Letting Go (An Act of Renunciation)
Channel: SF Dharma Collective
Date: 18/07/2023

Augusta Hopkins leads Spiritual Friends Sangha’s Mindful Mondays at the San Francisco Dharma Collective on the topic of Letting Go. The evening began with a short offering of Dharma and 30 minutes of lightly guided meditation followed by a 20 minute Dharma Talk.

Letting go is a practice. The Buddhist path is a practice of letting go, a practice of renunciation. The more one lets go the more freedom is found. As Ajahn Chah said, "Let go a little, you get a little freedom. Let go a lot, you get a lot of freedom. Let go completely, you get complete freedom."

What do we let go of? Among other things we let go of our views and opinions. We let go of our need for this moment to be other than it is. We let go of our need for things to be done our way. We let go of our need for ourselves to be other than we are. We stop forcing things and we learn to accept life on life's terms. We learn to accept reality. And the less we fight the more we are able to enjoy our lives as they unfold.

Try a little letting go and let us know how it goes.

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