Fear is not completely useless, it’s not something we need to get rid of. Fear is not something that only brings you pain. Actually, some fear brings you happiness, doesn’t it? Fear of killing someone brings you happiness. Fear of robbing banks brings you freedom––if you didn’t have this fear, you could get locked up.
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Awakening
Exploring the Instructions on śamatha (calm abiding) and vipaśyanā (special insight) with Mitra Tyler Dewar – starting March 31, 2024
Let’s discover awakening within this very mind of ours right now in an exploration with Mitra Tyler Dewar of some of the practice lineages’ deeper instructions on śamatha (calm abiding) and vipaśyanā (special insight).