Lodro Rinzler: Basic Goodness in a World on Fire
6/16/20261 hr 3 min
How do you hold true to your convictions to be good in a world that’s on fire? Tami Simon speaks with Buddhist meditation teacher and author Lodro Rinzler about his new book, You Are Good. You Are Enough, exploring the practice of basic goodness: how to free ourselves from the trap of doubt, extend that recognition to others, and find wholeness even inside a fractured society.
This conversation offers genuine transmission—not just concepts about awakening, but the palpable presence of realized teachers exploring the growing edge of spiritual understanding together. Originally aired on Sounds True One.
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First 90 secondsTami Simon· Host0:00
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Lodro Rinzler· Guest0:02
[gentle music] It's hard to ask people to contemplate that an idiot all the way up to an authoritarian ruler or p- to politician possesses basic goodness. It's difficult for me. Then I think, "Okay, they have people who love them, who love them back. They experience moments of genuine open-heartedness with those individuals." There are certain moments where they actually are connected to basic goodness. Could they come back to that?
Tami Simon· Host0:30
In this episode of Insights at the Edge, my guest is Lodro Rinzler, a Buddhist meditation teacher, a father, and the author of seven books, including the international bestseller, The Buddha Walks into a Bar. He's the founder of the Basic Goodness Collective, which is an online meditation community, and he's the author of a new book, You Are Good, You Are Enough: Free Yourself from the Trap of Doubt and Return to Basic Goodness. Friends, stay with us. [upbeat music] Insights at the Edge is supported by Omega Institute. Located on 250 acres