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What Is This Thing We Call Enlightenment?

Name: What Is This Thing We Call Enlightenment?
Uploaded: 2026-01-25T23:20:10.563Z
Duration: 14 min 56 s
Channel: Robert Waldinger
Description: In this talk, we explore how our preconceived ideas about enlightenment differ from the reality of how meditation practice helps us grow and develop. I discuss the fantasies we have about awakening, and how that can get in the way of appreciating moments of waking up that we experience every day.

by Robert Waldinger

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In this talk, we explore how our preconceived ideas about enlightenment differ from the reality of how meditation practice helps us grow and develop. I discuss the fantasies we have about awakening, and how that can get in the way of appreciating moments of waking up that we experience every day.

Enlightenment Realization Non Duality Impermanence Integration Zen Sangha Awakening Gradual Realization Integration Process Zen Practice

Meet your Teacher

Robert Waldinger

Newton, MA

Meet your Teacher

Robert Waldinger

Newton, MA

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