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I try to convey that the wisdom and compassion we are looking for is already inside of us. I see practice as learning how to purify our mind and heart so we can hear the Buddha inside. In doing so, we naturally embody the dharma and help awaken that understanding and love in others we meet.

I try to use the formal teachings as a doorway for people to see the truth in themselves. I feel I'm doing my job when people look into themselves to come to their own deep understandings of the truth, access their own inner wisdom and trust in their "Buddha-knowing," as Ajahn Chah called it, which is different from their intellectual knowing.

The Buddha-knowing is a deeper place, underneath the concepts, which is in touch with the truth, with our seed of awakening. I want practitioners to have more and more confidence in, and familiarity with, that deeper place of knowing. It is accessing this dimension of our being that becomes the guide to cutting through the confusion caused by greed and fear. We have everything we need inside ourselves. We do not need to look to a teacher when we remember who we really are.

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2014-08-28 The What, Why and How of Dharma Practice 59:45	Download Listen
Coming to retreat people often ask themselves "What are we doing and why?" This talk explains the basic principles of vipassana, why it's so transformative and attitudes that support the deepening of that transformation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Labor Day Retreat

2014-07-17 Bringing Your Metta Practice into the World 62:00	Download Listen
How to practically apply Metta practice in daily life towards self, others and beyond that makes a meaningful contribution to the world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta Retreat

2014-07-16 Gratitude 59:33	Download Listen
Brief talk and guided practice
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta Retreat

2014-07-13 Seeing the Good-Inside and Out 58:42	Download Listen
We find what we look for. Our brains are wired to confirm our beliefs. One key to Metta practice is looking for the good. Then appreciating and enjoying it when it is recognized.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta Retreat

2014-07-12 Forgiveness 42:58	Download Listen
Brief talk and Guided Brahmavihara
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta Retreat

2014-06-15 Dharma Q&A 31:25	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2014-06-15 Q&A 16:59	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2014-06-15 Dharma Q&A 17:36	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2014-06-15 Guided Meditation 23:12	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2014-06-13 Inner Harmony, Outer Contribution 63:18	Download Listen
Integrity and contentment are not only sources of true well-being but can lead to compassionate action, another support for deep happiness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Awakening Joy

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