Hi there. Thanks for joining. Welcome. Let's say we have our Labor Day weekend retreat that will be happening on Labor Day weekend, which I think is right up until September 1st or something

around that time. It's a garrison. And so our retreats are a really fun way to, if you've not gone on a Buddhist retreat, we make it

really easy. We've always been curious about going on a retreat, but thought, oh, I won't be

able to do all that practice. Well, ours is definitely a retreat that's kind of tailor-made for people who are

just getting their feet wet. And also good for people who've done retreats before. They're just

they're tailor-made for both. So August 5th is the next time we'll be in person, a Grand

Street Healing. And there's the daily pause morning meditation at 8 a.m. with Kathy. That's a great

resource, Monday through Fridays. And my teaching is entirely supported by those who get something from the talks or from

the counseling.

So if you are someone who finds something of value in these talks, no matter how small

the donation, it's always helpful in helping me pay the rent and

continue to do what I do. So the way to contribute is either through Venmo, Dharma Punks with

an X, NYC, or on the website, Dharma Punks with an XNYC.com, there's a PayPal button and a Patreon.

Thanks for considering keeping me afloat.

I don't keep anything I do behind a paywall so that it's available to all.

Tonight's talk, stop going to the hardware store for orange juice,

one of the sayings.

And I'm not going to really...

I'll start off with a famous Buddhist teaching.

The story goes that a monk is meditating peacefully in a rowboat on a lake,

and suddenly in the midst of this monk's very relaxing practice,

another boat crashes into his boat.

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