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The Jack Kornfield Heart Wisdom hour celebrates Jack’s ability to mash up his long established Buddhist practices with many other mystical traditions, revealing the poignancy of life’s predicaments and the path to finding freedom from self-interest, self-judgment and unhappiness.
The Jack Kornfield Heart Wisdom hour celebrates Jack’s ability to mash up his long established Buddhist practices with many other mystical traditions, revealing the poignancy of life’s predicaments and the path to finding freedom from self-interest, self-judgment and unhappiness.
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Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma, studying under the Buddhist master Ven. Ajahn Chah and Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is a key figure in introducing Buddhist mindfulness practices to the West. Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, and the Spirit Rock Center in California. His books have been translated into 20 languages and sold over a million copies. He offers online courses on mindfulness, forgiveness, and living beautifully, and leads community programs like The Year of Awakening. Jack is dedicated to helping people find peace, presence, and loving awareness through meditation.
Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma, studying under the Buddhist master Ven. Ajahn Chah and Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is a key figure in introducing Buddhist mindfulness practices to the West. Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, and the Spirit Rock Center in California. His books have been translated into 20 languages and sold over a million copies. He offers online courses on mindfulness, forgiveness, and living beautifully, and leads community programs like The Year of Awakening. Jack is dedicated to helping people find peace, presence, and loving awareness through meditation.
Ocean Robbins is an American entrepreneur and author, co-founder of Food Revolution Network, Inc., dedicated to advocating for a whole foods, plant-based diet. He is also known for his book, 31-Day Food Revolution, which focuses on healing the body and transforming the world.
Ocean Robbins is an American entrepreneur and author, co-founder of Food Revolution Network, Inc., dedicated to advocating for a whole foods, plant-based diet. He is also known for his book, 31-Day Food Revolution, which focuses on healing the body and transforming the world.
Trudy Goodman is a prominent meditation teacher and the founder of the InsightLA meditation center. She has been teaching mindfulness and compassion practices for many years, drawing from her extensive training in Buddhist traditions. Trudy is known for her ability to connect deeply with her students and for her emphasis on the importance of community and compassion in navigating life's challenges. She has contributed significantly to the spread of mindfulness practices in the West and continues to inspire many through her teachings.
Trudy Goodman is a prominent meditation teacher and the founder of the InsightLA meditation center. She has been teaching mindfulness and compassion practices for many years, drawing from her extensive training in Buddhist traditions. Trudy is known for her ability to connect deeply with her students and for her emphasis on the importance of community and compassion in navigating life's challenges. She has contributed significantly to the spread of mindfulness practices in the West and continues to inspire many through her teachings.
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Ep. 293 Discovering the Great Way: Freedom from Attachment
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attachmentfreedom from attachmentmeditationwisdomcompassionliberationdesiressufferingimpermanencegraspingrealityaddictionrealm of the hungry ghostsattachment to isolationcommitmentwise relationshippleasurehabitneedwise attachmentlove
Exploring the ancient Zen teaching of the Great Way, Jack guides us toward freedom from attachment, clarity beyond preferences, and the liberating joy of letting go.
The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When attachment and hatred are both absent, everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the smallest distinction; however, and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart. If you wish to see the truth, then hold no opinion for or against anything. Third Zen Ancestor
In this episode, Jack mindfully explores:
Finding freedom from attachment by learning to let go
Can we meditate societys problems away?
What does it mean to seek wisdom, compassion, freedom?
The Third Patriarch of Zen
Finding the Great Way and seeing the truth
Moving past our opinions and preferences
How our desires blind us and manufacture our reality
Suffering, impermanence, grasping, and not relying on reality
The path to liberation from our grasping and fears
The joy of letting go of our attachments and relaxing into what is
Training ourselves to have an obedient mind of the Buddha
Is there appropriate or wise attachment?
