Offering compassion for our human flaws, Jack relays how to stop being so loyal to our suffering, and helps uncover the heart of the Buddha living within each of us.
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“You can search the tenfold universe as the Buddha and not find a single person more worthy of love and care than the one seated right here in your own body.” – Jack Kornfield
In this episode, Jack mindfully explores:
- Living the Divine Abodes to uncover the heart of the Buddha within yourself
- How to live in loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity/peace
- Ram Dass, the Chicken and Rice Man, and selfless service
- How the circle of compassion is not complete until it includes self-compassion
- Viktor Frankl and the boundless freedom of the human spirit
- David Roche and The Church of 80% Sincerity
- Moving beyond looks and into the reality of unconditional love
- Turning off the news and doing something enjoyable
- How to stop being so loyal to your suffering
This Dharma Talk from 12/10/2007 at Spirit Rock Meditation Center was originally published on DharmaSeed.
“The great heart of a Buddha is within you.” – Jack Kornfield
About Jack Kornfield:
Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma, studying as. a monk under the Buddhist master Ven. Ajahn Chah, as well as the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein and the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California. His books have been translated into 20 languages and sold more than a million copies.