Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield

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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October 7, 2026 • 35 mins

Exploring love as a spiritual practice, Jack Kornfield shares how Ram Dass grew into a living field of love and how we can cultivate that same loving awareness within ourselves. 

This time on Heart Wisdom, Jack Kornfield explores:

  • Ram Dass becoming the loving presence people always imagined him to be
  • Krishna Das, Maharaj-ji, and the power of seeing others with the eyes of love
  • Why love is not merely something that happens to u...
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Through a humbling story of Sri Nisargadatta and a guided meditation on loving awareness, Jack shows how love can become large enough to hold the full mystery of our human experience.

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This time on Heart Wisdom, Jack Kornfield explores:

  • Eclipses, the mystery of the cosmos, and t...
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Jack Kornfield and Sylvia Boorstein explore how loving awareness helps us meet each moment as a friend, soften into aging and impermanence, and rediscover connection through simple acts of generosity and love.

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This week on Heart Wisdom, Jack Kornfield shares:

  • Meeting each momen...
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Celebrating Sylvia Boorstein’s 90th birthday, Jack and Sylvia reflect on 49 years of friendship, meditation, and Dharma practice—and how awakening ultimately expresses itself through kindness, connection, and a willingness to stay amazed.

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Exploring the gifts hidden within our most difficult emotions, Jack Kornfield shares how anger, judgment, and despair can be transformed into compassion, courage, and selfless service.

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This week on Heart Wisdom, Jack Kornfield shares:

  • The path of selfless service
  • A meditation on...
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Reflecting on Spirit Rock's new stupa, Jack Kornfield shares how sacred places help us remember the timeless awareness, compassion, and freedom at the heart of our being.

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This week on Heart Wisdom, Jack Kornfield shares:

  • The meaning and purpose of Buddhist Stupas
  • Sacred symbols ...
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Celebrating Spirit Rock's new stupa and 40 years of practice, Jack Kornfield reflects on spiritual community, resilience in times of suffering, and the timeless wisdom that helps us meet life with an awakened heart.

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  • Spiritual ...
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Through powerful storytelling, Jack Kornfield turns toward the deeper invitation of the spiritual path: to listen with the heart and respond to life with courage, compassion, and presence.

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This week on Heart Wisdom, Jack Kornfield explores:

  • The power of deep listening and compa...
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Beginning with reflections on global crises and personal difficulty, Jack reminds us that while suffering is inevitable, how we respond is what shapes our lives.

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This time on Heart Wisdom, Jack Kornfield explores:

  • Responding to difficulty without becoming overwhelmed
  • Living in t...
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In the second half of this powerful wartime talk, Jack Kornfield guides us through the practice of lovingkindness and explores what it means to stay open-hearted in the face of exhaustion, grief, and overwhelm.

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This time on Heart Wisdom, Jack Kornfield chats about:

  • Lovingkindne...
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In this deeply moving talk offered to those living through war in Ukraine, Jack Kornfield reminds us that even in the most difficult conditions, the human heart has the capacity to remain open, compassionate, and free.

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This time on Heart Wisdom, Jack Kornfield shares:

  • Creating ...
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In this powerful dialogue, Jack Kornfield responds to questions from the community about some of the deepest challenges of the human heart.

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This time on Heart Wisdom, Jack Kornfield shares:

  • Caring for aging parents with compassion
  • Transforming rage into compassionate action
  • Griev...
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In this illuminating talk, Jack explores the heart of freedom through the lens of his friendship with Ram Dass, reflecting on how to cultivate a heart that can meet it all with loving awareness.

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This time on Heart Wisdom, Jack Kornfield shares:

  • Ram Dass and the liberation of th...
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In this deeply grounding guided meditation, Jack Kornfield invites us to rest in mindful loving awareness and gratitude for the miracle of being alive.

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This time on Heart Wisdom, Jack Kornfield shares:

  •  Guided meditation on mindful loving awareness
  •  Gratitude for breat...
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Celebrating the release of All In This Together, Jack shares stories and leads a guided meditation inviting us into the fear dispelling and protective practice of loving kindness.

Jack’s new book is out now: All in This Together: Stories and Teachings for Loving Each Other and Our World

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Celebrating the release of All In This Together, Jack reflects on learning to bow to life’s mystery—and how doing so opens a path to liberation, love, and inner peace.

Jack’s new book is out now: All in This Together: Stories and Teachings for Loving Each Other and Our World

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Honoring the release of All In This Together, Jack reflects on how stories awaken compassion, heal division, and call us back to meeting one another with respect.

Jack’s new book is out now!: All in This Together: Stories and Teachings for Loving Each Other and Our World

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In honor of All In This Together, Jack, Anne Lamott, and Tami Simon continue their heart-opening conversation on story, tenderness, and remembering who you are

Jack’s new book is out now!: All in This Together: Stories and Teachings for Loving Each Other and Our World

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Jack opens with reflections on the cosmic dance of life before guiding listeners into a meditation on stillness, breath, and embodied presence. Drawing on ancient imagery and gentle instruction, he invites us to take our seat in the still point of the turning world.

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Jack’s n...

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As winter deepens, Jack reflects on the quiet light that does not go out—the warmth of compassion, generosity, and courage that sustains us through dark seasons. Through stories of everyday kindness and ancient wisdom, he invites us to tend the inner fire that heals and connects us.

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