Clarifying the full spectrum of attachment
How to get out addiction and the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts
Dealing with attachment to our isolation, our separateness
Commitment as a healthy devoted attachment
Seeking a Wise Relationship to ourselves, others, and the world
The slippery slope of pleasure, into desire, into habit, into need
Wise attachment vs unwise attachment
The full spectrum of attachment and love
Go where you wishcave, monastery, India, Tibet, do what you likeyour mind goes with you, thats the problem. Jack Kornfield
Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma, studying as a monk under the Buddhist master Ven. Ajahn Chah, as well as the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein and the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California. His books have been translated into 20 languages and sold more than a million copies.
Often we think attachment is only to other people and things, but often what we are attached to is our own isolation, our own separateness. Jack Kornfield
Exploring the ancient Zen teaching of the Great Way, Jack guides us toward freedom from attachment, clarity beyond preferences, and the liberating joy of letting go.
The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When attachment and hatred are both absent, everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the smallest distinction; however, and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart. If you wish to see the truth, then hold no opinion for or against anything. Third Zen Ancestor
In this episode, Jack mindfully explores:
Finding freedom from attachment by learning to let go
Can we meditate societys problems away?
What does it mean to seek wisdom, compassion, freedom?
The Third Patriarch of Zen
Finding the Great Way and seeing the truth
Moving past our opinions and preferences
How our desires blind us and manufacture our reality
Suffering, impermanence, grasping, and not relying on reality
The path to liberation from our grasping and fears
The joy of letting go of our attachments and relaxing into what is
Training ourselves to have an obedient mind of the Buddha
Is there appropriate or wise attachment?
Clarifying the full spectrum of attachment
How to get out addiction and the Realm of the Hungry Ghosts
Dealing with attachment to our isolation, our separateness
Commitment as a healthy devoted attachment
Seeking a Wise Relationship to ourselves, others, and the world
The slippery slope of pleasure, into desire, into habit, into need
Wise attachment vs unwise attachment
The full spectrum of attachment and love
Go where you wishcave, monastery, India, Tibet, do what you likeyour mind goes with you, thats the problem. Jack Kornfield
Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma, studying as a monk under the Buddhist master Ven. Ajahn Chah, as well as the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein and the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California. His books have been translated into 20 languages and sold more than a million copies.
Often we think attachment is only to other people and things, but often what we are attached to is our own isolation, our own separateness. Jack Kornfield
Jack and Ocean continue their deep conversation, exploring how to create positive change in the world without losing our spiritual center and loving essence.
Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/heartwisdom and get on your way to being your best self.
“Neither meditation nor activism has to be a grim duty. These are invitations to open the heart and be present for everything. In activism you stand up because you care and you love, and then you bring your best to it.” – Jack Kornfield
In this episode, Jack and Ocean mindfully explore:
Activism and creating positive change in the world
How to save the world without losing yourself
Acting beautifully without attachment to the fruits
How not not to let the immense suffering of the world get to us
Wes Nisker, Gary Snyder, and saving the world because you love it
Acting in this world with peace, love, courage, and nobility
Honoring our emotions, grief, and fears, but not letting them control us
Becoming what you want the world to be
His Holiness the Dalai Lama and meeting our lives with honesty and joy
Fighting for freedom and justice, but having fun doing it
Making activism fun, joyful, and beautiful
Emphasizing the positives acts in the world
Life changing wisdom from the Buddha
Holding it all in the great heart of compassion
Adding your voice, love, energy, and compassion
If your grief is big, hold it from something bigger
“It says in the Bhagavad Gita, the essence is to act beautifully without attachment to the fruits of the actions. What it means is, you don’t get to determine how it turns out, but you do get to plant your seeds of goodness. And as Thoreau says, ‘Convince me you have a seed there, and I’m prepared to expect miracles.’ You get to plant the seeds, and eventually, in their own time, they bear fruit. That’s not your job. Your job is to make a beautiful garden, to plant beautiful things, and to tend them.” – Jack Kornfield
About Ocean Robbins:
Ocean Robbins is an American entrepreneur and author, best known for his role as the co-founder of Food Revolution Network, Inc. This California-based company is dedicated to advocating for a whole foods, plant-based diet. Check out Ocean’s book, 31-Day Food Revolution, to learn more about healing the body and transforming the world. You can keep up with Ocean on his website, HERE.
