Practicing With Expectations
05/08/2024, Eli Brown-Stevenson, dharma talk at City Center. In this talk, given at Beginner's Mind Temple, Eli Brown-Stevenson describes how to find practical application of Buddhist teachings by bringing inquiry and curiosity to the expectations we hold in formal practice as well as the practice of life. The talk contains practical wisdom, Suzuki Roshi teachings, koans and a guided exercise to personally experience how letting go of expectations can alter perception and reality.
