Ep. 157 – Mindful Respect

Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield

Be Here Now Network

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

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on abortion, Jack Kornfield explores the theme of mindful respect and how we can all listen to each other with loving awareness.

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This dharma talk was originally live-streamed by Spirit Rock on June 27, 2022.

“When we embody respect, graciousness, loving awareness for all, when we listen deeply, we are changing the world person by person, piece by piece. And this is the only way that it happens. We add our voice, we add our love, we add our courage, and we do so with the power of loving awareness and the freedom that it offers.” – Jack Kornfield

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0:00.0	And one of the beautiful things in the forest monastery is everything was done
0:04.4	with that spirit of mindful respect. The sweeping of the path through the
0:10.2	forest as the trees would lose their leaves. Sweeping like Michelangelo painted.
0:18.6	Welcome to the Jack Cornfield Heart Wisdom Hour. We are delighted to share with you
0:34.3	Jack's innate common sense wisdom and his clear open heart. If you are
0:41.2	interested in supporting Jack's podcast, go to beherenownetwork.com slash Jack.
0:51.4	Tonight the theme of the talk will be respect. The teachings of many of the texts
1:00.9	begin with the phrase, oh nobly born, oh you who are the sons and daughters of
1:07.0	the awakened ones. Remember who you really are. Treat yourself with respect
1:13.8	honor. As Martin Luther King said, if a man or a woman sweeps streets for a
1:21.1	living, they should sweep like Michelangelo painted like Shakespeare wrote his
1:27.9	plays like Beethoven composed his music. And one of the beautiful things in the
1:34.5	forest monastery where I lived with Ajahn Chah is everything was done with that
1:39.6	spirit of mindful respect. Folding the robes, how you cared for your monk's
1:46.0	bowl, the bowing before you eat, when you meet your elders before you chant, the
1:53.0	sweeping of the path through the forest as the trees would lose their leaves.
1:58.6	Sweeping like Michelangelo painted, oh nobly born, you who are listening my
2:06.1	friends, meditators, remember this sense of respect. Now what's true and I can't
2:15.8	bypass it is the recent Supreme Court decisions, especially the decision about
2:24.8	abortion and making it illegal or allowable to be illegal in so many states that
2:33.8	will impact especially women who are poorer, people of color. And I think about
2:44.5	how long it's been the march for women's empowerment when I had to fight to
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