Jack Kornfield explores simplicity and how it unifies the mind, body, and heart. He shares Buddha's wisdom, the importance of directness and simplicity in practice, and finding a comfortable posture for meditation. The podcast also includes reflections on the mind, a thought-provoking story about faith, and releasing tensions during meditation.
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volunteer_activism ADVICE
Simplicity of Body
Cultivate simplicity of body by finding a comfortable, relaxed posture.
Allow bodily tension to release and be gentle with yourself, especially at the start.
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Simplicity of Schedule
Embrace simplicity of schedule by minimizing extra activities and slowing down.
Focus on one thing at a time to cultivate mindfulness and presence.
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Sansen's Paradox
Zen Master Sansen ate while reading, contradicting his own advice of single-tasking.
He explained this by saying, "When you eat and read, just eat and read."
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Jack explores how meeting our lives with a directness and simplicity helps bring the mind, body, and heart into unity.
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"The spirit of the practice is a unification of the mind with the body and the heart, bringing them all together into one. In that unification, or collectedness, then it becomes possible, when the mind isn't wandering in fantasy of past or future, to see directly and clearly.” – Jack Kornfield
In this Dharma Talk, Jack mindfully illuminates:
Buddha's simple wisdom: "In the seen, there is only the seen. In the heard, there is only the heard. In the sensed, there is only the sensed. In the thought, there is only the thought."
Meeting our practice and the world with a directness and simplicity; bringing the mind, heart, and body into unity
Cultivating an "excruciatingly" precise awareness and paying careful attention so we can see our life process in a new way
The three-sided crystal of impermanence, unsatisfactoriness/insecurity, and selflessness
Suzuki Roshi and the blissful wisdom of simplicity
This Dharma Talk 9/29/1983 at the Insight Meditation Society was originally published on DharmaSeed.
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