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Buddhist Psychology: Essential Concepts for Understanding Mind, Emotion, and Well-Being

Join Jack Kornfield in this rich exploration of the mind and heart through the lens of Buddhist psychology. Blending modern therapeutic insight with ancient wisdom,

The Awakened Heart: Discovering Great Joy and Love

In this transformative self-paced course, renowned meditation teacher Jack Kornfield guides you through powerful practices to awaken the qualities of the heart that bring deep

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

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

Heart Wisdom – Ep. 175 – Intention to Awaken

Jack describes the Buddha’s vow to awakening and how we too can set a daily intention to awaken. “An intention creates our life. Thought manifests…

The Earth is My Witness

“Make your mind like the earth which receives all things steadily.” – The Buddha Years ago, a crew of Russian cosmonauts ran into trouble in…

Heart Wisdom – Ep. 174 – Intention and Transformation

Moving beyond our small sense of self, Jack introduces us to the ways intention, love, and acceptance can transform us. Amidst our ever-changing lives, we…

Heart Wisdom – Ep. 173 – Death as an Advisor

Reflecting on impermanence, Jack explains that despite our physical frailty our spirit can never truly die. Where can we go when we die? Jack explores…

Jack Kornfield on Knowledge Project Podcast 156 – A Practical Guide on Finding Inner Peace

Author and Buddhist practitioner Jack Kornfield sits down for a candid, in-depth interview to help you suppress self-doubt and find inner calm. Calling on decades…

Intention and the New Year

One beautiful way to honor the turning of the seasons and illuminate the heart in the darkest time of the year (in the north) is…

Heart Wisdom – Ep. 167 – The Perfection of Truthfulness

Leaning into the qualities of an awakened heart, Jack teaches us the perfection of truthfulness and how it will set us free. There is a…

​​Heart Wisdom – Ep. 165 – Practice in Daily Life: Right Concentration

Proceeding with the practice in daily life series on my Heart Wisdom podcast, this episode I explore right concentration and mindful breathing. Concentration brings tranquility.…

​​Heart Wisdom – Ep. 164 – Practice in Daily Life: Right Effort

Continuing his survey of the Eightfold path, Jack teaches listeners about Right Effort and how we can apply ourselves in spiritual practice. “In the end,…

Heart Wisdom – Ep. 163 – Practice in Daily Life: Right Livelihood

Jack delves into Right Livelihood, one of the key practices on the Eightfold Path that can help us find joy in our occupation.

Heart Wisdom – Ep. 166 – The Buddha’s Last Teachings

Gather around for story time as Jack offers a dharma talk centered around the Mahāparinibbāṇa Sutta, which contains the teachings from the last year of…

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