Jack invitations us to stroll the trail of pleasure—regardless of the circumstances—displaying how dwelling joyfully and tenderly is a brave, radical, and transformative act.
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“What I’ve seen in visiting refugee camps is that they don’t need you to return in feeling depressed—they’ve sufficient of that themselves. They’re not in search of people who find themselves frightened, apprehensive, or downhearted. What they lengthy for is somebody who can convey a way of uplift, chance, and pleasure.” – Jack Kornfield
On this episode, Jack mindfully explores:
- Residing joyfully with a constructive angle
- Pleasure as a mandatory high quality of enlightenment
- How can we’ve pleasure in occasions of chaos, disruption, and struggling?
- Pleasure as a real service to others and the world
- Uplifting others via our pleasure and positivity
- Wavy Gravy and the Transformative Energy of Pleasure
- How struggling shouldn’t be the top of the story; it’s the start of the 4 Noble Truths
- Bringing pleasure, magnificence, and humor to our protesting, activism, and standing up for what issues
- Being hopeful regardless of the surface circumstances, and emphasizing compassion, sacrifice, braveness, and kindness
- The enjoyment and playfulness of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu
- How we will bless and heal one another with our pleasure
- Residing in pleasure, love, well being and peace even amidst hate, affliction, and troubles
- Experiencing the candy pleasure of dwelling in the best way
- The novel joyful presence of Ajahn Chah and Maha Ghosananda
- Risking delight
- Jack’s rapturous expertise of meditative bliss
- Studying to step out of the battle and embrace life
- Thich Nhat Hanh and the follow of smiling
- Turning into a make-weight of pleasure, tipping the scales to hope
- Unshakeable integrity, generosity, gratitude, and tenderness
- Tuning in with nature, relationships, and the thriller
- Father Gregory Boyle and the potential for transformation and renewal
This episode was recorded on 04/07/2025 for the Spirit Rock Meditation Heart Monday Evening Dharma Speak and Guided Meditation.
“Be joyful although you’ve thought-about all of the info.” – Wendell Berry
“Stay in pleasure and love even amongst those that hate. Stay in pleasure and well being even among the many troubled. Stay in pleasure and peace even among the many troubled. Look inside, be nonetheless, free from fears and attachments. Know the candy pleasure of dwelling in the best way.” – The Dhammapada
About Jack Kornfield:
Jack Kornfield skilled as a Buddhist monk within the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma, finding out as a monk beneath 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 academics to introduce Buddhist mindfulness follow to the West. Jack co-founded the Perception Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow meditation academics Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein and the Spirit Rock Heart in Woodacre, California. His books have been translated into 20 languages and offered greater than 1,000,000 copies.
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