The Empty Cup Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-empty-cup An empty cup is not blankness; it’s availability. It is the willingness to look more closely at our assumptions, to meet life in a relaxed manner with an open heart. Open to accepting the present moment as it is. If your mind is full—full of opinions, expectations, habitual thinking—, this podcast invites you to sit back, relax and be emptied. Copyright Tsering Paldron 62b720be-49ad-5db0-afe7-1725c28a6959 yes Support this podcast en Wed, 20 May 2026 19:06:51 +0100 Wed, 20 May 2026 19:07:35 +0100 https://tseringpaldron.com/eng/ https://img.transistorcdn.com/H_xu9Mf6WQV_WlUbwtFkxs97on2_hBs_7zKQnBThqdY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mYTQz/ZTI3NTM4ZjVhN2Iy/ZDBjMjdhMDc2MWE3/YWRhYy5wbmc.jpg The Empty Cup https://tseringpaldron.com/eng/ episodic Tsering Paldron An empty cup is not blankness; it’s availability. It is the willingness to look more closely at our assumptions, to meet life in a relaxed manner with an open heart. Open to accepting the present moment as it is. If your mind is full—full of opinions, expectations, habitual thinking—, this podcast invites you to sit back, relax and be emptied. An empty cup is not blankness; it’s availability. mindfulness meditation awareness presence contemplation buddhism inner peace reflection Tsering Paldron tseringpaldron@gmail.com No No The Heart of Sadness 5 5 The Heart of Sadness full 42d65754-9fcc-4a38-9b61-87e43d72282c https://share.transistor.fm/s/b3cae0a8 There is a kind of sadness that is not only about loss. When what we rely on falls away, something older is revealed—an underlying openness we usually try to cover. When we dare to face it, we develop the courage to remain open. Even when nothing is resolved. Even when nothing is promised. Even when life does not give us what we hoped for.
This episode explores what happens when we do not rush to fill that space, and how the ache, when met directly, can soften into a quiet tenderness.

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]]> There is a kind of sadness that is not only about loss. When what we rely on falls away, something older is revealed—an underlying openness we usually try to cover. When we dare to face it, we develop the courage to remain open. Even when nothing is resolved. Even when nothing is promised. Even when life does not give us what we hoped for.
This episode explores what happens when we do not rush to fill that space, and how the ache, when met directly, can soften into a quiet tenderness.

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]]> Tue, 19 May 2026 08:38:40 +0100 Tsering Paldron Tsering Paldron 623 There is a kind of sadness that is not only about loss. When what we rely on falls away, something older is revealed—an underlying openness we usually try to cover. When we dare to face it, we develop the courage to remain open. Even when nothing is resolved. Even when nothing is promised. Even when life does not give us what we hoped for.
This episode explores what happens when we do not rush to fill that space, and how the ache, when met directly, can soften into a quiet tenderness.

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]]> mindfulness meditation awareness presence contemplation buddhism inner peace reflection No The eyelash in the eye 4 4 The eyelash in the eye full 42f475b7-a8bd-4689-9ad8-22afad9267bc https://share.transistor.fm/s/c8eb80e2 For some, the unease of being is barely noticeable. For others, it is immediate and intimate.

This episode explores that quiet, persistent ache—and what becomes possible when we stop trying to cover it, and begin to look more closely.

★ Support this podcast ★ ]]> For some, the unease of being is barely noticeable. For others, it is immediate and intimate.

This episode explores that quiet, persistent ache—and what becomes possible when we stop trying to cover it, and begin to look more closely.

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This episode explores that quiet, persistent ache—and what becomes possible when we stop trying to cover it, and begin to look more closely.

★ Support this podcast ★ ]]> mindfulness meditation awareness presence contemplation buddhism inner peace reflection No Detachment 3 3 Detachment full 416ac26d-fa08-4241-84fd-7bb81859f1a1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/9e190a5a Detachment is often misunderstood. It is not avoidance. Not indifference. Not a way of withdrawing after being hurt. It is not an excuse to escape commitment or responsibility. Detachment is closer to sovereignty. It arises naturally when we begin to live from within, rather than from the sense of being separate and incomplete. 

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]]> Detachment is often misunderstood. It is not avoidance. Not indifference. Not a way of withdrawing after being hurt. It is not an excuse to escape commitment or responsibility. Detachment is closer to sovereignty. It arises naturally when we begin to live from within, rather than from the sense of being separate and incomplete. 

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]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:44:20 +0100 Tsering Paldron Tsering Paldron 830 Detachment is often misunderstood. It is not avoidance. Not indifference. Not a way of withdrawing after being hurt. It is not an excuse to escape commitment or responsibility. Detachment is closer to sovereignty. It arises naturally when we begin to live from within, rather than from the sense of being separate and incomplete. 

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]]> mindfulness meditation awareness presence contemplation buddhism inner peace reflection No Letting Go 2 2 Letting Go full 9436419e-ca2c-4688-9783-f3b5fdb470e9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c009f76e We often think letting go is something we must do—an effort, a decision, a release. But what if letting go is not an action at all?
This episode explores a quieter possibility: that letting go happens when we stop trying to hold what was never ours to begin with.

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]]> We often think letting go is something we must do—an effort, a decision, a release. But what if letting go is not an action at all?
This episode explores a quieter possibility: that letting go happens when we stop trying to hold what was never ours to begin with.

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]]> Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Tsering Paldron Tsering Paldron 745 We often think letting go is something we must do—an effort, a decision, a release. But what if letting go is not an action at all?
This episode explores a quieter possibility: that letting go happens when we stop trying to hold what was never ours to begin with.

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]]> mindfulness meditation awareness presence contemplation buddhism inner peace reflection No This is it 1 1 This is it full f1618014-cd5c-4a10-a026-f99682f4e042 https://share.transistor.fm/s/df31ac2e We live leaning forward — toward the next achievement, the next recognition, the next love. Even spiritual life can become another version of that leaning. We hope to become wiser, freer, more awakened. And in that hope, we keep contentment always postponed.

Waiting is a subtle addiction. At best, something we hoped for happens, and we feel briefly soothed. Then the habit returns. The search resumes. “This is it”, interrupts the momentum. It is not a grand realisation. Just a return. A reminder to inhabit the moment. Again and again.

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]]> We live leaning forward — toward the next achievement, the next recognition, the next love. Even spiritual life can become another version of that leaning. We hope to become wiser, freer, more awakened. And in that hope, we keep contentment always postponed.

Waiting is a subtle addiction. At best, something we hoped for happens, and we feel briefly soothed. Then the habit returns. The search resumes. “This is it”, interrupts the momentum. It is not a grand realisation. Just a return. A reminder to inhabit the moment. Again and again.

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]]> Sun, 22 Mar 2026 20:57:06 +0000 Tsering Paldron Tsering Paldron 846 We live leaning forward — toward the next achievement, the next recognition, the next love. Even spiritual life can become another version of that leaning. We hope to become wiser, freer, more awakened. And in that hope, we keep contentment always postponed.

Waiting is a subtle addiction. At best, something we hoped for happens, and we feel briefly soothed. Then the habit returns. The search resumes. “This is it”, interrupts the momentum. It is not a grand realisation. Just a return. A reminder to inhabit the moment. Again and again.

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