Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield

Exploring poetry, beauty, and art, Jack helps his dear listeners appreciate the harmonious dichotomy of all life experiences. Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/heartwisdom and get on your way to being your best self. Join the Year of Awakening with Jack Kornfield for a monthly group livestream Q&A hang with Jack, along with weekly modu...

In this rich and often humorous talk from the 1990s, Jack explores the art of letting go as the gateway to freedom, inviting us into the coolness of nirvana, and the wholeness found only here and now. Join the Year of Awakening with Jack Kornfield for a monthly group livestream Q&A hang with Jack, along with weekly modules and prompts to keep your life focused on awakening! “This freedom is no...

In this tender and illuminating talk, Jack shares a Zen love story and a path of mindful presence that brings us home—from the stories of the mind to the truth of the heart. Through embodied awareness, we discover that the end of exile begins with loving what is here now. Join the Year of Awakening with Jack Kornfield for a monthly group livestream Q&A hang with Jack, along with weekly modules...

From gender equity to joyful adaptation, Jack recounts how the Dalai Lama challenged teachers to reshape Buddhism for a modern world in need of heart. This Dharma Talk recorded on 03/29/93 at Spirit Rock Meditation Center was originally published on DharmaSeed . “Somebody said the Dalai Lama’s mind is like a diamond, and whichever facet, whichever direction he turns it to, it comes with clarity an...

Jack shares stories and insights from a rare gathering with the Dalai Lama on what really makes a teacher, and how compassion—not titles—spreads the Dharma. Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/heartwisdom and get on your way to being your best self. This time on Heart Wisdom, Jack thoughtfully explores these themes & topics: Spring renew...

What if the blueprint for a more beautiful world is already within you? Jack explores how trust, joy, and imagination awaken transformation—from the inside out. Join the Year of Awakening with Jack Kornfield for monthly livestream Q&A hangs with Jack, and weekly lessons and reflections to keep your year focused on awakening. Use code AWAKEN50 for 50% off entry . “In the chrysalis, as the cater...

Jack invites us to walk the path of joy—no matter the circumstances—showing how living joyfully and tenderly is a courageous, radical, and transformative act. Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at  betterhelp.com/heartwisdom  and get on your way to being your best self. Join the Year of Awakening with Jack Kornfield for monthly livestream Q&A h...

Sharing deep spiritual secrets of love and attachment, Jack transforms our unhealthy attachments into Wise Relationships through vulnerability, inner joy, and shared humanity. Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/heartwisdom and get on your way to being your best self. “The secret is, the opposite of attachment is not detachment, but love. Be...

Exploring the ancient Zen teaching of the Great Way, Jack guides us toward freedom from attachment, clarity beyond preferences, and the liberating joy of letting go. “The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When attachment and hatred are both absent, everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the smallest distinction; however, and heaven and earth are set infinitely a...

Jack and Ocean continue their deep conversation, exploring how to create positive change in the world without losing our spiritual center and loving essence.  Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at  betterhelp.com/heartwisdom  and get on your way to being your best self. “Neither meditation nor activism has to be a grim duty. These are invitati...

Jack is interviewed by Ocean Robbins to explore the big spiritual questions—why there is suffering, how to navigate duality, making the ordinary holy, and cultivating a loving witness. Discover Your Buddha Nature with Jack Kornfield , an online journey for reclaiming our dignity, compassion, and generosity, beginning June 2. “It’s important to not use spiritual practice to set up an ideal or judge...

In this guided breath meditation, Jack Kornfield invites listeners into a space of ease, trust, and ardent gratitude for our bodies, hearts, and minds.  Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/heartwisdom and get on your way to being your best self. Learn to cultivate dignity, compassion, and generosity in Discovering Your Buddha Nature wit...

In this time of global uncertainty, Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman call us to rise with fierce compassion and become Bodhisattvas of the Great Turning. Join Jack's Free New Course, Stand Up For Compassion: A Free Course and Resource for Navigating Uncertain Times .  “You become the imaginal cells in these times. Things fall apart, but in you is the understanding that compassion is big enoug...

