Jack Cornfield explores the nature of the mind and offers playful practices and deep perspectives to reveal our true home of freedom, compassion and comfort.
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“If we don’t know the nature of the mind and the path of the mind, our lives are like boats without a rudder, and we are dragged here by all the thoughts, images, stories, emotions, and unfinished business that arise during the day” – Jack Cornfield
In this episode, Jack explores with his mind:
Meditation and Buddhism Purpose Learning the essence of the mind Learning the essence of the mind Our assortment of microguided meditation practices experience Buddha’s “certain mind liberation” that reveals the natural happiness and freedom of the mind, creates ways in which we create our world and those that produce mirror-like quality. Meditation of Char hears the inner self-financed mind and finding a place for rest, touch the unfinished business of our lives, touch the world of our lives and compassion, touch ourselves and this world, meet this world and this world, witnessed by the sorrows of the world, welcome Buddha in Buddha. Jack Kornfield from the monthly group’s live stream Q&A hang with Jack, along with weekly modules and prompts to focus your life on awakening!
“The Buddha gave no answer to the great mystery. He taught us how to rest in our minds in the midst of that mystery. – Jack Cornfield
This Dharma’s lecture at the Spirit Rock Meditation Centre from May 5, 1993 was originally published on Dharmaseed. Photo via Nodar77 for Jack Kornfield:
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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“Every time, there was something all of a sudden and we discovered that there was something we had been looking for all this time.” – Jack Cornfield
