The aim of Buddhist practice is simple and profound: to alleviate suffering by waking up to who we really are.
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Pamela Weiss
Spirit Rock Residential Teacher
Pamela Weiss is a Buddhist teacher in Theravada and Soto Zen, and a guiding teacher at San Francisco Insight. She has been practicing since 1987, including several years of Zen monastic training and retreat teacher training through Spirit Rock. Pamela is the author of A Bigger Sky: Awakening a Fierce Feminine Buddhism.