Breathing meditation can quiet the mind, open the body, and develop a great power of concentration. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
As we encounter new experiences with a mindful and wise attention, we discover that one of three things will happen to our… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“most often the kinds of pains we encounter in meditative attention are not indications of physical problems. They are the painful, physical… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“This is like beginning to read a book. When we start, we will often be interrupted by many distractions around us. But… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“Our difficulties require our most compassionate attention. Just as lead can be transformed into gold in alchemy, when we place our leaden… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“As we become more skillful we also discover that concentration has its own seasons. Sometimes we sit and settle easily. At other… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Built on the foundation of concentration is the third aspect of the Buddha’s path of awakening: clarity of vision and the development… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
The focusing of attention on the breath is perhaps the most universal of the many hundreds of meditation subjects used worldwide. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our heart. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
To open deeply, as genuine spiritual life requires, we need tremendous courage and strength, a kind of warrior spirit. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
To understand ourselves and our life is the point of insight meditation: to understand and to be free. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
