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. 204 – Wise Society
Reflecting on what it means to live in a wise society, Jack shares stories on how we can handle difficult topics – cancer, abortion, women's rights, prison, and war – with a mutual respect.
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00:59:41 |
Wed 13 Sep 2023
Ep. 203 – Ocean of Air Meditation
Jack shares a guided meditation on relaxing into the ocean of air we find ourselves in when we open to the present moment.
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00:30:06 |
Wed 06 Sep 2023
Ep. 202 – Mudita: Sympathetic Joy
Illuminating the concept of mudita – sympathetic joy – Jack helps us cultivate authentic happiness for those around us, and leads a guided meditation on the topic.
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01:00:19 |
Tue 29 Aug 2023
Ep. 201 – Nature of Dharma
Jack returns to explore the nature of Dharma as universal, immediate, timeless, beneficial, protective, and available to all.
"The Dharma is universal, it's immediate, it's open-handed, it's to be e…
00:50:15 |
Wed 23 Aug 2023
Ep. 200 – Hunger: The Illusion of Incompleteness
Getting vulnerable about the hungers which afflict our lives, Jack helps us into the nirvana beyond the illusion of incompleteness.
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01:02:58 |
Wed 16 Aug 2023
Ep. 198 – Awareness and Intimacy
In this lively episode, Jack dives into how mindfulness, awareness and intimacy help us engage with life more fully.
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00:55:16 |
Wed 02 Aug 2023
Ep. 197 – Cycles of Change
Navigating the body's river of sensations, Jack helps us into the still-point of freedom amidst life's cycles of change.
"If our goal in spiritual practice is some state, some open state, it would b…
01:01:12 |
Tue 25 Jul 2023
Ep. 196 – The Art of Paying Attention
Illuminating the art of paying attention, Jack shares hilarious stories and mindful insights around how we can let go into the present.
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00:54:37 |
Thu 20 Jul 2023
Ep. 195 – Freedom, Independence, and a Spiritual Rudder
In this Independence Day focused episode, Jack reflects on how we can foster true freedom and independence through using a spiritual rudder.
"The Buddha, in the last bit of his life, said, 'When I'm…
00:47:10 |
Tue 11 Jul 2023
Ep. 194 – Sauna Sessions with Prince Ea
Hop in the Sauna with Jack Kornfield and Prince Ea, as they steep deeply into topics of spirituality, fear, meditation, compassion, and staying awake in the world.
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01:00:44 |
Tue 04 Jul 2023
Ep. 193 – Mindfulness, A.I., and the Future of Life w/ Soren Gordhamer & Sam Altman of ChatGPT
Jack joins CEO of OpenAI's ChatGPT, Sam Altman, onstage with Soren Gordhamer at Wisdom 2.0 to talk artificial intelligence, spirituality, ethics, and the future of humanity.
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01:09:19 |
Tue 20 Jun 2023
Ep. 192 – Spirituality and Sexuality (Part 2)
Plunging further into last week's topic, Jack offers vulnerable perspectives on how sexuality and relationships play into our life and practice.
"If one wants to understand karma, or one wants to un…
00:45:05 |
Tue 13 Jun 2023
Ep. 191 – Spirituality and Sexuality (Part 1)
Exploring the relationship between spirituality and sexuality, Jack offers reflections and perspectives on ways to dance with the sexual energy in our lives.
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00:50:27 |
Wed 07 Jun 2023
Ep. 190 – The Lion's Roar of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Directly following Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche's death, Jack offers perspectives on the life and dharma of one of spirituality's most impactful and controversial figures.
"Lama Govinda said that of all…
01:05:58 |
Tue 30 May 2023
Ep. 189 – Connecting Practice with Your Deepest Love
Rewiring our brains around difficulties, emptiness, fear, and longing, Jack highlights how we can connect our practice with our deepest love.
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01:07:54 |
Tue 23 May 2023
188 – Ancient Buddhist Dharma Stories
Mindfully retelling ancient Buddhist Dharma stories, Jack reflects on what it means to live with a wise heart.
"For someone who wants to break free inside of the forces of ignorance, delusion, habit…
00:36:17 |
Wed 17 May 2023
Ep. 187 – The Three Characteristics of Life
In this vintage Dharma Talk, Jack illuminates Buddhism's Three Characteristics of Life: stress, non-self, and impermanence.
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00:52:50 |
Tue 09 May 2023
Ep. 186 – Expansion and Contraction
Jack returns with a cosmic Dharma Talk exploring expansion and contraction in relation to impermanence as the root of spiritual practice.
"The law of change is the brown rice and vegetables of spiri…
00:51:23 |
Wed 03 May 2023
Ep. 185 – Grey Matter with Michael Krasny
This week, Jack joins Michael Krasny for a conversation diving into mindfulness, loneliness, compassion, gratitude, suffering, meditation, and the Dharma.
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01:11:24 |
Tue 25 Apr 2023
Ep. 184 – Listening to Find the Way
Uncovering how to live with a peaceful heart, Jack maps the inner landscapes of meditation, and shares how we can use listening to find The Way.
“A peaceful heart is not a withdrawal from life, but…
01:01:33 |
Wed 19 Apr 2023
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