Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche is a world-renowned meditation teacher born in Nepal in 1975, known for integrating traditional Buddhist practice with contemporary neuroscience to make meditation accessible to modern students. As the son of the revered teacher Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, he began studying meditation as a young child and personally overcame severe anxiety and panic attacks through practice. He collaborates with leading neuroscientists including Richard Davidson at the University of Wisconsin on groundbreaking research studying meditation's effects on the brain and mind. His bestselling books—The Joy of Living, Joyful Wisdom, and In Love with the World—have been translated into over twenty languages, and he was featured in Netflix's series The Mind, Explained. As head of the Tergar Meditation Community, Rinpoche teaches students in more than thirty countries worldwide, emphasizing that buddha-nature can be summed up in a single word: courage—the courage to be exactly as we are, with all our doubts and uncertainties.