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Dharmapunx NYC

Confidence with Humility

Dharmapunx NYC

josh korda

Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:buddhism, Buddhism

4.8886 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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0:00.0

Well, hello there. Thanks for stopping by. My name is Josh and I am the guiding teacher of

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Darmopunks, New York, Buddhist pastor, and just had a wonderful gathering of 70 plus people at center yoga

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this past Sunday. And the next scheduled gathering will be I believe March 26th at

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Center Yoga which is on 23rd Street, right off a Park Avenue.

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And if you want to join us, there'll be a link on Center Yoga NYC.

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I think that's their website.

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So I hope if you're available to join us,

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you'll stop by.

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And if you're up and early Monday through Fridays at 8 a.m. in the morning you can join Kathy with her daily pause meditation and the info is on the darmapunk NYC.com website.

1:08.3

If you would like to support my work, the Venmo is darma Punkx with an ex-NYC. The PayPal button is on the

1:17.3

darmapunk NYC.com as is the Patreon and everything I do is supported entirely by donation, both the

1:27.0

counseling, Woos Pastoral Work and the Teaching. So thanks for your support. And tonight talking about skillful confidence. I think I've come up with some

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reflections worthy of your time and consideration,

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and if not, there'll be a different topic next Tuesday.

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So in early Buddhism, confidence is called SADA, SAD-A-S-A-A-S-A. And confidence in one's capabilities is a supporting condition for joy, tranquility, wisdom, renouncing addiction, and awakening.

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In Buddhist practice, one of the most formidable hindrances to spiritual growth and happiness is the hindrance of self-doubt in one's capability,

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known as Vichikisha, and it's considered to be the stickiest even more sticky than our

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cravings our aversion our anxieties our depressions all the other hindrances are not quite as formidable as this

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persistent doubt in one's sense of worthiness, one sense of

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worthiness, one's capability for growth, one's self-limitations.

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This brings us to the very important theme of the role that feelings play in behavior and capabilities, human mind states, inclinations,

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well before some of the greatest neuropsychologists

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