Understanding Renunciation

Renunciation is not a very popular framing in a culture that values acquisition not renunciation. On some level people are put off by the concept of renunciation because the belief is that we have to let go of things that we maybe don’t want to let go of. That somehow in letting go we're becoming less of a person, less equal to everyone else on the planet.

The way that renunciation is described in the ancient Buddhist text, is it has more to do with what is gained than what is lost. Renunciation is a kind of going forward in a new direction.

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Thank you so much for that beautiful talk on letting be of our old clinging ways, so we can move towards what is here right now.. the peace of the present moment. I hope we can all have the courage to take our old bodies and go outside to sing! 🙏🏽

Just wonderful 🙏🏼❤️