About this episode
The talk explores the concept of satisfaction and the practice of meditation as a means to appreciate the present moment.
This talk was given at a One-Day Sitting at the Boulder Zen Center in partnership with Dharma Gates, an organization dedicated to opening pathways into formal meditation practice for young adults. The talk's central concern, however, reaches well beyond any one stage of life. It begins from the etymology of satisfaction—Latin satis (enough) and facere (to make)—and frames meditation as the practice of letting what is here be enough. Set against this is the recognition that our culture functio...
People in this episode
Host: Zenki Christian Dillo
Topics covered
- meditation
- satisfaction
- spirituality
- youth
- Buddhism
Keywords
- meditation
- satisfaction
- Buddhism
- spirituality
- youth
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Boulder Zen Center, Dharma Gates
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