Practical advice from a straight-talking former criminal and occasionally profane Dharma teacher.

Vinny Ferarro has practiced insight meditation (vipassanā) since the mid-90s. He's the Guiding Teacher of the Big Heart City Sangha in San Francisco and has led a weekly sitting group for almost two decades.

As a fully empowered Dharma Teacher through Spirit Rock/IMS, he has taught residential retreats at various centers and currently leads Spirit Rock's Year to Live course.

This episode originally dropped in May of 2024, but we're re-posting it because it was one of our most successful episodes.

In this episode we talk about:

• Alignment
• Vinny's concept of "flashing your basic goodness"
• Noting practice
• The deep satisfaction in not seeking satisfaction
• Redirecting awareness
• Being an "empathetic witness" for yourself
• When to opt for distraction
• Not taking what's not yours
• Vinny's ancestor practice
• What is the connection between seeing our family patterns and not taking what is not ours?
• How loyal have we been to our suffering?

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• How To Be Okay No Matter What | Kamala Masters

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• Non-Preachy Ethics | Jozen Tamori Gibson

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