After sharing a personal story, th talk explores working with some of the challenging states of mind and body, followed by a teaching on the essence of Prajnaparamita, emphasizing the qualities of vast space, bliss and compassion.
Turning toward the dharma by reflecting on the refuge of the Buddha, dharna and sangha and the possibility of a kind of happiness and well being born of mindfulness that is free and open
What is it we are taking refuge from? Where do we find refuge? What is our relationship to taking refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, Sangha? The investigation of these questions is a practice in and of itself.
Turning toward the Dharma by reflecting on the refuge of the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha and the possibility of a kind of happiness and well-being born of mindfulness that is free and open.
Within the movement of walking, the mind becomes still. There is a lovely quality of movement and stillness. That’s where a centre that begins to occur, a centre of awareness. Not held through fixation or obsession, it arises with the factor of ease, factor of repeated process, just going through it again and again, and clearing out the obstacles.
