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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Exploring love as a spiritual practice, Jack Kornfield shares how Ram Dass grew into a living field of love and how we can cultivate that same loving awareness within ourselves.

This time on Heart Wisdom, Jack Kornfield explores:

• Ram Dass becoming the loving presence people always imagined him to be
• Krishna Das, Maharaj-ji, and the power of seeing others with the eyes of love
• Why love is not merely something that happens to us
• Cultivating lovingkindness through intentional spiritual practice
• Sharon Salzberg’s discovery that metta practice was transforming her heart
• Practicing lovingkindness for strangers in everyday life
• Seeing the original innocence and Buddha nature within others
• The Dalai Lama’s teaching on befriending the enemy
• How love transforms into compassion, joy, and equanimity
• Impermanence and the preciousness of what we love
• Moving beyond judgment into loving awareness
• Embracing the body, heart, and mind with kindness
• Listening for what is asking for love

“Ram Dass became love. He wasn’t just a teacher anymore. Whoever you were and whatever was brought to him, he would sit in a field of love and see you with the eyes of love.” –Jack Kornfield

This episode was originally recorded as part of Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman’s course, How to Thrive in Love: Buddhist Secrets to Transform Your Relationships. Learn more and join!

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 good news is you don’t run out of love. When you offer and share it, it actually grows. How cool is that?” –Jack Kornfield

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Through a humbling story of Sri Nisargadatta and a guided meditation on loving awareness, Jack shows how love can become large enough to hold the full mystery of our human experience.

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This time on Heart Wisdom, Jack Kornfield explores:

• Eclipses, the mystery of the cosmos, and the Music of the Spheres
• Finding balance as an ongoing dance rather than a destination
• Why love does not require us to eliminate fear
• A humbling encounter with Sri Nisargadatta and the wisdom of remaining a student
• Resilience as a love large enough to hold our imperfect humanity
• Moving beyond servant leadership to become a servant of love
• Uncovering what your heart is asking you to serve
• Remembering the wisdom and compassion already living within us
• Resting in the spaciousness of loving awareness

“What does the heart ask you to serve?” –Jack Kornfield

This episode was originally recorded as part of Jack’s yearlong program, Living the Dharma in a Troubled World, with monthly livestream Q&As and themed lessons. Learn more and join!

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!

“That’s part of what brings resilience: not the ideal of how we’re supposed to be, but the fact that love can be big enough to hold it all.” –Jack Kornfield

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