{"podcast":{"title":"Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield","slug":"heart-wisdom-with-jack-kornfield-588894","podcast_index_feed_id":588894,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/heart-wisdom-with-jack-kornfield","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/heart-wisdom-with-jack-kornfield","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/b8/cd/bc/08/b8cdbc08-ece4-4faa-b575-2a5e48f87f12/fb4d2788b60be43321e405a763f9a9e1bd7769d23d293a482c5135ee2896c9b107cfe18cd339967532491894b6630f4b95596ab57106f7fca7c4d143f9bf749a.jpeg","author":"Be Here Now Network","episode_count":327,"summary":"The Jack Kornfield Heart Wisdom hour celebrates Jack’s ability to mash up his long established Buddhist practices with many other mystical traditions, revealing the poignancy of life’s predicaments and the path to finding freedom from self-interest, self-judgment and unhappiness.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T06:19:39.247932+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-wisdom-with-jack-kornfield-588894"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 305 – Remembering the Pleasure of Peace","slug":"ep-305-remembering-the-pleasure-of-peace","published_at":"2025-09-19T19:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-wisdom-with-jack-kornfield-588894/ep-305-remembering-the-pleasure-of-peace","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-wisdom-with-jack-kornfield-588894","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/f5546e4a-b7be-48ee-9e99-75c3f5331f5c.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/f5546e4a-b7be-48ee-9e99-75c3f5331f5c.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"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…","meta_description":"Exploring spaciousness as the ground of awakening, Jack Kornfield shows how peace, impermanence, and love are all born from the open heart. Today’s podcas…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1962,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/heart-wisdom-with-jack-kornfield-588894/episodes/ep-305-remembering-the-pleasure-of-peace/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-wisdom-with-jack-kornfield-588894/ep-305-remembering-the-pleasure-of-peace.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}