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 with Jack Kornfield , an online journey beginning June 2. This week on Heart Wisdom, Jack leads l...
May 20, 2025•34 min•Ep. 290
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 enough to hold all of this, that the heart is big enough to hold all this, that the Dharma is big enough ...
May 13, 2025•54 min•Ep. 289
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 Uncertain Times . In this episode of Heart Wisdom, Jack mindfully explores: Liberation, resilience,...
May 06, 2025•37 min•Ep. 288
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 ordinary habits and roles to see something in a new way How to navigate the reality that death is stalkin...
Apr 29, 2025•37 min•Ep. 287
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 . "What we're asked to do here is a very deep thing, which isn't to change ourselves, but to give...
Apr 22, 2025•37 min•Ep. 286
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 spiritual practice Joanna Macy and healing the environment The rollercoaster ride of meditation Awaken...
Apr 15, 2025•35 min•Ep. 285
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 spiritual practice Coming fully into the reality of the present moment Becoming mindful loving awar...
Apr 08, 2025•34 min•Ep. 284
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 In this episode of Heart Wisdom, Jack mindfully explores: Staying centered amidst life’s struggles St...
Apr 01, 2025•40 min•Ep. 283
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 Simple reflections of love amidst the reality of death How the sword is always beaten by the spirit Dr. ...
Mar 25, 2025•34 min•Ep. 282
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 practice—meditation or service? What exactly is individual, and what is the universe? Joanna Macy's pai...
Mar 19, 2025•37 min•Ep. 281
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 human existence Good spiritual community as an island of peace and sanity Seeing past negative fear pol...
Mar 12, 2025•39 min•Ep. 280
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 thing to do with your life?” – Jack Kornfield In this episode of Heart Wisdom, Jack mindfully explores:...
Mar 04, 2025•47 min•Ep. 279
“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 your best self. This week on Heart Wisdom, Jack offers listeners instruction on: Metta and invoking th...
Feb 28, 2025•36 min•Ep. 278
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 “falling apart” Accepting change, aging, impermanence Entering the naked unknown of the wilderness, natu...
Feb 18, 2025•39 min•Ep. 277
Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman join forces in an exploration of Buddha’s eternal wisdom: ‘hatred never ceases by hatred, but by love alone is healed.’ 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. “We start to sense that who we are is not just limited by the events of the world, but that we’re connected to something vast, mysterious, and greater.” – Jack Kornfield In Part 1 of this episode, Jac...
Feb 12, 2025•35 min•Ep. 276
Love is in the air, as Jack explores the nature of desire, relationships, and spiritual passion—offering wisdom on stabilizing the heart, navigating distractions, and awakening to the timeless and sacred. Learn How to Thrive in Love: Buddhist Secrets to Transform Your Relationships with Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman beginning Feb 17 – join anytime! “If you know what it’s like to really fall in love with someone, then you can begin to sense what it means to bring the full presence of attention...
Feb 06, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 275
Rekindling the ancient art of listening, Jack shares how we can transform our lives through nourishing inner stillness and simplifying the mind. 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. “The Divine waits for us to taste the food and not just read the menu.” – Jack Kornfield In this episode, Jack mindfully explores: Reclaiming the ancient Art of Listening Meditating like the Buddha in nature ...
Jan 28, 2025•54 min•Ep. 274
In this defining talk, Jack shed's light on his adventurous journey to Thai meditation master Ajahn Chah, and how upon returning home, he had to learn to embody a heart of authenticity. Transform your 2025 with Jack! Join “ The Year of Awakening: A Monthly Journey with Jack Kornfield ” a year-long online program on mindfulness, love, community, and connection. Join in anytime . “Being with Ajahn Chah was being with a person who rested in their Buddha Nature, their own true nature. He was just hi...
Jan 22, 2025•55 min•Ep. 273
Jack helps us heal conflicts, release defensiveness, and cultivate the harmony of wise relationships through the art of reconciliation, deep listening, and truth. 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. “When we read about western civilization, it is in our history books as predominantly a history of conflict—who fought whom, who took over what kingdom, country, or land from someone else an...
Jan 15, 2025•57 min•Ep. 272
Opening the doorway to transformation, Jack and Dr. Hübl explore spiritual discernment, identity, “central casting,” overcoming nervous system triggers, reframing trauma, and more. Transform your 2025 with Jack! Join “ The Year of Awakening: A Monthly Journey with Jack Kornfield ” a year-long online program beginning Jan 2025, but join anytime . The ‘wisdom of insecurity’ is to learn that it’s okay to feel insecure—that it’s part of our human law—and to love anyway.” – Jack Kornfield In Part 2 o...
