The Most Important Thing

In this conversation, Loch Kelly interviews Sam. They discuss Sam’s study with renowned Dzogchen teacher Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, and the improbable lengths to which he went for Rinpoche’s tutelage; the importance of cultivating meditative insight; the “reason to be dissatisfied” with common approaches to meditation; useful ways of framing guided meditation sessions; the characteristics of a selfless state; the important difference between attention and awareness; and other topics.