Jack sat down with Oprah on “SuperSoul Sunday” and answered the questions: What is Buddhism? How can it help your daily life? Is it a…
Like the mother of the world who carries the pain of the world in her heart, you are sharing in the totality of this…
How can we foster peace and understanding, compassion and well-being for humans and for all beings? We know this is possible individually. In our practice…
From the beginning in Buddhist psychology, compassion and awareness are what went together. In order to be present for experience there has to be some…
In 1989, at one of the first international Buddhist teacher meetings, we Western teachers brought up the enormous problem of unworthiness and self-criticism, shame…
Conscious conduct or virtue, means acting harmoniously and with care toward the life around us. For spiritual practice to develop, it is absolutely essential that…
Buddhist teachings have been taught as both philosophy and religion but in its original form, Buddhist teachings are really a science of the mind. If…
“O Nobly Born” the Buddhist texts begin, remember your Buddha Nature. Remember your innate capacity for dignity, understanding and vast compassion. These gifts were born…
Whether it shows outwardly or is held inwardly, we all inevitably will face difficulty and suffering in life. Adhiṭṭhāna, one of the 10 pāramitās or…
“Learning the Middle Path, the life of balance, allows the heart’s natural awareness and compassion to grow. We become free and gracious.” – Jack Kornfield…
The path of awakening begins with a step the Buddha called right understanding. Right understanding has two parts. To start with, it asks a question…
