Your Buddha Nature: Teachings on the Ten Perfections

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Summary: Audio tapes are great company
Review: Don't be intimidated by six audio tapes. Jack is excellent - the tapes are rich with examples, stories, and jokes. They are great company in the car or wherever, as we travel the path.

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Summary: A quiet retreat for the soul.
Review: I have a number of tape sets on Buddhism and none of them are any better then this set. I've listened to it several times and have loaned it to 2 friends (one tape at a time) who hand me back the finished tape and demand "Next!". You will not be disappointed with these fine tapes!

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Summary: It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This!
Review: If you want to learn about yourself, with a smile and a tear, Jack Kornfield is the teacher for you. He has a marvelous sense of humor, especially about himself, and his depth of practice and experience comes through in this light-hearted approach to the Middle Path. Ideal for the beginner, but also highly recommended if you're an "old hand" who wants to get out of their Dharma rut.
Kindness and compassion are communicated in his words and tone, as he leads the listened through the fundamentals of Buddhist practice. A "must have" for any Dharma library!

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Summary: It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This!
Review: If you want to learn about yourself, with a smile and a tear, Jack Kornfield is the teacher for you. He has a marvelous sense of humor, especially about himself, and his depth of practice and experience comes through in this light-hearted approach to the Middle Path. Ideal for the beginner, but also highly recommended if you're an "old hand" who wants to get out of their Dharma rut.
Kindness and compassion are communicated in his words and tone, as he leads the listened through the fundamentals of Buddhist practice. A "must have" for any Dharma library!

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Summary: Superbly presented, complete exploration of basic Buddhism.
Review: In Your Buddha Nature is a nine hour audiobook presentation in which meditation instructor Jack Kornfield explores Buddhism's most basic foundation for mindful living called "The Ten Perfections". These perfections (which include the universal virtues of truthfulness, simplicity, and living kindness) are presented with uncommon clarity within a Buddhist perspective. These "Ten Perfections" are no viewed a remote possibilities, but as providing immediate, practical answers to the problems and challenges faced by men and women every day of their lives. In twelve absorbing sessions, Kornfield introduces the listener to the ten "paramitas" or inner perfections and how they can bring a sublime new dimension to any spiritual practice. Kornfield offers mediations and mindfulness techniques to open the perfections humans are born with. This nine-hour audio retreat invites the student to experience the the truth of life through awakening his or her Buddha Nature. Highly recommended.

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Summary: Dharma Talks to Enlighten the Heart and Lift the Load
Review: Jack Kornfield does an excellent job of softly and gently leading the listener to understanding what is deep within. These Dharma talks help to ease the burdens of life and give one inner peace and understanding.

I find they are wonderful for daily listening --- morning or evening. They are graceful and full of marvelous strength for all who hear them.

I cannot recommend these listening pleasures enough.

Susanna K. Hutcheson
Owner & Executive Copy Director
Powerwriting.com LLC

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Summary: A complete course in Buddhism's Ten Perfections.
Review: YOUR BUDDHA NATURE Jack Kornfield

When the Buddha hadelectrified the ancient world with his teachings and his example,people came to him and asked, "What are you? A god, a saint, an angel?" And he replied: "I am awake." Within this statement is embedded the heart of Buddhism's unique position among the world's spiritual traditions. For as the Buddha showed, each of us can overcome the "sleep" of ordinary consciousness and awaken our hearts and minds to achieve the true freedom that every moment of life offers us.

On Your Buddha Nature, you will join Jack Kornfield, one of the preeminent meditation instructors of our time, for a complete course in Buddhism's most basic foundation for mindful living: the Ten Perfections. These perfections - which include such universal virtues as truthfulness, simplicity, and lovingkindness - offer immediate answers to the problems and challenges we face every day of our lives. By using them as keys, Kornfield teaches, we may unlock the human gate to supreme wisdom and open fully to the perfection within each moment of experience.

In 12 absorbing sessions, Jack Kornfield introduces you to the ten paramitas,or inner perfections, and shows how they can bring a sublime new dimension to any spiritual practice. In simple language, he offers meditations and mindfulness techniques that help you open to the perfections you were born with - which are already deeply rooted in your heart. Joy arises naturally in the moment when you begin this opening practice. Richly textured with ideas, poetry, and teaching parables gleaned from many spiritual traditions, this nine-hour audio retreat invites you to experience the truth of life, through awakening your own Buddha nature. A complete 12-session curriculum, with meditations designed for seekers of all faiths and ages.

LEARN MORE ABOUT:

The Ten Perfections, and how they serve as the centerpiece of a truly spiritual life; Generosity: why it can only begin with you; The Virtuous Heart: your key to understanding eternal values; Renunciation: the vows that can truly make your heart happy; Wise Effort: using your natural energy and aliveness to live fully and wisely; Wisdom: the three stages of "seeing deeply"; Patience: allowing your heart - not your mind - to respond; Truthfulness: how it can bring you freedom at this moment; Dedication and how to use your deepest values to ignite it; Lovingkindness: the 40 blessings that come with its practice; Equanimity: how to make peace with the "winds of change"; and much more.

Jack Kornfield, Ph.D. is a meditation teacher, author, and psychotherapist. After returning in 1972 from Asia, where he lived as a Buddhist monk for five years, Jack Kornfield cofounded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, and obtained a doctorate in clinical psychology. His books include A Path with Heart; Seeking the Heart of Wisdom(with Joseph Goldstein); and Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart(with Christina Feldman). Dr. Kornfield currently lives with his wife and daughter near California's Spirit Rock Center, where he is a guiding teacher.