Great Determination

About this episode

Sensei Monshin Nannette Overley explores the concept of determination and its significance in our lives during a Dharma talk.

In this Wednesday Night Dharma Talk, Sensei Monshin Nannette Overley traces an honest question back to its roots: what is determination, and what is its role in our lives? Beginning with her discomfort over the whip-and-tether imagery in the Ten Ox-Herding Pictures from the Spring Practice Period, Monshin describes the path of her earnest inquiry. She moves through the Lojong training’s… Source

People in this episode

Host: Joan Halifax

Guest: Sensei Monshin Nannette Overley

Topics covered

• determination
• Dharma talk
• Lojong training
• self-inquiry
• Buddhism

Keywords

• determination
• Dharma
• Buddhism
• Lojong
• self-inquiry
• Ten Ox-Herding Pictures

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Ten Ox-Herding Pictures

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