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.

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“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.

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Ep. 288 – The Trusting Heart: Letting Go of Victimhood, Awakening Resilience

Ep. 288 – The Trusting Heart: Letting Go of Victimhood, Awakening Resilience

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Ep. 287 – Remembering Who You Truly Are

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Ep. 285 – Bowing to What Is: Awakening Right Where You Are

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 Ep. 284 – Guided Meditation: Breathing with Mindful Loving Awareness

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Ep. 283 – The Imaginal Cells of the Butterfly

Ep. 283 – The Imaginal Cells of the Butterfly

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Ep. 282 – Awakening Soul Force: Healing the World Through Your Unique Gift

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Ep. 281 – The Paradox of Practice: When to Sit, When to Serve

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