A Radical Buddhist Approach To Making This The Best Year Of Your Life | Vinny Ferraro

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<p>Contemplating your own death can feel like a massive bummer at first, but there's good news: how you react to that inescapable fact really matters. </p> <p><a href="https://vinnyferraro.org/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">Vinny Ferraro</a> has practiced insight meditation (vipassanā) since the mid-90s. He's the Guiding Teacher of the Big Heart City Sangha in San Francisco and has led a weekly sitting group for almost two decades.</p> <p>As a fully empowered Dharma Teacher thru Spirit Rock/IMS, he has taught residential retreats at Spirit Rock, Insight Meditation Society, and the Esalen Institute. Currently, he leads Spirit Rock's <a href= "https://spirit-rock.secure.retreat.guru/program/a-year-to-live-yl6t25/?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Year to Live</a> course and teaches retreats and daylongs through Big Heart City and meditation centers across the country.</p> <p>He is a respected leader in developing and implementing interventions for at-risk populations. leading groups in schools, juvenile halls and prisons since 1987. He has led emotional intelligence workshops for over 100,000 youth on four continents.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>In this episode we talk about:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Why it's important to think about your own death even if you're not expecting it anytime soon</li> <li>The distinction between the actual conditions of your life and how much you suffer</li> <li>A practice called the five Daily Remembrances, which Dan started doing himself right after we recorded this — and which has made a real difference for him</li> <li>And some of other practices they do in the class, including the "life review" and "housekeeping"</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Related Episodes:</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://www.meditatehappier.com/podcast/tph/vinny-ferraro" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Three Buddhist Practices For Getting Your Sh*t Together | Vinny Ferraro</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.meditatehappier.com/podcast/tph/alua-arthur-archive" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">How Thinking About Death Can Improve Your Life | Alua Arthur</a></p> <p><strong>Join the waiting list for</strong> <a href= "https://spirit-rock.secure.retreat.guru/program/a-year-to-live-yl6t25/?_gl=1%2A16apfmp%2A_ga%2AMjEzNTMyOTM0NC4xNzM1MzA3NjUy%2A_ga_JJL3LQYNTV%2AMTczNTMwNzY1Mi4xLjEuMTczNTMwNzc2Mi42MC4wLjA.&lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>A Year To Live</strong></a> <strong>at Spirit Rock.</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Find out more about the</strong> <a href= "https://spirit-rock.secure.retreat.guru/program/young-adult-retreat-246r25-on-land/?_gl=1%2A1rfbgn%2A_ga%2AMjEzNTMyOTM0NC4xNzM1MzA3NjUy%2A_ga_JJL3LQYNTV%2AMTczNTMwNzY1Mi4xLjEuMTczNTMwNzk3Mi42MC4wLjA.&lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Young Adult Retreat at Spirit Rock</strong></a> <strong>(taught by Vinny Ferraro, Matthew Brensilver, Cara Lai, and Hakim Tafari).</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Use code TENPERCENT for 10% off these two courses at Spirit Rock:</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://spirit-rock.secure.retreat.guru/program/anxiety-as-teacher-a-dharma-and-yoga-daylong-dj1d25/?_gl=1%2Aftjrn%2A_ga%2AMjEzNTMyOTM0NC4xNzM1MzA3NjUy%2A_ga_JJL3LQYNTV%2AMTczNTMwNzY1Mi4xLjEuMTczNTMwNzY2OC40NC4wLjA.&lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Anxiety as Teacher: A Dharma and Yoga Daylong</a></p> <p><a href= "https://spirit-rock.secure.retreat.guru/program/cultivating-the-beautiful-factors-of-mind-204r25-on-land/?_gl=1%2Ac6487a%2A_ga%2AMjEzNTMyOTM0NC4xNzM1MzA3NjUy%2A_ga_JJL3LQYNTV%2AMTczNTMwNzY1Mi4xLjEuMTczNTMwNzg3NC42MC4wLjA.&lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cultivating the Beautiful Factors of Mind</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Sign up for Dan's weekly newsletter</strong> <a href= "https://bit.ly/3QtGRqJ" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer"><strong>here</strong></a></p> <p><strong>Follow Dan on social:</strong> <a href= "https://bit.ly/3tGigG5" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer"><strong>Instagram</strong></a><strong>,</strong> <a href="https://bit.ly/3FOA84J" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer"><strong>TikTok</strong></a></p> <p><strong>Ten Percent Happier online</strong> <a href= "https://bit.ly/46TZglY" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer"><strong>bookstore</strong></a></p> <p><strong>Subscribe to our</strong> <a href= "https://bit.ly/3FybRzD" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer"><strong>YouTube Channel</strong></a></p> <p><strong>Our favorite playlists on:</strong> <a href= "https://spoti.fi/3Qa8kMT" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer"><strong>Anxiety</strong></a><strong>,</strong> <a href="https://spoti.fi/3MjtMxF" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer"><strong>Sleep</strong></a><strong>,</strong> <a href="https://spoti.fi/3QvyA5J" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer"><strong>Relationships</strong></a><strong>,</strong> <a href="https://spoti.fi/3QxZASc" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer"><strong>Most Popular Episodes</strong></a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Full Shownotes:</strong> <a href= "http://www.meditatehappier.com/podcast/tph/vinny-ferraro-a-year-to-live" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">www.meditatehappier.com/podcast/tph/vinny-ferraro-a-year-to-live</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Additional Resources:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Download the <a href= "https://my.meditatehappier.com/start/register?plan=com.10percenthappier.subscription_1year_9999.intro_7day_free" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Happier Meditation app</a> today. </li> </ul>