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The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
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2019-02-10
Communication as Daily Practice
50:24
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Oren Jay Sofer
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Oren Jay Sofer presents the second talk in a speaker series on The Engaged Buddhist. Here he speaks on our practice off the cushion, pointing out that we spend the vast majority of our days communicating in one way or another. He describes three practices to improve our relationships with others: leading with presence, cultivating the intention to understand the other, and training our focus.
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Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
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Engaged Buddhism
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2019-02-05
Engaged Buddhism
3:44:38
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Ayya Santussika,
Bill Kostura and Phil Goodwin,
Jennifer Dungan,
Oren Jay Sofer
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Meditation instructions are sometimes misinterpreted to imply that one should disengage from activity and suspend all judgment. Buddhist advice on “letting go” can be misunderstood to suggest that problems in the world can or should be ignored. Yet the Pali canon shows that the Buddha taught practical social and economic remedies, and urged monks to travel so they could benefit the largest number of people.
Thích Nhất Hạnh coined the term “engaged Buddhism” to describe efforts to respond to the suffering in his country during the Vietnam war, work he saw as part of meditation and mindfulness practice rather than something apart from it. In this series, some local “engaged Buddhists” will share how they personally apply Buddhist wisdom to engage with the suffering around us, in areas such as social action, prison ministry, and environmentalism.
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Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
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