Jack Kornfield

Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, India, and Burma. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and is a founding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society in Massachusetts and Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California. He is one of the key teachers to introduce mindfulness practice to the West, has taught internationally since 1974, and is the author of 16 books which have sold 2 million copies.

“Jack is one of the greatest spiritual teachers of our time.”

– Alice WaLker
Here we are in the change of seasons—the great turning from the warmth and abundance of summer into autumn, when the natural world offers us its perennial reminder of impermanence and the wisdom of letting go.
In this short video, Sylvia and I reflect on how practice softens the heart—not through one final realization, but through a lifetime of seeing, remembering, making amends, and beginning again.
Very often, people come to me struggling with anger—angry at what someone has done, disappointed by the political world, or disheartened by the actions of a company, institution, or community. I invite them to become quiet for a moment and ask: Do you know why you are so angry? It's because you care.

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