A short talk on spiritual materialism and the three lords of materialism, given by Hal Blacker at the Real Dharma meditation group, on August 10, 2010:
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Month: August 2010
No meeting on Tuesday, August 17
There will be no Real Dharma group meditation and inquiry meeting on Tuesday, August 17, as Hal Blacker will be attending Anam Thubten’s retreat at Mt. Madonna. Meetings will resume as usual on Tuesday, August 24. We hope to see you then!
The purpose of life
A talk by Hal Blacker on “The Purpose of Life” given August 3, 2010 at the Real Dharma group weekly meeting:
Spoiler alert: 🙂 the purpose of life is inner liberation. And that’s no joke.
Please enjoy!
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No self, no other
When there is self, one believes there is other,
From these images of self and other come attachment and aversion,
As a result of getting wrapped up in these,
All possible faults arise.
—Dharmakirti (ca. 7th century) (trans. Ari Goldberg, from Contemplating Reality, by Andy Carr)
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