The treasure in this heap of flesh

Darlene Cohen at Sacramento Buddhist Meditation Group, January 22, 2006 • Download from Darlene Cohen’s dharma talks page or download from SBMG's MP3 Jewels page (donate)

body awareness and direct experience • first impressions pass • paying attention to the first impression of bad news • “so much comfort in the present” • appreciating spoons • a lama’s story of offering his body • the post-it note on the priest’s forehead • "ready to live any of these lives wholeheartedly with humor and the consolation of warm bodies and spoons and pillows" • practice with this body, this mind • do it with what you have right now . . . it changes it a moment anyway • three theories of practice • be experimental • notice your suffering, then something happens • “I did the window panes and I didn’t get enlightened” • give all of yourself to putting the chairs back • minutes of your life • the art gallery and the street scene • understanding what’s appropriate