This is synchronicity. This is Synchronicity.

Welcome for your first time, if you're a new listener, and welcome back if you've been listening.

So glad you're returning.

My guest this week is Vajriana teacher, Lama, Lama Somo.

I found out about Lama Somo from an earlier podcast I did with Sharon Salzberg, also excellent

Dharma teacher, and I asked her what she was reading and she said she was looking forward to

reading this book called Why is the Dalai Lama always smiling?

And I was like, oh, that sounds interesting.

And Lama Somo happens to be the author of that

book. So I got in touch. She sent me a copy of the book. And I will say this, definitely doing the

book giveaway this week. It's this book. Why is the Dalai Lama always smiling? But if you don't win,

and how do you enter the book giveaway contest? Great question. I'm glad you asked. Go to syncpodcast.com. That's

S-Y-N-C podcast.com and join the community. It's on the right side. It might be a pop-up if you haven't

been there before. Join the community automatically entered. Can get a book. Talk to the other people

who've already did it. There's a forum on sync podcast if you want to talk about if you're a winner of one of those

books. And maybe you read the book. Maybe you liked it. But yeah, I'm giving away a copy of this book

this week. An excellent, excellent, excellent, excellent practical guide to Tibetan Buddhism,

including basic introductory explanations and explications of various meditation techniques,

Shemata, Tonglin.

Very cool, very easy to understand.

And just like a very beautiful book.

It's just, you can tell there's a lot of thought and care and attention that went into it

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