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Psychedelic Salon

Podcast 692 – The Promise of Buddhism

Psychedelic Salon

Lorenzo Hagerty

Personal Journals, Science, Society & Culture, Natural Sciences, Philosophy

4.8567 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Support Lorenzo on Patreon.com Guest speaker: Jack Kornfield PROGRAM NOTES: Jack Kornfield Mickey Hart Today's podcast features Jack Kornfield speaking at the 1988 International Transpersonal Conference in Santa Rosa, California. Kornfield is an American writer, teacher, and psychologist who is known for his work in making Buddhism more accessible for Westerners. He trained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, India, and Burma, and has been teaching meditation internationally since 1974. He has also spoken about psychedelics in the context of spiritual practice. His views on the intersection of Buddhism and psychedelics highlights the importance of intention, caution, and ethical boundaries when considering their use. Kornfield also recommends getting trained in mindfulness, compassion and equanimity before using psychedelics. As he says, they are not for beginners. Are Psychedelics Useful in the Practice of Buddhism? by Myron StolaroffJOURNAL OF HUMANISTICC PSYCHOLOGY

Transcript

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0:00.0

Three-dimensional transforming musical linguistic objects.

0:07.0

Hello.

0:14.0

Greetings from Cyberdelic Space. This is Lorenzo, and I'm your host here in the Psychedelic

0:22.3

Salon. And today we get to listen to Jack Cornfield speaking at the 1988 International Transpersonal

0:30.5

Conference. And by the way, two other speakers at this conference are people you already know,

0:36.6

Albert Hoffman and Mickey Hart of the

0:38.8

Grateful Dead. But they won't be here with us today. Now this podcast is going to be a little

0:45.5

different because it's focused on mind manifestation through meditation rather than by using

0:51.6

psychoactive substances. In fact, in the course of his presentation,

0:56.3

Cornfield includes two five-minute meditations.

1:00.0

Now, I've not included the first one,

1:02.2

but during the ending meditation,

1:04.4

his accompanying dialogue is, well,

1:06.3

it's really worth the time to re-listen to

1:08.1

and give some thought to what he suggests.

1:11.2

As you may know, Jack Cornfield is an American writer, teacher, and psychologist who is known

1:17.4

for his work in making Buddhism more accessible for Westerners.

1:21.2

He trained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, India, and Burma.

1:25.6

And he has been teaching meditation internationally since 1974.

1:30.3

Jack Cornfield has also spoken about psychedelics in the context of spiritual practice, and his views on the intersection of Buddhism and psychedelics

1:41.3

highlights the importance of intention, caution, and ethical boundaries when

1:46.1

considering their use.

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