Ep. 231 – The Divine Abodes: Navigating the World from the Goodness of our Hearts

Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield

Be Here Now Network

Kornfield, Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Jackkornfield, Buddhism, Spirituality, Jack Kornfield

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Shining light on the Divine Abodes, Jack shares how we can navigate the world from the goodness of our hearts.

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"Luminous, says the Buddha, is this heart and mind." – Jack Kornfield

In this episode, Jack mindfully explores:

The Divine Abodes (Brahmaviharas) as qualities of the Awakened Heart
Navigating the world from the goodness of our hearts
Loving kindness, compassion, joy, equanimity/peace
What is possible for us as human beings
Discovering who we really are and what really matters
Stories of Jack's Buddhist teacher, Maha Ghosananda
The spirituality of neuroscience's "Mirror Neurons."
Sharon Salzberg, Metta practice, and the power of attention
Ram dass, and the heart as the doorway to love

Learn to live beautifully with Jack Kornfield and Dr. Dan Siegel in their new online journey, Living Beautifully: Transformative Science and Mindfulness Practices to cultivate a Wise Heart

"What we give our attention, that place will flower and blossom. So if we give our attention to love, it grows." – Jack Kornfield

"Loving Kindness is like the rain that falls on all things, the just and the unjust, equally without discrimination. That love, when it grows within our heart, has a quality of nurturance, moisture, opening ,sweetness and constancy to it. It's an expression of the heart that's unencumbered by fear." – Jack Kornfield

This Dharma Talk from 12/10/2007 at Spirit Rock Meditation Center was originally published on DharmaSeed.

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0:51.0	That's better help, H-E-L-P.com slash Heart Wisdom. Loving kindness is said is like the rain that falls on all things the
1:10.0	just and the unjust equally without discrimination.
1:14.4	That love, when it grows within our heart
1:17.5	has a quality of nurturance and moisture and opening
1:21.6	and sweetness and constancy to it.
1:25.0	It's really an expression of the heart that's
1:27.6	unencumbered by fear. luminous, says the Buddha, is this heart and mind.
1:41.5	Welcome to Heart Wisdom, Jack Hornfield's podcast on the Be Here Now Network.
1:47.0	I'm Ganesh, welcoming you to episode 231, The divine abodes, navigating the world from the goodness of our hearts.
1:58.7	This episode is all about Buddhism's Brahma Vijares, the abodes of the gods. But rather than exploring these as these
2:08.8	highfalut and Buddhist concepts, Jack really brings it down to earth, illuminating the divine abodes as qualities
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