It Takes A Long Time to Grow Young: Nurturing Contentment

Right before the Buddha's enlightenment, a single memory from his childhood apparently not only led him to nirvana, but to the profound teachings of the Middle Way – the whole thing. Essentially, what he remembered was what contentment (or passaddhi ) had felt like to him, at age 8. This talk explores how the Buddha was led to this understanding, along with some of his teachings on how we can train ourselves to experience even more of this precious quality in our lives. It includes a 10-minute meditation at the end.

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It Takes A Long Time to Grow Young: Nurturing Contentment is an episode from Shell Fischer's Podcast by Mindful Shenandoah Valley.

This episode is 49:10 long.

This episode was published on Feb 29, 2024.

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