How to cultivate a healthy mind
with Geshe Tenzin Gurmyi

The mind gets heavy when there's too much in it — old worries, unfinished thoughts, the noise of everyday life. In these teachings, Geshe Tenzin Gurmyi offers a way through that weight, drawing on decades of study across every major Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

You'll be introduced to practices, each addressing something we all quietly struggle with. Hope, when meaning feels distant. Joy, when it's easy to overlook what's already good. Strength of mind, when stress and setbacks threaten to knock us off balance. Peace, when the noise inside won't settle. And clarity, when too many thoughts make even small decisions feel hard.

None of this happens overnight, and no one can hand you a clear mind — but with guidance, patience, and practice, it's something you can build for yourself, one piece at a time.

about Rimé Geshe Tenzin Gurmyi

Geshe Tenzin Gurmyi was born in 1976 in the Tibetan settlement of Phuntsokling, Odisha, the fourth of seven children. From an early age he showed unusual devotion and discipline, and after completing his schooling through the eleventh grade, a powerful dream awakened in him an irresistible wish to become a monk. In 1994 he entered the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in Dharamsala, receiving full ordination from His Holiness the Dalai Lama himself.

Though drawn strongly to meditation, he was once advised by a Drikung-Kagyu master to first ground himself in study, who told him: *"Meditation without study is like climbing a cliff without hands."* He took this counsel to heart and returned to his studies with redoubled intensity, training in the five great treatises and the tantric systems, and seeking teachings across Nyingma, Sakya, and Kagyu traditions without sectarian bias. He received empowerments and guidance from many great masters, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

In 2009, he graduated top of his class with the rare Rimé (Non-Sectarian) Geshe degree, and from 2010 to 2017 taught at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, known for making the deepest points of Buddhist philosophy clear and practical for his students.

In 2017, due to poor health, he retired from this teaching position. Once his health improved, he continued guiding many students — both local and foreign — in matters of this and future lives, teaching the Dharma of the great and small vehicles, and engaging in approximation retreats, among other activities. He currently serves as a Teacher at the Serkong Institute for Buddhist Studies.

May his life remain stable and long, and his guidance continue to nourish his students like the summer rains.

See the biography written by Tsenshap Serkong Tulku