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Shaila Catherine: Refraining from Intoxication
Dharma Seed: dharma talks and meditation instruction
English - April 06, 2021 07:00 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsBuddhism Religion & Spirituality dharma dhamma seed insight meditation vipassana metta retreat buddhism buddhist Homepage Download IPFS Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
(Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley) This talk explores the fifth precept: the commitment to refrain from intoxicating the mind through the use of alcohol, drugs, or addictive desires. Originally this precept highlighted the dangers of home-brewed alcohol, but can be expanded to address the many ways we may seek to excite, dull, distort, or intoxicate our minds. By working with this precept, we not only strengthen our capacity for restraint, but importantly, we investigate how the force of craving may be affecting our decisions and actions.