Ep. 47 - Nobility and Love

Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield

Be Here Now Network

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

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2016

⏱️ 56 minutes

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On this episode of Heart Wisdom, Jack talks about leadership, nobility, and love. American presidents George Washington and Lincoln are used as examples of men who showed true nobility of heart. There is a sense of justice in their words and a kind of integrity to their actions in the midst of unbearable suffering, which is a sign of real leadership. This is a quality of nobility which we can find ourselves in our own roles as leaders. The Buddha says that wise leadership requires generosity, integrity, peace, and sacrifice among many other traits. These are all qualities that can be awakened in us. This is why we are given the practices of compassion, mindfulness, and equanimity. Jack teaches us to utilize these practices in an effort to awaken our inner nobility. Jack also discusses the diversity of love and its many roles. Love brings happiness, heals, and even teaches through loss. We explore a few ways in which love can present itself and affect our lives. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	In a world that often feels like it's teetering on the edge, it's not surprising that so many of us grapple with feelings of instability and overwhelm.
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1:22.0	So today is President's Day.
1:27.0	Back in the hoary times when I was young.
1:34.0	We had Washington's birthday and Lincoln's birthday,
1:39.0	a separate holidays.
1:41.0	Now they've, for efficiency efficiency they've combined them somehow. But it was
1:45.5	actually much more charming to have Washington's birthday and Lincoln's
1:50.5	birthday because you got to actually reflect on those particular
1:54.4	presidents and leaders and one of the stories that I most love about George
2:00.8	Washington as a president after he became president was that there were
2:07.4	a lot of people after his time in presidency who wanted him to become king.
2:17.0	I don't know if you know that in history, but there was a lot of pressure.
2:21.5	Basically it was part of everybody's psyche at the time that what do you do?
2:26.6	Democracy was quite new and unfamiliar and well we got freedom from the, you know of England we need a new king you're a
2:34.6	magnificent guy you've been president why don't you just finish it and become the
2:38.1	king and so the best thing that George Washington did one of his greatest acts anyway as president, was refused to become king.
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