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Jonathan Foust Jonathan Foust
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- Religion & Spirituality
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4.9 • 337 Ratings
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Senior teacher at the Insight Meditation Community of Washington and co-founder of the Meditation Teacher Training Institute, Jonathan Foust share weekly talks, guided meditations and inquiries that explore how to cultivate an awakened heart and mind.
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The Ten Perfections: #8 Develop Strong Determination [recast]
This talk explores the power of grit.
You’ll learn the importance of first creating goals that are fully aligned with your heart and spirit and then developing your capacity to stay on your path, developing both perseverance as well as deep, intuitive inner listening.
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The Ten Perfections: #7 Seek Truth and Be Truthful [recast]
This talk explores how to attune to what is true.
You’ll learn how to discern between conventional and eternal truth, two essential teachings of truth and how to use your relationships and wise speech as a doorway to greater clarity and self-awareness. -
The Ten Perfections: #6 Be Patient and Tolerant [recast]
This talk explores how to cultivate the quality of patience and self-restraint.
You’ll learn about the power of refraining from those who have caused you harm, how to endure hardship, how to cultivate greater confidence in ultimate truth and about the near-enemies of patience and forbearance. -
The Ten Perfections: #5 Manage Your Energy [recast]
This talk explores how to cultivate vitality, courage and resilience in your life.
You’ll learn how you can manage the energy you have and how to build vigor and confidence to pursue that which calls you. -
The Ten Perfections: #4 Seek to Truly Understand [recast]
This talk explores how to cultivate wisdom and insight.
You’ll learn about the importance of cultivating the wise heart, what gets in the way of seeing clearly, the anatomy of an insight and how to balance wisdom with compassion. -
The Ten Perfections: #3 Renounce What Does Not Serve You [recast]
This talk explores the potential of mindful renunciation.
You’ll learn how critically important it is to know what is most important, cultivate the thoughts, behaviors and actions that will bring about that outcome and as well, identify and modify the the thoughts, behaviors and actions that get in the way of that outcome.
Customer Reviews
Profound Practices for Modern Life
Jonathan Foust’s talks are entertaining, insightful and deeply moving. His immense knowledge and experiences combined with his gentle manner create a true gift of story telling that is incredibly powerful. He generously shares profound practices in the most thoughtful way. His ability to weave meditation or a “zen pop quiz” into his themed talks is transformational.
Practical & Purposeful
Jonathan‘s message continues to guide me on my path to awakening. So grateful for his methods & messages.
My new favorite podcast!!!
New ideas beautifully and calmly expressed. Thank you!