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Thursday, September 12
6:30-8:00pm ET
Hybrid | $35
Co-Sponsored with Shantideva Center
Our fleeting selves pass away every moment, losing the present to the past, with the great letting go at an uncertain distance but definite approach. Like with all things, attachment will not preserve the present, and aversion will not hold the inevitable at bay. This raises the question how we manage existential angst in order to be a refuge to ourselves and be fully alive to every moment of our precious existence. Instead of considering oughts, we will explore how we can apply the Dharma to our unique individual circumstances and psychological makeup, to enjoy our deaths as fully as our lives. As the Buddha said in his parting words: “be an island to yourself”. Of course, there will be time for meditation and Q&A.