From gender equity to joyful adaptation, Jack recounts how the Dalai Lama challenged teachers to reshape Buddhism for a modern world in need of heart.
“Somebody said the Dalai Lama’s mind is like a diamond, and whichever facet, whichever direction he turns it to, it comes with clarity and beauty. Everything that he did had a sense of graciousness and beauty about it.” – Jack Kornfield
In this episode of Heart Wisdom, Jack holds a thought-provoking talk on:
- Counseling, ethics codes, and teacher-training for a new era
- Sectarianism vs. the shared heart of awakening
- A dramatic call for gender equity: nuns, councils & training funded “on the spot”
- Sylvia Wetzel’s meditative reflection: What if the Dalai Lama had always been a woman?
- Humor & honesty: “rebirth control” and other Dalai Lama one-liners
- Engaged Buddhism: arms sales, poverty, over-population, climate
- Drafting a pan-Buddhist code of conduct; yearly councils of elders
- Spirit Rock as a living experiment in consensus leadership
- The invitation: awaken the Buddha-heart in every man, woman & child
“There is no price worth paying to hide what is wrong—tell the truth.” – H.H. the Dalai Lama
