Bart van Melik: Four Powerful Resolves: Wisdom, Truth, Generosity, and Peace

Bart van Melik: Four Powerful Resolves: Wisdom, Truth, Generosity, and Peace

Author: dharmaseed.org February 20, 2026 Duration: 44:47
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Drawing on the story of Pukkusāti meeting the Buddha, this talk explores four core resolves: not neglecting wisdom, protecting the truth, cultivating generosity, and training in peace. With reflections from retreat practice and daily life, the talk invites us to orient the heart again and again toward these qualities as a path of gradual cultivation and inner freedom.

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