About Jack Kornfield:
Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma, studying as a monk under the Buddhist master Ven. Ajahn Chah, as well as the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein and the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California. His books have been translated into 20 languages and sold more than a million copies.
“If we don’t look, if we don’t acknowledge the children who are hungry, if we don’t acknowledge not just Ukraine and Gaza, but Sudan, and the Congo, and Myanmar, and the Rohingas—if we turn our gaze away in denial, we can’t make a difference. Our heart has to be big enough and our dignity strong enough that we’re willing to see it. And then some of us are called to do that work in the way that we can.” – Jack Kornfield
Jack and Ocean continue their deep conversation, exploring how to create positive change in the world without losing our spiritual center and loving essence.
Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/heartwisdom and get on your way to being your best self.
“Neither meditation nor activism has to be a grim duty. These are invitations to open the heart and be present for everything. In activism you stand up because you care and you love, and then you bring your best to it.” – Jack Kornfield
In this episode, Jack and Ocean mindfully explore:
Activism and creating positive change in the world
How to save the world without losing yourself
Acting beautifully without attachment to the fruits
How not not to let the immense suffering of the world get to us
Wes Nisker, Gary Snyder, and saving the world because you love it
Acting in this world with peace, love, courage, and nobility
Honoring our emotions, grief, and fears, but not letting them control us
Becoming what you want the world to be
His Holiness the Dalai Lama and meeting our lives with honesty and joy
Fighting for freedom and justice, but having fun doing it
Making activism fun, joyful, and beautiful
Emphasizing the positives acts in the world
Life changing wisdom from the Buddha
Holding it all in the great heart of compassion
Adding your voice, love, energy, and compassion
If your grief is big, hold it from something bigger
“It says in the Bhagavad Gita, the essence is to act beautifully without attachment to the fruits of the actions. What it means is, you don’t get to determine how it turns out, but you do get to plant your seeds of goodness. And as Thoreau says, ‘Convince me you have a seed there, and I’m prepared to expect miracles.’ You get to plant the seeds, and eventually, in their own time, they bear fruit. That’s not your job. Your job is to make a beautiful garden, to plant beautiful things, and to tend them.” – Jack Kornfield
About Ocean Robbins:
Ocean Robbins is an American entrepreneur and author, best known for his role as the co-founder of Food Revolution Network, Inc. This California-based company is dedicated to advocating for a whole foods, plant-based diet. Check out Ocean’s book, 31-Day Food Revolution, to learn more about healing the body and transforming the world. You can keep up with Ocean on his website, HERE.
About Jack Kornfield:
Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma, studying as a monk under the Buddhist master Ven. Ajahn Chah, as well as the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein and the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California. His books have been translated into 20 languages and sold more than a million copies.
“If we don’t look, if we don’t acknowledge the children who are hungry, if we don’t acknowledge not just Ukraine and Gaza, but Sudan, and the Congo, and Myanmar, and the Rohingas—if we turn our gaze away in denial, we can’t make a difference. Our heart has to be big enough and our dignity strong enough that we’re willing to see it. And then some of us are called to do that work in the way that we can.” – Jack Kornfield
Jack is interviewed by Ocean Robbins to explore the big spiritual questions—why there is suffering, how to navigate duality, making the ordinary holy, and cultivating a loving witness.
“It’s important to not use spiritual practice to set up an ideal or judge yourself. Sometimes you need to shut down, and then you open again. So the spiritual path is really about being with both the calm ocean and the storm.” – Jack Kornfield
In this episode, Jack and Ocean mindfully explore:
What first got Jack into mindfulness and meditation
Life as beautiful, and an ocean of tears
Suffering, Buddhism, and the end of suffering
Why is there suffering in the world?
