Deeply unveiling the Buddha’s transformative miracle of awakening, Jack provides a comprehensive guide to finding freedom in everyday life.
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“We’re asked to discover in this dance the possibility of awakening in the midst of our life, to turn what we do into something sacred.” – Jack Kornfield
In this episode, Jack mindfully explores:
- What happened to the Buddha when he sat under the Bodhi Tree
- What Buddha’s enlightenment means for the world
- Bodh Gaya and the possibility of awakening through nature
- Buddha’s path as a yogi, and how he dealt with his spiritual powers
- How the Buddha’s greatest miracle was the miracle of education
- Reflections and questions from the Buddha for how you are living
- Keeping freshness and “beginner’s mind” in your practice
- Parenting, schooling, and the different styles of education
- Finding freedom in the difficulties and direct circumstances of your life
- The real possibility of awakening in the midst of life
- The Ten Paramitas, Buddhism’s Ten Perfections
- What walking meditation is actually about
- Why Thich Nhat Hanh does everything slowly and mindfully
- Patience, listening, and presence
- Spiritual life as the education of awakening
- Listening deeply for the Tao, Dharma, truth
“Spiritual life kindles in us an interest, an attention, a passion to awaken.” – Jack Kornfield
“Meditation is the art of doing what we do and bringing our senses, our heart, our whole being to that.” – Jack Kornfield
This episode recorded on 10/01/1990 was originally published on DharmaSeed.
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.
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Tune into Ep. 109 of Heart Wisdom: This Too Shall Pass
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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
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