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These last few weeks we've been doing a course called the Brahmavaharas, which is the

divine abodes.

And it really goes through the basic heart spaces that are expressions of our true nature,

that we can awaken intentionally.

And to begin, this is the third in the series, and you didn't have to listen to the first

two, but they're available to.

To begin this one, a story that I love that takes place in a monastery, many of these

classic teaching stories do.

And in this one, a novice has just joined the

monastery and he's assigned to help the other monks who are copying the canons and the laws of

the church by hand. But he notices that they're copying off of copies. And he's worried about this

because he thinks there could be a mistake and then they just keep going with a mistake. And he's worried about this because he thinks, you know, there could be a mistake

and then they just keep going with the mistake. So he goes to the ab and describes his concerns

and the abbot says, well, we've been doing this for centuries, my son, but you make a good point.

So he goes down deep, deep, deep into the vaults and the cave underneath the monastery

where the original manuscript has been saved and he's gone for hours and the novice

begins to get worried about him.

So he goes after him and he sees the old abbot crying uncontrollably and banging his head against the

wall and in a choking voice, you know, the young man says, well, what's wrong, father?

And choking voice, he says, the word was celebrate. So this has everything to do with tonight's theme, which is joy,

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