Navigating the reality of duality—form and emptiness, life and death
The recycling nature of the universe
How to make the ordinary holy
Meeting our lives with presence
A simple way to explain “The Witness”
The magic of consciousness
A calming and deep guided meditation
Holding fear and grief in compassion
Not getting caught in reactions and anger
Acting the nobility of heart and your original dignity
“Life is extraordinarily beautiful, and it’s an ocean of tears. You can’t have birth without death, you can’t have light without dark, you can’t have beginnings without endings. We live in a universe constructed of opposites. That’s just the game of form, of duality. You can’t have form without the emptiness from which it comes.” – Jack Kornfield
About Ocean Robbins:
Ocean Robbins is an American entrepreneur and author, best known for his role as the co-founder of Food Revolution Network, Inc. This California-based company is dedicated to advocating for a whole foods, plant-based diet. Check out Ocean’s book, 31-Day Food Revolution, to learn more about healing the body and transforming the world. You can keep up with Ocean on his website, HERE.
About Jack Kornfield:
Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma, studying as a monk under the Buddhist master Ven. Ajahn Chah, as well as the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein and the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California. His books have been translated into 20 languages and sold more than a million copies.
“We live in a universe that’s recycling itself—the ultimate recycling of birth and death, form and rebirth. For us as human beings, the question is not why or how. The Buddha didn’t actually answer those questions. He said those are questions that don’t tend to have understanding. He said, what I’m interested in is how to navigate the universe as it is, in a way that brings love, well-being, and freedom to all who want to awaken to this.” – Jack Kornfield
Jack is interviewed by Ocean Robbins to explore the big spiritual questions—why there is suffering, how to navigate duality, making the ordinary holy, and cultivating a loving witness.
“It’s important to not use spiritual practice to set up an ideal or judge yourself. Sometimes you need to shut down, and then you open again. So the spiritual path is really about being with both the calm ocean and the storm.” – Jack Kornfield
In this episode, Jack and Ocean mindfully explore:
What first got Jack into mindfulness and meditation
Life as beautiful, and an ocean of tears
Suffering, Buddhism, and the end of suffering
Why is there suffering in the world?
Navigating the reality of duality—form and emptiness, life and death
The recycling nature of the universe
How to make the ordinary holy
Meeting our lives with presence
A simple way to explain “The Witness”
The magic of consciousness
A calming and deep guided meditation
Holding fear and grief in compassion
Not getting caught in reactions and anger
Acting the nobility of heart and your original dignity
“Life is extraordinarily beautiful, and it’s an ocean of tears. You can’t have birth without death, you can’t have light without dark, you can’t have beginnings without endings. We live in a universe constructed of opposites. That’s just the game of form, of duality. You can’t have form without the emptiness from which it comes.” – Jack Kornfield
About Ocean Robbins:
Ocean Robbins is an American entrepreneur and author, best known for his role as the co-founder of Food Revolution Network, Inc. This California-based company is dedicated to advocating for a whole foods, plant-based diet. Check out Ocean’s book, 31-Day Food Revolution, to learn more about healing the body and transforming the world. You can keep up with Ocean on his website, HERE.
About Jack Kornfield:
Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma, studying as a monk under the Buddhist master Ven. Ajahn Chah, as well as the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein and the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California. His books have been translated into 20 languages and sold more than a million copies.
“We live in a universe that’s recycling itself—the ultimate recycling of birth and death, form and rebirth. For us as human beings, the question is not why or how. The Buddha didn’t actually answer those questions. He said those are questions that don’t tend to have understanding. He said, what I’m interested in is how to navigate the universe as it is, in a way that brings love, well-being, and freedom to all who want to awaken to this.” – Jack Kornfield
In this guided breath meditation, Jack Kornfield invites listeners into a space of ease, trust, and ardent gratitude for our bodies, hearts, and minds.
Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/heartwisdom and get on your way to being your best self.
