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When on retreat we directly and deeply experience our basic goodness and a vast openness to others. In this talk, we will discuss what it looks like to integrate ourselves and our insights back into our ordinary lives. At Family Camp at Karmê Chöling earlier this month, I and over a 120 others got a taste of enlightened society. Given the opportunity to camp on that precious land and practice together daily, we touched into our fundamental kindness, gentleness, and fearlessness. Then, often, when we return home it all seems like a dream. How then do we integrate our insights and intentions at home and continue to create enlightened society in everything we do?

About Paul

Paul Griffin has practiced meditation for over 20 years through Dharma Ocean and Shambhala. His teachers include Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Dr. Reggie Ray, Will Johnson, and Tenzin Palmo. Currently, he is a devoted volunteer and teacher at Westchester Meditation Center. This summer, he served as director of Family Camp at Karmê Chöling in Barnett, Vermont. As founder of the tutoring company Griffin Prep, he regularly teaches meditation, writing, philosophy, and math to high school and college students. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Sleepy Hollow, New York.