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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

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Masterclass in Interactive Guided Meditation with Jack Kornfield, PhD – 2025 Cohort

poetry of awakening

Poetry of Awakening: Navigating the Great Mystery

Who are we? We get lost in our phones, in our to-do lists. But what if you look up at the night sky? What if
Goodness of the heart

[Video] Jack on Milton Friedman, Maha Ghosananda, Mirror Neurons, and the Goodness of the Heart

How can we live from the goodness of our hearts? Answering this question, Jack reflects on generosity, neuroscience, and spirituality.
Dipa Ma

My Teacher Dipa Ma: The Remarkable Possibilities of the Awakened Heart

We have within us an extraordinary capacity for love, joy, and unshakable freedom. Dipa Ma demonstrated this to me.
Where Does the Eightfold Path Go?

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.

Video: Steadiness of Earth Meditation

In this guided meditation, Jack invites us to meet whatever emotions, thoughts, and sensations arise with a rooted stillness, steadiness, and stability.

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