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EPISODE · Jan 9, 2024 · 49 MIN

A Bird in a Cage

from Shasta Abbey · host Shasta Abbey

Rev. Master Haryo Young, Head of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives, offers a metaphor for training. He explains that we a like a bird trapped in a golden cage and that our natural tendency to find freedom is to fly up and out: but we encounter the bars and remain imprisoned. The solution is actually so simple we often don't realize it.Twitter/X: @shastaabbeyYouTube: N/A  

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Rev. Master Haryo Young, Head of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives, offers a metaphor for training. He explains that we a like a bird trapped in a golden cage and that our natural tendency to find freedom is to fly up and out: but we encounter the bars and remain imprisoned. The solution is actually so simple we often don't realize it. Twitter/X: @shastaabbey YouTube: N/A

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Rev. Master Haryo Young, Head of the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives, offers a metaphor for training. He explains that we a like a bird trapped in a golden cage and that our natural tendency to find freedom is to fly up and out: but we encounter...

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