Heart Wisdom With Jack Kornfield

In this vintage Dharma Talk, Jack illuminates Buddhism's Three Characteristics of Life: stress, non-self, and impermanence.Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/heartwisdom "Somehow we believe our concepts, that we'll be here forever, that our life is really going to go on and on. Or we believe our advertising, the idea from the culture that if you get 'this' you'll be able to hold onto it and it will make you happy. It's just not true. Happiness is a matter of the heart; not something we can grasp or hold." – Jack Kornfield In this episode, Jack mindfully explores:Knowledge, love, patience, and a spirit of constancyBeing here now and living in mindfulness in the present momentBuddhism's Three Characteristics of LifeAnicca: impermanenceAnatta: non-selfDukkha: stress/sufferingTrue happiness as a matter of the heartHow you can't stop the waves, but you can learn how to surfThe original truth o

Jack returns with a cosmic Dharma Talk exploring expansion and contraction in relation to impermanence as the root of spiritual practice."The law of change is the brown rice and vegetables of spiritual practice, it's the root of our direct experience of life." – Jack Kornfield In this episode, Jack takes us on a cosmic journey through:The basic fundamentals of Dharma teachings on how to live wisely in our practiceA trippy interstellar perspective flip through a simple intergalactic thought experimentLife—this capacity to be conscious and aware—as a process of expansion and contractionThe law of change, impermanence, as the "brown rice and vegetables" of spiritual practiceSpiritual practice as a way to find freedom and compassion within ourselvesLearning to live in the present of how it is, rather than how we wish it would be This Dharma Talk from Spirit Rock Meditation Center on 6/20/1994 was originally published on DharmaSeed.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy No

This week, Jack joins Michael Krasny for a conversation diving into mindfulness, loneliness, compassion, gratitude, suffering, meditation, and the Dharma.Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/heartwisdom"With mindfulness you learn to live in the present. If you walk down the street and you're spending all your time thinking about that conversation you had and the tasks you have to do, you miss the people walking by, you miss the clouds after that rainstorm, the colors of the sunset—the lavender, red, and orange that's reflected in the windows and puddles—you miss your life. Mindfulness becomes liberating in that way." – Jack KornfieldIn this episode, Jack and Michael discuss:Ram Dass and the idea of "being here now" in regards to suffering, depression, and suicidal thoughtsOvercoming loneliness, isolation, and grief by reaching out and connecting with othersWrapping ourselves in the infinitely co

Uncovering how to live with a peaceful heart, Jack maps the inner landscapes of meditation, and shares how we can use listening to find The Way. “A peaceful heart is not a withdrawal from life, but rather coming back into ourselves to remember the place that neither grasps nor judges and hates.” – Jack KornfieldIn this episode, Jack mindfully explores:What it means to live with a peaceful heartMoving beyond the grasping of attachment and aversionLiving in the world from a place of wisdomThe inner landscapes of meditationGreed, hatred, delusion, and revengeInterdependence, connection, and BodhicittaImpermanence and the wisdom of insecurityThe Goddess of Peace and the Goddess of JusticeWise response and transmuting sufferingBodhisattvas and compassionBuddha and the boundless infinity of loveListening to embody The WayThis flowing Dharma Talk from Jack on 10/01/2001 was originally published on DharmaSeed.orgSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://ar

Jack returns for an illuminating Dharma Talk exploring the deep human longing for the wedding of body and spirit.Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/heartwisdom"The invitation of spiritual life, of awareness or mindfulness—we could call it a sacred attention—is not to hurry up, fix, or make this human realm perfect or better. Nor is it to ignore it, but rather to awaken to what is each day as we meet it in our bodies, in our hearts, in our minds, in our family, in our community on this earth – to see it how it is, and to illuminate it with the heart, to illuminate it with our understanding and compassion, to find the basket of spirit that is here, and let that spirit shine in this human realm." – Jack KornfieldIn this episode, Jack dives into:- An old African wisdom story of a shepherd, his cattle, a dark forest, a lover, and a magic basket- Life, death, void, silence, and opening to the great

In this episode of Heart Wisdom, Jack Kornfield connects with lifestyle expert Sarah Grynberg to talk about a life of greatness. "Really, meditation is about deep listening. You sit and what needs to be understood will come if you sit quietly. It is like going into the forest and finding a little clearing and sitting down. If you're quiet for a while the animals, the birds, they all resume their life and you see all the things you would never see before. " – Jack Kornfield In this episode Jack Kornfield and Sarah Grynberg discuss:What it was like for Jack to grow up in Judaism Ajahn Chah and being ready for suffering Surrender in meditationThe catharsis of emotional release Deep Listening Buddhism as a practice versus a religionThe Psychology of Heart and Mind About Sarah GrynbergSarah Grynberg is a well-renowned interviewer, well-being expert, keynote speaker, and host and producer of the highly-rated lifestyle and internationally successful podcast, A Life of Gre

Teaching us about breath work and presence, Jack Kornfield guides a mindfulness meditation and discusses the beauty of listening."You are not the body, you are the mindful loving awareness that notices this body with kindness and care." – Jack Kornfield In this episode Jack Kornfield offers us:A guided mindfulness meditation Tools to relax and experience presence Breathing techniques for full body awareness Ways to develop the capacity to listenAdvice on working with trauma Ways to thank our fears See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg, and Joseph Goldstein explore the emergence of Western Buddhism and balancing faith with wisdom.Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/heartwisdom"In the Buddhist tradition it's said that one of the prayers one might make is: May I be born in circumstances that I may experience the Dharma that will bring me to awaken the heart of boundless compassion and discover inner freedom." – Jack Kornfield"That kind of questioning which isn't cynical and isn't arrogant but is really wondering, really wanting to know the truth for oneself, I think of as an essential component of faith." – Sharon Salzberg "Even in those first few minutes, what I discovered was there was a way to look into the mind as well as looking out through it. To me that was revelatory." – Joseph GoldsteinIn this episode Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg, and Joseph Goldstein touch on:The formation of the Ins

In this episode of Heart Wisdom, Jack Kornfield teaches us about fostering femininity in our dharma practice.Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/heartwisdomIn this episode Jack Kornfield discusses:The relationship of birth and deathLoving deeply by opening our hearts, bodies, and mindMoving from the masculine to the feminine The power of forgiveness"Part of what's happening to practice is that it is becoming balanced with a greater emphasis of the feminine...instead of independence there's more teaching of interdependence, of relationship to one's body, relationship to the earth." – Jack KornfieldSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, Jack Kornfield helps us discover how the ocean of breath can lead to greater compassion for all.Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/heartwisdom"With the opening of breath comes a spaciousness or a healing quality which is that we can allow ourselves to hold in compassion, with a kindness of heart, all that arises." – Jack KornfieldIn this episode Jack Kornfield discusses:Breath as the movement of spiritThe cycle and rhythms of lifeDeveloping awareness of the breathNoticing our sensesThis 1994 talk was originally published on DharmaseedSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

By telling stories of the Buddha, Jack Kornfield directs us on the purpose of practice and the laws of Dharma."What we repeatedly direct our mind to in this society is consumerism and materialism and addictions of different kinds. What we direct ourselves to, we get. For better or for worse." – Jack KornfieldThis talk from Jack Kornfield 1/4/1994 was originally published on DharmaSeed.In this episode Jack Kornfield discusses:The will to doSkillful actionThe mind as a mirrorBirth stories of the BuddhaRenunciationAwakening to the law of DharmaSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In simple, heartfelt presence, Jack Kornfield teaches us about coming into the dharma body.Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/heartwisdom"You can see it in your life. It's helpful to be aware when you drive, or if you paint or you do computer programming or you make love, or you write poetry, or you garden. Mindfulness, I declare, is all helpful. With that presence is the path to freedom, to awakening." — Jack KornfieldIn this episode Jack Kornfield discusses:Stories of Thich Nhat HanhBecoming the BuddhaCosmic BreakthroughsNavigating DeathMindfull AwarenessSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jack Kornfield describes the Buddha's vow to awakening and how we too can set a daily intention to awaken. NEW Meditation Series: Pause, Breathe, Be Here Now with Ram Dass, Sharon Salzberg, Jack Kornfield, Tara Brach, Joseph Goldstein, John Lockley, Ram Dev, Trudy Goodman, Lama Tsultrim Allione—FREE January 16 to 25. Sit in true peace, love, and tranquility. Join thousands of people around the world for this collective meditation experience: onecommune.com/ramdass"An intention creates our life. Thought manifests or leads to deeds, deeds develop into habit, habit hardens into character and character shapes our world." – Jack KornfieldIn this episode Jack Kornfield discusses:The small, intimate choice to awakenCollective awakeningIntention in practiceThe interplay of mind and bodySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Moving beyond our small sense of self, Jack Kornfield introduces us to the ways intention, love, and acceptance can transform us.Amidst our ever-changing lives, we can find the patterns which form from our hearts and realize the source of who we are.Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/heartwisdomNEW Meditation Series: Pause, Breathe, Be Here Now with Ram Dass, Sharon Salzberg, Jack Kornfield, Tara Brach, Joseph Goldstein, John Lockley, Ram Dev, Trudy Goodman, Lama Tsultrim Allione—FREE January 16 to 25. Sit in true peace, love, and tranquility. Join thousands of people around the world for this collective meditation experience: onecommune.com/ramdass"Our heart is the garden into which we plant seeds and nourish them. Depending on our intention, gradually, we shape the patterns of our lives. What's important then is not so much what we say or do, but what is the intention with tha

Reflecting on impermanence, Jack Kornfield explains that despite our physical frailty our spirit can never truly die.Where can we go when we die? Jack Kornfield explores the recycling of energy, our limitlessness beyond death, and how death enables us to live more presently.NEW Meditation Series: Pause, Breathe, Be Here Now with Ram Dass, Sharon Salzberg, Jack Kornfield, Tara Brach, Joseph Goldstein, John Lockley, Ram Dev, Trudy Goodman, Lama Tsultrim Allione—FREE January 16 to 25. Sit in true peace, love, and tranquility. Join thousands of people around the world for this collective meditation experience: onecommune.com/ramdass "There's this amazing thing with death that there is both less of someone and yet more of them. There's some way in which you can walk in the woods and they are there to speak too. Being with death slows us down, it softens us, it makes us more gracious." — Jack KornfieldSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://a

Mindfully navigating death, we learn from Jack Kornfield how to appreciate the vulnerability of one's final moments on earth.Jack Kornfield describes the truth death pushes us to face and how keeping an awareness of the inevitable aids us in living fully while we can.Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/heartwisdomNEW Meditation Series: Pause, Breathe, Be Here Now with Ram Dass, Sharon Salzberg, Jack Kornfield, Tara Brach, Joseph Goldstein, John Lockley, Ram Dev, Trudy Goodman, Lama Tsultrim Allione—FREE January 16 to 25. Sit in true peace, love, and tranquility. Join thousands of people around the world for this collective meditation experience: onecommune.com/ramdass "Mindfulness of death is powerful because it begins to bring abut a deep questioning, a profound shift of identity. In the face of death, who are we?" — Jack KornfieldSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/pri

Jack Kornfield describes finding a light in the dark via Buddhist wisdom on forgiveness, transience, and a profound sense of freedom.Through ancient storytelling and dharmic conversation, Jack Kornfield helps us grasp forgiving ourselves and others, keeping a connection to our senses and instincts, and resting in our Buddha nature. Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/heartwisdom “To forgive means simply that we will not put anyone out of our heart because to do so closes us. It reduces us from being human.” – Jack Kornfield See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Traversing the receptive energy of water, Jack Kornfield details the power of fluidity, serenity, and gentleness.This lecture was originally uploaded on DharmaSeed.orgA spiritual journey is often quite gradual. It is not typical to one day wake up and have a deep relationship with God or become enlightened. That gradual deepening we feel as we tune into our practice is much like a body of water. We are open, receptive, and vast. The mystery of being is that we do not know our destiny or how our spiritual journey will form, but like water, we can yield to the mystery."Do you have the constancy to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving and present until the right action arises by itself?"See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Through catalysts of compassion and acceptance, Jack Kornfield guides us into a life of lasting transformation.Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/heartwisdom“We are a pattern, a process, that is never the same. In this process of our life, the patterns that continue for us flow out of our intentions.” – Jack KornfieldThis dharma talk was originally published on DharmaSeed.orgSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Sharing the wisdom of beloved Buddhist teacher Ajahn Chah, Jack Kornfield describes experimenting with life and accepting things as they are.This Dharma Talk from Jack Kornfield was originally published on DharmaSeed.org"What he was pointing to was that we can see with great honesty our circumstance, with great compassion, and in the middle of it laugh. This too is a part of our humanity...there is a wisdom that is so much greater than the things we get caught up in." – Jack Kornfield See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.