Ep. 241 – The Paradox of Self and No-Self
Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield
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🗓️ 4 June 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Exploring life as a flowing, dynamic process, Jack shares the jewel of Buddha's awakening by unraveling the paradox of self and no-self.
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"Each of those sets of words, 'self,' and 'no-self,' are concepts or ideas or words that we use in a very crude approximation of pointing to some mystery of this process of life that's neither self nor no-self." – Jack Kornfield
In this episode, Jack mindfully illuminates:
- Unraveling the paradox of self and no-self
- The Jewel of the Buddha's Awakening
- Anattā (selflessness) and how it connects with respect
- Tales of a Magic Monastery
- Living in the reality of expansion and contraction
- Why Ajahn Chah shared 'self' and 'no self' both aren't true
- The word "happy/sad" in Japanese
- Opening to our life as a flowing, moving process
- Becoming aware of selflessness
- Interdependence, interconnection, codependent arising
- Learning to respect ourself and nourish beneficial qualities
- Developing yourself while also "losing yourself"
- Discovering your True Self
- The importance of integrating our spiritual practice into our lives
- Learning to live in your body and love well
"To be really present is to connect with the mystery." – Jack Kornfield
"You develop yourself as you lose yourself." – Jack Kornfield
This Dharma Talk estimated to be recorded on 4/23/1990 was originally published on DharmaSeed.
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| 0:57.0 | That everything is connected to everything else |
| 1:00.0 | and each arises according to causes. In fact the Buddha said if you could |
| 1:06.6 | understand this sentence you would get enlightened. All things arise due to conditions. |
| 1:14.0 | One thing is the condition for the next co-dependently. |
| 1:21.0 | So you can sense that, then there is no separate me. There's just the stuff doing its dance. |
| 1:27.0 | Hello there and welcome to episode 241 of Heart Wisdom, Jack Hornfield's |
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