Ep. 319 – All In This Together Series #7: The Blessings of Loving Kindness, Stories and Guided Meditation for Protection
Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield
Be Here Now Network
4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Celebrating the release of All In This Together, Jack shares stories and leads a guided meditation inviting us into the fear dispelling and protective practice of loving kindness.
Jack’s new book is out now: All in This Together: Stories and Teachings for Loving Each Other and Our World
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“Loving kindness protects us from our fears that come up. When you go into the jungle, watch the news, or whatever wild thing you do, loving kindness is a basis to tend and care for your own heart.” –Jack Kornfield
In this episode, Jack shares stories and leads a guided meditation on:
- Coming together to quiet the mind and open the heart
- Jack shares background on his new book of stories, All InThis Together
- The healing importance of forgiveness in a conflicted world
- A Buddhist story on how loving kindness (metta) protects us from our fears
- Looking at our relationship to technology in the world
- The life-changing blessings of metta practice
- Holding the tainted glory of your humanity in loving kindness
- The transformative power of metta
- Student reflections on the practice
- Having compassion for our struggles
- Noticing our progress on the path
"Sometimes it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy." –Guillaume Apollinaire
This Dharma Talk originally took place in Nov 2025 for the Spirit Rock Monday Night Dharma Talk and Guided Meditation celebrating Jack’s All In This Together book release. Stay up to date with Jack's upcoming livestreams and events here.
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.
Jack is currently offering a wonderful array of transformational online courses diving into crucial topics like Mindfulness Meditation Fundamentals, Walking the Eightfold Path, Opening the Heart of Forgiveness, Living Beautifully, Transforming Your Life Through Powerful Stories, and so much more. Sign up for an All Access Pass to explore Jack’s entire course library. If you would like a year's worth of online meetups with Jack and fellow community, join The Year of Awakening: A Monthly Journey with Jack Kornfield.
“The practice is to hold the tainted glory of your humanity in loving kindness, all of it, all the difficult, beautiful, amazing, and horrifying parts we have as humans.” –Jack Kornfield
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| 1:02.9 | Loving kindness protects us from the fears that come up. |
| 1:09.0 | When you go to the jungle, watch the news, or whatever wild thing you do, |
| 1:17.7 | loving kindness is a base to tend and care for your own heart, says Jack Cornfield, |
| 1:25.8 | in episode 319 of the Heart Wisdom podcast, The Blessing of Loving Kindness, |
| 1:30.0 | Stories and Guided Meditation for Protection. |
| 1:37.3 | This episode, like the last one, stems from Jack's Monday Night Darmatalk, and guided meditation for Spirit Rock in November 2025, and is really a protective arcana for our own hearts. Before diving into a meta practice, |
| 1:51.6 | Jack shares where meta actually came from, giving us the story of the Buddha, teaching guide |
| 1:58.6 | to meditation to monks who were scared in the jungle. |
| 2:04.1 | And in a time when our fears can so easily run rampant, I don't know if there's a more |
| 2:11.2 | important practice to be doing. |
| 2:14.1 | This episode is another one in the All in This Together series, celebrating the release of Jack's new book, of stories and teachings on caring for each other and the world. |
| 2:26.3 | It is truly one of my favorite books and a way to cozy up into stories which can open your heart and change your perspective in beautiful ways. |
| 2:39.8 | Taking in a sweet breath, I also invite you into a new Jack and Ram Dass course, which should be up at Jack |
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