Heart Wisdom – Ep. 86 – Entering with an Awakened Heart
Even in the most difficult times, it is possible to see something much bigger. We need to be able to envision another world—a world that...
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Love vs. Attachment
Each of the qualities of the awakened heart, such as love, joy and peace, have what are called “near enemies”—aspects which mimic and limit them....
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 82 – Respect for All
A number of the Buddhist texts begin with this phrase. ‘Oh nobly born, oh you who are the sons and daughters of the awakened ones,...
Awakening Love
The Buddha taught that we can develop loving-kindness by visualizing how a caring mother holds her beloved child. Love is our true nature, but it...
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....
Audio: Mindful Loving Awareness
The invitation of mindfulness and loving awareness is really to be alive and present here on this earth and in this life in a wakeful...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 75 – Opening to Generosity
When we start to pay attention with mindfulness, we start seeing the illusion of separateness. This is also known as the small sense of self...
Parenting As Practice
Parenting is a labor love. It’s a path of service and surrender and, like the practice of a Buddha or bodhisattva, it demands patience and...
Jack Kornfield on “The Tim Ferriss Show”- Ep. 300
Jack sat down with Tim Ferriss for his podcast The Tim Ferriss Show to talk about meditation, forgiveness, hang gliding and much more. Tim has...
Love Says We Are Everything
When we first hear them, the Buddhist teachings of non-self can arouse confusion or even fear. We might fear that non-self means the loss of...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 71 – The Essence of Buddhist Psychology: Cultivating Loving Awareness
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...
Awakening to Your Buddha Nature
“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...