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Life is Suffering, yo!
Why are we continually surprised when things don’t go as planned in samsara? Life is suffering! And suffering is caused. So when things don’t “work out,” it’s a great reminder for us to examine our habitual responses to these surprises. Rather than becoming angry at others when problems arise (by lashing out or ignoring), or
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The Story of the Buddha
> This audio MP3 is taken from this year’s > Summer Retreat, “Freedom From What? To What?” (> Check out here Lindsay Crouse’s gorgeous invitation to the 2012 Summer Retreat “SHOOT THE MOON: Diamonds, Hearts and Wild Cards”) Recognizing our suffering is inextricably linked to discovering true, lasting happiness. In the > first audio we
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Renunciation Gone Wrong
Thanks to Yvette for starting the series of 10 meditations on the “What to Meditate On” page. We hope they’re useful as a practice for reviewing, analyzing and internalizing certain aspects of the path. As a companion to the first meditation on suffering, below is a 10 minute audio excerpt from the “Renunciation, Refuge and
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