Episode 2/4 on The Four Thoughts That Turn the Mind, and this time we are talking about the “precious human rebirth” and pondering the unique opportunity that human beings have to practice the path to awakening. And to discuss this I am joined by Joe Evans, founder of the Rangdröl Foundation and teacher of Dzogchen under the name Jigme Rangdröl.

The Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind, also known as the Four Reminders, are a set of Buddhist contemplations that encourage practitioners to turn their minds away from worldly distractions and towards spiritual practice. These thoughts are: 1) the preciousness of a human rebirth, 2) impermanence and death, 3) karma (cause and effect), and 4) the unsatisfactory nature of samsara (cyclic existence).

The first episode of this series was on Karma (see our podcast feed for that one) but it’s not necessary to listen to them all in order!

To find out more about Joe Evans, visit:

https://www.rangdrolfoundation.org/

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