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Ep. 174 – Liberation Teachings for Daily Life

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

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The Buddha's Meditation on the Elements

The Buddha described the elements in terms of earth air fire and water, you know, as being the four primary elements. To us, this may seem overly simplistic given our understanding of chemistry and physics. But really, those terms are simply a designation for the actual sensations that we're feeling. So when we understand what these terms refer to, they provide us a direct connection to what we're actually feeling free of concept.

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