Exploring love as a spiritual practice, Jack Kornfield shares how Ram Dass grew into a living field of love and how we can cultivate that same loving awareness within ourselves.
This time on Heart Wisdom, Jack Kornfield explores:
- Ram Dass becoming the loving presence people always imagined him to be
- Krishna Das, Maharaj-ji, and the power of seeing others with the eyes of love
- Why love is not merely something that happens to us
- Cultivating lovingkindness through intentional spiritual practice
- Sharon Salzberg’s discovery that metta practice was transforming her heart
- Practicing lovingkindness for strangers in everyday life
- Seeing the original innocence and Buddha nature within others
- The Dalai Lama’s teaching on befriending the enemy
- How love transforms into compassion, joy, and equanimity
- Impermanence and the preciousness of what we love
- Moving beyond judgment into loving awareness
- Embracing the body, heart, and mind with kindness
- Listening for what is asking for love
“Ram Dass became love. He wasn’t just a teacher anymore. Whoever you were and whatever was brought to him, he would sit in a field of love and see you with the eyes of love.” –Jack Kornfield
This episode was originally recorded as part of Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman’s course, How to Thrive in Love: Buddhist Secrets to Transform Your Relationships. Learn more and join!
About Jack Kornfield:
Jack Kornfield, PhD trained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, India, and Burma. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and is a founding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society in Massachusetts and Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California. He is one of the key teachers to introduce mindfulness practice to the West, has taught internationally since 1974, and is the author of 16 books which have sold 2 million copies. Stay connected with Jack and explore his latest offerings at JackKornfield.com. Sign up for his free weekly email teachings, explore his transformational online courses, access his complete course library through the All Access Pass, or join his monthly livestreams and online community. Jack’s latest book, All In This Together: Stories and Teachings for Loving Each Other and Our World is out now!
“The good news is you don’t run out of love. When you offer and share it, it actually grows. How cool is that?” –Jack Kornfield