Heart Wisdom – Ep. 252 – The Miracle of Awakening: Finding Freedom in Everyday Life

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Deeply unveiling the Buddha’s transformative miracle of awakening, Jack provides a comprehensive guide to finding freedom in everyday life.

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“We’re asked to discover in this dance the possibility of awakening in the midst of our life, to turn what we do into something sacred.” – Jack Kornfield

In this episode, Jack mindfully explores:
  • What happened to the Buddha when he sat under the Bodhi Tree
  • What Buddha’s enlightenment means for the world
  • Bodh Gaya and the possibility of awakening through nature
  • Buddha’s path as a yogi, and how he dealt with his spiritual powers
  • How the Buddha’s greatest miracle was the miracle of education
  • Reflections and questions from the Buddha for how you are living
  • Keeping freshness and “beginner’s mind” in your practice
  • Parenting, schooling, and the different styles of education
  • Finding freedom in the difficulties and direct circumstances of your life
  • The real possibility of awakening in the midst of life
  • The Ten Paramitas, Buddhism’s Ten Perfections
  • What walking meditation is actually about
  • Why Thich Nhat Hanh does everything slowly and mindfully
  • Patience, listening, and presence
  • Spiritual life as the education of awakening
  • Listening deeply for the Tao, Dharma, truth

“Spiritual life kindles in us an interest, an attention, a passion to awaken.” – Jack Kornfield

“Meditation is the art of doing what we do and bringing our senses, our heart, our whole being to that.” – Jack Kornfield

This Dharma Talk was originally recorded on 10/01/1990.
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