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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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2002-02-16 Clear Comprehension: The Context For Practice 57:35	Download Listen
Mindfulness as bare attention is supported and developed by bringing the content of clear comprehension, or full awareness, into practice. This includes clear comprehension of purpose, of suitability, of domain of meditation, and of reality.
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2002-02-12 Reporting To The Mother Ship: Wonder, Awe, Interest, Investigation 61:00	Download Listen
While Dharma practice takes courage to open to suffering, one also can bring a spirit of wonder and awe to the quality of investigation. We can open to the moment with interest, discovering reality in a fresh, new way.
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2001-11-28 Non-Greed, Hatred, Delusion 61:00	Download Listen
Exploring the different spiritual paths that use the fundamental themes of non-greed, hatred, delusion, love, service, and remembrance.
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2001-11-28 Non-Greed, Non-Hatred, Non-Delusion 60:19	Download Listen
Connecting the Buddhist values of non-greed, non-hatred, and non-delusion with another spiritual axiom: "Love everyone, serve everyone, and remember God."
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2001-10-24 Finding Refuge in Trust 52:48	Download Listen
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2001-10-17 Working with Fear 26:09	Download Listen
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2001-02-24 Spiritual Passion: The Iddhipadas (Bases Of Power) 59:49	Download Listen
Passion is often considered to be an unspiritual quality, but if used wisely, actually is the basis of spiritual power. What are the four sources of passion that motivate our spiritual practice?
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2000-02-26 Questions And Answers 61:07	Download Listen
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2000-02-25 A Path With Heart 56:26	Download Listen
Cultivating a heart-felt motivation toward practice, and the different ways we can express this essential connection.
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2000-02-14 The Brahma Viharas 66:46	Download Listen
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