starting to look at neuroscience and I think a real growing interest in his own practice of like how is this working in our minds?

How exactly is the community involvement in

the meditation practice the refuge in Buddha,

darma and songa actually transforming and alleviating

suffering and so he has evolved into a place where so much of his

teaching as you'll see tonight comes from

Modern psychology, modern neuroscience

in conjunction with the ancient teachings and he's really one of the masters at blending modern

philosophy psychology transformational practices with the ancient.

So you'll get a bit of both tonight.

I feel ancient.

Yes.

I will also warn you that Josh is going to lecture first, and then we'll have a short break,

and then we'll have a meditation.

And I know that that fucks up your game

because you're used to meditating and then leaving.

So I apologize for that, but there will be a short break.

And Josh Porter.

Thank you.

So yeah, when I grew up, my dad was a raging drunk. We are, my family was Russian immigrants and when he got sober, my dad who hated all religions, the only way he could survive in the 12-step

arena was to adopt what was always interesting to him a Buddhist practice.

So suddenly in 1973 when I was 12 years old, there were all these Buddhist texts that showed up and my dad would have all

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