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The Wisdom of Uncertainty

This is a short talk that I gave at Asheville Meditation, exploring the topic of Uncertainty, and it’s critical role on spiritual practice. Pulling on the phrase from Ajahn Chah, I spoke in particular about what he called “the wisdom of uncertainty.” [ Download .mp3 ]

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Core Principles of Pragmatic Dharma

This was a short talk that I did as part of the opening of the Pragmatic Dharma class that I’m leading online. In it I share a little bit of background of how I got into pragmatic dharma, and then share what I see as the 4 core principles of this approach to the path. [...]

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The Hour-Glass Approach to Spiritual Practice

In this talk Vincent explores a model for approaching the spiritual path wherein we go through 3 phases of exploring the spiritual path–represented by the top, middle, & bottom of an hour-glass. [ Download .mp3 ]

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What is Meditation?

“Enlightenment is an accident.  Meditation makes you more accident prone.” – Baker Roshi In this talk Vincent explores the purpose of meditation, what it is and what it’s leading toward. [ Download .mp3 ]

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