We are able to’t cease life from bringing ache—loss, disappointment, getting old—however we can cease piling additional struggling on prime of it. On this speak, I discover timeless Buddhist knowledge and sensible psychology for assembly life’s “golden winds” with out being blown away by them. Learn to acknowledge the distinction between ache and the struggling we create, work with craving and clinging, and relaxation within the pure state of peaceable, openhearted happiness that’s already inside you.
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Speak: Why We Endure—and Tips on how to Cease Including to the Ache
Timecodes & principal matters:
00:00 – Meditation recap & discovering the pure frame of mind
01:35 – Three phases of observe: receiving, deepening, together with
07:10 – Life’s “golden winds” and the three traits of existence
12:45 – Ache vs. struggling: first dart and second dart dukkha
20:13 – How craving turns ache into struggling — and methods to escape
24:41 – Two paths of observe: gradual improvement & uncovering innate goodness
31:13 – Two sorts of happiness (sukha) and resting within the undisturbed thoughts
42:04 – Qualities of the pure state & recognizing it in ourselves and others
A Meditation: Resting in Innate Wellbeing
So usually we meditate to “get” someplace — to achieve a greater frame of mind. However on this guided meditation, you’ll merely relaxation in what’s already right here: your pure, undisturbed well-being.


