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Ep. 20 - The Art And Science Of The Meditative Journey

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

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The Last Words of the Flower to Shabkar

There was a great tibetan yogi. His name was shabkar. He lived, i think it was like eighteenth century tibet. And he was one of these wandering yogisad there's a book of his teachings. A lot of the teachings are in the form of what are called songs. The flower says to him, you don't understand anythingand then the flower goes on with a whole discourse on change and permanence. So that's the message from the flower, from the buddha. Not seeing arising and passing away is ignorancecad we have to take that in. While seeing all phenomena as impermanent is the doorway to all stages of insight

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