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The Tao of Relationship, Part I
A Talk by Phillip Moffitt
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How can the dharma support our understanding of relationships? To what degree do you view your relationships as part of dharma practice, and how do you do it? Moffitt suggests thinking of any significant relationship as being a stream—the tao—flowing between two worlds, two truths, two perceptions, or two ways of manifesting in the world. One world is that of sensual and emotional desire, and the other is the world of related or conscious love. He points to three ways we can have true relatedness, each involving a greater degree of giving oneself over to spiritual life.
Date of talk: February 16, 2003
Length: 37 minutes
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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