Transforming the Mind: The Practice of Lojong in Everyday Life

Description

With Matthew Zalichin

This thoughtful session offers a grounded introduction to the practice of Lojong, inviting participants to explore how timeless mind-training teachings can support inner transformation in everyday life. Rather than treating these teachings as abstract ideas, the conversation focuses on how they can be applied in real situations, helping to cultivate greater clarity, resilience, and mindfulness amid daily challenges.

Matthew Zalichin will guide the experience in a warm, approachable way, creating space to reflect on habitual patterns of thought and how they may be met with more awareness and compassion. The discussion highlights how small shifts in perspective can influence relationships, work, and personal practice, making the teachings feel relevant and usable.

Participants can expect an inspiring and reflective experience that encourages both contemplation and practical application, while deepening their connection to a meaningful tradition and its lasting wisdom.

Teachers

Matthew Zalichin

Bio Matthew Zalichin’s journey into Buddhism began in 1971, while he was still an undergraduate. Over the decades, he trained with many of the most respected Tibetan lamas of both past and present generations, developing a strong connection to the Kagyu and Nyingma lineages through his root gurus, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, whom he first met in 1977. His...