On this highly effective dialogue, Jack Kornfield responds to questions from the group about a number of the deepest challenges of the human coronary heart.
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This time on Coronary heart Knowledge, Jack Kornfield shares:
- Caring for growing older dad and mom with compassion
- Reworking rage into compassionate motion
- Grieving with out hardening the guts
- Assembly sickness and loss of life with presence
- Sangha as a refuge in tough time
“We want one another. Sangha is the corporate of the sensible. In these instances we have to get up for the reality and communicate up collectively. That’s a part of sangha—to be collectively within the innate dignity of humanity and say, ‘Sure, that is what issues.’” –Jack Kornfield
This episode was first recorded on Feb 23, 2026 for the Spirit Rock Monday Evening Discuss and Meditation
About Jack Kornfield:
Jack Kornfield educated as a Buddhist monk within the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma, learning as a monk beneath the Buddhist grasp Ven. Ajahn Chah, in addition to the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is without doubt one of the key lecturers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness apply to the West. Jack co-founded the Perception Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow meditation lecturers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein and the Spirit Rock Heart in Woodacre, California. His books have been translated into 20 languages and bought greater than one million copies.
Jack is at present providing a beautiful array of transformational on-line programs diving into essential subjects like Mindfulness Meditation Fundamentals, Strolling the Eightfold Path, Opening the Coronary heart of Forgiveness, Dwelling Fantastically, Reworking Your Life By means of Highly effective Tales, and a lot extra. Join an All Entry Go to discover Jack’s whole course library. If you need a 12 months’s value of on-line meetups with Jack and fellow group, be part of The Yr of Awakening: A Month-to-month Journey with Jack Kornfield.
“The concept from the Buddha’s teachings is that once we’re collectively and dedicated to compassion, liberation, a free coronary heart, and a look after one-another, superb issues are potential.” –Jack Kornfield
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