Spiritual Maturity

Sunday School, KRUC, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Spiritual maturity is an acceptance of life

in relationship.

Jack Kornfield

Questions

RCC_9831, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

         Who are you?

         Where are you from?

         Where are you in your journey?

Jack Kornfield, an ancient custom among nomadic peoples,amon g Bedouins and gypsies, recounted by Jon Kabat-Zinn in Coming to Our Senses

Enlightenment

RIC_1880 a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.

Jack Kornfield

Nobility

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The word nobility does not refer to medieval knights and courts.  It drives from the Greek gno (as in gnosis), meaning "wisdom" or "inner illumination."  In English, nobility is defined as human excellence, as that which is illustrious, admirable, lofty, and distinguished in values, conduct, and bearing.

Jack Kornfield, The Wise Heart from The Best Buddhist Writing 2009

Taste of Liberation

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Just as the great oceans have but one taste, the taste of salt, so do all of the teachings of Buddha have but one taste, the taste of liberation.

Buddhist teaching shared by Jack Kornfield, "The Wise Heart" in The Best Buddhist Writing 2009

Spiritual Life

The true task of spiritual life is not found in faraway places or unusual states of consciousness: It is here in the present.  ...  Whatever our initial vision of spiritual life, to be authentic, it must be fulfilled here and now, in the place where we live.

Jack Kornfield, After the Ecstacy, The Laundry

Temple

Suppose you consider your neighbourhood to be your temple - how would you treat your temple, and what would be your spiritual task there?

Jack Kornfield

Encounter

Every pair of eyes we look into can become the eyes of the Beloved.

Jack Kornfield