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Ask Jack: Dharma Wisdom for Life’s Real Struggles

A 21-day online course with beloved meditation teacher Jack Kornfield. Each day offers short video teachings, reflection prompts, and a simple practice to help you

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

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 Secret of Love and Attachment

Heart Wisdom – Ep. 294 – The Secret of Love and Attachment: Wise Relationships, Vulnerability, and the Joy of Nirvana

Sharing deep spiritual secrets of love and attachment, Jack transforms our unhealthy attachments into Wise Relationships through vulnerability, inner joy, and shared humanity.
Discovering the Great Way

Heart Wisdom – Ep. 293 – Discovering the Great Way: Freedom from Attachment

Exploring the ancient Zen teaching of the Great Way, Jack guides us toward freedom from attachment, clarity beyond preferences, and the liberating joy of letting
Becoming What You Want the World To Be

[Video] Heart Wisdom – Ep. 292 – Becoming What You Want the World to Be with Ocean Robbins

Jack and Ocean continue their deep conversation, exploring how to create positive change in the world without losing our spiritual center and loving essence.
Calm Ocean and the Storm

[Video] Heart Wisdom – Ep. 291 – The Calm Ocean and the Storm: Navigating Duality with Ocean Robbins

Jack is interviewed by Ocean Robbins to explore the big spiritual questions—why there is suffering, how to navigate duality, making the ordinary holy, and cultivating
Still We Rise

[Video] Heart Wisdom – Ep. 289 – Still We Rise: The Bodhisattvas of the Great Turning

In this time of global uncertainty, Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman call us to rise with fierce compassion and become Bodhisattvas of the Great Turning.
Meeting Chaos with Compassion and Humor

Meeting Chaos with Compassion and Humor through “The Roots of Buddhist Psychology”

I invite you to read this wonderful article below by the talented Melissa Hart, celebrating the anniversary of a defining lecture lecture series I shared
healing with love

Heart Wisdom – Ep. 276 – Healing With Love: Hopeful Wisdom for Difficult Times with Trudy Goodman

Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman join forces in an exploration of Buddha’s eternal wisdom: ‘hatred never ceases by hatred, but by love alone is healed.’
Awakening in Every Moment

The Wisdom of Insecurity: Awakening in Every Moment

Spiritual life is not about possessing or finding security, but rather it's discovering what Alan Watts called the Wisdom of Insecurity – the capacity for
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How Buddhist Monks Celebrate Christmas

One December, the Western monks at my Thai teacher Ajahn Chah's Western forest monastery decided to put up a Christmas tree. The villagers who built
Wise Speech

Heart Wisdom – Ep. 267 – Wise Speech, Speaking with Intention, Listening with Compassion

Exploring how compassionate speech and mindful listening can transform our lives, Jack shares how we can navigate culture’s web of lies by using the energy
Right Attitude

Heart Wisdom – Ep. 264 – Right Attitude, Wise Aspiration, Mindful Thought

Helping us reflect on our daily habits and feelings, Jack shares how Right Attitude, Wise Aspiration, and Mindful Thought allow us to uncover the sweet
Wisdom of Insecurity

Heart Wisdom – Ep. 263 – Wise Understanding and the Wisdom of Insecurity

Intersecting the Buddha’s ‘Wise Understanding’ with Alan Watt’s ‘Wisdom of Insecurity,’ Jack illuminates the path of discovering lasting happiness.

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