Hopeful Wisdom for Difficult Times: Transforming Despair and Anxiety with Love and Courage
In this world we deal with loss and difficulty—there's climate change, continuing racism, injustice, refugees suffering around the world, and our gr…
Tag: Anger
Powerful Inner Forces: Moving Past Blame and the ‘Enemy Du Jour’
The first step in working with difficult energies is to see them clearly, using the power of mindfulness, of loving awareness.
Anger and the Path of Compassion
During times of outrage, difficulty, and disappointment, how can we best transform our fires of reaction, anger, hatred, and despair?
Overcoming Bitterness and Betrayal: A Story of Forgiveness and Redemption
No matter how extreme the circumstances, a transformation of the heart is possible.
Jack Kornfield on The Tim Ferriss Show: How to Overcome Apathy, Find Beautiful Purpose, Befriend Anger, and Make Your Own Damn Sandwiches Ep. 601
During this episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, Jack and Tim discuss apathy and polarization, the truth beneath anger, and more.
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 113 – Politics, Possibilities, and Spiritual Sanctuary
In this post-election dharma talk from 2016, Jack offers spiritual sanctuary and human possibility to a zeitgeist of fear, anger, and uncertainty.
Fear and Anger
Aversion, anger, and hatred are states of mind that strike against experience, pushing it away, rejecting what is presented in the moment. They do not…
The Trouble with Denial
Anger is easy to see, and greed is more subtle, but delusion is the hardest. All the accompanying mind states get cloudy, confusing. — Ajahn…
Jack Kornfield on The Duncan Trussell Family Hour – Ep. 290
Jack sat down with Duncan Trussell for his podcast The Duncan Trussell Family Hour to talk about mindfulness, anger, the state of the world and…
Why We Suffer
Like the mother of the world who carries the pain of the world in her heart, you are sharing in the totality of this…
Heart Wisdom – Ep. 68 – Path of Joy
Through our various spiritual practices we are bearing witness to our human incarnation in a way that is unlike any other. We can find joy,…
Responding with Love and Courage
In a healthy response to pain and fear, we establish awareness before it becomes anger. We can train ourselves to notice the gap between the…
