Ep. 248 – Cortland Dahl

For episode 248, Cortland Dahl makes his first appearance on the Metta Hour to speak about his new book, “A Meditator’s Guide to Buddhism: The Path of Awareness, Compassion, and Wisdom.”
Cortland is a scientist, Buddhist scholar & translator, and meditation teacher. He is the co-founder of Tergar International (tergar.org), a global network of meditation centers, with Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (tergar.org/about-2/mingyur-rinpoche). Cortland is also actively involved in scientific research on meditation and human flourishing at the Center for Healthy Minds (centerhealthyminds.org).
In this conversation, Sharon and Cortland discuss:
• What brought Cortland to spiritual practice
• Eastern versus Western cultural conditioning
• The Tibetan culture of being
• Reclaiming the word “devotion”
• Cortland learning the Tibetan language
• The impetus for Cortland’s new book
• The Dalai Lama’s first visit to IMS and North America
• The Four Noble Truths
• Cortland’s first encounter with Buddhism
• Learning to take refuge
• How long until we’re enlightened?
• Nurturing our inspirations
• Recreating ancient traditions in the 21st Century
• Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
• The Center for Healthy Minds
Cortland closes the conversation with a guided meditation on Open Awareness. You can learn more about Cortland’s work and get a copy of “A Meditator’s Guide to Buddhism” right here (shambhala.com/meditators-guide-to-buddhism.html).
Learn more about Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche and Tergar International right here (tergar.org) and the Center for Healthy Minds right here (centerhealthyminds.org).

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