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Difficult Times and The Crystal of Liberation.

This week I speak with Jack Hornfield, the author of The Wise Heart heart and one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist

mindfulness practice to the West.

Jack shares with us reflections on four decades of personal meditation practice and how this has informed how he works with students.

We also explore how Buddhist insights can help us during challenging times, whether or not it is possible to be

liberated even in the midst of experiencing our neurosis and what he means by

quote-unquote the crystal of liberation.

You've mentioned to me Jack that you're working on a new book, Buddha's instruction for hard times.

And I think most people would say we're living

obviously in a time that is marked by lots of aspects of it being quite a

challenging time for people with the economic downturn and so many

factors. What Pray tell is Buddha's instruction for hard times?

Well, the first instruction from the Buddha is to say that hard times are not a mistake.

You haven't done something wrong to have hard times. The first noble truth of the Buddha, the noble

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