Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield
The Jack Kornfield Heart Wisdom hour celebrates Jack’s ability to mash up his long established Buddhist practices with many other mystical traditions, revealing the poignancy of life’s predicaments and the path to finding freedom from self-interest, self-judgment and unhappiness.
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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 a loving witness.
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“It’s important to not use spiritual practice to set up an ideal or judge yourself. Sometimes you need...
In this guided breath meditation, Jack Kornfield invites listeners into a space of ease, trust, and ardent gratitude for our bodies, hearts, and minds.
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In this time of global uncertainty, Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman call us to rise with fierce compassion and become Bodhisattvas of the Great Turning.
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“You become the imaginal cells in these times. Things fall apart, but in you is the understanding that compassion is big enough to hold all of this, that t...
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.
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In this epis...
Who are we really? Jack Kornfield peels back the veil on our identity roles to uncover the deeper truth that we really are.
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In this episode of Heart Wisdom, Jack mindfully explores:
Exploring how to stay buoyant and balanced on life's great ocean of change, Jack sets our spiritual compass for letting go into what is.
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"What we're asked to do ...
Jack invites us to stop fighting what is and begin bowing to it—awakening the timeless wisdom and compassionate heart of a Buddha, right here and now, in the midst of our joys, sorrows, and the suffering of the world.
This Dharma Talk recorded on 1/3/93 at Spirit Rock Meditation Center was originally published on DharmaSeed.
This week on Heart Wisdom, Jack gives perspectives on:
- Evaluating our spiritual practice
- Joanna Mac...
Leading a guided meditation helping us witness the play of our human existence from the loving awareness that we truly are, Jack invites us to uncover true freedom as our birthright.
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In this episode, Jack delves into:
- The true purpose of meditation and spiritual practice
- Coming...
This episode was recorded on 3/03/25 as a part of Spirit Rock’s Monday Night Dharma Talk Series
“You are the imaginal cells. You are the ones who are called to hold the vision of a wise society where people respect each other, where we care for the vulnerable, where we understand the universal teaching, ‘Hatred never ceases by hatred, but by love alone is healed.’ This is you.'” – Jack Kornfield
In this episode of Heart Wisd...
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 love.
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In this episode of Heart Wisdom, Jack mindfully explores:
- Uncovering your unique gift and bringing it to the world
- Simple reflections of love amid...
Exploring the spiritual paradox of individual and universal responsibility, Jack helps us find balance between meditation and service in our daily lives.
This Dharma Talk from 12/7/1992 at Insight Meditation Society was originally published on Dharmaseed.
In this episode of Heart Wisdom, Jack mindfully explores:
- The paradox of individual and universal responsibility
- What's the better spiritual practice—meditation or servi...
Fostering the mind-body-heart connection, Jack shares how the healing breath reawakens the body and reconnects us with life.
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In this episode of Heart Wisdom, Jack mindfully explores:
- Using breath to live wisely and simply in this complex human existence
- Good spiritual ...
Standing up for compassion in this powerful new Dharma Talk, Jack offers a steady spiritual rudder for navigating turbulent politics with the heart of a Bodhisattva.
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“It’s a time to get quiet and remember that you’re here for a beautiful purpose, oh Bodhisattvas. What better thing to do with your life?” – ...
“A powerful way of practicing metta is to invite in the feeling of love without specific words or images. You become a beacon of kindness. Then whatever arises as you sit—thoughts, people, images, concerns—will be held in that kindness.” – Jack Kornfield
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This week on Hea...
In this engaging Q&A session, Jack and Trudy explore romance, impermanence, attachment, diffusing anger, manifesting your dreams using mindfulness, and more!
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In Part 2 of this episode, Jack and Trudy dive into Q&A on:
- Finding appreciation and wisdom in things “falling apart”
- Accepting chan...
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.’
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“We start to sense that who we are is not just limited by the events of the world, but that we’re connected to something vast, m...
Love is in the air, as Jack explores the nature of desire, relationships, and spiritual passion—offering wisdom on stabilizing the heart, navigating distractions, and awakening to the timeless and sacred.
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“If you know what it’s like to really fall in love with someone, then you ...
Rekindling the ancient art of listening, Jack shares how we can transform our lives through nourishing inner stillness and simplifying the mind.
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“The Divine waits for us to taste the food and not just read the menu.” – Jack Kornfield
In this episode, Jack mindfully explores:
- Rec...
In this defining talk, Jack shed's light on his adventurous journey to Thai meditation master Ajahn Chah, and how upon returning home, he had to learn to embody a heart of authenticity.
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“Being with Ajahn Chah was being with a person who...
Jack helps us heal conflicts, release defensiveness, and cultivate the harmony of wise relationships through the art of reconciliation, deep listening, and truth.
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“When we read about western civilization, it is in our history books as predominantly a history of conflict—who fought...
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