Chapter
Meditative Training at a Monastery
42:43 - 53:24 (10:40)
The speaker spent 500 days practicing intense meditation, spending most of the time in silence and only speaking to his teacher every couple of days. He reflects on the physical pain one must endure through prolonged sitting and walking meditation, and the spiritual significance of contemplating death during visits to cremation grounds.
Clips
The speaker describes the life of a monk in a monastery.
42:43 - 45:49 (03:05)
Summary
The speaker describes the life of a monk in a monastery.
ChapterMeditative Training at a Monastery
Episode#300: Jack Kornfield - Finding Freedom, Love, and Joy in the Present
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker reflects on his experiences in a monastery, including only eating one meal a day, sitting at the charnel ground to contemplate death, and sometimes having to eat curries made from unusual ingredients like field mice or insects.
45:49 - 48:27 (02:37)
Summary
The speaker reflects on his experiences in a monastery, including only eating one meal a day, sitting at the charnel ground to contemplate death, and sometimes having to eat curries made from unusual ingredients like field mice or insects.
ChapterMeditative Training at a Monastery
Episode#300: Jack Kornfield - Finding Freedom, Love, and Joy in the Present
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker shares their unusual meditation experiences such as the feelings of becoming the sky or the experience of profound silence that happened during their retreat in a bermes monastery.
48:27 - 53:24 (04:57)
Summary
The speaker shares their unusual meditation experiences such as the feelings of becoming the sky or the experience of profound silence that happened during their retreat in a bermes monastery.