Ep. 252 – The Miracle of Awakening: Finding Freedom in Everyday Life

Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield

Be Here Now Network

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

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Deeply unveiling the Buddha’s transformative miracle of awakening, Jack provides a comprehensive guide to finding freedom in everyday life.

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“We’re asked to discover in this dance the possibility of awakening in the midst of our life, to turn what we do into something sacred.” – Jack Kornfield

In this episode, Jack mindfully explores:

What happened to the Buddha when he sat under the Bodhi Tree
What Buddha’s enlightenment means for the world
Bodh Gaya and the possibility of awakening through nature
Buddha’s path as a yogi, and how he dealt with his spiritual powers
Buddha's miracle of awakening and education
Reflections and questions from the Buddha for how you are living
Keeping freshness and “beginner’s mind” in your practice
Parenting, schooling, and the different styles of education
Finding freedom in the difficulties and direct circumstances of your life
The real possibility of awakening in the midst of life
The Ten Paramitas, Buddhism’s Ten Perfections
What walking meditation is actually about
Why Thich Nhat Hanh does everything slowly and mindfully
Patience, listening, and presence
Spiritual life as the education of awakening
Listening deeply for the Tao, Dharma, truth

“Spiritual life kindles in us an interest, an attention, a passion to awaken.” – Jack Kornfield

“Meditation is the art of doing what we do and bringing our senses, our heart, our whole being to that.” – Jack Kornfield

This episode recorded on 10/01/1990 was originally published on DharmaSeed.

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0:00.0	Join Buddhist teacher David Nick Turn and Duncan Trussle, comedian and creator of the acclaimed Netflix animated series The Midnight Gospel for a free online event on Tuesday, September 3rd at 6 p.m. Eastern time.
0:15.0	Together they'll discuss overcoming imposter syndrome, teaching meditation,
0:20.0	and Darma Moon's renowned mindfulness renowned Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training Program.
0:24.4	Visit darmamoon.com slash be here now for more info and to reserve your spot for the free online event
0:31.2	with David Nick Turn and Duncan Trussle.
0:33.2	We're born, we come into form, into incarnation. We take a body, as some people would say. And to enter form means somehow as a human being, it means
0:50.3	somehow as a human being it means something to us not just to run away from it but
0:57.2	what is its what is its purpose and is it possible then I ask, to find what we seek, joy, freedom, wholeness, great peace,
1:10.0	in this very life, in the midst of this form? Can we find freedom in the difficulties
1:19.2	and the actual circumstance of our life.
1:37.2	Hey there and welcome back to Heart Wisdom, Jack Hornfields podcast on the Be Here Now network. I'm Ganesh and so honored to open the door to episode 252, Buddha The Miracle of Awakening. This is a audio episode and was recorded first on
1:48.1	October 1st of 1990 at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and is all about the possibility of waking up in this life.
1:59.0	I do have to say the first few minutes of it are my favorite.
2:03.2	Jack takes us on a journey to Bode Gaya
2:06.7	and what it was like for him to experience being there,
2:10.6	being at the temple, being around the fourth generation of the Bodhi tree which Buddha was able to attain
2:19.0	Enlightenment underneath. He talks in depth about the Buddha, his path as a Yogi, how he dealt with
2:28.2	spiritual powers as they came up, and even how he dealt with his parents which may have been more difficult
2:35.7	than even figuring out how to deal with the powers.
2:39.1	In this he shares about keeping a beginner's mind freshness to everything we do, explores how we can wake up in this life, in our direct circumstances, not in spite of our difficulties, but through our difficulties, that these
2:56.4	are actually the roadmap that take us home. How about that? That the things that we so ardently push away may be our exact ticket home.
3:08.0	All right, we're going to keep this one brief and jump into housekeeping.
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