Misconceptions About Selflessness
Misconceptions about selflessness and emptiness abound, and such confusions undermine genuine spiritual development. Some people believe that they can come to selflessness by struggling to…
Tag: Spiritual Path
Spiritual Life Takes Courage
Equanimity is not indifference, and compassion is not pity. True spirituality  requires us to be fully present for life. For us to begin to look…
Awareness of the Dance
At times in intensive spiritual training, or in extreme or accidental circumstances, powerful altered states and energetic processes can emerge. We may become frightened by…
The Factors of Enlightenment
One of the clearest and most useful ways to describe practice is in the terms of the seven factors of enlightenment. These are the natural…
Attitudes Toward Altered States
The following passage is taken from, “A Path With Heart: A Guide Through The Perils And Promises of Spiritual Life” Before we can understand non-ordinary…
Tending the Garden of the Dharma for 25 Years
by Walt Opie Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India and Burma. He has taught meditation internationally since…
Buddhists Betray the Teachings
 “A religion known for nonviolence is being used to fuel a genocidal campaign against the Muslims of Burma. Inside the coming, September 2014 Shambhala Sun,…
Embracing the Feminine in Buddhism
Embracing the Feminine in Buddhism I am seated at Spirit Rock with two of the new generation of American nuns, delightfully wise and courageous and…
A Path with Heart
Jack Kornfield’s A Path with Heart has been acclaimed as the most significant book yet about American Buddhism—a definitive guide to the practice of traditional…
Buddhism for Beginners
At the heart of all Buddhist wisdom lies one astonishing truth: a way out of suffering and into a more deeply fulfilling life is not…
The Essential Jack Kornfield Collection
Bestselling author Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, Burma, and India and has taught worldwide since 1974. A cofounder of the Insight…
