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The Sacred Dialogues: Freedom of Spirit, Opening the Heart with Jack Kornfield and Ram Dass

A rare, intimate transmission on love, awareness, and what remains when we stop striving.

The Sacred Journey Home: Unearthed Teachings from a Timeless Retreat with Jack Kornfield

Step into a rare and heartfelt retreat, recorded over 30 years ago, where the roots of modern mindfulness began to take hold. In this soulful

The Year of Awakening: A Monthly Journey with Jack Kornfield

Beginning Jan 2025, the Year of Awakening is a year-long online monthly journey, and a rare opportunity to learn directly with Jack!

Heart Wisdom – Ep. 126 – Freedom, Gratitude, & the Buoyancy of Hope

No matter what the situation, we are offered the freedom to choose our highest intention, to choose to be free. When we understand intention, we

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

Video: Beauty and Human Goodness Amidst It All Dharma Talk

We can tune into the goodness of the world that's not always featured in the news. This is an invitation to understand equanimity and to

Video: Ancient Wisdom Informing Medicine in the Time of Pandemic

A special conversation with Josefa Rangel, M.D., and Taoist master Cain Carroll.

The Wisdom of Not Knowing

Wisdom is not knowing but being. The Christian mystics instructed seekers to enter the Cloud of Unknowing with a trusting heart. The wise heart is…

Freedom Amid Challenging Times

Thich Nhat Hanh reminds us that in uncertain times, our own steadiness can become a sanctuary for others.

Audio: Wisdom In The Midst Of Difficulties

How can we move through our difficult situations with wisdom and graciousness? This meditation, one of my favorites, shows us how to do so.

Freedom from Suffering

“In a world of tension and breakdown it is necessary for there to be those who seek to integrate their inner lives not by avoiding…

The Reality Below Thoughts

  As we observe our thoughts and question our beliefs, we come to understand that while thinking, planning and remembering are vital to our lives,…

Heart Wisdom – Ep. 83 – A Story of Inspiration and Wisdom

We have the capacity to see this world in an illuminated way, and yet we do not see the mystery and magic of it. There…

Fearing Death

If you understand—things are just as they are. If you do not understand—things are just as they are. —Zen saying From the universal perspective, all…

Do Not Despair

The Buddhist approach to this collective suffering is to turn toward it. We understand that genuine happiness and meaning will come through tending to suffering.

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