{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Taking Care in Pandemic: Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche\u2019s Reflections on Our Mental Priorities","description":"It\u2019s again our privilege to present another podcast with Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. This finds him in a conversation with Polly Banerjee Gallagher and Jack Gipple,  primarily focusing on how to work with our minds and relationships in this time of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Rinpoche had been scheduled to record with us long before the various social restrictions came into play, and we found ourselves thinking how fortunate it was that he was doing these teachings at precisely this time\u2014right when we need help with thinking about how to ride this avalanche of novel and threatening experiences. There\u2019s so much potential for fear, confusion, and of closing one\u2019s heart toward others\u2014all of which is exactly what Rinpoche addresses. To say the least, these teachings are as timely as they are accurate. As I listened to Rinpoche talk, it was striking how powerful it is to hear someone speak with such clarity and wisdom, especially considering how fearful and polarized our world can feel. Particularly at the political level, our world\u2019s accustomed to an \u201cus and them\u201d view. But beginning with our immediate relationships and extending to the entire planet, Rinpoche speaks to our complete interconnectedness, the reality of our world as actually \u201cus and us.\u201d His words are instructions, a prayer, and blessings. Please join us in this prayer, that even though we find ourselves in a difficult time, we can collectively create environments that will foster the health and sanity of everyone\u2014every nation, and of our planet as a whole. May this talk by Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche accomplish all that.  ","author_name":"Windhorse Journal Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/windhorsecommunityservices.com\/journal\/","html":"