Teacher: Gegye Yongyal Tulku RinpocheTheme: RefugeArtwork: Kailash #75 Learn more about the Rubin’s work around the world at rubinmuseum.org.

Hello, listeners, Tashi Deleg, we'd love to hear what you think about mindfulness meditation. After you finish the episode, consider completing our listener's survey. You can find the survey link at the top of the show notes or at Rubenmuseum.org slash spiral slash mindfulness dash meditation. Thank you and enjoy the episode. Welcome to the Mindfulness Meditation Podcast, presented by the Rubin Museum of Himalayan art, a global museum dedicated to bringing greater awareness and understanding of Himalayan art to people around the world. I'm your host, Tashi Children. Every week, we offer a meditation session that draws inspiration from an artwork from the Rubin's collection and is led by a prominent

meditation teacher. You can find more information about the related artwork in the episode description. Our mindfulness meditation podcast is presented in part of the podcast. Our mindfulness meditation podcast is presented in partnership with Sharon Salzberg and teachers from the New York Insight Meditation Center, the Interdependence Project, and supported by the Frederick P. Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism. And now, please enjoy your practice. Hello everybody, Tashi Delai. Welcome to the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Arts Mindfulness Meditation Program. I am Tashi Shodun, Himalayan Programs and Communities Ambassador, and I'm delighted

to be a host today. The Rubin is a global museum dedicated to presenting Himalayan art and its insights, and we're so glad to have all of you join us for our weekly program, where we combine art and meditation. Inspired by our collection, we will first take a deep look at the work of art we've chosen for today. We will then hear a brief talk from our teacher, Gei, Yongil, Tuku, Rimbuchee, and then we will have a short sit, 15 to 20 minutes,

for the meditation guided by him. The artwork for today's session is Kailash number 75, and the artist is Kendro-izu, origin Tibet, dated 2000, and the medium is platinum palladium print. The theme for the month of June is refuge. Mount Kalash, an almost 7,000-meter peak in Western Tibet, is revered as, as a holy place in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Bern, the indigenous religion of Tibet, as we gaze upon this place of devotion, may we cultivate a sense of peace within. So this breathtaking photograph of Mount Kalash was taken by the acclaimed contemporary photographer

Kendro Isu. Isu was born in Japan and is based in the United States. Since 1979, he has traveled the world documenting sacred sites. Isou shot this photograph along the pilgrimage route to the mountain. He camped out for two days with a custom-made 300-pound camera to capture the place where the north face of Mount Kalash can be seen. The landscape is dotted with numerous snow-covered money stones left by passing pilgrims. Let's bring on our teacher for today. Our teacher is Gegee Yongel Tuku Rimbuchee.

His eminence Ghehongel Tuku Rimbuchet is an ordained Buddhist teacher and a prominent leader in the Kajug Nima tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He holds a master's degree in Buddhist philosophy and has completed extensive meditation training. As the third seat reincarnated Tuku of Gheh-Ga-Tashioling monastery in Nari, Mount Kailash, he has enthroned as the Truku of the second Ghege Yonghe Tuku Rumpurrubuchay at Ghehashi-choling monastery. His Holiness, the 17th Dalwa Karmapa, conducted his hair-cutting and name-giving ceremony in India. Rubuzei has mastered key areas of Buddhist philosophy, including Pramana Sutra, Prajna Paramita Sutra,

Madiamika Sutra, Abidharma Sutra, and Vajrayana Tantra. He currently serves as the president of the Amala Center, Nepal, and the Himalayan Buddhist Center, Australia. Since 2020, Rumbuchay has been actively teaching Buddhist Dharma and contributing to society. He is a reviewed Lama in Tibet and China, focusing on the practical application of Sutrayana Buddhism, Vajrayana Buddhism, and modern Buddhist ethics. His teachings aim to cultivate loving kindness and compassion, fostering personal transformation, and bringing individuals closer to their Buddha nature. Rumpur, thank you so much for being here.

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so that's the So, good in general So good afternoon to So good afternoon to everyone. I'd like to express my happiness and joy in Godin'wee and being made tension, Godin'jimpea going to

go to something to go to and So good afternoon to everyone and first of all I'd like to express my happiness and joy in being invited as a mindfulness meditation teacher

in Rubin Museum by Ms. Jacqueline and the whole Rubin Museum team. So this month's theme is Refuge and the topic that I've chosen to speak on is Mount Kailash. So first of all I'd like to speak a few words on Refuge and then we can continue the meditation session. So the term Refuge. So Refuge is like the base foundation of all. the practice in Buddhism. So what is the meaning of refuge? So the meaning of like the refuge is like to surrender.

To surrender to something very powerful. So right now what we are like surrendering to is to the three jewels when we talk about the refuge in Buddhism, the Buddha Jewell, the Dharmadjewil and the Sangha Javl. So to understand the term refuge, I think first we need to understand the existence of samsara and that we can do through the four noble truths, which is the first one is the suffering and how the suffering arises and the path that eliminates the suffering and the fusion. So in this samsara, there is not even a single being. or a single any sentient being in the world who is not suffering.

