A Buddhist Recipe for Handling Turmoil | Kaira Jewel Lingo

10% Happier with Dan Harris

10% Media, LLC

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

We all know that change is inevitable and impermanence is non-negotiable. But somehow it can feel surprising, maybe even wrong, when we personally hit turbulence. The Buddha had a lot to say about this, and so does our guest.

Kaira Jewel Lingo has come back to the show to talk about her new book, We Were Made for These Times: Ten Lessons on Moving Through Change, Loss, and Disruption. This episode explores a few of those strategies including: waking up to what's happening right now; trusting the unknown; a Buddhist list called the Five Remembrances; how gratitude helps us in times of disruption; and accepting what is (and why this is different from resignation or passivity).

Kaira herself is no stranger to impermanence: she spent 15 years as a Buddhist nun, and then decided to leave, which caused no small amount of disruption.

Please note: There are brief mentions of domestic violence, abuse, the suffering of refugees, and war in this episode.

To help you find your way during times of upheaval, loss, and transition, Kaira Jewel has recorded a series of meditations in the Ten Percent Happier app. Check it out by downloading the Ten Percent Happier app wherever you get your apps, tapping on the Singles tab, and searching for the topic called "Made for These Hard Times." Or, you can just click here.

And while you're there, be sure to listen to our new podcast, Twenty Percent Happier, available exclusively in the Ten Percent Happier app.

Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/kaira-jewel-lingo-390

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is the 10% happier podcast.
0:05.6	I'm Dan Harris.
0:07.0	Hey, hey, today it's a Buddhist recipe for handling turmoil.
0:14.9	Of course, we all know, at least intellectually, that change is inevitable, impermanence
0:19.5	is non-negotiable, but somehow it can feel surprising, maybe even unnatural or wrong,
0:24.6	when we personally hit turbulence.
0:27.7	The Buddha had a lot to say about this, so does our guest.
0:31.3	Kyra Jule Lingo was on the show a few months ago.
0:33.6	We liked her so much.
0:34.6	We asked her to come back when her new book came out, and it's now out.
0:38.3	The book is called, We Were Made For These Times 10 Lessons on Moving Through Change,
0:42.5	Loss and Disruption.
0:44.1	In this conversation, we talk about some of those 10 strategies, including waking up to
0:47.8	what's happening right now, trusting the unknown, easier said than done, a Buddhist list called
0:53.5	the Five Remembrances, how gratitude helps in times of disruption, and accepting what
0:59.9	is and why this is different from resignation or passivity.
1:03.7	We start though with a personal story about an earthquake in Kyra Jule's own life.
1:08.6	She spent 15 years as a Buddhist nun and then decided to leave, which as you will hear,
1:13.0	caused no small amount of disruption.
1:16.3	A few technical notes.
1:17.9	You're going to hear some bird sounds and an occasional lawnmower, or what we think
1:21.5	was a lawnmower in the background here, the perils of making a podcast in a pandemic.
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