Embracing Life Through Loving Kindness with Jack Kornfield, Ph.D.

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Every life brings sufferings and setbacks. When life deals its most terrible blows, however, we also receive its greatest gift: We stop to consider the purpose of being human, and begin to discover what is important and meaningful in life. We learn compassion, which frees us from selfish confusion and allows us to act simply and effectively. What Buddhists call “loving kindness” begins to find an opening into our lives. And it is in the midst of our everyday distractions and concerns that this principle becomes most meaningful. Hear about how this truly can happen in our own lives, in the words of one of the most beloved and well known teachers of Vipassana Buddhism. Presented here is not only inspiration that brings out the deep “yes” from our hearts, but practical advice for how to carry out this inspiration to heal our daily life. And, as Kornfield reminds us, “The healing of ourselves is the same as the healing of the world.” He is a founder of the Insight Meditation Society and the author of A Path With Heart (Bantam 1993) and Buddha’s Little Instruction Book (Bantam 1994). Now available as Hay House Tape

Jack Kornfield, Ph.D. is an internationally renowned meditation teacher and one of the leaders in introducing Buddhist practice and psychology to the West. After graduating in Asian studies from Dartmouth College, he joined the Peace Corps and later trained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, Burma, and India. Kornfield is a cofounder of Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, and of the Spirit Rock Center in northern California. A husband, father and activist, he also holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and regularly gives seminars to mental health professionals. His books include A Path With Heart (Bantam 1993), The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace (Bantam 2008), and The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology (Bantam 2008). To learn more about the work of Jack Kornfield go to www.jackkornfield.org

Topics Explored in this Dialogue:

• How to foster loving-kindness in our own life
• What is the meaning of true compassion and awakened spiritual potential
• What are the near enemies that masquerade as virtues
• What are the two basic questions that arise at the end of life
• How parenting can be a spiritual practice
• What are the gifts we can find in great loss and sorrow
• What are some questions children ask God
• What are some practices to develop forgiveness and loving-kindness
• How may we mature beyond spiritual idealism

Host: Michael Toms Interview Date: 3/17/1994