Shining light on the Divine Abodes, Jack shares how we can navigate the world from the goodness of our hearts.
“Luminous, says the Buddha, is this heart and mind.” – Jack Kornfield
In this episode, Jack mindfully explores:
- The Divine Abodes (Brahmaviharas) as qualities of the Awakened Heart
- Navigating the world from the goodness of our hearts
- Loving kindness, compassion, joy, equanimity/peace
- What is possible for us as human beings
- Discovering who we really are and what really matters
- Stories of Jack’s Buddhist teacher, Maha Ghosananda
- The spirituality of neuroscience’s “Mirror Neurons”
- Sharon Salzberg, Metta practice, and the power of attention
- Ram Dass, and the heart as the doorway to love
This Dharma Talk originally was recorded on 12/10/2007 at Spirit Rock Meditation Center.
“What we give our attention, that place will flower and blossom. So if we give our attention to love, it grows.” – Jack Kornfield
“Loving Kindness is like the rain that falls on all things, the just and the unjust, equally without discrimination. That love, when it grows within our heart, has a quality of nurturance, moisture, opening, sweetness and constancy to it. It’s an expression of the heart that’s unencumbered by fear.” – Jack Kornfield
