Ep. 201 – Nature of Dharma

Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield

Be Here Now Network

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

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Jack returns to explore the nature of Dharma as universal, immediate, timeless, beneficial, protective, and available to all.

"The Dharma is universal, it's immediate, it's open-handed, it's to be experienced by each person for themselves directly, it's timeless. The truth of life is here to be discovered for any individual with eyes open to see." – Jack Kornfield

In this episode, Jack mindfully navigates:

Sufis introducing the Dance of Universal Peace to Jack's retreat of Buddhists
Dharma as universal, immediate, timeless, beneficial, protective, and available to all
The various meanings of 'Dharma': the teachings, the physical/emotional elements of the world, personal destiny/path, and Universal Laws/Truth
How Joseph Goldstein accidentally found his teacher Munindraji while on the way to take LSD under the Bodhi Tree
Karma, impermanence, duality, selflessness, attachment, metta (loving kindness), and the preciousness of life
The Vipassana paradox of Tibetan Dream Yoga

"The Dharma protects those who follow it like a great umbrella in the rainy season." – Jack Kornfield

This Dharma Talk from 12/05/1987 was originally published on DharmaSeed.

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0:58.3	The Dharma is universal, it's immediate, it's open-handed, it's to be experienced by
1:05.1	each person for themselves, directly, it's timeless.
1:09.9	These are the chances that have been done over and over for centuries, for thousands
1:15.5	of years.
1:17.1	That the truth of life is here to be discovered for any individual with eyes open to see.
1:24.9	That it's offered, the teachings are offered in a way to make that available.
1:30.2	It's immediate, it's in this present moment, and it brings benefit to everyone.
1:36.4	It said there's a famous saying in the Indian Buddhist tradition that the Dharma protects
1:46.1	those who follow it, like a great umbrella in the rainy season.
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