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“When uncertainty is the reality, how can we find motivation to practice?”

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“Getting caught by our doubt inhibits our enlightenment just like any other attachment.”

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“It’s not that you get stillness, it’s that stillness gets you.”

What happens when our self-esteem is recognized as far less important than our realization? In this talk, Michael talks about how the ego wants to believe in itself and wants to avoid the recognition of what is beyond itself. It's in our ordinariness, he says, that we...

In this talk, Michael talks about the guidance offered by the famed Heart Sutra, and uses its closing words to illustrate the Path.

“The world is illusiory, but it is also very real for those of us living in it.”

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“If you want to kill a relationship, grasp it.”

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Enjoy the dialog Michael shares with Vince Horn, the host of the Buddhist Geeks podcast. Topics range from children to Svabhavikakaya to good beer.

“The greed impulse is always fear-based at its core. Generosity, on the other hand, is born out of fearlessness.”

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“None of this work is about denying the ego. Rather, it’s all about going past it.”

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