Before we get started with today's show, I want to tell you about something very cool

that we have cooking here.

Well, I think it's cool.

You can judge for yourself.

Here it is.

Back in October, I had the opportunity to spend some time with his holiness, the Dalai Lama,

Nobel Peace Prize winner, leader of the Tibetan Nation and exile, and arguably the best known

meditator on the planet.

I went with a small team to his home base of Darum Sala India to interview his holiness

for this podcast.

Yeah, I knew it would be interesting, but frankly, I very badly underestimated the sheer

volume of fascinating stuff that would go down while we were on the ground.

We ended up spending two weeks in his or it during which time we saw the Dalai Lama be directly

challenged about whether compassion can cut it in a cold world.

We witnessed his holiness make a bold and surprising and unconventional move in the name

of social connection.

We talked with him about dealing with difficult people, the concept of wise selfishness, the

deity who he believes is in charge of his rebirth, and we got a fascinating guided tour

of his own meditation practice.

Along the way, there were emotional breakdowns, sacred cows, marauding monkeys, and even some

potty humor from the Dalai Lama himself.

So much stuff happened that we decided to produce a five-part audio documentary, which is

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