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. 44 - Attachment Revealed
To create and maintain appropriate boundaries we must first understand what it is as we are approaching attachment, commitment and love. Jack offers a definition and reinterpretation of attachment to…
00:50:29 |
Thu 28 Jul 2016
Ep. 43 – Respect and Dignity
Jack offers up several stories to emphasize the ways in which mindfulness consistently returns us to a radical capacity for presence that can truly change our lives for the better. The natural freedo…
01:05:33 |
Wed 06 Jul 2016
Ep. 42 - The Perfume of Dharma
A timely discussion about the rapid expansion of mindfulness practice and the importance and value in sharing our own stories for the well-being of others. Using examples from his own experiences in …
00:56:50 |
Thu 02 Jun 2016
Ep. 41 - Seeing Anew
A succinct reminder of the ever-present possibility to step out from the blinders of our ordinary perception, from the fear and anxiety of modern life, and to instead see with eyes of understanding. …
00:54:21 |
Sat 26 Mar 2016
Ep. 40 - Buddha's Last Teachings
Drawing from Buddhist text, Jack tells the story of the last year of Buddha’s life, and the teachings he imparted to his followers and future seekers on the path. Guidance for practice, and instructi…
01:05:59 |
Sat 20 Feb 2016
Ep. 39 - Emptiness and the Power of Love
An exploration of the ways in which the quiet mind and open heart lead to wisdom, depth, and love. Our practice itself is an act of Love that gives us the ability to be present for all of humanity. O…
01:00:17 |
Fri 22 Jan 2016
Ep. 38 - Dark Matters with Duncan Trussell and Dustin Marshall
Jack sits down with fellow podcast patrons, Duncan Trussell and Dustin Marshall, for an in-depth discussion about navigating some of the darkest corners of the emotional spectrum. We are encouraged t…
00:42:26 |
Fri 08 Jan 2016
Ep. 37 - Awakening is Always Possible
A gentle reminder that the possibility of awakening exists in every moment, and in every circumstance. Liberation comes not through suppression or by fighting against ourselves, but rather by resting…
01:01:57 |
Sun 27 Dec 2015
Ep. 36 - The Ten Perfections
Jack outlines the Ten Perfections within Buddhism that naturally arise in the stillness and steadiness of our practice. These qualities can be developed and applied in any situation and are extremely…
00:58:21 |
Fri 11 Dec 2015
Ep. 35 - Wisdom and the Characteristics of Life
In embracing our humanity, we move into the pure awareness of our own true nature, learning to live wisely and discovering freedom and compassion regardless of circumstance. The path is not about att…
00:58:51 |
Fri 27 Nov 2015
Ep. 34 - Emptiness, Creativity, and Joy
Jack describes the beauty of the awakened mind and heart that arises naturally when we can empty ourselves of the burden of identity. The reality of the present is all there is, and in fully embodyin…
00:40:52 |
Fri 13 Nov 2015
Ep. 33 - Compassion As We Take Action
Jack weaves a tender web of allegorical expression regarding our natural call toward compassionate action. We learn to not seek satisfaction in the results, but in the value, rightness and truth of t…
00:40:28 |
Mon 02 Nov 2015
Ep. 32 - The Fruits of Practice
In practice there is an invitation to shift from the real-time experiences to the spacious and open heart of wisdom, ease, and graciousness. Through dedication to our practice we begin to find the tr…
01:05:26 |
Sat 17 Oct 2015
Ep. 31 - Loving Kindness
The mysterious quality we call Love involves stepping out of the body of fear and allowing something bigger to be born in us, all the while acknowledging and loving that smaller sense of self. Though…
00:58:44 |
Fri 02 Oct 2015
Ep. 30 - Joys of the Awakened Heart
In meditation and in our spiritual life there grows a kind of trust in our capacity to open, to change, and to transform no matter the circumstances we face. The shift of identity comes in recognizin…
01:00:50 |
Fri 18 Sep 2015
Ep. 29 - Freedom and the Way It Is (Part 2)
Jack continues his discourse on the nature of the freedom that is our true being. It does not arrive through the rearranging of circumstance or the discipline of self-improvement, but in the acknowle…
01:02:47 |
Fri 04 Sep 2015
Ep. 28 - Freedom From the Way It Is (Part 1)
Freedom is not found in certainty, but in the wisdom that comes from seeing and embracing life as it is. Jack explores the different ways that freedom can be embodied and fully represented through th…
01:03:57 |
Thu 20 Aug 2015
Ep. 27 - The Power of Pilgrimage
Pilgrimage is the journey of renewal, an opportunity to shift and broaden our perspective of the world around us. Through this active form of spiritual practice we are able to step out of the smaller…
00:53:05 |
Fri 07 Aug 2015
Ep. 26 - When Love Meets Sorrow
“When Love meets sorrow it becomes compassion”
As we become silent we start to awaken to the mystery of this human realm. We begin to open to and acknowledge all of the unfinished business that often…
00:56:20 |
Fri 24 Jul 2015
Ep. 25 - The Wisdom of Uncertainty
“What we’re looking for is where we are” - Dharma speaks to the ways in which we choose to navigate the uncertainty of our time on this planet. Can we learn to live in joy amongst all that this great…
01:02:21 |
Tue 14 Jul 2015
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