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  • Ep. 283 – The Imaginal Cells of the Butterfly
    Apr 1 2025

    This episode was recorded on 3/03/25 as a part of Spirit Rock’s Monday Night Dharma Talk Series

    “You are the imaginal cells. You are the ones who are called to hold the vision of a wise society where people respect each other, where we care for the vulnerable, where we understand the universal teaching, ‘Hatred never ceases by hatred, but by love alone is healed.’ This is you.'” – Jack Kornfield

    In this episode of Heart Wisdom, Jack mindfully explores:

    • Staying centered amidst life’s struggles Stopping blame and “right and wrong
    • Navigating Late-Stage Capitalism in the 21st Century
    • The Great Turning as an opportunity to reset our lives as human beings
    • The Great Turning as a birth process—messy, painful, dangerous, and beautiful
    • Remembering your fearlessness amidst politics and news media Becoming “imaginal cells” of the butterfly
    • Trusting the constant renewal of life and nature Black Elk, Gary Snyder, and the power of loving the earth
    • Meditation and sitting with heartbreak
    • Dissolving guilt, fear, and doomscrolling
    • Carrying your light with nobility, respect, and dignity
    • Trusting the big picture, the vast cosmic view
    • Remembering who you are and living from it
    • The possibility of a new underground railroad
    • Recognizing that we are the imaginal cells of the world

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    “Here we are, 21st century, late-stage capitalism, which has gotten to the place where there’s further extremes of rich and poor for exploitation. We’re at the time what Joanna Macy calls the Great Turning—the great opportunity really for us to reset our lives as human beings.” – Jack Kornfield



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  • Ep. 282 – Awakening Soul Force: Healing the World Through Your Unique Gift
    Mar 25 2025

    Jack reveals how awakening your Soul Force—your inner strength, wisdom, and compassion—allows you to heal the world by offering your unique gift with courage and love.

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    In this episode of Heart Wisdom, Jack mindfully explores:

    • Uncovering your unique gift and bringing it to the world
    • Simple reflections of love amidst the reality of death
    • How the sword is always beaten by the spirit
    • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's "Soul Force"
    • The power of facing our fear of death
    • Becoming a Spiritual Warrior of compassion
    • Cultivating the confidence to face any challenge
    • Speaking up for what matters to your heart
    • The cause of evil and how to stop it at it's root
    • The cause of abuse and how to stop it at it's root
    • Learning how to respond to the suffering of the world
    • Discovering freedom in yourself and the world around
    • Cultivating the ability to face ourselves, our pains and sorrows
    • Facing the truth of birth and death
    • The revolutionary act of connecting with nature
    • Connecting with the truth of the world
    • Bearing witness and finding your heart's unique response
    • Entering the world with freedom and love
    • How each and every action counts
    • A charming and funny Q&A section
    • Chanting the mantra, "Ah"

    "Each of us has our own unique gift to bring when it's the right time. It can't be an imitation. You can't do it like Gandhi, Mother Teresa, or whoever you might admire—it has to be your way." – Jack Kornfield

    This Dharma Talk from 12/7/1992 at Spirit Rock Meditation Center was originally published on Dharmaseed.


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  • Ep. 281 – The Paradox of Practice: When to Sit, When to Serve
    Mar 19 2025

    Exploring the spiritual paradox of individual and universal responsibility, Jack helps us find balance between meditation and service in our daily lives.

    This Dharma Talk from 12/7/1992 at Insight Meditation Society was originally published on Dharmaseed.

    In this episode of Heart Wisdom, Jack mindfully explores:

    • The paradox of individual and universal responsibility
    • What's the better spiritual practice—meditation or service?
    • What exactly is individual, and what is the universe?
    • Joanna Macy's painful yet healing trip to Chernobyl
    • Becoming stewards of each other, the earth, and the future
    • Distinguishing between freedom and it's near enemies
    • Near enemies as fostering separation; freedom as interdependence
    • How to respond to suffering authentically and helpfully
    • Creating change blossoming from the human heart
    • The radical act of "doing nothing and facing yourself"
    • Dealing with the homelessness problem, warfare, environmental destruction
    • Balancing "Don't just do something, sit there," and "Don't just sit there, there isn't time."
    • Choosing between inner practice and outward service
    • Following a true path with heart in this lifetime
    • Vimala Thakar, Ajahn Chah, and Maha Ghosananda as beacons of peace
    • The power of helping feed the hungry
    • Navigating the up and down, inner and outer, cycles of spiritual life

    "Every act counts. Each one of us has the power to affect the world." – Jack Kornfield


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  • Ep. 280 –The Healing Breath: Reawakening the Body, Reconnecting with Life
    Mar 12 2025

    Fostering the mind-body-heart connection, Jack shares how the healing breath reawakens the body and reconnects us with life.

