Heart Wisdom – Ep. 99 – Planting Beautiful Seeds
In this dharma talk, we examine the seeds of lovingkindness and awareness that we plant through mindfulness and meditation practice. There is something in us...
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Living Here and Now
The present moment is the doorway to true calm. It is the only place you can love or awaken—the eternal present. You cannot know the...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 73 – The Garden of the Heart
Tending the Garden of the Heart (Opening) – Our mindfulness and meditation practice is a practice of gardening the heart. What can happen to the...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 58 – Starting with the Fruit
Jack is joined by Frank Ostaseski to talk about rethinking our perspective on life and death and starting with the fruit of practice. “When you...
Video: Right Effort
Throughout 2017, Jack spoke about the ten paramis, or perfections of a buddha: generosity, morality, renunciation, wisdom, right effort, patience, truthfulness, resolve, equanimity, and loving-kindness....
Practicing the Dharma In Uncertain Times
When times are uncertain, difficult, fearful, full of change, they become the perfect place to deepen the practice of awakening. After viewing the elections….whatever your...
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. 48 – Tending Yourself, Tending to the World
In light of the political “bread and circus” happening in America, leading up to the 2016 presidential elections, Jack shares stories and wisdom on the...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 46 – The Stories We Tell
Jack’s timeless wisdom leads the way as he responds to a handful of questions concerning some of the common struggles encountered on the human plane....
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...
Planting Seeds on the Middle Path
A.T. Ariyaratne, a former schoolteacher and Buddhist elder, is considered the Ghandi of Sri Lanka. Refusing to take sides in any form of conflict, Ari’s...