Kindness as Foundation for Deep Insight

What role do loving-kindness, compassion, appreciative joy, and equanimity play in the development of insight?In this episode, Mark speaks with Dharma teacher Dave Smith about the Brahma Vihāras, secular Buddhism, and the place of ethics in contemporary Insight Meditation. They also discuss Dave’s course Actual Intelligence, which explores the human capacities needed to navigate an age increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence.