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The Sacred Journey Home: Unearthed Teachings from a Timeless Retreat with Jack Kornfield

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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

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 Spacious Heart

The Spacious Heart: Resting in What Is

Spiritual practice not about self-improvement, but letting go into our true nature. As we learn to let go, there comes a sense of grace, compassion,
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
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

[Video] The Treasure of Presence: Uncovering the Heart’s True Wealth

What if the greatest treasure wasn’t something to be found, but uncovered, gently, patiently, through the beauty of practice?

[Video] From Suffering to Soul Force: Transforming Pain into Compassion

In the changing tides of the world, I invite you to find refuge in wisdom of this video, reminding us of the strength of our
The Trusting Heart

Heart Wisdom – Ep. 288 – The Trusting Heart: Letting Go of Victimhood, Awakening Resilience

Exploring how to let go of victim consciousness and awaken inner resilience, Jack shares how to rest in awareness and live from the trusting heart.
The Chrysalis of the Great Turning: Imaginal Cells and the Birth of a Renewed Humanity

The Chrysalis and the Great Turning: Imaginal Cells and the Birth of a Renewed Humanity

In a way, what we're seeing today is really a symptom of our shared humanity. Here we are in the 21st century, living in late-stage
Awakening Soul Force

Heart Wisdom – Ep. 282 – Awakening Soul Force: Healing the World Through Your Unique Gift

Jack reveals how awakening your Soul Force—your inner strength, wisdom, and compassion—allows you to heal the world by offering your unique gift with courage and
healing with love

Heart Wisdom – Ep. 276 – Healing With Love: Hopeful Wisdom for Difficult Times with Trudy Goodman

Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman join forces in an exploration of Buddha’s eternal wisdom: ‘hatred never ceases by hatred, but by love alone is healed.’
art of reconciliation

Heart Wisdom – Ep. 272 – The Art of Reconciliation: Cultivating Harmony Through Listening and Truth

Jack helps us heal conflicts, release defensiveness, and cultivate the harmony of wise relationships through the art of reconciliation, deep listening, and truth.
Secret Beauty

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What you most deeply long for is who you are, is coming back to your own heart, to your own beauty, your own wellbeing that
Just Like Me

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When we gaze over at another in a simple way and see them with the eyes of wisdom, we’re reminded that it’s a bigger and

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