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Opening the Heart of Forgiveness with Jack Kornfield: A Journey of Reconciliation, Redemption, and Renewal

Discover the Freedom of Forgiveness: Heal the Past, Embrace Compassion, and Live with an Open Heart

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

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

The Gates of Awakening

Every spiritual tradition has stories of those who have awakened from their usual dreamlike state to a sacred way of being. Through initiation, purification, or…

Attitudes Toward Altered States

The following passage is taken from, “A Path With Heart: A Guide Through The Perils And Promises of Spiritual Life” Before we can understand non-ordinary…

Tending the Garden of the Dharma for 25 Years

  by Walt Opie Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India and Burma. He has taught meditation internationally since…

Buddhists Betray the Teachings

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Video: Jack Kornfield on Oprah’s “SuperSoul Sunday”

Jack sat down with Oprah on “SuperSoul Sunday” and answered the questions: What is Buddhism? How can it help your daily life? Is it a…

The Bodhisattva Way Dharma Talk

In this Dharma talk Jack speaks about the path of the Bodhisattva.

Embracing the Feminine in Buddhism

Embracing the Feminine in Buddhism I am seated at Spirit Rock with two of the new generation of American nuns, delightfully wise and courageous and…

A Path with Heart

Jack Kornfield’s A Path with Heart has been acclaimed as the most significant book yet about American Buddhism—a definitive guide to the practice of traditional…

Buddhism for Beginners

At the heart of all Buddhist wisdom lies one astonishing truth: a way out of suffering and into a more deeply fulfilling life is not…

Guided Meditations for Difficult Times

We all face tough times. But how can we meet these difficult situations with a compassionate heart and a clear mind? “Inside each of us…

The Essential Jack Kornfield Collection

Bestselling author Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, Burma, and India and has taught worldwide since 1974. A cofounder of the Insight…

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The Buddha said many times that just as the great oceans have but one taste, so do all the true teachings of the dharma: the…

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