Dharma talk from the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
47:23 min
CLEAR ALL
I hope you are well. Before today’s sit, I share with you the single most necessary component of a meditation practice, the aspect that actually keeps it all going. I have learned this after teaching (literally) thousands and thousands of people how to meditate.
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