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...
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Freedom from Repetitive Thoughts
There are a few basic principles for learning how to release the contractions and stuck places we encounter in meditation. One of the most...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 70 – The Essence of Buddhist Psychology: Part 1
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...
Learning the Middle Path
Learning the Middle Path, the life of balance, allows the heart’s natural awareness and compassion to grow. We become free and gracious. I heard a...
Video: Love Dharma Talk
This is the last talk of ten. Throughout 2017, Jack spoke about the ten paramis, or perfections of a buddha: generosity, morality, renunciation, wisdom, right...
Audio: Love Dharma Talk
When you meditate, the game is to sit and let the mind quiet, tend the heart, and begin to listen to life itself. The question...
Taming Addictive Tendencies of the Mind
Restraint serves as a counterbalance to the addictive tendencies of mind. There is a story in the Buddhist texts of a monkey living happily and...
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...
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 57 – Surprising Delights of Renunciation
Although it may be difficult to equate happiness and renunciation; Jack illuminates the complexity of renunciation, and where in our life we can already find...
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...
Video: Learning to Surf
With mindfulness, we are learning to observe in a new way, with balance and a powerful disidentification. We can begin to sense and observe the...
Enacting Mindfully
Another means for working with difficulties is called Enacting It Mindfully. Let’s face it, we act out most of our desires anyway. In this way,...
