To live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Whenever we forgive, in small ways at home, or in great ways between nations, we free ourselves from the past. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
But forgiveness is the act of not putting anyone out of your heart, even those who are acting out of deep ignorance… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Forgiveness is primarily for our own sake, so that we no longer carry the burden of resentment. But to forgive does not… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“In truly listening to our most painful songs, we can learn the divine art of forgiveness.” — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Compassion for ourselves gives rise to the power to transform resentment into forgiveness, hatred into friendliness, and fear into respect for all… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Weigh the true advantages of forgiveness and resentment to the heart. Then choose. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
In any moment we can learn to let go of hatred and fear. We can rest in peace, love, and forgiveness. It… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
You hold in your hand an invitation: to remember the transforming power of forgiveness and loving kindness. To remember that no matter… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears,… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
We each have been betrayed. Let yourself picture and remember the many ways this is true. Feel the sorrow you have carried… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
It is hard to imagine a world without forgiveness. Without forgiveness life would be unbearable. Without forgiveness our lives are chained, forced… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“There are many ways that I have hurt and harmed others, have betrayed or abandoned them, caused them suffering, knowingly or unknowingly,… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Forgiveness sees wisely. It willingly acknowledges what is unjust, harmful, and wrong. It bravely recognizes sufferings of the past, and understands the… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Forgiveness does not mean that we have to continue to relate to those who have done us harm. In some cases the… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Finding a way to extend forgiveness to ourselves is one of our most essential tasks. Just as others have been caught in… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
It is not enough to know that love and forgiveness are possible. We have to find ways to bring them to life. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“When we let go of our battles and open our heart to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share
In opening we can see how many times we have mistaken small identities and fearful beliefs for our true nature and how limiting this… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share
Wherever you are is the perfect place to awaken. This moment is the exact place to practice compassion and loving awareness. You have all… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share
Acceptance does not mean inaction. We may need to respond, strongly at times...From a peaceful center we can respond instead of react. Unconscious reactions… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share
To live in this precious animal body on this earth is as great a part of spiritual life as anything else. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share
We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share
To open deeply, as genuine spiritual life requires, we need tremendous courage and strength, a kind of warrior spirit. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share
For most of us, generosity is a quality that must be developed. We have to respect that it will grow gradually; otherwise our spirituality… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share
What is truly a part of our spiritual path is that which brings us alive. If gardening brings us alive, that is part of… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share
“Working with these distractions, steadying the canoe, letting the waves pass by, and coming back again and again in a quiet and collected way,… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share
To understand ourselves and our life is the point of insight meditation: to understand and to be free. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share
To let go in the deepest recesses of the heart, to release all struggle and wanting, leads us to that knowing which is timeless. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share
Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share
Breathing meditation can quiet the mind, open the body, and develop a great power of concentration. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share
