On the Path to Enlightenment: The Hermit
Channel: SF Dharma Collective
Date: 2022-04-01

Eve led the sangha tonight. It was our first night back in a physical space after 2 years! Eve led us in a sit (note that most of the audio is missing from this part of the recording because of technical glitches) and then taught from "On the Path to Enlightenment" Chapter 12 - The Hermit. She spoke about what it means to be a hermit on the Buddhist path, and its relationship to renunciation. Eve chose quotes from the chapter that invite us to reflect on our relationship to time in the outer world and encourages us to give ourselves space, to take refuge, and get a taste of timelessness.

Eve Ekman, MSW, PhD, is the director of training at the Greater Good Science Center. She is also a UC Berkeley- and UCSF-trained social scientist and teacher in the field of emotional awareness and burnout prevention. Eve is a second-generation emotion researcher and has had meaningful collaborations with her father, renowned emotion researcher Dr. Paul Ekman. Their most recent project, The Atlas of Emotions, is an online visual tool to teach a language for improving our emotional awareness that was commissioned and supported by the Dalai Lama. Eve is the co-lead instructor for Cultivating Emotional Balance, an evidence-based meditation and emotion regulation training developed by Dr. Paul Ekman and Buddhist scholar Alan Wallace.

Eve and Chandra teach every Wednesday at 7 pm PT at the SF Dharma Collective - https://sfdharmacollective.org/events/r/hybrid-well-of-being-wednesdays-with-eve-and-chandra. Join us at 2929 24th Street in San Francisco OR online. 

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