Ep. 307 – Inner Climate Change with Prof. Rajiv S. Joshi
Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield
Be Here Now Network
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Jack Kornfield and Prof. Rajiv S. Joshi share uplifting spiritual wisdom on how inner climate change shapes outer climate healing, the environment, and the future of humanity.
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“It’s very clear that no amount of technology—no amount of internet, AI, computers, nanotechnology, space exploration, or biotechnology—will put an end to warfare, racism, or climate disruption. None of these advancements will resolve the conflicts we face in the world, because their roots lie in the human heart. Without an inner transformation, no outer transformation can truly take place.” – Jack Kornfield
In this episode, Jack and Prof. Rajiv S. Joshi mindfully explore:
- Inner Climate Change: How transforming the heart and mind shapes the outer world.
- Original Innocence: Returning to the heart’s wisdom that already knows what matters most.
- Ritual and Higher Forces: Turning to sacred connection for strength in healing the earth.
- Inner and Outer Healing: Burnout reveals the truth that inner practice is as vital as outer change.
- Steps for Transformation: Empowering women and educating children as the greatest levers of change.
- Beyond Despair: Despair as a failure of imagination—regeneration and renewal are possible.
- Wisdom of Love: Gary Snyder’s reminder to act not from fear or guilt, but from love for the world.
This Dharma Talk originally took place on 9/8/25 for Spirit Rock Meditation Center’s Monday Night Dharma Talk and Guided Meditation. Stay up to date with Jack’s upcoming livestreams and events here.
“We should not forget that in each moment the hope that can manifest the future is always present.” – Prof. Rajiv S. Joshi
About Prof. Rajiv S. Joshi:
Professor Joshi is the Founder of Bridging Ventures and former Associate Dean for Climate Action at Columbia University. He helped launch Columbia’s Climate School with President Obama, and has led groundbreaking work in global collaboration, climate technology, and regenerative entrepreneurship.
About Jack Kornfield:
Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma, studying as a monk under the Buddhist master Ven. Ajahn Chah, as well as the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein and the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California. His books have been translated into 20 languages and sold more than a million copies.
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“The invitation of inner climate change is realizing our hearts already know what truly matters. From this lens, inner climate change is inseparable from outer climate healing.” – Jack Kornfield
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| 0:57.1 | The invitation of inner climate change is realizing that our hearts already know what truly matters. |
| 1:18.7 | From this lens, inner climate change is inseparable from outer climate healy. |
| 1:26.4 | A recalibrating quote from Jack Cornfield in this episode 307 of the Heart Wisdom podcast, |
| 1:35.1 | Inner Climate Change, featuring Professor Rajiv S. Joshi. |
| 1:40.9 | Recently, we've been taking a deep dive back into 1993 going through some of Jack's favorite talks from that time period. |
| 1:50.0 | But this is a fresh video episode. |
| 1:54.0 | You can check that out on YouTube, jack cornfield.com or be here now network.com for the video counterpart, where you can see |
| 2:02.6 | Jack and Rajiv on stage at Spirit Rock for a recent Monday Night Dharma Talk, where they dive |
| 2:11.1 | into the rather radical notion that to tend our outer climate and renew the world, we must be able to do that with our |
| 2:22.2 | inner climate. This episode is all about returning to our original innocence and the steps that we |
| 2:29.9 | can take for transforming ourselves and the world. This talk, which we will bring to you in three |
| 2:36.9 | parts, is truly a raft that brings us beyond despair, which we normally fall into when we think of |
| 2:44.7 | the environment and climate change, and into the recognition and joy that we can do this |
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