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	Podcast:		Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
	Episode:		Ep. 179 – Relative and Ultimate Bodhicitta Part I
	Category:		Religion & Spirituality
	Duration:		00:57:39
	Publish Date:		2023-08-30 17:42:21
	Description:		Joseph Goldstein discusses enlightenment through the lens of the aspirational mental quality of bodhicitta – the awakened heart. This dharma talk from June 8, 2015, was recorded at the Insight Meditation Society and originally published on Dharma Seed In this lecture, Joseph: Teaches us that there are two understandings of bodhicitta: relative bodhicitta, which is compassion, and ultimate bodhicitta, which is selflessness Highlights the spiritual importance of cultivating both compassion and selflessness Ruminates on the challenges of living in our conventional, ordinarily understood reality Reminds us that the ungovernability of life is the nexus between dukkha and freedom Describes the union of emptiness and clarity Recognizes the need for a gradual cultivation of awareness *“The mind’s nature is vivid as a flawless piece of crystal. Intrinsically empty, naturally radiant and ceaselessly responsive.”* See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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