Dichotomies: Talk

Wild Heart Detroit · Oct 5, 2026 · 22m

This week Andrew discusses selected verses from the opening chapter of the Dhammapada, exploring how the ways we cultivate and relate to the mind shape our experience. The talk reflects on breaking cycles of hatred through non-hatred, remembering the brevity of life as a way of letting go of unnecessary quarrels, and the image of meditation practice as tending the roof of the mind before the storms come. Andrew closes with the Buddha’s encouragement that we don’t need to know every teaching to benefit from the Dharma, we can take a few simple teachings, practice them deeply, and allow them to…