Greg Scharf and volunteer cook Donald Elniff enjoying cake dana at the Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Right now, I’m assisting my friend Greg Scharf teach a two week retreat at the Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre in New South Wales, Australia. And right about now, the annual three-month retreat at the Insight Meditation SocietyContinue reading “Generosity part 4: Giving and Receiving”
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Generosity part 3: The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer
This TED talk by a musician, Amanda Palmer, on “The Art of Asking” really resonated with some of my own recent experiences of giving and receiving. It’s not a classical Buddhist “dana talk” – it even features some brief nudity – but her courage in being willing to connect with a diverse cross-section of people,Continue reading “Generosity part 3: The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer”
Generosity part 2 – Christmas
More on generosity – this time from the English monk Ajahn Sucitto. He asks some great questions in his latest blog: “So how well does the notion of the self-centred human, motivated by profit and personal gain, stand up in this light? What is noticeable is that when given a free choice, people incline towardsContinue reading “Generosity part 2 – Christmas”
Jill Shepherd: insight meditation 