Buddhist Monk Gelong Thubten on Anxiety and Mindfulness

All The Small Things

Venetia La Manna

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🗓️ 16 March 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Gelong Thubten (he/him) is a Buddhist monk, meditation teacher and author. He became a monk 26 years ago at Samye Ling Tibetan Monastery in Scotland, and has spent over six years in intensive meditation retreats, the longest of which was 4 years long. He is now regarded as one of the UK’s most influential meditation teachers, with pioneering work teaching in universities, schools, companies such as Google, hospitals, prisons and rehab centres. He has lectured at Oxford University and for the United Nations, and he provides courses to medical students, doctors and nurses. He trained Benedict Cumberbatch and Tilda Swinton in meditation on the set of the Marvel movie ‘Dr. Strange’ and he collaborated with Ruby Wax and neuroscientist Ash Ranpura on the book and theatre tour ‘How to be Human’. Thubten is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller ‘A Monk’s Guide to Happiness’ and his next book ‘Handbook for Hard Times’ will be published in 2022.

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1:12.0	I think it's really important just to do what makes you happy and not give yourself a hard time.
1:17.2	If you are staying up late, don't judge yourself. If you're scrolling through Instagram too much,
1:21.8	don't judge yourself. Just do it and let it go. I think what we do that's problematic is we tell
1:27.1	ourselves, we shouldn't be doing this, we shouldn't be doing that. It's all about self-acceptance.
1:32.2	And then things get into balance and our addictions start to slightly kind of dissipate if we're not
1:37.1	giving ourselves such a hard time over them.
1:43.8	Hello, it's Finisha and welcome back to all the small things. If you're new here,
1:47.9	please do be sure to follow and subscribe, as I would love to have you back for each of the
1:52.1	episodes of this nine-part season. This week, I am so delighted to be joined by my friend,
1:56.9	Galon Tukton. Tukton is a Buddhist monk, meditation teacher and author. He became a monk 26
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