Jack Kornfield on Discovering Peace Within Yourself - Heart Wisdom Ep. 237

Uncovering how to find joy and freedom in any situation, Jack shares the roadmap for discovering peace within yourself.
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“Peace is the cessation of your struggle, it’s putting down the burden and letting things be as they actually are.” - Jack Kornfield
In this episode, Jack mindfully explores:
- Learning to be at peace with yourself and the world
- How to meditate when it feels like you can’t meditate
- The way emptiness connects with compassion
- Reconciling where peace meets struggle
- Peace as an internal state you can bring with you
- Being Here Now, opening to life fully, and becoming intimate with all things
- How we can find joy, liberation, and freedom in any situation
- Dharma stories of the Buddha as well as the Bodhisattva Vimalakīrti
- Coming to terms with the First Noble Truth of suffering, disappointment, and change
- The transformative power of meeting life exactly as it is
- What we can learn from both a “Duck Meditation,” “Goose Poem,” and a Tibetan Prayer
- Love and it’s connection with courage
“We can’t come to rest because we’re at war with what’s actually here.” - Jack Kornfield
“To enter into the unknown is really to enter into the moment.” - Jack Kornfield
This Dharma Talk originally recorded on 12/01/1989 at Spirit Rock Meditation Center was originally published on DharmaSeed.
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[@hardingtoplis6980]

Just listening to Jack's voice is almost like a peaceful meditation itself.

[@carolinebielby5924]

Yes, the voice is wonderful bit like Sam Harris he has that sort of voice .

[@pansrn]

Fantastic talk.

[@user-iw6sw2qw9q]

Thank 🙏🏼 You

[@poetryjones7946]

Jack starts at 3:00

[@zillamir8624]

Terrific stuff ❤🙏🦋

[@corlisscrabtree3647]

Thank you