Heart Wisdom – Ep. 161 – Practice in Daily Life: Right Speech
The power of intention is most easily visible in our speech. In conversation, we get immediate feedback, and often the response we get will reflect...
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Heart Wisdom – Ep. 159 – Practice in Daily Life: Walking the Eightfold Path
Fundamentally, for spiritual practice to be alive in our life, we have to be able to use it in the supermarket, while we drive, when...
Video: The Buddha’s Last Teachings Dharma Talk
This dharma talk centers around teachings from The Mahāparinibbāṇa Sutta which is a story about the last year of the Buddha’s life.
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...
Jack Kornfield on The Duncan Trussell Family Hour – Ep. 518
Jack and Duncan Trussell discuss grief, trauma, rage, Buddhism, and mindfulness for Duncan’s podcast “The Duncan Trussell Family Hour.”
Gratitude and Wonder
Gratitude is a gracious acknowledgment of all that sustains us, a bow to our blessings, great and small. As gratitude grows it gives rise to...
Video: Mindful Respect Dharma Talk
Mindfulness practice begins by deliberately cultivating respect, starting with ourselves. When we learn to rest in our own goodness, we can see the goodness more...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 152 – The Most Basic Truths
To free ourselves, we need to quiet the mind through mindfulness in meditation. Then, instead of identifying with the changing conditions, we learn to release...
Video: The Most Basic Truths: Gateways to Freedom Dharma Talk
When I first entered the monasteries in Thailand and Burma, I was taught everything is anicca (impermanent), dukkha (unsatisfactory), and anatta (no-self). The reason these...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 144 – A Peaceful Heart in a Time of War & the Legacy of Thich Nhat Hanh
This dharma talk was recorded on 2/28/22. I had planned to talk about Thich Nhat Hanh, the great and wise Zen master and teacher who...
Finding the Middle Way
If we seek happiness purely through indulgence, we are not free. If we fight against ourselves and reject the world, we are not free. It...
Video: A Peaceful Heart In A Time Of War And The Legacy Of Thich Nhat Hanh
As it says in the Buddhist teachings, in this world, hatred never ceases by hatred, but by love alone is healed. Make prayers. Make blessings....
