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Walking the Eightfold Path with Jack Kornfield

Embark on a transformative journey with "Walking the Eightfold Path with Jack Kornfield," a course designed to guide you through the wisdom, compassion, and freedom

Discovering your Buddha Nature with Jack Kornfield

The ten paramitas, or "perfections," are central to Buddhist teaching and practice. These perfections represent qualities to cultivate in order to progress along the path

The Awakened Heart: Discovering Great Joy and Love

In this transformative 3-week course, renowned meditation teacher Jack Kornfield guides you through powerful practices to awaken the qualities of the heart that bring deep
The Dalai Lama's Message for Modern Times

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.
Advice from the Dalai Lama

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 Buddha's Lion's Roar

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
Letting Go of the Cage Surrender as the Path to Awakening

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.
The Beautiful World We Can Be

[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.
The Sweet and Radical Joy of Living in the Way

[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

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
Living from the Fullness of Our Being

[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
Discovering the Great Way

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
Becoming What You Want the World To Be

[Video] Heart Wisdom – Ep. 292 – Becoming What You Want the World to Be with Ocean Robbins

Jack and Ocean continue their deep conversation, exploring how to create positive change in the world without losing our spiritual center and loving essence.
Calm Ocean and the Storm

[Video] Heart Wisdom – Ep. 291 – The Calm Ocean and the Storm: Navigating Duality with Ocean Robbins

Jack is interviewed by Ocean Robbins to explore the big spiritual questions—why there is suffering, how to navigate duality, making the ordinary holy, and cultivating
Saving the World Because You Love It- Living the Natural Wisdom of Black Elk and Gary Snyder

Saving the World Because You Love It: Living the Natural Wisdom of Black Elk and Gary Snyder

In this world, and on this path, there's a deep trust that’s asked of us. Despite the enormity of the issues of the culture, they’re

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