# Ep. 306 – The Spacious Heart: Transcending Duality Through Meditation and Sound Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-wisdom-with-jack-kornfield-588894/ep-306-the-spacious-heart-transcending-duality-through-meditation-and-sound Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-wisdom-with-jack-kornfield-588894/ep-306-the-spacious-heart-transcending-duality-through-meditation-and-sound.md Podcast: [Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield](https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-wisdom-with-jack-kornfield-588894) Published: 2025-10-02T16:28:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/ee66f98e-b12b-4045-84c3-64077c917ab2.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Audio file: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/ee66f98e-b12b-4045-84c3-64077c917ab2.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-306-the-spacious-heart-transcending-duality-through-meditation-and-sound Duration seconds: 2663 ## Resource 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 Freedom and Love Just Where You Are with Jack Kornfield “When we touch spaciousness, we discover that in letting go there arises a natural compassion, the great heart of a Buddha. In this, we find that the true place of peace is one of trust—an open, spacious heart in the very midst of our life.” — Jack Kornfield In this episode, Jack mindfully explores: The Spacious Heart: A guided sound journey into awareness, transcending duality, and opening to the vastness of mind and heart. Beyond Duality: Discovering consciousness as boundless as the sky, where there is no inside or outside, only open spaciousness. Weather of the Heart: Seeing moods, joys, and sorrows as passing like colors in water or changes in the weather. Enlightenment as Non-Perfection: The Third Zen Patriarch’s teaching that freedom is found in letting go of anxiety about imperfection. Meeting Life with Spaciousness: Guided practice for opening to difficult emotions and situations with equanimity and compassion. Mantra and Sound: Exploring Om Mani Padme Hum, the jewel and the lotus, and the seed mantra Ah as gateways to the heart. This Dharma Talk from 7/12/1993 at Spirit Rock Meditation Center was originally published on DharmaSeed . “Your mind is not limited to your head, but rather your awareness, consciousness, expands beyond your head to be open like the sky, space without boundaries.” – Jack Kornfield About Jack Kornfield: Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma, studying as a… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/heart-wisdom-with-jack-kornfield-588894/episodes/ep-306-the-spacious-heart-transcending-duality-through-meditation-and-sound/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-306-the-spacious-heart-transcending-duality-through-meditation-and-sound.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.