This week on Heart Wisdom, Jack leads listeners through:
The true purpose of meditation and returning from the outer world to our inner selves
Softening the body and releasing any physical and emotional tension
Grounding ourselves as we sense the weight of our body being fully supported by the earth
Receiving whatever thoughts and emotions arise during meditation with compassion and openness
Noticing how the body breathes itself, relaxing into each breath, and inviting a sense of ease and trust
Feeling the rise and fall of our bellies with each inhale and exhale
Bowing inwardly to our life-sustaining breath and thanking it for keeping us alive
Expanding the field of mindful loving awareness to the entire body, heart, and mind
Finding the parts of our body that are storing buried difficulties
Considering the energy of the mind and how occupied it is most of the time
Welcoming a sense of peace and presence with a quieter mind and a tender heart
Resting in ‘the awareness that notices’ and de-identifying with the breath and body
"This is your life breath. It breathes you together with all living things. It breathes you with everyone in the room, the ocean of air in the trees. As if to make an inward bow, you can say thank you to your breath for keeping you alive so steadily." – Jack Kornfield
This meditation was originally recorded for the InsightLA Sunday livestream on April 20, 2025.
“Notice that you are not your breath and body. You are not your feelings and thoughts. But, who you are is the awareness that has been kindly witnessing. You are the loving awareness itself.” – Jack Kornfield
About Jack Kornfield:
Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma, studying as a monk under the Buddhist master Ven. Ajahn Chah, as well as the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein and the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California. His books have been translated into 20 languages and sold more than a million copies.
"The goal of meditation is not to get to somewhere else, to get from here to there, but to come from there to here. To be present, awake, kind, alive." – Jack Kornfield
In this guided breath meditation, Jack Kornfield invites listeners into a space of ease, trust, and ardent gratitude for our bodies, hearts, and minds.
Today’s podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/heartwisdom and get on your way to being your best self.
This week on Heart Wisdom, Jack leads listeners through:
The true purpose of meditation and returning from the outer world to our inner selves
Softening the body and releasing any physical and emotional tension
Grounding ourselves as we sense the weight of our body being fully supported by the earth
Receiving whatever thoughts and emotions arise during meditation with compassion and openness
Noticing how the body breathes itself, relaxing into each breath, and inviting a sense of ease and trust
Feeling the rise and fall of our bellies with each inhale and exhale
Bowing inwardly to our life-sustaining breath and thanking it for keeping us alive
Expanding the field of mindful loving awareness to the entire body, heart, and mind
Finding the parts of our body that are storing buried difficulties
Considering the energy of the mind and how occupied it is most of the time
Welcoming a sense of peace and presence with a quieter mind and a tender heart
Resting in ‘the awareness that notices’ and de-identifying with the breath and body
"This is your life breath. It breathes you together with all living things. It breathes you with everyone in the room, the ocean of air in the trees. As if to make an inward bow, you can say thank you to your breath for keeping you alive so steadily." – Jack Kornfield
This meditation was originally recorded for the InsightLA Sunday livestream on April 20, 2025.
“Notice that you are not your breath and body. You are not your feelings and thoughts. But, who you are is the awareness that has been kindly witnessing. You are the loving awareness itself.” – Jack Kornfield
About Jack Kornfield:
Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma, studying as a monk under the Buddhist master Ven. Ajahn Chah, as well as the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein and the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California. His books have been translated into 20 languages and sold more than a million copies.
"The goal of meditation is not to get to somewhere else, to get from here to there, but to come from there to here. To be present, awake, kind, alive." – Jack Kornfield
In this time of global uncertainty, Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman call us to rise with fierce compassion and become Bodhisattvas of the Great Turning.
