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Video August 14, 2023

Refuge – No Escape Hatch

Allison Atwill, John Tarrant

Koans
I Vow To Live the Great Buddha Way
Tags
being born, community, refuge, resistance, Sunday Talks, The Dao, tradition, vows
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It is part of being human to have complex, multiple views. We are always communing with what is here. There is no escape hatch out of this life into another one. Where would we go? When we let go of imposing conditions on our life, then there is a profound freedom—refuge allows that. And we find there is a beautiful helplessness to our condition.

59' 59"
Audio July 31, 2023

Refuge – No Escape Hatch

Allison Atwill, John Tarrant

Koans
I Vow To Live the Great Buddha Way
Tags
being born, Bodhisattva Vows, community, empathy, helplessness, identity, refuge, resistance, Sunday Talks, The Dao, the self, tradition, trust, vows
Category
Audio

It is part of being human to have complex, multiple views. We are always communing with what is here. There is no escape hatch out of this life into another one. Where would we go? The Dao takes its own time with our intractable problems and suffering. We already know we want to live the truest, most authentic life we can, before we think refuge.

60' 0"