Ep. 252 – The Miracle of Awakening: Finding Freedom in Everyday Life
Deeply unveiling the Buddha’s transformative miracle of awakening, Jack provides a comprehensive guide to finding freedom in everyday life.
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“We’re asked to discover in this dance the possibility of awakening in the midst of our life, to turn what we do into something sacred.” – Jack Kornfield
In this episode, Jack mindfully explores:
- What happened to the Buddha when he sat under the Bodhi Tree
- What Buddha’s enlightenment means for the world
- Bodh Gaya and the possibility of awakening through nature
- Buddha’s path as a yogi, and how he dealt with his spiritual powers
- Buddha's miracle of awakening and education
- Reflections and questions from the Buddha for how you are living
- Keeping freshness and “beginner’s mind” in your practice
- Parenting, schooling, and the different styles of education
- Finding freedom in the difficulties and direct circumstances of your life
- The real possibility of awakening in the midst of life
- The Ten Paramitas, Buddhism’s Ten Perfections
- What walking meditation is actually about
- Why Thich Nhat Hanh does everything slowly and mindfully
- Patience, listening, and presence
- Spiritual life as the education of awakening
- Listening deeply for the Tao, Dharma, truth
“Spiritual life kindles in us an interest, an attention, a passion to awaken.” – Jack Kornfield
“Meditation is the art of doing what we do and bringing our senses, our heart, our whole being to that.” – Jack Kornfield
This episode recorded on 10/01/1990 was originally published on DharmaSeed.
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