Let me tell you about an experience that happened to me recently. In late August, I walked into the Drepung Gomang Center for Engaging Compassion, just down the street from my home in Louisville, Kentucky for an event called Cultivating Joy and Wonder through Mindfulness and Meditation. Guys, I pass by this place on the way to work every single day and I’ve actually spent some meditative time in the prayer room.

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