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

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Warm greetings from IMC from the Redwood City.

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So, so classically in certain kind of reputation for Buddhism,

it said that there are two wings to Buddhism, compassion and wisdom.

And compassion is usually considered to be some inattitude and motivation

that we have in relationship to other people who are suffering.

And wisdom has many meanings.

But one of them is that we become wise about how to monitor ourselves,

how to become free of our own greed, hate and delusion,

how to get free of our attachments that interfere with compassion,

they interfere with our freedom.

And these two work together and it's said to be the two wings of the bird.

And so in meditation,

functional meditation is very much having through this wisdom side.

And part of the wisdom is to practice with the focus on oneself

so that one can have a healthy and beneficial focus on the world, not other people.

So it's not meant to be selfish or self-centered to have an inner focus on oneself.

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