On this tender and illuminating speak, Jack shares a Zen love story and a path of conscious presence that brings us residence—from the tales of the thoughts to the reality of the center. By way of embodied consciousness, we uncover that the top of exile begins with loving what’s right here now.
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“The top of exile is after we see all of the tales of what ought to be, and what’s, and what can be, passing via the thoughts, and we relaxation in some place of peace within the coronary heart.” – Jack Kornfield
This week on Coronary heart Knowledge, Jack heartfully ponders:
- Freedom and the non secular path
- The Dharma’s ‘one style’ of freedom
- The Positive Coronary heart’s Launch
- Current, previous, future, and Being Right here Now
- Life’s typically dreamlike high quality
- The evanescent current second
- Noticing the dreamlike high quality of life
- An enlightening Zen love story
- Uncovering your true self
- Overcoming exile with softness of coronary heart
- Mindfulness as the top of exile
- Embodied awakening and discovering liberation inside the physique and thoughts
- Accepting and together with all components of ourselves
- Mindfulness and reuniting together with your physique and emotions
- Cultivating “mindfulness of thoughts” and forgiving its tales
- Watching the thoughts, resting within the coronary heart
- Tales and poems on the top of exile in our lives
- Discovering true kindness via accepting sorrow
“The previous disappears, the longer term isn’t right here but—all there may be is that this evanescent current second that’s right here for a second after which modifications.” – Jack Kornfield
This Dharma Discuss recorded throughout a desert retreat on 04/05/1993 was initially printed on DharmaSeed.
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About Jack Kornfield:
Jack Kornfield skilled as a Buddhist monk within the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma, learning as a monk underneath the Buddhist grasp Ven. Ajahn Chah, in addition to the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is likely one of the key lecturers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness follow to the West. Jack co-founded the Perception Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow meditation lecturers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein and the Spirit Rock Heart in Woodacre, California. His books have been translated into 20 languages and bought greater than 1,000,000 copies.
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“The true koan is: who’s your true self?” – Jack Kornfield
