Feeding on Joy

Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Senior Teacher Walt Opie

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Topic details:  There is a discourse that describes the Buddha going on his alms round one day and not receiving any food to eat. Instead of getting down at the lack of food though, he declared that he took delight in being self-sufficient, and he said he would “keep feeding on joy.” The type of joy he meant relates to deep states of meditation. However, we can also feed on the “subtle joy of being in the present moment” when we are practicing diligent mindfulness. And further, we can take delight in wholesome forms of joy and happiness like cultivating more gratitude and generosity, especially during the holiday season. WALT OPIE was first introduced to insight meditation in 1993 at Spirit Rock and began attending regular residential retreats in 2005. He is a graduate of both the Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leaders’ (CDL4) training program and the Sati Center Buddhist Chaplaincy program. He has led sitting groups for people in recovery since 2011. Walt also serves as a volunteer chaplain with Buddhist Pathways Prison Project (BP3) at Solano state prison in Vacaville, CA. In addition, he is currently a trainee in the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) Teacher Training program based in Barre, MA. Visit https://www.waltopie.com/ for more information.

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Walt is also offering an online mini retreat through IMS (Insight Meditation Society) focusing on “Freedom from Craving”. The retreat is scheduled for Sunday, December 5, 2021 and details are posted to https://www.dharma.org/freedom-from-craving/. Details include IMS interviewing Walt with questions such as,

• How does craving lead to suffering?
• How can we develop the internal empowerment needed to change our relationship to old habits?