Ep. 166 – The Buddha’s Last Teachings

Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield

Be Here Now Network

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

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Gather around for story time as Jack Kornfield offers a dharma talk centered around the Mahāparinibbāṇa Sutta, which contains the teachings from the last year of the Buddha’s life.

This dharma talk was originally live-streamed by Spirit Rock on 8/22/22

Find more teaching from Jack Kornfield at jackkornfield.com.

“Because it’s the shaking of the foundation of all the ground that we stand on. Enlightenment, the teachings of birth and death, the earthquake says this is what wakes us from the dream of separateness and solidity. There’s something greater here in this human incarnation. Who are you really? Remember. You are consciousness itself born into this body. You are the witness to it all. And the earthquake reminds you of this.” – Jack Kornfield

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0:51.2	And this teaching or this text has two main themes.
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1:58.2	I want to give a talk or teachings following one of the great Buddhist texts, the Mahaparinibhana
2:13.2	Sutta, which is a teaching on the last year, the story of the last year of the Buddhist
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