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Jun 2024
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Ep. 548 – Revering Mountains with Wasfia...

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About this episode

Activist and mountaineer, Wasfia Nazreen, has an expansive talk with Raghu about her trek up the K2 peak and finding inner strength.

This time on Mindrolling, Wasfia and Raghu explore: 

  • Connecting to Mother Earth
  • How abandonment taught Wasfia that education was her pathway to freedom
  • How moving to Georgia gave Wasfia a deep connection to the culture of the American South
  • The Tonglen meditation technique and taking away the pain of others
  • How Wasfia was magnetized to Tibetan Buddhism
  • Wasfia’s journeys as a mountain climber and the healing power of climbing
  • Revering mountains as the home of Gods and Goddesses
  • Dead Zones and trekking up dangerous summits
  • Wasfia’s connection to the Dalai Lama and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

About Wasfia Nazreen:

Wasfia Nazreen is best known for being the only Bangladeshi and first Bengali in the world to climb the Seven Summits, the highest mountains of every continent. She is also the only woman to hold the simultaneous titles of National Geographic Explorer & Adventurer. An outspoken activist since her late teens, her passion has always been driven by causes close to her heart. A human-rights activist, an environmentalist, a writer, educator, pilot, and producer – Wasfia wears many hats, all of which are grounded in strong foundations of meditation and self-realization practices. Learn more about her and follow her many adventures on her websiteFacebookInstagram, and Twitter

“Ultimately, we are our own teachers, we are our own gurus, and we’re all here on our own individual karmic path, and what are we doing with it?” – Wasfia Nazreen


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