How do we hold life’s unbearable beauty and ocean of tears? Exploring the education of the heart, Jack Kornfield shares Buddhist wisdom for meeting troubled times with steadiness, compassion, and courage.
This time on Heart Wisdom, Jack Kornfield explores:
- Holding the beauty and suffering of the world together
- Why technological progress needs an accompanying education of the heart
- Joanna Macy’s Great Turning and the shift toward interconnection
- Ajahn Chah’s unexpected guidance on understanding anger
- Becoming a calm and centered presence during a crisis
- Supporting Bill Ford through the 2008 financial meltdown
- The Four Noble Truths and the possibility of inner freedom
- Beginning loving-kindness where the heart opens naturally
- Moving beyond self-judgment into mindful loving awareness
- Finding sacred connection in ordinary encounters
- Love, compassion, shared joy, and spacious awareness
- Remaining present through illness, grief, and loss
- The Dalai Lama’s determination to preserve his happiness
- Mindfulness when the past is painful and the future uncertain
- The Bodhisattva path and writing a personal vow of care
“The outer technology of the world has to be matched by an inner technology of the heart.” –Jack Kornfield
This episode was originally recorded at Stanford University for The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies’ T.T. & W.F. Chao “Buddhism and Contemporary Society Series”
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 Bodhisattva says, ‘my road, my life, my energy is all committed to alleviating suffering and the well-being of whoever I meet, whatever I see.’” –Jack Kornfield
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