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Jack Kornfield



Jack Kornfield, PhD, is an American vipassana Buddhist teacher, activist, and bestselling author focusing on making Buddhism accessible to a Western audience. He has written numerous books and led international trainings on the subjects of meditation and mindfulness, and he is a cofounder of Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock Meditation Center.

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Heart of Compassion Meditation—Jack Kornfield

Compassion is the tenderness of the heart when it encounters suffering. For the circle of compassion to flow it requires the care of those suffering around you but that circle must include one other being-yourself.

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Jack Kornfield
2020
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Spiritual Emergency: When Personal Transformation Becomes a Crisis

Increasing numbers of people involved in personal transformation are experiencing spiritual emergencies—crises when the process of growth and change becomes chaotic and overwhelming.

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Stanislav Grof (editor), Christina Grof (editor)
1989
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Forgiveness Meditation

Forgiveness of others, forgiveness of yourself.

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Jack Kornfield
2011
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FindCenter Quotes ImageIn the end, these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you let go?

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Holotropic Breathwork: A New Approach to Self-Exploration and Therapy

In this long-awaited book, Stanislav Grof and Christina Grof describe their groundbreaking new form of self-exploration and psychotherapy: Holotropic Breathwork. Holotropic means "moving toward wholeness," from the Greek holos (whole) and trepein (moving in the direction of).

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Stanislav Grof, Christina Grof, Jack Kornfield (foreword)
2010
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Develop a Mind Like Sky

Meditation teacher Jack Kornfield explains the why and how of developing wise attention, or open awareness.

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Jack Kornfield
2017
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The Practice of Forgiveness

In Buddhist psychology, forgiveness is understood as a way to end suffering, to bring dignity and harmony to our life.

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Jack Kornfield
2019
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FindCenter Quotes ImageIf your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.

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Theravada Vipassana Practice

Insight meditation is a path of discovery.

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Set the Compass of Your Heart

Select wisdom from sources old and new.

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