Illuminating the art of paying attention, Jack shares hilarious stories and mindful insights around how we can let go into the present.
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"To learn the art of paying attention requires some practice, that we learn how to sit and steady ourselves, to steady our bodies, and listen with a steadiness of heart, to actually be with what is here in our experience—pleasant and unpleasant, beautiful and ugly. That's what sitting is about, really, is to sit and be with the 10,000 joys and 10,000 sorrows, to see them, feel them, and let ourselves be as we are." – Jack Kornfield
In this episode, Jack artfully illuminates:
"As one Zen master says, 'Just put it down, put everything down. Just be here and forget about the past and future. That's enough.'" – Jack Kornfield
This Dharma talk from March 13, 1989 at Spirit Rock Meditation Center was originally published on DharmaSeed
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