Meditation comes alive through a growing capacity to release our habitual conflicts and worries that make up our sense of self, and to rest in awareness.
How to Do Metta
Jack Kornfield on beginning this time-honored, heart-opening practice.
The Buddha is Still Teaching
The true Buddha isn’t limited to the body or mind of a particular person who lived long ago. He is present today, says Jack Kornfield, in teachers pointing the way to a timeless freedom.
How RAIN Can Nourish You
Jack Kornfield teaches us the transformative mindfulness practice known as “RAIN.”
Citizenship as Spiritual Practice
Right speech, right action, right livelihood, compassion—tending to society is part of the Buddha’s path of awakening. A commentary by Jack Kornfield.
The Bodhisattva Response to Coronavirus
Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield on what we can do in this confusing, tough time.
Watch: “White Teachers Responding to Racism & Suffering” with Tara Brach, Jack Kornfield, and Trudy Goodman
Meditation teachers Tara Brach, Jack Kornfield, and Trudy Goodman explore questions around how white people can open to and respond to the suffering of racism in our society.
Watch “Courage in Our Difficult Time,” from Jack Kornfield
Jack Kornfield shares a new talk and guided meditation to help us navigate the global anxiety of the coronavirus pandemic with courage.
Watch “A Steady Heart in Time of Coronavirus,” from Tara Brach & Jack Kornfield
Meditations and practices to help us loving-awareness and contribute to the healing of our world in the coronavirus era.
Spirit Rock, Jack Kornfield, withdraw Noah Levine’s authorization to teach
Noah Levine. Photo by Jakob Lagerstedt.The Ethics and Reconciliation Council of Spirit Rock Meditation Center has withdrawn the authorization to teach given to Noah Levine. Jack Kornfield, who led Levine’s teacher training and was his authorizing teacher, has rescinded that 2006 authorization.