So in this existence of suffering, so where is this suffering coming from? So the causes of the suffering is the afflictive emotions and the karmic depression. So these are the two main causes that creates the suffering of samsara. so to eradicate or eliminate this suffering so one should go to the path that eliminates the suffering which is love, compassion and wisdom

and then we finally reach to the state where there is no suffering which is known as Enlightenment or Buddhahood so basically in our life we all have like taken some sort of refuge. Like when we feel we're attacked or when we feel we are, someone has harmed us. Like suppose if we get hit by a car or someone,

then the first thing that comes to our mind is like we plan on suing the person or just pulling up upon a case or something like that. But if we have a proper practice of refuge, then just like the monk from the peace walk, although he was like, striked by a vehicle, but still, because of his practice of refuge, his practice of compassion, I think he offered forgiveness and expected nothing more. So due to this reason, I think, in order for your own self-practice, in order to become a good person, in order to be able to repent the teachings of Buddha, the first thing you need to know is the

phenomena of this samsara and second thing is to have faith in these three things three jewels to have faith that buddha is the enlightened one the one who has no suffering the one who is awakened and then when we have the faith in buddha then we can have faith in buddha's teaching which is the teaching of dharma so this dharma what it teaches is it teaches us to eliminate suffering through love, compassion and wisdom. What do we say? When we take refuge in Buddha, what we need to see is like to see Buddha as a being who is an awakened one.

And when we take refuge in Dharma, then we need to understand the teaching of non-violence and interdependent origin. And the reason we take refuge on the Sangha is that Although the teachings of Buddha is all in the Dharma, but still we need someone who can help us, like, who can help us guide exactly what has been told in the teachings. So because of these reasons, I think the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha is a very powerful source of refuge

and the base foundation of all the practice. So although we see, many practitioners like last time in Nepal when I was giving the teaching I told that we see many of practitioners they are always running after empowerment they're running after transmissions they're eager to learn many big practices of Vajra and a tradition but when they do not have a proper foundation of refutes then it is useless I say like you might gain some merit or you might gain some good experiences, but still in order to flourish the practice, you need to have the base of refuge.

And then coming down to the topic of this session, Mount Kailash, so Mount Kailash, the reason I chose Mount Kailash is because it is like a very holy place and also like very connected to me. because my monastery, Gekeeta Shicholing, it is very near to Mount Kailash. So many of the practitioners are from our Kajjee lineage, they have been to Mount Kailash to practice.

So similarly, the first Geige Rimpuche and the second, they have been a practitioner who has been helping the communities of Mount Kailas people and practicing in Mount Kailash. So the lineage itself, Mount Kuala, it is a very holy for not only Buddhist, but also for Hindus and to other religion as well. So from Buddhist perspective, we look it as like the home of the deity named Chakrasamwara. And in Hindu, I think we look it as the palace of Lord Shiva. And similarly, there are many like other religions who view it similar to that.

but from my own experience in 2010 when I got the opportunity to visit Mount Kailash and see it with my own eyes it's like it was a very like unexplainable experience so it was like a very big divine being standing in front of me and I could feel the energy and it felt so like blissful and that that was a wonderful experience during that time I the first thing I did was I offered prayers and I really stayed on meditation in that mountain for like around 15 to 20 minutes then it was very cold then we stepped down but it was a wonderful experience so similarly there are like other famous stories of like milleripa and the bourne tantric named Nakhchung who did a contest on climbing the Mount Kailash.

So basically what I think one should understand is like Mount Kailash, similarly other pilgrim sites like Bodgaya, Lumbini, all these holy sites, they themselves have a very like special power or like special energy. If one yogi or a practitioner is able to visit that place and practice in that very pilgrim, then he or hers practice can be like fulfilled easily, one says. So even in one great yogi's biography, he has written like to meditate on emptiness,

to meditate on emptiness for three months and to visit a holy pilgrim with pure intention, the amount of merit that one carries is almost equals. So in this samsara, according to the Vajrayana tradition, we believe the path to enlightenment is only two ways. One is to accumulate lots and lots of merit. Second is to eradicate all the suffering. So that is why I think today the topic Mount Kailas is very important to me and also important to everyone I feel.

So today, although we might not be able to be present there in person, but having this beautiful picture, we can imagine how beautiful it is. And also I think I want to lead today's mindfulness session meditating upon Mount Kailash. So today for I think 15 minutes we are going to to meditate on Mount Kailash, thinking it as a very holy divine energy, divine being or whatever one considers. So first of all, I'd like to request everyone to prepare their body postures. First your legs, if you're sitting down in a Vajra position, that's the best posture or else you can just, if you're sitting on a chair, you can just sit relaxed, then your back

must be straight and your hands either on your straight to your thighs or you can put in a Buddhist meditative posture however you feel comfortable and then your shoulders must be even your neck must be straight your head tilted slowly a little bit down and then your eyes also not too straight but like in an inclined way looking downwards so for 15 minutes we're going to meditate on, we're going to do a mindfulness meditation on Mount Kailash. Okay. If you are a Buddhist practitioner who knows that Mount Kailash as the home of Chakrasamwara, then you can also visualize Lord Chakrasamwara inseparable from Mount Kailash.

and if you are a Hindu, then you can view Mount Kailash as Lord Shiva and meditate upon it. If you cannot visualize Mount Kailash as Xakrasabhara or Lord Shiba, then you can just visualize the bound Kailash as it is. Your mind can be going back in the past or running in the future. but bring your mind together and meditate upon Mount Kailash. So now we can open our eyes. So this is a very short single pointed meditation on Mount Kailash. So lastly, I would like to thank everyone

and offer the merit that I have accumulated to all the Buddhas and Bodhisutas and Vash in 10 directions. Thank you. Thank you all for listening. And thank you so much for that, Rumbachella. That concludes this week's practice. If you enjoyed this podcast or are a weekly listener, we invite you to support this series by donating and becoming a friend of the Rubin

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