What Are We Doing Here? - (Silent Autumn Retreat, Finland) @boubabuddha

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Talk titled: "What Are We Doing Here?", given during the event "Silent Autumn Retreat, Finland". Held at Nirodha Insight Meditation, Helsinki on 2007-10-13.

Topics covered: mindfulness, inquiring, insight and cultivation (aspects or wings of the path), samadhi: developing well-being, happiness, nourishment, samadhi: qualities practice develops (refinement, patience, mindfulness, etc.), dukkha (suffering)
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Original audio: drive.google.com/file/d/1MD7y5axESgZ8YzzBGUXxW5gyYYL6HHip/view?usp=sharing
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