“Radiance” with Benjamin this Sunday at Minneapolis Insight

Dear Community,

Sunday 10am Community Practice & Discussion

This Sunday Benjamin will lead a practice and exploration of “Radiance,” based on Ajahn Sundara’s book Paccupanna: The Present Moment (freely available here).

The book begins with this epigraph from the Samyutta Nikaya:

They do not repent the past, nor do they brood over the future. They live in the present. Therefore they are radiant.

Here is an excerpt from the book’s third reflection titled “Meeting Reality” (p. 8):

The practice is so beautifully simple. All the techniques, methods and teachings are designed simply to bring us back to the present moment, here and now, to bring us back to seeing clearly. All the techniques and methods help to give us a good pair of spectacles. We wear them so we don’t have blurry eyesight. When we look at the world through lenses of greed, hatred or delusion, we look at a very blurry world. And yet as meditators, we can become attached to clarity, to purity, to wanting a perfect view. But it may be a long time before we achieve that perfect view. Meanwhile our vision is not clear yet and that’s just the way it is.

All are welcome to join this exploration on Sunday! Registration and Zoom information available here.

With mettā,
Minneapolis Insight