Expanding Perspective Through Story and Myth
Sometimes we need a timeless story to help us begin to live from an expanded perspective.
Category: Teachings
Video: Steadiness of Earth Meditation
In this guided meditation, Jack invites us to meet whatever emotions, thoughts, and sensations arise with a rooted stillness, steadiness, and stabilit…
Mindfulness, Liberation, and the Buddha
How does the healing of our bodies, our emotions, and our mind grow out of mindfulness?
Video: Ocean of Air Meditation
Jack shares a guided meditation focused around relaxing into the ocean of breath we find ourselves in when we open to the present moment.
Remembering Wes “Scoop” Nisker
My close dear friend, colleague, and spiritual brother, Wes Nisker died a few days ago. I loved him. I miss his smile and his friendship and the long …
A Reliable Compass: Your Highest Intention
Remember: no one can harm you as much as your untamed mind. Also remember: no one can help you as much as your composed mind.
When Prayer Becomes Impossible and the Heart has Turned to Stone: Antidotes for the Five Hinderances
The Buddhist tradition tells us that when their energies are strong, there are specific antidotes for these hindrances.
How Will AI Impact Our World? A Conversation with Sam Altman of ChatGPT
This is a conversation between Open AI CEO Sam Altman, along with wisdom teacher, Jack Kornfield, moderated by Soren Gordhamer.
Observing the Storm: Working with the Hinderances to Clarity
To work with Buddhism's Five Hindrances—desire, aversion, sleepiness, restlessness, and doubt—we must actually study them, observing and allowing …
Like Yeast for Bread: Understanding the Hindrances in Meditation and Life
As we try to steady the mind, the most common difficulties that arise in practice are called by the Buddha the five hindrances.
You Must Be Present to Win
In spirituality, no matter what gate we enter or what form we practice, sooner or later obstacles arise.
Jack Kornfield, Tara Brach, Joseph Goldstein, and Daniel Goleman on His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Please take a moment and listen to these statements from my longtime friends and colleagues Tara Brach, Joseph Goldstein, and Daniel Goleman about the His…
