Ep. 180 – One Dharma with Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein

Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield

Be Here Now Network

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

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg, and Joseph Goldstein explore the emergence of Western Buddhism and balancing faith with wisdom.

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"In the Buddhist tradition it's said that one of the prayers one might make is: May I be born in circumstances that I may experience the Dharma that will bring me to awaken the heart of boundless compassion and discover inner freedom." – Jack Kornfield

"That kind of questioning which isn't cynical and isn't arrogant but is really wondering, really wanting to know the truth for oneself, I think of as an essential component of faith." – Sharon Salzberg

"Even in those first few minutes, what I discovered was there was a way to look into the mind as well as looking out through it. To me that was revelatory." – Joseph Goldstein

In this episode Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg, and Joseph Goldstein touch on:

The formation of the Insight Meditation Society
The emergence of Western Buddhism
The balance of faith and wisdom
Starting small with meditation
Being the product of our conditioning
Having compassion for the human predicament

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0:00.0	In the Buddhist tradition it's said that one of the prayers one might make is may I be
0:10.3	born in circumstances where I can hear the teachings of the Dharma that will bring me
0:17.4	to awaken the heart of boundless compassion and discover inner freedom.
0:33.9	Welcome to the Jack Cornfield Heart Wisdom Hour. We are delighted to share with you Jack's
0:40.2	innate common sense wisdom and his clear open heart. If you are interested in
0:47.2	supporting Jack's podcast, go to beherenownetwork.com slash Jack.
1:00.2	In this kind of remarkable role as spiritual teachers or midwives to the Dharma in some fashion,
1:09.5	first of all what a blessing it is. In fact in the in the Buddhist tradition it's said that one of the
1:17.3	prayers one might make is may I be born in circumstances where I can hear the teachings of the Dharma
1:24.9	that will bring me to awaken the heart of boundless compassion and discover inner freedom.
1:32.4	And somehow even if we weren't exactly born there we found our way. Joseph went into the
1:39.5	Peace Corps in Thailand a couple of years before I did and then became very interested,
1:47.8	started studying the temples of Bangkok and then went to India looking for a teacher and
1:53.3	those one of those great moments he gave up trying to find the right teacher. He just couldn't
1:57.7	find the proper teacher and right after he gave up looking he got out of a boss in India and
2:05.8	Bodgaya and went into this temple and there was the perfect teacher for him sitting there and
2:11.4	giving expounding teachings in beautiful English in a way and Joseph just sat down and stayed
2:17.0	for the next seven years as teacher Minindra. And I met Joseph in 1973 when he came and stayed in
2:24.7	my apartment in Boston area for a Dharma festival in B in that Ramdas was holding at Boston University.
2:33.4	The way he began to teach actually in the West Joseph had come back in 1974 and was in Berkeley
2:45.1	in this area with some friends from India and they were over in Berkeley driving someplace I don't
2:51.0	know where it was but Joseph needed to use a bathroom and so they stopped the car and went into
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