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    In this episode of Heart Wisdom, Jack mindfully explores:

    • Using breath to live wisely and simply in this complex human existence
    • Good spiritual community as an island of peace and sanity
    • Seeing past negative fear politics and news media
    • A Charm to Use Against the Language of Politics
    • The Buddha on mindfulness of your life breath
    • Noting the subtle nuances of the breath in meditation
    • "Buddha in the palm of your hand" technique
    • Training the restless puppy of the mind
    • Using breath to reconnect body, heart, and mind
    • Short and simple guided breath practices
    • What the Cross and the Circle represent
    • Directing your breath to feel and open emotional wounds and dis-ease
    • Reawakening your body, and reconnecting with life, through breathing

    "Most of the destruction that modern society has caused in the world is the result of the mind being disconnected from the heart and the body." – Jack Kornfield

    This Dharma Talk originally taking place on 11/2/1992 at Insight Meditation Society was originally published on DharmaSeed.


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  • Ep. 279 – Standing Up For Compassion: A Wise Rudder in Turbulent Politics
    Mar 4 2025

    Standing up for compassion in this powerful new Dharma Talk, Jack offers a steady spiritual rudder for navigating turbulent politics with the heart of a Bodhisattva.

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    “It’s a time to get quiet and remember that you’re here for a beautiful purpose, oh Bodhisattvas. What better thing to do with your life?” – Jack Kornfield

    In this episode of Heart Wisdom, Jack mindfully explores:

    • Navigating this world's maelstrom of change from a deep spiritual rudder
    • Returning from his trip to Asia; landing in Los Angeles on fire
    • Samsara and the nature of uncertainty
    • Creating a wise society based on mutual care
    • Trading our personal and cultural anxiety for imagination and hope
    • Alison Luterman's heart-opening poem, Praise the Broken Promise of America
    • Using the Dharma to move past Liberal versus Conservative
    • How to help the vulnerable in the world
    • Remembering your best values as things change
    • Grounding yourself, steadying your heart, and remaining hopeful
    • Bringing peace to this world, developing metta, and supporting what's good
    • Taking the long view, living with integrity, virtue, and imagination
    • Joining together with your community to stand up for compassion
    • Being hopeful and helpful through difficult times
    • Living like a Bodhisattva—offering support, compassion, loving kindness


    “Take the long view—your intention, heart, and mind in all the cycles of birth and death. That deep intention of wisdom creates what’s possible for a wise society. It becomes a rudder through difficult times.” – Jack Kornfield

    “When a society treats its members with respect, cares for the weak and vulnerable among them and tends the natural world around… it can be expected to prosper and not decline.” – Mahāparinibbāna Sutta

    This Dharma Talk was originally recorded for the Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday Night Talk and Meditation on 2/10/25.

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  • Ep. 278 – Guided Metta Meditation: Becoming a Beacon of Kindness
    Feb 28 2025

    “A powerful way of practicing metta is to invite in the feeling of love without specific words or images. You become a beacon of kindness. Then whatever arises as you sit—thoughts, people, images, concerns—will be held in that kindness.” – Jack Kornfield

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    This week on Heart Wisdom, Jack offers listeners instruction on:

    • Metta and invoking the spirit of love within ourselves
    • Holding all that arises during meditation with kindness
    • Letting our body have a sense of care and well being
    • Allowing ourselves to soften, relax, and rest easily
    • Feeling completely supported by the earth below us
    • Opening our hearts and minds via the metta sutta of loving-kindness
    • Suffusing the whole world with unobstructed, sublime love

    “The ideal as you practice is to find your own way, to find what most naturally resonates with yourself as a gateway to open the heart.” – Jack Kornfield

    This episode was originally recorded for the Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday Night Dharma Talk and Guided Meditation Livestream for Feb 2025.