“You become the imaginal cells in these times. Things fall apart, but in you is the understanding that compassion is big enough to hold all of this, that the heart is big enough to hold all this, that the Dharma is big enough to shine through empires, changes, crisis, and beauty. That’s what we have—the Bodhisattva can carry on liberating beings from suffering, however long it takes.” – Jack Kornfield
In this episode, Jack and Trudy mindfully explore:
How you can pick all the flowers, but you can’t stop the spring
Navigating fear politics and the cultural media machine
Letting go of fear, blame, shame, and ending systemic division
Using this time of “The Great Turning” as an opportunity to create a more loving world
Ajahn Chah and living the truth of uncertainty
How to face the big problems of the world with even bigger love
Meeting the world through the Bodhisattva Vows
How loving people and feeding people connects with enlightenment
The path and practices of loving awareness and compassion
Inclining the heart towards kindness and generosity
How caterpillars change to butterflies through Imaginal Cells
The world-changing power of true community
Learning how to respond mindfully to any trigger or circumstance
Becoming a make-weight of hope to tip the scales of humanity to love and balance
The spiritual wisdom of Passover and Easter
Letting go of tension and flowing into relaxation
The Pagan Goddess of Dawn
Community as the antidote for loneliness
Crying, letting the tears come, and seeing what happens
How to interact with people who are highly anxious or avoidant
Saying hello to the people around you
“Tears feel endless, bottomless, when they don’t have a chance to fall. When they get to fall, they fall and fall, but they stop because tears too are impermanent, they cannot fall forever. It’s really like this with all the intense emotions we are afraid will flood and drown us in some way.” – Trudy Goodman
"What we're experiencing, Joanna Macy calls, The Great Turning. It's the breakdown of the exploitive late-stage capitalist model where we get as much as we can, and the harbinger of the possibility of interdependence. When it breaks down, that turning says, ‘We will use this time to turn this world into something better, to care for one another. The possibility starts with us." – Jack Kornfield
This episode was originally recorded for the InsightLA Sunday livestream on April 20, 2025.
Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma, studying as a monk under the Buddhist master Ven. Ajahn Chah, as well as the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein and the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California. His books have been translated into 20 languages and sold more than a million copies.
In this time of global uncertainty, Jack Kornfield and Trudy Goodman call us to rise with fierce compassion and become Bodhisattvas of the Great Turning.
“You become the imaginal cells in these times. Things fall apart, but in you is the understanding that compassion is big enough to hold all of this, that the heart is big enough to hold all this, that the Dharma is big enough to shine through empires, changes, crisis, and beauty. That’s what we have—the Bodhisattva can carry on liberating beings from suffering, however long it takes.” – Jack Kornfield
In this episode, Jack and Trudy mindfully explore:
How you can pick all the flowers, but you can’t stop the spring
Navigating fear politics and the cultural media machine
Letting go of fear, blame, shame, and ending systemic division
Using this time of “The Great Turning” as an opportunity to create a more loving world
Ajahn Chah and living the truth of uncertainty
How to face the big problems of the world with even bigger love
Meeting the world through the Bodhisattva Vows
How loving people and feeding people connects with enlightenment
The path and practices of loving awareness and compassion
Inclining the heart towards kindness and generosity
How caterpillars change to butterflies through Imaginal Cells
The world-changing power of true community
Learning how to respond mindfully to any trigger or circumstance
Becoming a make-weight of hope to tip the scales of humanity to love and balance
The spiritual wisdom of Passover and Easter
Letting go of tension and flowing into relaxation
The Pagan Goddess of Dawn
Community as the antidote for loneliness
Crying, letting the tears come, and seeing what happens
How to interact with people who are highly anxious or avoidant
Saying hello to the people around you
“Tears feel endless, bottomless, when they don’t have a chance to fall. When they get to fall, they fall and fall, but they stop because tears too are impermanent, they cannot fall forever. It’s really like this with all the intense emotions we are afraid will flood and drown us in some way.” – Trudy Goodman
"What we're experiencing, Joanna Macy calls, The Great Turning. It's the breakdown of the exploitive late-stage capitalist model where we get as much as we can, and the harbinger of the possibility of interdependence. When it breaks down, that turning says, ‘We will use this time to turn this world into something better, to care for one another. The possibility starts with us." – Jack Kornfield
This episode was originally recorded for the InsightLA Sunday livestream on April 20, 2025.
Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma, studying as a monk under the Buddhist master Ven. Ajahn Chah, as well as the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein and the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California. His books have been translated into 20 languages and sold more than a million copies.
