What kind of seeds are you planting and tending with your words and your deeds? Every seed watered can become something that changes the world. If you want to practice, take a walk and look at the buds on the trees in the spring. Each bud is an answer to despair or apathy. You start to sense you are part of something so much bigger. Feel the survival of thousands of years of ancestors in your bones supporting you.

“Though I do not believe a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.”—Thoreau

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This dharma talk was originally livestreamed by Spirit Rock on 4/25/22.

Tending The Garden Of The World, Tending The Garden Of The Heart Dharma Talk — Jack Kornfield

Big Sky Bell Meditation - Jack Kornfield

The more you experience the power of wise attention, the more your trust in the ground of awareness itself will grow. You will learn to relax and let go. In any moment of being caught, awareness will step in, a presence without judging or resisting. Close-in or vast, near or far, awareness illuminates the ungraspable nature of the universe. It returns the heart and mind to its birthright, naturally luminous and free.

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Big Sky Mind Meditation 1 - Jack  Kornfield

In this meditative practice, you will take time to reflect inwardly,
with kindness and with courage, on how and when you are 
living true to yourself. When you live fully and honestly,
it can change your life and all around you.

Being True To Yourself - Jack Kornfield

When great loss comes, the heart needs to grieve.
We need to find a way to honor and tend our grief, 
to respect its deep feelings, its time and rhythms. 
This teaching and meditation can help.

Meditation On Grief 2 - Jack Kornfield

Peace is possible. We can step out of the struggle with ourselves, with our judgments and fears and inner conflicts. We can learn to live in peace and with a kind heart, without believing the reactive mind.

Stopping The War Within - Jack Kornfield

We are always in transition, each new day is a rebirth. This pith instruction from the Tibetan Book of the Dead invites us to let go into our luminous true nature.

Meditation from the Tibetan Book Of The Dead - Jack Kornfield

Eternity is always here. It is always Now.

In this simple meditation, we are invited to become "The One Who Knows," the spacious witness to all things. We can take a breath, come to rest, step outside of time, let go of making and doing and planning, and remember the vast openness outside of thoughts and the entanglements of time.  

Let’s meet there.

Open To Timelessness - Jack Kornfield

Remember, wherever you are, spaciousness is always available. We know this, but we often forget. Yet spaciousness is not far away. With this simple meditation we are invited to allow the deep spaciousness of loving awareness to arise.

Spacious Awareness - Jack Kornfield

We need compassion to help us be tender with our difficulties and not close off to them in fear. This is how healing takes place. This meditation and visualization can help.

Wisdom In The Midst Of Difficulties - Jack Kornfield

Here is a 13-minute practice to steady your heart in the time of
coronavirus.

A Steady Heart in the Time of Coronavirus #1 - Jack Kornfield

Jack Kornfield is an American Buddhist teacher. He is a founder of the Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Marin County, Calif., where he lives & teaches.

Big Sky Mind Meditation 1 - Jack Kornfield

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