Ep. 116 – Equanimity and the Heart of Compassion

Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield

Be Here Now Network

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

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Jack Kornfield leads an equanimity meditation to help us be steady and balanced in the midst of constant change, then follows with a meditation that goes straight into the heart of compassion.

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1:31.0	So we'll do a practice of equanimity and equanimity is generally taught as a practice as a compliment to the practices of loving kindness and compassion because it's understood in
1:46.6	Buddhist psychology that if we only practice loving kindness and compassion we can
1:52.0	mistakenly get attached to the way things are supposed to be because we love and care so much.
1:58.0	And then we start to grasp how it's supposed to be and struggle with the world rather than serving it.
2:04.2	So to remedy that, the complementary practice
2:09.0	is one of peace, equanimity of the peaceful heart,
2:14.0	and the two actually compliment or go together.
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