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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 Year of Awakening: A Monthly Journey with Jack Kornfield

Beginning Jan 2025, the Year of Awakening is a year-long online monthly journey, and a rare opportunity to learn directly with Jack!

Inner Technology for Outer Technology

This course explores what Jack likes to call Inner Technology. These are the timeless capacities of the human heart and mind — mindfulness, compassion, emotional

Announcing New Book All In This Together: Stories and Teachings for Loving Each Other and Our World

Dear friends, I'm pleased to announce my next book, All in This Together: Stories and Teachings for Loving Each Other and Our World. At a

Finding Your Inner Light

The Buddha’s last words were simple and profound: “Be a lamp unto yourself. Be a light.” In our practice, the invitation is not to look

[Video] The Three Jewels: Love, Awakening, and Belonging

There comes a time in all of our lives when we need something to steady us—a way to remember what matters. The Buddha spoke of

Heart Wisdom – Ep. 298 – The Dalai Lama’s Message for Modern Times: How to Live with Courage, Compassion, and Integrity

From gender equity to joyful adaptation, Jack recounts how the Dalai Lama challenged teachers to reshape Buddhism for a modern world in need of heart.

Heart Wisdom – Ep. 297 – Advice from the Dalai Lama: The Fragrance of Nirvana

Jack shares stories and insights from a rare gathering with the Dalai Lama on what really makes a teacher, and how compassion—not titles—spreads the Dharma.

The Lion and the Child

In the journey of awakening, there comes a time when practice moves beyond quiet perseverance and enters a realm of bravery and dignity. Rumi spoke

Free from the Cage: Surrender as the Path to Awakening

There is a story from the great Persian poet Rumi about a caged parrot, gifted with a beautiful voice but held captive by her circumstances.

[Video] Heart Wisdom – Ep. 296 – The Beautiful World We Can Be: Trust, Joy, Imagination & Transformation

What if the blueprint for a more beautiful world is already within you? Jack explores how trust, joy, and imagination awaken transformation—from the inside out.

[Video] Heart Wisdom – Ep. 295 – The Sweet and Radical Joy of Living in the Way

Jack invites us to walk the path of joy—no matter the circumstances—showing how living joyfully and tenderly is a courageous, radical, and transformative act.

Reach Out and Touch the Hearts Around You

This is a heartbreaking time. The news from Gaza and Darfur, from the Rohingya and Haiti, is heartbreaking. And still, you can do something. Reach

[Video] Living from the Fullness of Our Being

In this heartfelt reflection, I invite you to remember who you truly are—not as some distant ideal, but as the sacred, simple, authentic presence already

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

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