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PRACTICE 2: THE REAL MEANING OF REFUGE
We regularly go for refuge during our normal lives. We take refuge in food, money,
sex, government, the police, a job, friends, family, etc. We routinely take refuge in
ordinary things or people, thinking that they will be able to protect us or shield us
from unhappiness and suffering. Those types of refuge can only help us temporarily,
and we are eventually disappointed by their inability to bring us a lasting,
permanent happiness. Spiritual refuge is very different. It is to rely upon things
which are infallible and provide true happiness, without fail. This practice teaches
what it really means to take ultimate refuge, and why one must pursue infallible,
extraordinary objects of refuge to reach a complete, lasting happiness. This
mindfulness Practice consists of five sessions recorded during the original retreat.
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