logo
episode-header-image
Nov 2021
53m 36s

Ep. 135 – The Forgiving Heart

BE HERE NOW NETWORK
About this episode

Jack Kornfield explores the forgiving heart, offering us the basic ingredients for wise forgiveness, and leads a powerful guided meditation practice called the three directions of forgiveness.

This dharma talk was originally live-streamed by Spirit Rock on 9/20/21

This podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/heartwisdom 


See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Up next
Today
Ep. 307 – Inner Climate Change with Prof. Rajiv S. Joshi
Jack Kornfield and Prof. Rajiv S. Joshi share uplifting spiritual wisdom on how inner climate change shapes outer climate healing, the environment, and the future of humanity.Jack’s new book hits shelves on 11/11: All in This Together: Stories and Teachings for Loving Each Other ... Show More
49m 5s
Oct 2
Ep. 306 – The Spacious Heart: Transcending Duality Through Meditation and Sound
Jack Kornfield leads a guided sound journey into spacious awareness—exploring meditation, mantra, and the freedom beyond duality.Dive into Jack’s recently unearthed lost tapes from a vintage Yucca Valley retreat in 1990! Take the The Sacred Journey Home: Timeless Teachings on Fre ... Show More
44m 23s
Sep 19
Ep. 305 – Remembering the Pleasure of Peace
Exploring spaciousness as the ground of awakening, Jack Kornfield shows how peace, impermanence, and love are all born from the open heart.Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/heartwisdom and get on your way to being your be ... Show More
32m 42s
Recommended Episodes
May 2022
Ep. 122 - Essential Buddhism Part 1: Developing Our Field of Awareness
In this talk from 1974 at Naropa University, Joseph Goldstein gets into the essentials of Buddhism. He lectures about dharma, insight meditation, and developing our field of awareness.This podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with you ... Show More
37m 47s
Feb 2022
Ep. 76 – Fearlessness
In a discussion on fearlessness, Ram Dev offers insight into faith and awareness, meditation and letting go, and separation and oneness.Find out more about Dale's work at the Living/Dying Project: livingdying.orgThis podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% o ... Show More
38m 50s
May 2022
Ep. 200 - The Heart Song
Ram Dass is back with another session of Talk Radio From the Heart to sing us the Heart Song, plus answer questions about abortion, attachment to a group identity, and the struggle of death.Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with ... Show More
37m 18s
Nov 2022
Ep. 121 – Śīla: A Way To Love with Trudy Goodman
Trudy offers clear and flowing insight into how the Buddha’s concept of sīla –virtue, ethics – fits into the Noble Eightfold Path, as well as our daily lives.  This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional t ... Show More
56m 49s
Aug 2023
Ep. 231 – The Universe of Compassion
Ram Dass answers a wide range of questions on topics such as free will, working with fear, and falling in love – plus, he leads a Metta meditation to help us tap into the universe of compassion.Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month ... Show More
47m 12s
Dec 2022
A Self-Interested Case for Forgiveness | Jack Kornfield
New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. The allure of resentment, of holding a grudge or nursing your rage can be super powerful.  In today’s episode, Jack Kornfield, one of the great western meditatio ... Show More
1h 4m
Jul 2023
Ep. 140 - The Backward Step Into Awareness with Trudy Goodman
Trudy Goodman shares Zen Master Dōgen's method, the Backward Step, for stepping back into awareness and receiving each moment as awakening.Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhe ... Show More
52m 6s
Sep 2022
Ep. 120 - Nothing Required, Everything Given
Welcome to this episode of Pilgrim Heart where Krishna Das describes unconditional love, acceptance, and helping others.Support podcasts like this through the Be Here Now Network 6th-Anniversary Fundraiser Drive - win tickets to the Ram Dass Legacy retreat in Maui, shop limited e ... Show More
1h 17m
Aug 2022
Ep. 112 - Letting Go & Picking Up with Gil Fronsdal
Gil Fronsdal returns to the BHNN Guest Podcast to discuss letting go, the truth, and the retreat experience.This podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenow“I have been (on r ... Show More
57m 17s