# Ep. 305 – Remembering the Pleasure of Peace

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-wisdom-with-jack-kornfield-588894/ep-305-remembering-the-pleasure-of-peace
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-wisdom-with-jack-kornfield-588894/ep-305-remembering-the-pleasure-of-peace.md
Podcast: [Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield](https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-wisdom-with-jack-kornfield-588894)
Published: 2025-09-19T19:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/f5546e4a-b7be-48ee-9e99-75c3f5331f5c.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0
Audio file: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/f5546e4a-b7be-48ee-9e99-75c3f5331f5c.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/heart-wisdom-with-jack-kornfield-588894/episodes/ep-305-remembering-the-pleasure-of-peace
Duration seconds: 1962

## Resource

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 best self. “Meditation centers, temples, ashrams, and spiritual communities are in one fundamental way, places of peace, reminders of the peace and harmony possible for us in our lives.” – Jack Kornfield In this episode, Jack mindfully explores: The Spacious Heart: The peace and pleasure found in meditation centers, temples, and ashrams, and how spaciousness becomes a refuge in our lives. Shifting Identity: The flexibility of consciousness and how opening beyond the body and self allows us to release ill-will and rest in freedom. Impermanence and Real Love: Stories from India and the Dalai Lama on happiness, letting go into love, and the humor of the “Bang Bang Bang Theory.” Beyond Self-Improvement: Spiritual practice not as fixing or perfecting ourselves, but as resting in our true nature, like the Buddha under the bodhi tree. The Seed of Equilibrium: Spaciousness as the core of awakening—learning balance in the dance of life, loving others without needing to change them, and finding coolness in nirvana. “It’s possible to shift. Consciousness is really flexible and fabulous, it can create, expand, and touch anything. When our identity opens to something greater or more timeless, when we see the fleetingness and impermanence of this body that we cling to and realize this is not who we are, then something else becomes possible.” – Jack Kornfield Dive into Jack’s recently unearthed lost tapes from a vintage Yucca Valley retreat in 1990! Take The Sacred Journey Home: Timeless Teachings on Freedom a…

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/heart-wisdom-with-jack-kornfield-588894/episodes/ep-305-remembering-the-pleasure-of-peace/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-wisdom-with-jack-kornfield-588894/ep-305-remembering-the-pleasure-of-peace.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.