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I try to convey that the wisdom and compassion we are looking for is already inside of us. I see practice as learning how to purify our mind and heart so we can hear the Buddha inside. In doing so, we naturally embody the dharma and help awaken that understanding and love in others we meet.

I try to use the formal teachings as a doorway for people to see the truth in themselves. I feel I'm doing my job when people look into themselves to come to their own deep understandings of the truth, access their own inner wisdom and trust in their "Buddha-knowing," as Ajahn Chah called it, which is different from their intellectual knowing.

The Buddha-knowing is a deeper place, underneath the concepts, which is in touch with the truth, with our seed of awakening. I want practitioners to have more and more confidence in, and familiarity with, that deeper place of knowing. It is accessing this dimension of our being that becomes the guide to cutting through the confusion caused by greed and fear. We have everything we need inside ourselves. We do not need to look to a teacher when we remember who we really are.

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2014-12-03 Opening (with Jill) - Basic Attitudes for Intensive Retreat Practice 1:20:05	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley (Casa Pallotti) : Casa Pallotti Melbourne Retreat

2014-11-20 "Grace Disguised as Obstacle" 50:46	Download Listen
It's one thing to remember and cultivate gratitude for the blessings in our life. But it's even more profound to experience the possibility of a grateful heart even in the midst of difficulties.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2014-10-23 "I Just Can't Decide!" - Wise Discernment in Daily Life 58:10	Download Listen
We are continuously faced with decisions in our lives. Some are minor while others are more significant. How can we skillfully choose between all the options?
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2014-10-19 Mindfulness and Climate Action : 3 68:37	Download Listen
with Catherine McGee, Chris Cullen, James Baraz, Thanissara
Thanissara with James Baraz, Catherine McGee and Chris Cullen.
In collection: Mindfulness and Climate Action

2014-10-18 No Doing 11:28	Download Listen
with Anam Thubten
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2014-10-18 Emaho! How amazing! Wonder and Awe 33:10	Download Listen
with Anam Thubten
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2014-10-18 The Magic of Awareness, Part 3 1:50:54	Download Listen
with Anam Thubten
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2014-10-18 The Magic of Awareness, Part 1 3:10:43	Download Listen
with Anam Thubten
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2014-10-16 The Magic of Awareness 57:28	Download Listen
In examining the mind we can see the insubstantiality of our thoughts and the mysterious ground of emptiness from which they arise. This talk includes songs from the Tibetan classic Flight of the Garuda which explores the nature of awareness--empty of substance but at the same time fully awake.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

2014-10-09 "A Moment of Freedom: Interrupting Negative Thoughts." 58:56	Download Listen
Even though we know that jumping on a particular thought train might lead to trouble in the mind, we can still hop on. How can we wake up and more consciously choose before taking the leap?
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley : IMCB Regular Talks

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