05 May Meditation + Talk: Original Love – and the Path of Awakening

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Henry is a writer, poet and Zen teacher. Originally from the UK, and a long-time resident of New Mexico, he is the guiding teacher at Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, and co-director of the Rio Grande Mindfulness Institute. He is the author of One Blade of Grass, and has written semi-regularly for Tricycle and the New York Times.

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Meditation: Original Love – and the Path of Awakening

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Talk: Original Love – and the Path of Awakening 

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To practice generosity through making an offering – called “dāna” in the language of early Buddhism – please enter your email and donation amount below. Once you click “Donate” you will be directed to PayPal, where you can pay via credit card (no PayPal account required) or your PayPal account.[/vc_column_text]

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Additionally, many expressions of generosity are not about money. People offer attention, encouragement, and patience many times a day. Sometimes we withhold when it would be so easy, actually, to listen quietly for another minute or to offer a word of appreciation or simply a look that says, “I’m with you.” Try being a little more generous for a day and see what happens.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]

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