Ep. 85 – Enlightenments

Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield

Be Here Now Network

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

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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This week on the Heart Wisdom Podcast, Jack looks at the many enlightenments that each of us is capable of and explores why the possibility of liberation is such a taboo in many circles.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Jack Cornfield Heart Wisdom Hour. We are delighted to share with you Jack's
0:18.2	innate common sense wisdom and his clear open heart.
0:23.0	If you are interested in supporting Jack's podcast,
0:27.0	go to be here now network.
0:30.0	com slash Jack.
0:42.0	The theme that I'd like to talk about is one that is often a kind of taboo in meditation circles,
0:45.0	and that is Enlightenment.
0:49.0	And it seems with the level of practice and dedication that you bring to this program that begins.
0:58.0	The sincerity, really, the genuineness of it, it seems important in some way, especially on the Buddhist day of Enlightenment, that we'd be
1:08.3	willing to at least begin a heartfelt conversation
1:14.9	since that word, Enlightenment, or the possibility
1:19.8	of liberation, freedom.
1:21.2	There are a number of other words that are used
1:24.9	is really central to Buda-Darma. One of my teachers said if if you see a boe tree leaf, the shape of a boe tree leaf, it has a big body and then it ends up in this one little point and all the teachings of the darma end up in this one little point which is liberation.
1:50.0	So it seems a worthy conversation, yes.
1:55.5	And also it invokes the, I was going to use the word
2:05.0	seriousness, but it's not the right word. the genuineness of our coming together and practicing in this way. So before we do anything, if you could raise or ask any question
2:28.8	about Enlightenment, what would they be? I'd just like to hear from you out loud some of your questions
2:36.7	You know don't be shy about these because usually you're not allowed to ask these things right
2:43.0	So I'm not saying we're going to give you the answers,
2:45.4	but we want to know the questions.
2:46.8	How do you know when you get there?
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