Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield
The Jack Kornfield Heart Wisdom hour celebrates Jack’s ability to mash up his long established Buddhist practices with many other mystical traditions, revealing the poignancy of life’s predicaments and the path to finding freedom from self-interest, self-judgment and unhappiness.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 304
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
Ep. 304 – Finding Your Inner Light
Jack shares a whimsical story on light and dark, birth and death, forgiveness and mercy, passion and sincerity, impermanence and immorality, and finding your inner light.
00:54:55 |
Wed 03 Sep 2025
Ep. 303 – The Nature of Mind: Practices and Perspectives for Inner Freedom
Jack Kornfield explores the nature of mind, offering playful practices and profound perspectives to uncover our true home of freedom, compassion, and ease.
00:48:03 |
Wed 27 Aug 2025
Ep. 302 – Awakening the Lion’s Roar Within: Poetry of Courage, Compassion, and Wonder
In this inspiring poetry-infused talk, Jack weaves Rumi’s wisdom on the camel, lion, and child of the spirit into a journey from devotion, to courage, to wonder—inviting us to awaken the Buddha’s Lio…
00:33:16 |
Wed 20 Aug 2025
Ep. 301 – The Dharma of Poetry: Rumi, Beauty, Music, and the Art of Awakening
Exploring poetry, beauty, and art, Jack helps his dear listeners appreciate the harmonious dichotomy of all life experiences.
00:33:13 |
Wed 13 Aug 2025
Ep. 300 – This Very Place: Letting Go and Finding Freedom
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…
00:37:01 |
Wed 06 Aug 2025
Ep. 299 – The End of Exile: A Zen Love Story of Coming Home to Yourself
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 awarenes…
00:35:37 |
Wed 30 Jul 2025
Ep. 298 – The Dalai Lama’s Message for Modern Times: How to Live with Courage, Compassion, and Integrity
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.
00:33:17 |
Wed 23 Jul 2025
Ep. 297 – Advice from the Dalai Lama: The Fragrance of Nirvana
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.
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00:40:10 |
Wed 16 Jul 2025
Ep. 296 – The Beautiful World We Can Be: Trust, Joy, Imagination & Transformation
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.
00:42:36 |
Wed 09 Jul 2025
Ep. 295 – The Sweet and Radical Joy of Living in the Way
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.
00:41:51 |
Wed 02 Jul 2025
Ep. 294 – The Secret of Love and Attachment: Wise Relationships, Vulnerability, and the Joy of Nirvana
Sharing deep spiritual secrets of love and attachment, Jack transforms our unhealthy attachments into Wise Relationships through vulnerability, inner joy, and shared humanity.
00:33:57 |
Wed 18 Jun 2025
Ep. 293 – Discovering the Great Way: Freedom from Attachment
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.
00:32:45 |
Wed 11 Jun 2025
Ep. 292 – Becoming What You Want the World to Be with Ocean Robbins
Jack and Ocean continue their deep conversation, exploring how to create positive change in the world without losing our spiritual center and loving essence.
00:40:08 |
Wed 04 Jun 2025
Ep. 291 – The Calm Ocean and the Storm: Navigating Duality with Ocean Robbins
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.
00:38:24 |
Tue 27 May 2025
Ep. 290 – Bowing to the Breath: An Embodied Mindfulness Practice
In this guided breath meditation, Jack Kornfield invites listeners into a space of ease, trust, and ardent gratitude for our bodies, hearts, and minds.
00:34:02 |
Tue 20 May 2025
Ep. 289 – Still We Rise: Bodhisattvas of the Great Turning with Trudy Goodman
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.
00:53:32 |
Tue 13 May 2025
Ep. 288 – The Trusting Heart: Letting Go of Victimhood, Awakening Resilience
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.
00:36:30 |
Tue 06 May 2025
Ep. 287 – Remembering Who You Truly Are
Who are we really? Jack Kornfield peels back the veil on our identity roles to uncover the deeper truth that we really are.
00:36:52 |
Tue 29 Apr 2025
Ep. 286 – The Great Ocean of Change: Letting Go Into What Is
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.
00:37:17 |
Tue 22 Apr 2025
Ep. 285 – Bowing to What Is: Awakening Right Where You Are
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 suffe…
00:34:52 |
Tue 15 Apr 2025
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