The following talk was given at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California.

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So, thank you all for being here today.

And one of the really remarkable aspects of the wondrous aspects of being a Buddhist teacher

is talking to so many people about their practice

and feeling or sensing their motivation to practice,

to sense the call to practice.

Right from someone who comes first time to practice,

like, oh, they might be struggling with things in their life or have tension in their life,

and they're trying to deal with being a better parent or something.

And it's so beautiful. I'm so touched by people who are trying to make themselves better and become a better person,

or manage better in their life, manage, to cope with sometimes impossible lives.

And they come here and they're trying to find a way through this practice

to manage with their challenges.

And then as people practice longer, it's all these different ways in which

they then dedicate themselves. They're motivated for different reasons at different times.

And the motivation for practice changes over time as we go. And it's just so wonderful to feel and sense that motivation, to feel and sense

that, sometimes the drive, sometimes the enthusiasm, sometimes the importance that come,

people bring with them to wanting to practice.

And I think sometimes, you know, I imagine that people who are not in, like me,

who get to see this over and over and over again, all the people I meet,

all they know is their own motivation.

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