Practical advice from a straight-talking former criminal and occasionally profane Dharma teacher.
Vinny Ferarro has practiced insight meditation (vipassanā) since the mid-90s. He's the Guiding Teacher of the Big Heart City Sangha in San Francisco and has led a weekly sitting group for almost two decades.
As a fully empowered Dharma Teacher through Spirit Rock/IMS, he has taught residential retreats at various centers and currently leads Spirit Rock's Year to Live course.
This episode originally dropped in May of 2024, but we're re-posting it because it was one of our most successful episodes.
In this episode we talk about:
- Alignment
- Vinny's concept of "flashing your basic goodness"
- Noting practice
- The deep satisfaction in not seeking satisfaction
- Redirecting awareness
- Being an "empathetic witness" for yourself
- When to opt for distraction
- Not taking what's not yours
- Vinny's ancestor practice
- What is the connection between seeing our family patterns and not taking what is not ours?
- How loyal have we been to our suffering?
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