In this episode Vince Fakhoury Horn is joined by his long-time teacher, Kenneth Folk, to share about his beloved teacher, Bill Hamilton. American meditation teacher Shinzen Young refers to Bill as "an unsung hero of Western Mindfulness." He was an enigmatic dharma teacher who practiced in the Insight meditation & Theravada traditions. He was the founder of the Dharma Seed tape library, he did 7 years of silent retreat practice, and wrote an excellent contemporary dharma book called "Saints & Psychopaths."
Episode Links:
π€ Kenneth Folk
π€ Vince Fakhoury Horn
π Saints & Psychopaths by Bill Hamilton
π Dharma Seed
Memorable Quotes:
πΊ "Enlightenment. Highly recommended, can't tell you why." β Bill Hamilton
πΊ "Suffering less, noticing it more." β Bill Hamilton
πΊ "You don't have to go looking for suffering." β Bill Hamilton
πΊ "You could get enlightened rubbing that tape box." β Bill Hamilton
πΊ "They're doing psychology." β Bill Hamilton
πΊ "There's more than one objection of mindfulness." β Bill Hamilton
πΊ "This is the ultimate self-improvement project, even beyond one's self." β Kenneth Folk
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