When the Buddha had electrified 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."

6 CASSETTES

9 HOURS

1-56455-573-9

AF00059

USD$ 69.95

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