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Sylvia Borstein, who had written several books, was mentioned as having referred to the Buddhist Eightfold Path as the 'Eightfold Dot' to encourage a cyclical rather than strictly linear view of the path to liberation.
My colleagues Sylvia Borstein, who has been teaching meditation for many decades and has written several books, including Pay Attention for Goodness Sake, practicing the perfections of the heart.
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Sylvia Borstein, who had written several books, was mentioned as having referred to the Buddhist Eightfold Path as the 'Eightfold Dot' to encourage a cyclical rather than strictly linear view of the path to liberation.
My colleagues Sylvia Borstein, who has been teaching meditation for many decades and has written several books, including Pay Attention for Goodness Sake, practicing the perfections of the heart.
Once referred to the Eightfold Path is the Eightfold Dot, to help us move away from being stuck in a highly linear sense of a path.
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The speaker mentioned this was their favorite book they had written, and its thesis was that truly paying attention would convert one's heart to goodness by realizing everyone shares the same vulnerability to loss, aging, and death.
my favorite of the books I've written is called Pay attention for goodness sake
the thesis of that book is that if you really paid attention it would so convert your heart to goodness