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Kenneth Folk on Bill Hamilton
Manage episode 361107309 series 1707321
Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined by long-time teacher, Kenneth Folk, to share about his beloved teacher, Bill Hamilton, who American dharma teacher Shinzen Young referred to as "an unsung hero of Western Mindfulness." Bill was an enigmatic dharma teacher who practiced in the Insight-Theravada tradition. He was the founder of the Dharma Seed library, did more than 7 years of silent retreat practice, and wrote an excellent contemporary dharma book called "Saints & Psychopaths."
Episode Links:
📖 Saints & Psychopaths by Bill Hamilton
📺 Remembering Bill Hamilton with Shinzen Young
📺 Remembering Bill Hamilton Featuring Daniel Ingram
Memorable Quotes:
📺 "Enlightenment. Highly recommended, can't tell you why." – Bill Hamilton
📺 "Suffering less, noticing it more." – Bill Hamilton
📺 "You don't have to go looking for suffering." – Bill Hamilton
📺 "You could get enlightened rubbing that tape box." – Bill Hamilton
📺 "They're doing psychology." – Bill Hamilton
📺 "There's more than one objection of mindfulness." – Bill Hamilton
📺 "This is the ultimate self-improvement project, even beyond one's self." – Kenneth Folk
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459 episodes
Manage episode 361107309 series 1707321
Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined by long-time teacher, Kenneth Folk, to share about his beloved teacher, Bill Hamilton, who American dharma teacher Shinzen Young referred to as "an unsung hero of Western Mindfulness." Bill was an enigmatic dharma teacher who practiced in the Insight-Theravada tradition. He was the founder of the Dharma Seed library, did more than 7 years of silent retreat practice, and wrote an excellent contemporary dharma book called "Saints & Psychopaths."
Episode Links:
📖 Saints & Psychopaths by Bill Hamilton
📺 Remembering Bill Hamilton with Shinzen Young
📺 Remembering Bill Hamilton Featuring Daniel Ingram
Memorable Quotes:
📺 "Enlightenment. Highly recommended, can't tell you why." – Bill Hamilton
📺 "Suffering less, noticing it more." – Bill Hamilton
📺 "You don't have to go looking for suffering." – Bill Hamilton
📺 "You could get enlightened rubbing that tape box." – Bill Hamilton
📺 "They're doing psychology." – Bill Hamilton
📺 "There's more than one objection of mindfulness." – Bill Hamilton
📺 "This is the ultimate self-improvement project, even beyond one's self." – Kenneth Folk
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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