Do human needs undermine the Buddhist path, or provide the stone on which our practice is sharpened?
What does it mean to have needs as a human being on a path that seems always to teach letting go, non-attachment, and non-self?
What does it mean to have dreams, aspirations, and deeply held values on this path? What are needs, and how do we relate to them with wisdom in a world that is beyond our control?
Trina guided our exploration of these deep-reaching questions, drawing on Oren Jay Sofer’s explorations in a talk titled “The Deep Freedom of Human Needs.”
A link to the talk is forthcoming.
