Jack Kornfield
Jack Kornfield
Jack Kornfieldis a bestselling American author and teacher in the vipassana movement in American Theravada Buddhism. He trained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, Burma and India, first as a student of the Thai forest master Ajahn Chah and Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma. He has taught meditation worldwide since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist Mindfulness practice to the West. In 1975, he co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with Sharon Salzberg and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth16 July 1945
CountryUnited States of America
Jack Kornfield quotes about
Each moment of every day is new and then it vanishes. Where is that day? Where is that moment?
Buddhism talks about the possibility of transforming greed, hatred, and delusion. But sometimes need turns into greed.
Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
We must look at our life without sentimentality, exaggeration or idealism. Does what we are choosing reflect what we most deeply value?
In Buddhist practice, the outward and inward aspects of taking the one seat meet on our meditation cushion.
To meditate is to discover new possibilities, to awaken the capacities of us has to live more wisely, more lovingly, more compassionately, and more fully.
Every individual in the world has a unique contribution.
Be mindful of intention. Intention is the seed that creates our future.
As desire abates, generosity is born. When we are connected and present, what else is there to do but give?
Without being aware of it, you take many things as being your identity: your body, your race, your beliefs, your thoughts.
Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?
You hold in your hand an invitation: to remember the transforming power of forgiveness and loving kindness. To remember that no matter where you are and what you face, within your heart peace is possible.
Meet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.
One day Mara, the Buddhist god of ignorance and evil, was traveling through the villages of India with his attendants. He saw a man doing walking meditation whose face was lit up in wonder. The man had just discovered something on the ground in front of him. Mara's attendants asked what that was and Mara replied, "A piece of truth." "Doesn't this bother you when someone finds a piece of the truth, O evil one?" his attendants asked. "No," Mara replied. "Right after this they usually make a belief out of it."