Letting go can be an attitude in every element of our daily life, of our practice. Gently, we bring our awareness to what is happening in this moment. Walking in the woods, when we stop, we start to hear the life around us. In the same way, we gently stop, and see the things we are holding on to. They may be material things, or ideas of what is a good practitioner, or resentments that have wedged for scores of years. When we understand, we are able to let go.
Letting go is one of the seven factors of enlightenment, one of the three doors of liberation, and one of the four immeasurable abodes of true love.
Christmas eve talk- The true spirit of giving
Br Phap Lai gives the Christmas Eve talk on embracing the suffering that may come up during Christmas celebrations as well as the true spirit of giving. Br Phap Lai shares a story of being embraced by the collective energy of the community on Christmas eve while he was...
