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Jack Kornfield is 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 Joseph Goldstein, and subsequently in 1987, Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California. Kornfield has organized teacher training and led international gatherings of Buddhist teachers including the Dalai Lama and has worked as a peacemaker and activist. Wikipedia  

✵ 16. July 1945
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Jack Kornfield: 19 quotes9 likes

Famous Jack Kornfield Quotes

“The trouble is, you think you have time.”

Jack Kornfield

Source: Buddha's Little Instruction Book

“Even Socrates, who lived a very frugal and simple life, loved to go to the market. When his students asked about this, he replied, "I love to go and see all the things I am happy without.”

Jack Kornfield

“In the end
these things matter most:
How well did you love?
How fully did you live?
How deeply did you let go?”

Jack Kornfield

Source: Buddha's Little Instruction Book

“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.”

Jack Kornfield

Source: Buddha's Little Instruction Book

“The trouble is, you think you have time.”

Jack Kornfield

Source: Buddha's Little Instruction Book

“True emptiness is not empty, but contains all things. The mysterious and pregnant void creates and reflects all possibilities. From it arises our individuality, which can be discovered and developed, although never possessed or fixed.”

Jack Kornfield

Source: A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life

Jack Kornfield Quotes about love

“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.”

Jack Kornfield

“In the end, just three things matter:

How well we have lived
How well we have loved
How well we have learned to let go”

Jack Kornfield

“We must look at ourselves over and over again in order to learn to love, to discover what has kept our hearts closed, and what it means to allow our hearts to open.”

Jack Kornfield

Source: A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life

Jack Kornfield Quotes

“Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.”

Jack Kornfield

Source: Buddha's Little Instruction Book

“As surely as there is a voyage away, there is a journey home.”

Jack Kornfield

Source: After the Ecstasy, the Laundry

“Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be. Let your body relax and your heart soften. Open to whatever you experience without fighting.”

Jack Kornfield

Source: A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life

“This life is a test-it is only a test.
If it had been an actual life, you would have received further
instructions on where to go and what to do.
Remember, this life is only a test.”

Jack Kornfield

Source: A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life

“As we encounter new experiences with a mindful and wise attention, we discover that one of three things will happen to our new experience: it will go away, it will stay the same, or it will get more intense. whatever happens does not really matter.”

Jack Kornfield

Source: A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life

“The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is to
release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the
clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our
spirit.”

Jack Kornfield

“To bow to the fact of our life's sorrows and betrayals is to accept them; and from this deep gesture we discover that all life is workable. As we learn to bow, we discover that the heart holds more freedom and compassion than we could imagine.”

Jack Kornfield

“The entire teaching of Buddhism can be summed up in this way: Nothing is worth holding on to.”

Jack Kornfield

Source: Living Dharma: Teachings of Twelve Buddhist Masters

“Every individual has a unique contribution.”

Jack Kornfield

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