Open Your Heart
On December 5, my wife Trudy Goodman, Sharon Salzberg, and I celebrated the end of the Open Your Heart retreat we had been teaching with...
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Heart Wisdom – Ep. 50 – The Bodhisattva and the Power of Intention
On this episode of Heart Wisdom, Jack helps us figure out how to come back to our lives after a retreat, explores the power of...
Meditation On Lovingkindness
May I be filled with lovingkindness “I am larger, better than I thought; I did not know I held so much goodness.” – Walt...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 47 – Nobility and Love
On this episode of Heart Wisdom, Jack talks about leadership, nobility, and love. American presidents George Washington and Lincoln are used as examples of men...
Audio: Vastness and Love Dharma Talk
With a spacious heart, we can remember the bigger picture. What would it feel like to love the whole kit and caboodle—to make our love...
“The blues is the truth.”
In a healthy response to pain and fear, we establish awareness before it becomes anger. We can train ourselves to notice the gap between the...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 45 – Stories from an Awakened Heart
Jack offers tales of tenderness that remind us of the qualities of faith and compassion which move us in the direction of freedom. What resources...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 44 – Attachment Revealed
To create and maintain appropriate boundaries we must first understand what it is as we are approaching attachment, commitment and love. Jack offers a definition...
Reclaiming Our Lost Sense of Self
How can our practice help us develop a healthy and full sense of self? How can we come to true self? There are several aspects...
Patience is the Wrong Word
Patience has a certain impatience built into it. In Zen the word is “constancy.” Instead of patience, constancy is a kind of dedication to what...
Healthy Desire
Buddhist psychology teaches us to distinguish between the painful desire of addiction and driven ambition and the healthy energies of dedication and commitment. A dream...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 39 – Emptiness and the Power of Love
An exploration of the ways in which the quiet mind and open heart lead to wisdom, depth, and love. Our practice itself is an act...