This talk traces the insight sequence of knowledge and vision of how things are - disenchantment - dispassion - release in retreat and daily life experience, with the intention of exploring the release of clinging as an accessible and understandable process that we can work with intentionally.
The sukha of tranquility supports the mind in happiness and contentment, decreasing the mind's movement away from this moment, and thereby supporting the gathering of samadhi. The 5 jhanic factors also support the decrease in the hindrances and the deepening of samadhi. The pitfall of clinging to samadhi and also the role of samadhi in cultivating insight close the talk.
This talk explores the transformative links of joy, rapture, and calm, highlighting how these interconnected experiences support the mind’s natural progression toward freedom and ease.
Continuing with the first foundation of the body, and folding in faith - placing our heart on the practices of simplicity and calming. Also includes ways of meeting the hindrances through mindfulness and kindness.
This talk celebrates the conditions that support the move from the Dependent Origination wheel of suffering to Liberative Dependent Arising. Faith can develop naturally, especially as we meet the hindrances with wisdom and begin to see the three insight themes. In this way, we can begin to taste liberation, even at this early stage in the 12 links.
This dharma talk summarizes 3 sources of joy and emphasizes the 3rd source - the more unworldly than unworldly joy of non-clinging, liberation, awakening. Not only is joy a fruit of the practice, but also has a pivotal role in liberation, freedom in the mind and heart. This role is illuminated through exploring several maps to liberation.
