We are all philosophers of happiness. Retreat practice provides the opportunity to examine our strategies and model of the good life. We often find that we have a redemptive hope in clinging.
This talk highlights how we cling and explores a path of letting go.
(retreat talk) - By dedicating ourselves to loving the life that is right here--ourselves--we discover the heartspace that holds this world. This talk explores the pathways of forgiveness, offering and letting in love, and gratitude that reveal the vastness of loving presence.
The eight fold path is often emphasized as the set of practices that support us to reach liberation. It is also described as being the" possession" of those who are liberated. So we can understand that in our practice of the eight fold path, we are emulating those who are free.
This 2-part series explores conditioned and unconditioned happiness: What blocks us from experiencing true well-being, and the skillful means that allow this natural expression of our being to shine through.
All conditioned things (read: everything) are constantly changing. These were the Buddha’s last words to us. To the degree to which we are able to live this truth is to the degree that we end our struggle with life and live in this world with happiness and ease. All aspects of this retreat including the sitting and walking instructions, the dharma talk and even the format of the retreat will incorporate the teachings of change.
All conditioned things (read: everything) are constantly changing. These were the Buddha’s last words to us. To the degree to which we are able to live this truth is to the degree that we end our struggle with life and live in this world with happiness and ease. All aspects of this retreat including the sitting and walking instructions, the dharma talk and even the format of the retreat will incorporate the teachings of change.
Nibbana or Nirvana is the final goal of meditation practice From the time we begin the practice we begin to experience peace and happiness until we realize final liberation.
