James Baraz: Your Practice is Not Just for You (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

31/08/2025 1h 6min
James Baraz: Your Practice is Not Just for You (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Your practice affects everyone around you. When you see your practice in this wider context, it evokes a whole dimension of inspiration and “joyful responsibility“ to cultivate wisdom and compassion within us. In this world with so much suffering—including the climate crisis and injustice in the world—more than ever we need to keep this in mind and see ourselves as “bodhisattvas in training“.

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