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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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2012-02-20 Fear as Practice 60:16	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation Retreat, February Month long

2012-02-16 Dharma Practice as a Path of Happiness 69:41	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation Retreat, February Month long

2012-02-13 Comparing Mind 58:48	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-02-08 This Precious Opportunity 63:24	Download Listen
Suffering can lead to contraction and more suffering or can be a catalyst for awakening. Just why and how some people have the good karma to hear the Dharma and practice is a mysterious blessing and precious opportunity. This talk explores the different temperaments that fuel practice, known as the Four Iddhipadas.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation Retreat, February Month long

2012-02-03 The Wise Attitude in Practice: Relaxed, Interested, Kind Awareness 57:28	Download Listen
If we can remember the skillful attitude of relaxation, interest and kind awareness with our experience the practice unfolds naturally and deeply.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Insight Meditation Retreat, February Month long

2011-09-04 Awakening Joy: The Buddhist Path to Happiness 64:21	Download Listen
Using the Buddha's teachings on cultivating wholesome states to awaken our innate capacity for well-being.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-09-01 The Essence of Practice: Relaxed, Interested, Kind Awareness 57:28	Download Listen
This talk addresses what we're doing in practice, why we're doing it and the attitudes that most support the unfolding.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Labor Day Insight Meditation Retreat

2011-07-22 Bringing Metta into the World 1:15:24	Download Listen
Closing talk with all teachers.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta Retreat

2011-07-19 Mudita 47:17	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta Retreat

2011-07-19 Metta Instructions: The Neutral Person 50:25	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta Retreat

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