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    The Dragon and the 10 Gowns

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    Jack KornfieldPublished September 18, 2017 · Updated October 21, 2026 · 1 min read

    In this talk, Jack Kornfield, co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock Meditation Center, describes how the Buddha teaches the transformation of suffering into joy. He then tells the story of the dragon and the 10 gowns.

    Jack starts with several scientific phenomena and mysteries of the universe, then turns to human incarnation: how to make good use of it and treat it as a self-improvement project.

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