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

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Okay, hello, greetings everyone. And welcome again, wherever in the world you're joining from, whether you're an old-timer

here on this channel, on the 7 AM Sids, or 7. California time, or whether this is your first time, welcome, welcome.

Lovely that you're joining the community and practicing, practicing at this time.

So the theme we've been exploring together to teachings

this week have been on Sadah, the word in Polly, translated as trust or

confidence and a quick recap of the past few days, today's day four. So day

one we started with how sense of trust and confidence is needed in practice, before you begin.

There has to be some, perhaps borrowed trust.

Oh yeah, this seems to be working for others.

Borrowed trust that later becomes verified trust,

a verified confidence after you see how it actually impacts your life and your the way that you are yourself.

So the importance of trust for beginning and for continuing practice. And then day two we talked

about the importance of confidence, trust in the triple jewel, Buddha, Darmasanga, yeah it is possible someone woke up it's possible for me I can do this to trust in yourself

and trust in the teachings that the teachings are available.

There are recipes.

There have been, people have tried them for centuries.

And trust in the support of the

that I'm not doing this alone I have support.

So trust in those three.

we talked about cultivating Sada through through through Sadah through practice and reflection, how the more we practice

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