Thomas Faupl is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice in San Francisco. He was a Diamond Heart student for several years before returning to Buddhism as his primary spiritual path. For the past nine years, Thomas has been a student of Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, one of the first lamas to bring the Bon Dzogchen teachings of Tibet to the West. Thomas has a particular interest in the interface between the complementary practices of Buddhist meditation and psychotherapy. Support the show______________ To participate live and be notified of upcoming speakers in advance, please Like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/gaybuddhistfellowship) or visit https://gaybuddhist.org/calendar/ To support our efforts to share these talks with LGBTQIA audiences worldwide, please visit www.GayBuddhist.org.There you can: * Donate * Learn how to participate live * Find our schedule of upcoming speakers * Join our mailing list or discussion forum * Enjoy many hundreds of these recorded talks dating back to 1996 CREDITSAudio Engineer: George HubbardProducer: Tom BrueinMusic/Logo/Artwork: Derek Lassiter