A welcoming talk for retreatants joining an on-going long retreat. Description of the process of forming community, and entering silence. An exploration of the power of motivation as retreatants turn to the Great Task.
First of 2 talks about the five precepts as instruction for meditation practice; as both path to and expression of our pabhassara citta, radiant clear mind.
Understanding Saddha (faith) the first of the 5 Spiritual Faculties.
How this Buddhist version of faith is different from naive faith, authoritarian faith and consumer faith.
What is called faith when we practice this capacity of mind.
