Ep. 260 – Creating a Sacred Container for Practice

Ep. 260 – Creating a Sacred Container for Practice

Jack guides us in creating a sacred container for spiritual practice—a space where, like a garden, our inner life can be nurtured, allowing us to transform life’s challenges into paths of awakening and growth.

Open the Heart of Forgiveness with Jack Kornfield: A Journey of Redemption, Reconciliation and Renewal beginning Oct 21. Learn more and sign up!

“Much of our spiritual life, to mature, needs a sacred container for transformation. It needs this container that is greater than our small self—the body of fear and the mind of desire—something that honors a larger spirit, a larger truth.” – Jack Kornfield

In this episode, Jack mindfully explores:

Creating a free and protected space, a sacred container for your practice

How the very difficulties in our lives are what actually awakens us

Using our hardships as a crucible for uncovering our own goodness

Rumi’s flavorful and delicious “vegetable fable”

Learning how to stay centered on your cushion

The mirror-like quality of meditation practice

Meeting our practice with commitment, constancy, patience

Honoring the cycles of nature and the universe

Feeling our feelings to heal our grief

Learning the value of staying with things, even through difficulty

Choosing the Dharma over the body of fear and mind of desire

Nurturing the sacred garden within yourself

The power of prayer and feeling blessed


“In a way, sitting is nothing more than looking in the mirror. You sit and face whatever arises.” – Jack Kornfield

“It almost doesn’t matter what we pick, who our partner is, or what we choose to do, as long as it’s reasonably wholesome. What matters is how much we can give to it, of our sincerity, of our earnestness, of our heart.” – Jack Kornfield

This Dharma Talk recorded on 8/1/1991 at Spirit Rock Meditation Center was originally published on DharmaSeed.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jaksot(319)

Ep. 311 – All In This Together Series #2: Stories of Meaning, Presence, and Living with Integrity

Ep. 311 – All In This Together Series #2: Stories of Meaning, Presence, and Living with Integrity

Celebrating the release of his new book of his favorite stories, All In This Together, Jack shares wise tales on living with integrity, presence, stillness, and generosity.Today’s podcast is brought t...

4 Joulu 202539min

Ep. 310 - Sometimes You Need a Story More Than Food,  All In This Together Series Pt. 1

Ep. 310 - Sometimes You Need a Story More Than Food, All In This Together Series Pt. 1

Celebrating the release of his new book of his favorite stories, All In This Together, Jack shares why ‘sometimes we need a story more than food.’ Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give...

20 Marras 202532min

Ep. 309 – Love Binds All Things: What We Can Do to Help the World with Prof. Rajiv S. Joshi

Ep. 309 – Love Binds All Things: What We Can Do to Help the World with Prof. Rajiv S. Joshi

Jack Kornfield and Prof. Rajiv S. Joshi explore how facing suffering with love can awaken the courage to heal our world.Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at be...

5 Marras 202545min

Ep. 308 – Becoming the Tree of Enlightenment with Prof. Rajiv S. Joshi

Ep. 308 – Becoming the Tree of Enlightenment with Prof. Rajiv S. Joshi

Jack Kornfield and Prof. Rajiv S. Joshi explore ‘inner climate change,’ guiding us through meditation and reflection on transforming the world by becoming the Tree of Enlightenment.Today’s podcast is ...

22 Loka 202536min

Ep. 307 – Inner Climate Change with Prof. Rajiv S. Joshi

Ep. 307 – Inner Climate Change with Prof. Rajiv S. Joshi

Jack Kornfield and Prof. Rajiv S. Joshi share uplifting spiritual wisdom on how inner climate change shapes outer climate healing, the environment, and the future of humanity.Jack’s new book hits shel...

9 Loka 202549min

Ep. 306 – The Spacious Heart: Transcending Duality Through Meditation and Sound

Ep. 306 – The Spacious Heart: Transcending Duality Through Meditation and Sound

Jack Kornfield leads a guided sound journey into spacious awareness—exploring meditation, mantra, and the freedom beyond duality.Dive into Jack’s recently unearthed lost tapes from a vintage Yucca Val...

2 Loka 202544min

Ep. 305 – Remembering the Pleasure of Peace

Ep. 305 – Remembering the Pleasure of Peace

Exploring spaciousness as the ground of awakening, Jack Kornfield shows how peace, impermanence, and love are all born from the open heart.Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online ...

19 Syys 202532min

Ep. 304 – Finding Your Inner Light

Ep. 304 – Finding Your Inner Light

Jack shares a whimsical story on light and dark, birth and death, forgiveness and mercy, passion and sincerity, impermanence and immorality, and finding your inner light.In this episode, Jack mindfull...

3 Syys 202554min

Suosittua kategoriassa Uskonto ja hengellisyys

yopuolen-tarinoita-2
kulttien-johdossa
lahko
voi-hyvin-meditaatiot-2
rss-vapaudu-voimaasi
harhaoppia
rss-kirkon-ihmeellisimmat-tarinat
rss-yopuolen-tarinoita
rss-valo-minussa-2
rss-miehen-mieli-podcast
tavallinenjeesus
raamattu-tanaan
rss-mielen-laboratorio
rss-niiranen-ja-marjokorpi
rss-lakeuden-valo
maailmanpuu
rss-kujalla
rss-tarot-oivallusten-kortit
rss-viisaiden-naisten-neuvosto
rss-lasten-raamattu