Heart Wisdom – Ep. 86 – Entering with an Awakened Heart
Even in the most difficult times, it is possible to see something much bigger. We need to be able to envision another world—a world that...
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Awakening Love
The Buddha taught that we can develop loving-kindness by visualizing how a caring mother holds her beloved child. Love is our true nature, but it...
Parenting As Practice
Parenting is a labor love. It’s a path of service and surrender and, like the practice of a Buddha or bodhisattva, it demands patience and...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 72 – Exploring the Eightfold Path
“In the ever-changing circumstance of the world – those outer circumstances are not what makes you happy. They will for a while, there is a...
Awakening to Your Buddha Nature
“O Nobly Born” the Buddhist texts begin, remember your Buddha Nature. Remember your innate capacity for dignity, understanding and vast compassion. These gifts were born...
Right Understanding
The path of awakening begins with a step the Buddha called right understanding. Right understanding has two parts. To start with, it asks a question...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 62 – Energy to Awaken
Inner development is needed to address some of our species biggest issues like warfare, racism, and addiction. To do this we must practice Right Effort...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 56 – The Joy of Virtue
Virtue is one of the many qualities essential to the awakening of one’s true nature. Jack breaks virtue down to its most fundamental levels and...
Video: Living a Full Life
Jack Kornfield and Frank Ostaseski discuss what it means to live a full life during a Monday night dharma talk at Spirit Rock. “In any...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 54 – The Seat of Awakening
On this episode of Heart Wisdom, Jack explores what it means to take the seat of awakening. Jack tells the story of the Buddha’s literal...
Service Is the Expression of the Awakened Heart
Years ago Ram Dass went to his guru, Neem Karoli Baba, to ask, “How can I best be enlightened?” His guru answered, “Love people.” When...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 49 – The Feminine in Buddhism
This week, Jack discusses the divine feminine along with the past and present roles of women in the Buddhist tradition. We each carry within us...
