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Recorded at Summer Retreat Session 1 July 20–27, 2018 Zest – Joyful Effort at Lotus Lake Buddhist Center
Whether you are a beginner or advanced meditator, knowing how to make correct and sustained effort in spiritual practice will help you to move forward on The Path quickly and easily. Enthusiasm is one of the important Bodhisattva practices that sustains and nourishes them in their advanced quest for the full enlightenment of Buddhahood. They appreciate this so much, it is considered to be one of the Six Perfections! Learning and practice begins long before enlightenment; it is a foundation for true development.
Rinpoche offered commentary from The Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life by Shantideva.
Set of 12 MP3s from the retreat. Also available on CD and DVD, and individual teachings upon request.
7-20-2018 day 1
Intro to Joyful effort
– Rinpoche presents the theme for the week of retreat and touches on the topics she intends to cover including the six Perfections, ten perfections, joyful effort, zeal for life, and careful Energy production.
7-22-2018 day 3
Six Perfections
– Rinpoche gives an overview of the importance of the six Perfections and discusses generosity.
Generating Interest
– Rinpoche begins the discussion of joyful effort with discussing curiosity and how we generate interest in others and things.
7-23- 2018 day 4
Buddhas’ Generosity and Guarding alertness
– Rinpoche asks the question if people are still starving, how have the Buddhas perfected generosity? She also gives commentary on Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of life chapter on guarding alertness. She discusses the six Perfections and root of virtue.
Breaking through the obstacles to enthusiasm and Learning to like our self
– Rinpoche begin by discussion secular Buddhism vs a transcendent view. She also continues her commentary of GBWOL discussing enthusiasm and what are the obstacles to enthusiasm and joy arising including laziness, attracted to bad things, and disparaging our self. She give us a practice to heal the lack of self trust and dislike.
7-24-2018 day 5
Breaking the anticipation- disappointment cycle.
– Rinpoche discusses the anticipation disappointment cycle and how to break it.
Relaxing our guard.
– Rinpoche gives commentary on GBWOL with an extended discussion on relaxing our guard to better connect with the energy of the world and others.
7-25-2018 day 6
Energy management in relationships
– Rinpoche begins the discussion on energy management in general and how we relate to others.
Dharma confidence.
– Rinpoche discusses confidence and courage.
7-26-2018 day 7
How we express enthusiasm and courage
– Rinpoche goes further into the discussion on enthusiasm and courage.
7-27-2018 day 8
Enthusiasm for A flexible, calm balanced mind.
-Rinpoche discusses strategies to use in our daily life to keep from falling into unbalanced emotional states and not get caught in the samsaric expectation frustration cycle.
Enthusiasm
-Rinpoche reads from the chapter on enthusiasm from GBWOL vs 29-44.
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