A meditation, reflection, and (just the) responses to questions on the distinct expressions and paths of hedonic, eudaimonic, and nibbanic happiness, it's relationship to pleasant abiding, our deepest values, ethical conduct, and release.

This dhamma talk, guided meditation, comments, questions and responses was offered on July 18, 2026 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” 00:00 - 25:05 GUIDED MEDITATION 25:05 - 54:10 DHAMMA TALK 54:10 - 1:29:02 COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & RESPONSES

In this guided meditation, the breath becomes a frame - a halo around whatever picture we slot into it - as we move through the third tetrad's four ways of looking at the mind. We'll settle into the stillness already underneath the mind's activity, the way silence sits beneath sound; let a basic gladness surface, an inward brightness already present rather than something we have to chase down; gather the mind into a felt sense of wholeness and integration; and finally practice the small, ordinary liberations already available to us - the fist opening, the self growing quieter, a way of looking that's already free.

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