“Meditation is not a process of getting rid of something, but one of opening and understanding. When” — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“The purpose of a spiritual discipline is to give us a way to stop the war, not by our force of will,… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Taking the one seat describes two related aspects of spiritual work. Outwardly, it means selecting one practice and teacher among all the… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
We can bring a heart of understanding and compassion to a world that needs it so much. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Great pain, when it is honored from the heart, opens into great understanding. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
In deep self-acceptance grows a compassionate understanding. As one Zen master said when I asked if he ever gets angry, 'Of course… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
The path of awakening begins with a step the Buddha called right understanding. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Only in the reality of the present can we love, can we awaken, can we find peace and understanding and connection with… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
It does not matter whether you have religion or are an agnostic believe in nothing, You can only appreciate (without knowing or… — 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
