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The Noble Path of Compassion
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Talk by Epp on 2007-12-15
The talk reflects on the human journey from birth to death, emphasizing shared experiences such as growth, relationships, achievements, and losses. It highlights the importance of acknowledging and offering compassion for both the joy and suffering experienced by others, and encourages resilience, equanimity, and fortitude when navigating life's dualities.
- "Equanimity in Zen Practice": This concept is central to the talk, as it stresses maintaining balance and peace amidst life's emotional highs and lows.
- "The Noble Journey": While not a specific text, this metaphor is crucial to understanding the talk's framework of viewing life as an integrative experience of joy and sorrow.
- Compassion and Sympathetic Joy: These two key Buddhist teachings underline the talk’s call to support and celebrate both our own and others' successes and hardships.
AI Suggested Title: "The Noble Path of Compassion"
And as you noticed your partner, just to recognize and acknowledge that they are a fellow wayfarer on this journey from birth to death. This amazing journey that each one of us is participating in. That they came out of the womb. That they learned to crawl. They learned to sit up. They learned to walk. They spoke their first word. at their first day at school.
[01:09]
They experienced all the wonders of childhood. They went through puberty. They were a teenager. They've experienced all the emotions. Delightful and difficult. Excitement, resentment. Delight. Fear.
[02:19]
Happiness. Sadness. This person has experienced them all. In this novel journey. They had relationships. Wonderful, difficult. They've received, they've lost. They've accomplished, they have failed. All on this noble journey. So as a fellow waker, just offer them your deep wishes for their well-being.
[03:32]
May you be free from harm. May you be peace. May you be well. offered in his financial support. Now to acknowledge that this person has been disappointed.
[05:08]
They have experienced loss. They have been hurt. They have suffered. To offer to be with them in their suffering. in their difficulties in their life to offer them your compassion in the midst of the suffering that tender non-judgmental support that willingness to be there to be connected in the midst of difficult conditions. And also to recognize that they have accomplished.
[06:59]
They have achieved. They have had success. And to offer them your sympathetic joy. To be happy that they have accomplished. That they have achieved. that they have had experiences that have brought them satisfaction and joy. To celebrate their challenge, their ability. And now to acknowledge that the joys and the sorrows of light come together.
[09:09]
They're both part of light. It's not possible to just have joy and no sorrows. That this noble journey asked of us to be able to hold them both To engage them both. You're courageous. You have this wide way of being that holds all that's presented in the human life. Have this fortitude. Equanimity. Resilience. You offer this to your partner.
[10:15]
With fortitude. With courage. Resilience. Equanimity. but any of each of us follow the path. Now, if there was one phrase, one word that you would offer your partner on this noble journey, what would that be?
[11:45]
And to just silently Offer it to yourself. The thing you forget about your own wisdom and compassion. Now you can come to closure with your partner in any way that you choose.
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