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Living the Dharma in a Troubled World: Practicing Steadiness, Kindness, and Wise Response in Times of Change

The world is changing faster than ever—politically, environmentally, socially, and emotionally. This

How to Thrive in Love: Buddhist Secrets to Transform Your Relationships with Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman

Discover the profound wisdom of love as a spiritual path. Join Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman in this transformative course exploring intimacy, mindfulness, and compassion

Inner Technology for Outer Technology

This course explores what Jack likes to call Inner Technology. These are the timeless capacities of the human heart and mind — mindfulness, compassion, emotional

[Video] Becoming a Zone of Peace in a Turbulent World

The world needs our deepest medicine now. So many people are exhausted and overwhelmed, frightened by war, loss, and uncertainty. We may wonder how to

Trusting the Seasons: The Wisdom of Impermanence and Letting Go

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

[Video] How Meditation Makes us Kinder | Jack Kornfield and Sylvia Boorstein

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,

[Video] You’re Angry Because You Care

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 Steady Heart in Unsteady Times

We live in unsteady times. There are the looming effects of climate change, huge AI transformations, increasing divisiveness and warfare, and the widespread mistreatment of

The World is Full of Second Chances

We live in a time when it is easy to become discouraged. We witness war and division, violence and fear, and sometimes it seems as

[Video] Blessing Spirit Rock’s New Stupa | Jack’s 80th Birthday Celebration

Watch the full recording of this unforgettable gathering with Jack, Joan Baez, Ajahn Pasanno, and the Spirit Rock teachers celebrating the blessing of the new

Happy Interdependence: Inner and Outer Freedom for All

We Americans have passed through our 250th birthday with fireworks and barbecue, mixed displays of patriotism and politics, World Cup gains and losses, lots of

[Video] What Opens Us? The Gates of Awakening

People often imagine the spiritual journey begins with a mystical experience or a moment of profound insight. But in my experience, many people arrive on

[Video] The Mystery of Who You Are: Seeing Everything As Sacred

There is a great mystery at the heart of our lives. We spend so much time tending to our responsibilities, our plans, our worries, and

[Video] Learning to Love the Exhale: Trusting Every Season of the Heart

After living several years as a monk, including a year long silent retreat, I returned home from Asia carrying the fruits of deep practice. I

[Video] Who You Are Is Bigger Than All of Your Fear

Sooner or later, life brings each of us to places we never planned to visit. Illness, loss, uncertainty, aging, disappointment—no amount of wisdom can exempt

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