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

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Hello, everyone. Hello and welcome back.

Well, you haven't left, but two different recordings.

Anyway, good to be with you, good to practice with you.

So, oh, yeah, I appreciate you so much, especially given that the series of talks are about

Sanga, my heart, particularly, especially, lights up saying all the messages and all the names in chat,

the Sanga.

Really, yeah, it's this,

Sanga is its own, this alive,

the sense of aliveness in this entity that is made up of all of us.

So beautiful, it uplifts my heart.

So, yes, so Darmet, yes, Darmet.

So, yeah, continuing on this theme of Sanga, of this interactive aspect of our practice,

just as important as the other two jewels, as I mentioned earlier, Buddha Dharma Sangha.

The Buddha, the possibility of awakening, awakening in turn, the Buddha inside, the Buddha outside, the historical Buddha, the teachings of the Buddha, Dharma with capital D, small D, with the lawful way that things unfold, and Sangha, the community, noble friends,

supporting one another,

towards awakening, towards becoming the best versions

of ourselves for the sake of all beings,

for the sake of ourselves and others.

So, so the theme yesterday was about the power, the power of spiritual friendship, Kaliana,

Mita, beautiful friendship, Kaliana, meaning beautiful, wholesome, and mita friendship.

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