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Embodying the dharma: contact, curiosity and care.

With Martin Aylward recorded on February 1, 2015.

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Worldwide Insight talk from Martin Aylward: “Embodying the Dharma: Contact, Curiosity and Care”. Worldwide Insight inaugural session. Guided meditation, Dharma talk and Q&A.

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