Ep. 258  – Enlightenment as Intimacy: Where We're Going is Here

Ep. 258 – Enlightenment as Intimacy: Where We're Going is Here

Speaking to progressing on the spiritual path, Jack explores enlightenment as true intimacy, and shares how: where we’re going is actually here.

“Where we’re going is here, and what we’re after doesn’t exist in time.” – Jack Kornfield

In this episode, Jack mindfully explores:

  • Our idealistic/romantic notions of the spiritual path
  • Consciousness, impermanence, and working with human emotions
  • Wisdom stories of Ajahn Chah, Jack’s accomplished Thai meditation teacher
  • Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the legend of building a Spiritual Amusement Park
  • Progress and patience along the spiritual path
  • Enlightenment as intimacy with all things
  • A guided meditation practice reflecting on life, death, and good deeds
  • Transforming the the world with one small act of kindness at a time
  • Honoring our own beauty and goodness
  • How compassion is characterized by true intimacy
  • Recognizing and coming to our spiritual maturity
  • Living like a Bodhisattva, and what it really means to ‘save all beings’
  • Alchemizing extreme suffering, trauma, and grief into compassion, forgiveness, and service


“Enlightenment is to be intimate with what’s here.” – Jack Kornfield

This Dharma Talk from 1/3/1991 at Spirit Rock Meditation Center was originally published on DharmaSeed.

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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...

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Ep. 303 – The Nature of Mind: Practices and Perspectives for Inner Freedom

Ep. 303 – The Nature of Mind: Practices and Perspectives for Inner Freedom

Jack Kornfield explores the nature of mind, offering playful practices and profound perspectives to uncover our true home of freedom, compassion, and ease.Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHe...

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Ep. 302 – Awakening the Lion’s Roar Within: Poetry of Courage, Compassion, and Wonder

Ep. 302 – Awakening the Lion’s Roar Within: Poetry of Courage, Compassion, and Wonder

In this inspiring poetry-infused talk, Jack weaves Rumi’s wisdom on the camel, lion, and child of the spirit into a journey from devotion, to courage, to wonder—inviting us to awaken the Buddha’s Lion...

20 Aug 202533min

 Ep. 301 – The Dharma of Poetry: Rumi, Beauty, Music, and the Art of Awakening

Ep. 301 – The Dharma of Poetry: Rumi, Beauty, Music, and the Art of Awakening

Exploring poetry, beauty, and art, Jack helps his dear listeners appreciate the harmonious dichotomy of all life experiences.Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try ...

13 Aug 202533min

Ep. 300 – This Very Place: Letting Go and Finding Freedom

Ep. 300 – This Very Place: Letting Go and Finding Freedom

In this rich and often humorous talk from the 1990s, Jack explores the art of letting go as the gateway to freedom, inviting us into the coolness of nirvana, and the wholeness found only here and now....

6 Aug 202537min

Ep. 299 – The End of Exile: A Zen Love Story of Coming Home to Yourself

Ep. 299 – The End of Exile: A Zen Love Story of Coming Home to Yourself

In this tender and illuminating talk, Jack shares a Zen love story and a path of mindful presence that brings us home—from the stories of the mind to the truth of the heart. Through embodied awareness...

30 Juli 202535min

Ep. 298 – The Dalai Lama’s Message for Modern Times: How to Live with Courage, Compassion, and Integrity

Ep. 298 – The Dalai Lama’s Message for Modern Times: How to Live with Courage, Compassion, and Integrity

From gender equity to joyful adaptation, Jack recounts how the Dalai Lama challenged teachers to reshape Buddhism for a modern world in need of heart.This Dharma Talk recorded on 03/29/93 at Spirit Ro...

23 Juli 202533min

Ep. 297 – Advice from the Dalai Lama: The Fragrance of Nirvana

Ep. 297 – Advice from the Dalai Lama: The Fragrance of Nirvana

Jack shares stories and insights from a rare gathering with the Dalai Lama on what really makes a teacher, and how compassion—not titles—spreads the Dharma.Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterH...

16 Juli 202540min

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