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Recommended Courses

Discovering your Buddha Nature with Jack Kornfield

The ten paramitas, or "perfections," are central to Buddhist teaching and practice. These perfections represent qualities to cultivate in order to progress along the path

Inner Technology for Outer Technology

This course explores what Jack likes to call Inner Technology. These are the timeless capacities of the human heart and mind — mindfulness, compassion, emotional

Buddhist Psychology: Essential Concepts for Understanding Mind, Emotion, and Well-Being

Join Jack Kornfield in this rich exploration of the mind and heart through the lens of Buddhist psychology. Blending modern therapeutic insight with ancient wisdom,
A Steady Heart in Interesting Times

A Steady Heart in Unsteady Times

We live in unsteady times. There are the looming effects of climate change, huge AI transformations, increasing divisiveness and warfare, and the widespread mistreatment of
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[Video] Heart Wisdom – Ep. 243 – The Music of the Spheres

Harmonizing to the ‘music of the spheres’ and sharing gardening tips from Buddha, a blissful Jack unveils the beautiful possibility of sudden awakening.

The Middle Way in Buddhism: Finding Freedom in Real Life

If we seek happiness purely through indulgence, we are not free. If we fight against ourselves and reject the world, we are not free. It

Heart Wisdom – Ep. 140 – Navigating Change with Equanimity & Compassion

In this podcast, we explore how we can navigate the never-ending waves of change with loving awareness, equanimity, and compassion.

Navigating Rough Waters

Living our highest intentions can happen in great ways or in what may seem small—yet critical—ways of refusing to be conquered by the difficulties that

Heart Wisdom – Ep. 116 – Equanimity and the Heart of Compassion

Equanimity is often taught as a complement to the practices of lovingkindness and compassion because it’s understood in Buddhist psychology that if we only practice…

Video: Practices to Steady the Heart with Trudy Goodman

Join me and Trudy Goodman for powerful and caring ways to tend the mind and body, and steady the heart in this uncertain time.

Heart Wisdom – Ep. 108 – A Steadiness of Presence

In this episode we explore how the outer developments of humanity must be met with an inner development of consciousness. We talk about how meditation…

Video Series: A Steady Heart in Time of Coronavirus with Jack Kornfield & Tara Brach

During times of difficulty, it is crucial to find ways to steady the heart, to connect compassionately with ourselves and with each other.

Jack Kornfield on The Tim Ferriss Show-How to Find Peace Amidst COVID-19, How to Cultivate Calm in Chaos Ep. 414

“No matter how often I meditate, there are times when I struggle, and this week is one of them."—Tim Ferriss

Calm, Clarity, Compassion

If we want to act wisely in the world, the first step is to learn to quiet the mind. If our actions are born from…

Video: Calm, Clarity, Compassion Meditation

Let the breath be natural. Let the heart be soft to receive whatever arises with compassion. Now with this embodied presence, begin to notice the

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