Jan 08, 2025•39 min•Ep. 271
Jack and Thomas explore how ritual serves as a powerful language for opening the heart and living joyfully through life’s challenges. 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. "Ritual and symbol become a gateway back to the heart to our deep connection. When we have that in spiritual life, things open up in a different way." – Jack Kornfield In Part 1 of this episode originally airing for Dr....
Jan 01, 2025•39 min•Ep. 270
Shining a lamp in the darkness, Jack offers a heartwarming holiday story, guided meditation, angelic chant, and powerful intention setting ceremony for the New Year and beyond. Transform your 2025 with Jack! Join “ The Year of Awakening: A Monthly Journey with Jack Kornfield ” a year-long online program beginning Jan 2025! “May your holidays and the turning of the seasons bring new light, great love, wisdom, and understanding into your life, to all your touch, and across this beautiful blue-gree...
Dec 24, 2024•36 min•Ep. 269
In this cozy holiday special, Jack sheds seasonal tidings on how to rediscover the secret beauty within you and share your special gifts with the world. 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. “What you most deeply long for is who you are, is coming back to your own heart, to your own beauty, your own wellbeing that you were born with, to that secret beauty.” – Jack Kornfield In part 1 of t...
Dec 17, 2024•43 min•Ep. 268
Exploring how compassionate speech and mindful listening can transform our lives, Jack shares how we can navigate culture’s web of lies by using the energy of Wise Speech to truly awaken. Transform your 2025 with Jack! Join “ The Year of Awakening: An Intimate Monthly Journey with Jack Kornfield ” a year-long online course beginning Jan 2025! “[Wise Speech] is really about compassion—it’s being aware of the power of speech, and using it to express what is conscious and what brings freedom.” – Ja...
Dec 10, 2024•52 min•Ep. 267
Offering decompression from post-election intensity, Jack shares a guided meditation helping us maintain a mindful loving presence amidst it all. 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. “The seasons turn, elections come and go, whole nations and civilization arise for a time and pass. You are the witness to consciousness, the loving awareness that sees the mystery of arising and passing, an...
Dec 03, 2024•28 min•Ep. 266
Reflecting on the election, Jack explores how we can most mindfully and lovingly dance with impermanence, suffering, and ‘the great turning’ of the world. This episode was originally recorded for the Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday Night Dharma Talk and Guided Meditation Livestream on 11/11/24. Learn more about Spirit Rock’s offerings here . Join Jack’s next livestream event here . “It’s not about an election one way or the other, they come and go. There’s such huge other forces happening r...
Nov 26, 2024•59 min•Ep. 265
Helping us reflect on our daily habits and feelings, Jack shares how Right Attitude, Wise Aspiration, and Mindful Thought allow us to uncover the sweet joy of living in The Way. 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. “With Wise Attitude we begin to discover the power of kindness, the joy in not grasping, the delight in generosity, the ease in letting go, and the immediacy of freedom and li...
Nov 20, 2024•50 min•Ep. 264
Intersecting the Buddha’s ‘Wise Understanding’ with Alan Watt’s ‘Wisdom of Insecurity,’ Jack illuminates the path of discovering lasting happiness. For an even deeper dive down the Eightfold Path, sign up for Walking the Eightfold Path with Jack Kornfield , an online course designed to guide you through the wisdom, compassion, and freedom of Buddha’s teachings. Learn more and sign up here . “Spiritual life is not about possessing or finding security, but rather it’s discovering what Alan Watts c...
Nov 12, 2024•53 min•Ep. 263
Discover how to shift from trauma to loving awareness through mindfulness, conscious healing, and compassionate activism with Jack Kornfield and Thomas Hübl, PhD. 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. “Who you are is so much more than your trauma, you are consciousness itself.” – Jack Kornfield In Part 2 of this episode originally airing for The Collective Trauma Summit in 2021, Jack and ...
Nov 05, 2024•45 min•Ep. 262
Jack Kornfield and Thomas Hübl, PhD explore the dimensions of trauma, individual and collective healing, and the transformative power of community. 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. “Almost every great spiritual tradition knows that we can’t do it alone. Because part of the revelation is that the whole notion of separateness is a constructed fiction—that we are one another’s bond, we ...
Oct 26, 2024•41 min•Ep. 261
