Ep. 233 – Wisdom is Playful

Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield

Be Here Now Network

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

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Exploring the great mystery of life and existence, Jack shares enlightening insights on the playful nature of wisdom.

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"The beautiful thing is, wisdom is gracious." – Jack Kornfield

Fresh from an adventure in Costa Rica, Jack offers wisdom on:

Spelunking the great mystery of life
Wisdom as inherently gracious and playful
Balancing compassion with emptiness
How to speak with suffering people
Joanna Macy and the "Great Turning" of human civilization
Ram Dass, Ajahn Chah, and Stephen Levine
"Central Casting" and the human experience
How Jack and his colleagues handle their own aging

"It's all empty and it all matters." – Jack Kornfield

"Meditation is not about gaining or attaining something, it's about seeing the world with the heart of wisdom." – Jack Kornfield

This Dharma Talk was originally recorded on 2/19/2024 for the Spirit Rock Monday Night Dharma Talk and Meditation. Register to join Jack's next livestream at JackKornfield.com/events

Learn to live beautifully with Jack Kornfield and Dr. Dan Siegel in their new online journey starting April 15, Living Beautifully: Transformative Science and Mindfulness Practices to Cultivate a Wise Heart

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0:00.0	This show is sponsored by Better Help.
0:05.0	What's the first thing you would do with an extra hour in your day?
0:09.0	Go for a run?
0:11.0	Read a book?
0:12.0	So many of us spend our lives wishing we had more time. The question
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0:51.0	That's better help, H-E-L-P.com slash Heart Wisdom.
0:57.0	And this whole world is like a star at dawn, a flash of lightning in a summer cloud, an echo or rainbow, a dance, a dream.
1:14.3	What happened to your childhood?
1:18.7	Terrible, beautiful, whatever it was.
1:21.9	Hey baby, it's back with the pyramids and the dinosaurs.
1:27.0	It's back into the void and a new day appears as Maya Angelou says,
1:35.0	it's a wonderful day. I've never seen this one before.
1:39.0	It keeps coming back. Hey there, and welcome back to Heart Wisdom, Jack Horne's podcast on the Be Here Now Network.
1:55.0	I'm Ganesh, honored to welcome you to episode 233.
2:01.0	Wisdom is playful. This is a freshy hot off the press from February's Monday night
2:09.5	Darmatoc for Spirit Rock. And in here Jack is back fresh from Costa Rica, a rather harrowing
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