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Transform Your Life Through Jack Kornfield’s Most Powerful Stories: A 10 Hour Journey

Enter the heart of wisdom through Jack Kornfield’s most beloved and life-changing stories. In this soulful course, each story becomes a doorway to compassion, healing,

Walking the Eightfold Path with Jack Kornfield – Live October 2025

Embark on a transformative journey with "Walking the Eightfold Path with Jack Kornfield," a course designed to guide you through the wisdom, compassion, and freedom

Opening the Heart of Forgiveness with Jack Kornfield: A Journey of Reconciliation, Redemption, and Renewal – November 2025

Discover the Freedom of Forgiveness: Heal the Past, Embrace Compassion, and Live with an Open Heart

Where Does the Eightfold Path Go?

People ask, if the Eightfold Path is a path, where does it go?

Redemption is Always Possible

I'm here to tell you that this world is full of second chances. In our life, in our world, redemption is always possible.

Dissolving into Stillness – Guided Meditation

In this flowing guided meditation, Jack invites us to receive sensations, thoughts, and feelings with mindful loving awareness.

When You Meditate

“When we realize the everlasting truth of 'everything changes' and find our composure in it, we find ourselves in Nirvana.” – Suzuki Roshi

Meditation, Freedom, and the True Emptiness of Self

Meditation techniques are mental disciplines that allow us to calm, focus, and examine the mind. This de-conditioning process is a slowing down and observation of

TAKING A STAND – A Response to the Ongoing Conflicts in the World

It is heartbreaking and hard to bear as we receive the news from Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Darfur, Myanmar, Ukraine, Yemen and more...

The Dharma of Trees: Well-Being and the Natural World

When my teacher, Ajahn Chah—a forest monk from Thailand—came for his first visit to the U.S, as we drove along his eyes got bigger...

Expanding Perspective Through Story and Myth

Sometimes we need a timeless story to help us begin to live from an expanded perspective.

Mindfulness, Liberation, and the Buddha

How does the healing of our bodies, our emotions, and our mind grow out of mindfulness?

Remembering Wes “Scoop” Nisker

My close dear friend, colleague, and spiritual brother, Wes Nisker died a few days ago. I loved him. I miss his smile and his friendship

A Reliable Compass: Your Highest Intention

Remember: no one can harm you as much as your untamed mind. Also remember: no one can help you as much as your composed mind.

When Prayer Becomes Impossible and the Heart has Turned to Stone: Antidotes for the Five Hinderances

The Buddhist tradition tells us that when their energies are strong, there are specific antidotes for these hindrances.

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