From gender equity to fun adaptation, Jack talks about how the Dalai Lama challenged his teachers to reconstruct Buddhism for a modern world in which the heart is needed.
This Dharma lecture was recorded on March 29, 1993 at the Spirit Rock Meditation Centre. It was originally published on Dharmaseed.
“Someone said that the heart of the Dalai Lama is like a diamond, and that in either direction, it has clarity and beauty. – Jack Cornfield
In this episode of mental wisdom, Jack awakens teacher training for counseling, ethics code, sectarianism in a new era, and dramatic calls for gender equity: a common mind of nuns, counsels and training funded “on the spot”: a contemplative reflection of Sylvia Wetzel: if Dalah Lama was always a woman, humor and integrity: “regeneration control” and other Dalai Lama one-liners engaged in Buddhism: arms sales, poverty, overpopulation, drafting a draft pan-baddist code of conduct. Elders’ Annual Council Spirit Rock Invitation as a Living Experiment of Consensus Leadership: Awakening the Buddha’s Hearts of All Men, Women and Children
“There is no price worth paying to hide what you’re wrong. Tell the truth.” – HH Dalai Lama
Photo via Wikimedia about Jack Cornfield:
Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk K in monasteries in Thailand, India and Burma, and studied as a Buddhist monk K under Master Ben. Ajaan Cha and Ben. Mahashi Sayado. He has been teaching meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers introducing Buddhist mindfulness practices to the West. Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, along with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein, and the Spirit Rock Center in Hoddacle, California. His books have been translated into 20 languages and have sold over a million copies.
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“Use your mind to awaken the Buddha’s spirit with everything you meet. That’s really important.” – Jack Cornfield
