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Cara Lai: A Field of Compassion: or How to Not Make War with Your Bushes (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
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- Sep 10, 2026
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- 3100
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Summary
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Pain is unavoidable; suffering is what we add by resisting it. This talk traces that distinction through a rage-filled retreat, an ongoing war with invasive shrubs, and the near enemies — pity, overwhelm, "fierce compassion" — that masquerade as care while keeping suffering at arm's length.