Understanding Your Own Mind
In popular Western culture we are taught that the way to achieve happiness is to change our external environment to fit our wishes. But this...
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Meditation on Stopping the War Within
Sit comfortably for a few minutes, letting your body be at rest. Let your breathing be easy and natural. Bring your attention into the present,...
Jack Kornfield on The Duncan Trussell Family Hour – Ep. 290
Jack sat down with Duncan Trussell for his podcast The Duncan Trussell Family Hour to talk about mindfulness, anger, the state of the world and...
Healing the Heart
Just as we open and heal the body by sensing its rhythms and touching it with a deep and kind attention, so we can open...
Speak the Truth and Stand Up for Justice
The opposite of aggression is not passivity, it is true strength. When we have lost a sense of our innate nobility,we mistakenly believe in our...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 68 – Path of Joy
Through our various spiritual practices we are bearing witness to our human incarnation in a way that is unlike any other. We can find joy,...
Karma, Intention & Wise Speech
People often struggle to understand karma. Karma is simply the law of cause and effect, and in our lives this law of cause and effect...
The Temple of Healing
We all need healing at different times in our lives. Sometimes we need healing for physical illness. At other times, we need to heal the...
Your Mind: Friend or Foe?
Who is your enemy? Mind is your enemy. No one can harm you more than your own mind untamed. And who is your friend? Mind...
Video: Living a Full Life
Jack Kornfield and Frank Ostaseski discuss what it means to live a full life during a Monday night dharma talk at Spirit Rock. “In any...
Tolerance in Difficult Times
Traditional teachings focus so often on love and its transformative spirit that we can overlook a more basic and fundamental power—the tolerant heart. Human differences...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 46 – The Stories We Tell
Jack’s timeless wisdom leads the way as he responds to a handful of questions concerning some of the common struggles encountered on the human plane....
