Jack Kornfield
Jack Kornfield
Jack Kornfieldis a bestselling American author and teacher in the vipassana movement in American Theravada Buddhism. He trained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, Burma and India, first as a student of the Thai forest master Ajahn Chah and Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma. He has taught meditation worldwide since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist Mindfulness practice to the West. In 1975, he co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with Sharon Salzberg and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth16 July 1945
CountryUnited States of America
With mindfulness, we are learning to observe in a new way, with balance and a powerful disidentification.
It is not enough to know that love and forgiveness are possible. We have to find ways to bring them to life.
As we step out of the way new things are born.
You have to accept the way things are before you can move on.
The unawakened mind tends to make war against the way things are.
Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.
Everybody needs to take some time, in some way, to quiet themselves and really listen to their heart.
Train your mind the same way you’d train a puppy: Be patient, be consistent, and have some fun along the way.
The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
Indifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.
Since death will take us anyway, why live our life in fear? Why not die in our old ways and be free to live?
Buddhism talks about the possibility of transforming greed, hatred, and delusion. But sometimes need turns into greed.
Sense the blessings of the earth in the perfect arc of a ripe tangerine, the taste of warm, fresh bread, the circling flight of birds, the lavender color of the sky shining in a late afternoon rain puddle, the million times we pass other beings in our cars and shops and out among the trees without crashing, conflict, or harm.
Westerners, more than most Asians, are prone to feelings of fear, self-hatred, and unworthiness.