Exploring how to let go of victim consciousness and awaken inner resilience, Jack shares how to rest in awareness and live from the trusting heart. Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/h eartwisdom and get on your way to being your best self. Join Jack's New Free Course, Stand Up For Compassion: A Free Course and Resource for Navigating Uncer...

Who are we really? Jack Kornfield peels back the veil on our identity roles to uncover the deeper truth that we really are.  Join Jack's New Free Course, Stand Up For Compassion: A Free Course and Resource for Navigating Uncertain Times .  In this episode of Heart Wisdom, Jack mindfully explores: Opening to a new vast, gracious, and spacious perspective on life Stepping out of your ordin...

Exploring how to stay buoyant and balanced on life's great ocean of change, Jack sets our spiritual compass for letting go into what is. Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self. Join Jack's New Free Course, Stand Up For Compassion: A Free Course and Resource for Navigating Uncertain Times .&n...

Jack invites us to stop fighting what is and begin bowing to it—awakening the timeless wisdom and compassionate heart of a Buddha, right here and now, in the midst of our joys, sorrows, and the suffering of the world. This Dharma Talk recorded on 1/3/93 at Spirit Rock Meditation Center was originally published on DharmaSeed . This week on Heart Wisdom, Jack gives perspectives on: Evaluating our sp...

Leading a guided meditation helping us witness the play of our human existence from the loving awareness that we truly are, Jack invites us to uncover true freedom as our birthright. Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/beherenow and get on your way to being your best self. In this episode, Jack delves into: The true purpose of meditation and...

This episode was recorded on 3/03/25 as a part of Spirit Rock’s Monday Night Dharma Talk Series “You are the imaginal cells. You are the ones who are called to hold the vision of a wise society where people respect each other, where we care for the vulnerable, where we understand the universal teaching, ‘Hatred never ceases by hatred, but by love alone is healed.’ This is you.'” – Jack Kornfield I...

Jack reveals how awakening your Soul Force—your inner strength, wisdom, and compassion—allows you to heal the world by offering your unique gift with courage and love. Give online therapy a try at  betterhelp.com/heartwisdom  and get on your way to being your best self. In this episode of Heart Wisdom, Jack mindfully explores: Uncovering your unique gift and bringing it to the world Simp...

Exploring the spiritual paradox of individual and universal responsibility, Jack helps us find balance between meditation and service in our daily lives. This Dharma Talk from 12/7/1992 at Insight Meditation Society was originally published on Dharmaseed. In this episode of Heart Wisdom, Jack mindfully explores: The paradox of individual and universal responsibility What's the better spiritual pra...

Fostering the mind-body-heart connection, Jack shares how the healing breath reawakens the body and reconnects us with life. This episode is brought to you by Betterhelp. Give online therapy a try at  betterhelp.com/heartwisdom  and get on your way to being your best self. In this episode of Heart Wisdom, Jack mindfully explores: Using breath to live wisely and simply in this complex hum...

Standing up for compassion in this powerful new Dharma Talk, Jack offers a steady spiritual rudder for navigating turbulent politics with the heart of a Bodhisattva. Learn the Dynamic Art of Interactive Guided Meditation with Jack Kornfield in this online masterclass beginning April 7! “It’s a time to get quiet and remember that you’re here for a beautiful purpose, oh Bodhisattvas. What better thi...

“A powerful way of practicing metta is to invite in the feeling of love without specific words or images. You become a beacon of kindness. Then whatever arises as you sit—thoughts, people, images, concerns—will be held in that kindness.” – Jack Kornfield This episode is brought to you by Betterhelp. Give online therapy a try at  betterhelp.com/heartwisdom  and get on your way to being yo...

In this engaging Q&A session, Jack and Trudy explore romance, impermanence, attachment, diffusing anger, manifesting your dreams using mindfulness, and more! Learn How to Thrive in Love: Buddhist Secrets to Transform Your Relationships with Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman – join now! In Part 2 of this episode, Jack and Trudy dive into Q&A on: Finding appreciation and wisdom in things “fal...