#592. The Buddha’s Eight Part Recipe for Happiness | DaRa Williams

This episode kicks off our series on the Eightfold Path which will continue on Wednesdays for the next two weeks with Eugene Cash and Joseph Goldstein.

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DaRa Williams is a trainer, meditation teacher and psychotherapist and has been a meditator for the past 25 years. She is a practitioner of both Vipassana and Ascension meditation and is a graduate of the Spirit Rock/Insight Meditation Society Teacher Training Program and is an IMS Emeritus Guiding Teacher. 

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In this episode we talk about:

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• The first two components of the Eightfold Path: Right View and Right Thinking
• How the Eightfold Path has played out in DaRa’s life 
• The notions of Intuition, Clear Seeing, and Openness 
• And the very tricky skills of renunciation and fostering non-attachment to outcomes

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Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/dara-williams-592

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Where to find DaRa Williams online: 

• Dharmaseed Talks
• Insight Meditation Society Teacher Page 

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Other Resources Mentioned:

• TPH #295 How To Be Grateful When Everything Sucks | DaRa Williams