Ep. 644 – You Are Enough: Recognizing Our Basic Goodness with Lodro Rinzler
Mindrolling with Raghu Markus
Be Here Now Network
4.7 • 542 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Drawing from decades of Buddhist practice and lived experience, Lodro Rinzler helps listeners overcome self-doubt and reconnect with their inherent goodness.
Grab a copy of Lodro Rinzler’s recently released book, You Are Good, You Are Enough.
This week on Mindrolling, Raghu and Lodro explore:
- Keeping an open mind towards all wisdom traditions
- Lessons from Tibetan master Khandro Rinpoche
- Having gratitude for obstacles and challenges
- Recognizing where seeds of doubt have been planted in our lives
- The insidious inner voice that tries to convince us we are not complete as is
- Getting in touch with our awakened nature
- How doubt can actually manifest as arrogance (I know better than to trust these people, these things)
- Capitalism and how industries make money off the idea that we are not okay
- Learning to love ourselves unconditionally
- Grappling with the fact that every human being has inherent, basic goodness
- The gift of offering another our undivided attention
About Lodro Rinzler:
Lodro Rinzler is a Buddhist meditation teacher and award-winning author of 7 books, including the bestseller The Buddha Walks Into A Bar, and Take Back Your Mind: Buddhist Advice for Anxious Times. He is co-founder of MNDFL Meditation studios in NYC, and was named one of ’50 Innovators Shaping the Future of Wellness’ by SONIMA. Rinzler’s work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Good Morning America, CBS, and NBC. He has taught meditation for 20 years in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and has spoken across the world at conferences, universities, Google, Harvard, and the White House. Lodro resides in the Hudson Valley with his wife and their four-legged family of animals. More at LodroRinzler.com
“The world is on fire, it’s troubling times. I think if we start to recognize basic goodness in one another, then it will really transform the world.” –Lodro Rinzler
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| 0:00.0 | A good meditation teacher isn't just someone who meditates a lot. |
| 0:06.0 | Guiding someone else through the experience of sitting with their own mind is a genuine skill, |
| 0:12.0 | one that requires real training and an ongoing commitment to your own growth as a teacher and practitioner. |
| 0:20.0 | Join renowned Buddhist teacher David Nicturn for a free |
| 0:23.4 | online event on Tuesday, May 5th at 6 p.m. Eastern, exploring the key elements of teaching mindfulness |
| 0:31.6 | meditation. He'll also discuss the upcoming Dharma Moon 100-hour mindfulness meditation teacher training. |
| 0:40.5 | You'll have a chance to ask questions, meet the teaching team, and find out whether the program |
| 0:45.7 | might be a good fit for you. |
| 0:48.9 | Visit Dharmamoon.com backslash elements. |
| 0:52.0 | That's Dharmamoon.com backslash elements for more information and to reserve |
| 0:57.7 | your spot for the free event on Tuesday, May 5th. |
| 1:22.5 | Hey everyone. It's Ragu back with Mind Rolling and Lodro Rinsler, who I have not talked to in quite some time. |
| 1:23.3 | Welcome, Lodro. |
| 1:25.7 | Hey, thanks for having me back on the show. |
| 1:27.3 | I am very excited to be here. |
| 1:40.0 | So, well, Lodro is many things amongst the meditation teacher and author of a number of books. |
| 1:45.8 | And there's a new one out which is, grab my attention, you are good, you are enough. |
| 1:53.1 | And it really centers around the fact that we all have a basic goodness that we need to maybe recognize a little bit more. |
| 1:57.0 | And this book will help to do that. |
| 1:59.7 | But I wanted to get into some of the things that are in it |
| 2:03.1 | yet what he'd been doing lately we got to catch up a little bit i know i was going to say before |
| 2:10.2 | it's a different world no i mean look at this that's a way understatement i know I feel like last time we were talking about |
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