A talk on the core Mahāyāna ideal that liberation practice be rooted not in the longing for individual release from suffering but in the altruistic impulse to become liberated in order to liberate all other beings. The importance, and subtlety, of altruism, and its refined expression, bodhicitta, the “Heart of Awakening.”
(Recorded on 2.27.18 at Insight Meditation Satsang, Berkeley, CA)

Meditation: a reflection on identity and interconnection using the visualization of a 5-ringed maṇḍala. I use this reflection both in discussions of karma and interconnection, and in social justice and deep identity work. The rings, from center out, are:

body
family
community
culture
ecosystem