What is truly a part of our spiritual path is that which brings us alive. If gardening brings us alive, that is… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself and yourself alone… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
The unawakened mind tends to make war against the way things are. To follow a path with heart, we must understand the… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“As we follow a genuine path of practice, our sufferings may seem to increase because we no longer hide from them or… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Some other people think that awakened consciousness is really about fullness or presence, being completely present for every moment, but these experiences… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
To learn to concentrate we must choose a prayer or meditation and follow this path with commitment and steadiness, a willingness to… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Religion and philosophy have their value, but in the end all we can do is open to mystery and live a path… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
The path of awakening begins with a step the Buddha called right understanding. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
One of the essential tasks for living a wise life is letting go. Letting go is the path to freedom. It is… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
We are awakened to the profound realization that the true path to liberation is to let go of everything. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
We can easily become loyal to our suffering … but it's not the end of the path. — 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
To undertake a genuine spiritual path is not to avoid difficulties but to learn the art of making mistakes wakefully, to bring… — 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
