Jack returns to explore the nature of Dharma as universal, immediate, timeless, beneficial, protective, and available to all.
This Dharma Talk from 12/05/1987 was originally published on DharmaSeed.
“The Dharma is universal, it’s immediate, it’s open-handed, it’s to be experienced by each person for themselves directly, it’s timeless. The truth of life is here to be discovered for any individual with eyes open to see.” – Jack Kornfield
In this episode, Jack mindfully navigates:
- Sufis introducing the Dance of Universal Peace to Jack’s retreat of Buddhists
- Dharma as universal, immediate, timeless, beneficial, protective, and available to all
- The various meanings of ‘Dharma’: the teachings, the physical/emotional elements of the world, personal destiny/path, and Universal Laws/Truth
- How Joseph Goldstein accidentally found his teacher Munindraji while on the way to take LSD under the Bodhi Tree
- Karma, impermanence, duality, selflessness, attachment, metta (loving kindness), and the preciousness of life
- The Vipassana paradox of Tibetan Dream Yoga
“The Dharma protects those who follow it like a great umbrella in the rainy season.” – Jack Kornfield
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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.
Dive into Jack’s ongoing dharma offerings and transformational online courses on the new JackKornfield.com
Listen to more from Jack:
Tune into Ep. 109 of Heart Wisdom: This Too Shall Pass
Learn about Living with a Peaceful Heart in Ep. 91 of Heart Wisdom
Check out Ep. 90 of Heart Wisdom to learn about Healing Through Loving Awareness
Listen to more Stories That Open the Mind, Mend the Heart and Lead to Joy with Jack Kornfield in Ep.92 of Heart Wisdom
Tune into Ep. 102 of Heart Wisdom: The Wisdom of the One Who Knows
Check out Ep. 1 of Heart Wisdom to gain wisdom on Impermanence
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