Cultivating Compassion in a Divided World

Lessons learned from 12 years of serious meditation.

Diego Perez is a meditator and #1 New York Times bestselling author who is widely known by his pen name, Yung Pueblo. His writing focuses on the power of self-healing, creating healthy relationships, and the wisdom that comes when we truly work on knowing ourselves. 

In this episode we talk about:

• How to burn off your mind’s conditioning
• The suffering that comes from clinging in a world characterized by relentless change
• What selfless listening is, and how to do it
• The liberation that comes from equanimity
• Some of the incredibly valuable lessons he’s learned from 12 years of meditation
• How to make better decisions for your future self
• How to have boundless compassion without being a pushover
• Why  being able to see perspectives outside of your own is a sign of intelligence and mental strength
• And much more

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• Jack Kornfield & Yung Pueblo On: How To Meditate When You’re Freaking Out, the Limits of the Thinking Mind, & Balancing Self-Interest with Compassion
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Additional Resources: 

• How To Love Better
• The Inward Trilogy
• Yung Pueblo on Substack 
• Yung Pueblo on Instagram
• Insight Meditation Society
• Dhamma.org