Reclaiming the life of desire

Steve Weintraub at San Francisco Zen Center, September 23, 2006 • Download from SFZC's Audio Dharma page (donate)

the second noble truth, emptiness, and jumping off a 100-foot pole • enlightenment is just another bad idea • how to kill the heat • desiring things is not the bad guy • a big pasture, not a Procrustean bed • throw away your evil desires? where would you throw them away? • leaving evil desires off the bus? • trying to go to the middle, always missing, and always returning • sheep dog zen • harmonizing with, not excluding, our troublesome life of desire • optimize, not maximize • coming to breakfast when you hear your wife hit the clappers • practice without delay • don’t wait until you’re more calm • don’t think of having *you* let go of *it*, find the conditions that allow *it* to let go of *you* • why you are not successful: it’s difficult to do