Jack Kornfield on Mind & Life Podcast: Wisdom for our Times
During this podcast, we discuss links between Buddhism and psychology in terms of healing and self; the problem of spiritual bypassing; how to work with...
During this podcast, we discuss links between Buddhism and psychology in terms of healing and self; the problem of spiritual bypassing; how to work with...
What these divisive times ask for more than anything else is an ability to listen with the heart. When we learn to listen deeply to...
Don’t think that the seeds that you plant won’t make a difference. With equanimity, with a peaceful heart and a vast mind, you water the...
Wise effort—the effort to be present—can also be called an act of love, for it invites us to show up for this life with open...
How do we listen to each other when we’re so polarized? In this podcast we explore how when we meditate from a place of “don’t...
Equanimity is often taught as a complement to the practices of lovingkindness and compassion because it’s understood in Buddhist psychology that if we only practice...
We need something else. We need a whole other way of living with one another. Who you are is consciousness itself, is loving awareness. You’re...
What is the peaceful heart? What keeps us from it? The near-enemy, the quality that masquerades as equanimity, is indifference. Indifference is a not-caring, it’s...
In this post-election dharma talk from 2016, Jack offers spiritual sanctuary and human possibility to a zeitgeist of fear, anger, and uncertainty.
Here is a talk I gave on racism and interdependence in 1993. The pursuit of racial justice is a most critical task, highlighted for...
In this podcast, we discuss these 7 teachings of Atisha, the eleventh-century Indian sage: Explore the nature of timeless awareness. Don’t be swayed by outer...
When you’re gripped by anxiety, fear, grief or dread, how do you escape? It can happen in the span of a few breaths, according to...