Q: How Do We Honour Both Our Spiritual Aspirations And Our Limitations?

(approx. 12 minutes) KEYWORDS: "How do we push ourselves to higher standards in practice while at the same time, remaining compassionate towards ourselves with regards to our current spiritual limitations?" Overly idealistic, holding too tightly, goals, bearings, force, assertive, balance, goal-oriented, becoming enlightened, Newcastle-Edinburgh, humility, modesty, truthfully, loneliness, denied pain, greed, hatred, burning through, old debt, patience, contentment.

Q: What Is Your Life’s Work?

(approx. 7 minutes) Keywords: Initial aspirations, inspiration, enlightenment, servant of the Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha, disposition of a servant, Morning Chanting, Amaravati, responsibility, belly awareness, heart awareness, head awareness, fantasies, actuality, openness, capacity, aliveness, contraction, sound of silence.