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Making Changes
A Talk by Phillip Moffitt
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At the start of a new year, an appropriate question is: how should we view the desire for change in the context of a mindfulness practice? Is this desire for change legitimate, or is this just another form of grasping? Are our motives for change wholesome or unwholesome? The Five Spiritual Faculties—faith, effort, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom—come together to allow us to change in wholesome ways and to move into a more liberated place.
Date of talk: January 9, 2000
Phillip Moffitt
At the peak of his career, former CEO and Editor-in-chief of Esquire magazine, Phillip Moffitt, traded in his worldly aspirations to explore the inner life. He subsequently founded the Life Balance Institute and now teaches vipassana meditation with an emphasis on living the dharma in daily life. Phillip is a co-guiding teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and the author of Dancing with Life.
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