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  • Ep. 277 – Falling Apart, Coming Together: Impermanence, Romance, and Attachment
    Feb 18 2025
    In this engaging Q&A session, Jack and Trudy explore romance, impermanence, attachment, diffusing anger, manifesting your dreams using mindfulness, and more!Learn How to Thrive in Love: Buddhist Secrets to Transform Your Relationships with Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman – join now!In Part 2 of this episode, Jack and Trudy dive into Q&A on:Finding appreciation and wisdom in things “falling apart”Accepting change, aging, impermanenceEntering the naked unknown of the wilderness, natureThe wisdom of swimming with dolphins in the oceanSending metta (loving kindness) to the world and those in positions of powerHow to tend our romantic relationships and partnerships with mindfulness and careDiffusing anger and learning how to communicate lovinglyConnecting from a place of vulnerability and presenceMoving past warfare, racism, violence, and blameLearning how to communicate across differencesNoting the difference between your intention and it’s impact on othersManifesting your dreams using mindfulness“Attachment” in Buddhism vs Western PsychologyWorking through trauma in a safe and mindful wayThis talk originally aired on the Voices of Esalen Podcast:The Voices of Esalen Podcast showcases in-depth interviews with the dynamic teachers and thinkers who are part of Esalen Institute. Hosted by Sam Stern, a former Esalen student and current staff member, the podcasts have featured engaging conversations with authors Cheryl Strayed and Michael Pollan, innovators Stan Grof and Dr. Mark Hyman, teachers Byron Katie, Mark Coleman and Jean Houston, Esalen co-founder Michael Murphy, and many more. Learn more at Esalen.org/story/podcastsAbout Trudy Goodman:Trudy is a Vipassana teacher in the Theravada lineage and the Founding Teacher of InsightLA. For 25 years, in Cambridge, MA, Trudy practiced mindfulness-based psychotherapy with children, teenagers, couples and individuals. Trudy conducts retreats, engages in activism work, and teaches workshops worldwide and online. She is also the voice of Trudy the Love Barbarian in the Netflix series, The Midnight Gospel. You can learn more about about Trudy’s flourishing array of wonderful offerings at TrudyGoodman.comThis episode is brought to you by Dharma Moon. Join Buddhist teachers David Nichtern and Professor Robert Thurman for a free online event on Tuesday, March 4th at 6pm ET. Together, they'll explore the power of lineage, tradition, and the evolution of mindfulness practices. They’ll also discuss Dharma Moon’s renowned mindfulness meditation teacher training program. Visit dharmamoon.com/lineage for more info and to reserve your spot for the free online event with David Nichtern and Professor Robert Thurman!About Jack Kornfield:Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma, studying as a monk under the Buddhist master Ven. Ajahn Chah, as well as the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein and the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California. His books have been translated into 20 languages and sold more than a million copies.Jack is currently offering a wonderful array of transformational online courses diving into crucial topics like Mindfulness Meditation Fundamentals, Walking the Eightfold Path, Opening the Heart of Forgiveness, Living Beautifully, Transforming Your Life Through Powerful Stories, and so much more. Sign up for an All Access Pass to explore Jack’s entire course library. If you would like a years worth of online meetups with Jack and fellow community, join The Year of Awakening: A Monthly Journey with Jack KornfieldStay up to date with Jack and his stream of fresh dharma offerings by visiting JackKornfield.com and signing up for his email teachings.“It’s important to love what we love; it’s only a problem when we need to let go.” – Trudy GoodmanSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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  • Ep. 276 – Healing with Love: Hopeful Wisdom for Difficult Times
    Feb 12 2025
    Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman join forces in an exploration of Buddha’s eternal wisdom: ‘hatred never ceases by hatred, but by love alone is healed.’This episode is brought to you by Betterhelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/heartwisdom and get on your way to being your best self.“We start to sense that who we are is not just limited by the events of the world, but that we’re connected to something vast, mysterious, and greater.” – Jack KornfieldIn Part 1 of this episode, Jack and Trudy mindfully explore:Loving Awareness and mindful responseSeeing the world with the eyes of a BuddhaOpening to that world with the heart of a BuddhaHow the art of meditation is actually the art of loveThe story of Maha Ghosananda, the Gandhi of CambodiaBuddha’s eternal wisdom: Hatred never ceases by hatred, but by love alone is healedFacing climate change, racism, warfare, refugees, injustice, and traumaDealing with our cultural anxiety, and saving ourselves from despairBecoming the calm person on the boat who can show the way for allBecoming a Bodhisattva, setting the compass of your heart for compassionStanding up for what matters, and tending the world with beautyShifting our practice from unconsciousness to loving awarenessSuffusing mindfulness practice with tenderness and compassionHow we are all the same size when facing the vulnerability of our mortalityThe Heart Sutra mantra: Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi SvahaFinding wisdom and comfort in “falling apart”“Spiritually, we are all the same size, because we all are facing the vulnerability of our mortality.” – Trudy Goodman“In community, in family, in our lives, in joy and sorrow, in birth and death—we’re, given the responsibility to hold ourselves in a web of love.” – Jack KornfieldLearn How to Thrive in Love: Buddhist Secrets to Transform Your Relationships with Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman beginning Feb 17 – join anytime!About Trudy Goodman:Trudy is a Vipassana teacher in the Theravada lineage and the Founding Teacher of InsightLA. For 25 years, in Cambridge, MA, Trudy practiced mindfulness-based psychotherapy with children, teenagers, couples and individuals. Trudy conducts retreats, engages in activism work, and teaches workshops worldwide and online. She is also the voice of Trudy the Love Barbarian in the Netflix series, The Midnight Gospel. You can learn more about about Trudy's flourishing array of wonderful offerings at TrudyGoodman.comThis talk originally aired on the Voices of Esalen Podcast:The Voices of Esalen Podcast showcases in-depth interviews with the dynamic teachers and thinkers who are part of Esalen Institute. Hosted by Sam Stern, a former Esalen student and current staff member, the podcasts have featured engaging conversations with authors Cheryl Strayed and Michael Pollan, innovators Stan Grof and Dr. Mark Hyman, teachers Byron Katie, Mark Coleman and Jean Houston, Esalen co-founder Michael Murphy, and many more. Learn more at Esalen.org/story/podcastsAbout Jack Kornfield:Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma, studying as. a monk under the Buddhist master Ven. Ajahn Chah, as well as the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein and the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California. His books have been translated into 20 languages and sold more than a million copies.Jack is currently offering a wonderful array of transformational online courses and programs diving into crucial topics like Mindfulness Meditation, Relationships, Walking the Eightfold Path, Opening the Heart of Forgiveness, Living Beautifully, Transforming Your Life Through Powerful Stories, and so much more. Learn about these and Jack's flowing stream of Dharma offerings at JackKornfield.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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