Jack Kornfield’s Dharma Talks – Part Vi

Over the years of teaching, I’ve found a growing need for profound lovingkindness and compassion–a transformation of the heart–to underlie the insights and understandings that come out of the practice. An opening of the mind needs to be supported by compassion from the heart if the practice is to be integrated, fulfilled, and lived in our lives.

1991-01-01 Listening To The Song 53:22 Download Listen opening our practice by listening to the song of the present reality Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1991-01-01 Healing 65:54 Download Listen Awakening to the healing and heartfelt awareness that comes when we sense the precious mystery of being alive. Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1990-10-01 Buddha: The Miracle Of Education 47:15 Download Listen educating our self about the miracle of coming back again and again to what is here Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1990-07-14 Living the Dharma 57:28 Download Listen

1990-07-11 The Courage to Recognize truth 53:02 Download Listen

1990-06-01 The Joys Of Integrity 43:40 Download Listen what would the world be like if we bowed in reverence to each moment? Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1990-05-27 The Joys of Monastic Life, Part 10 51:13 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Joys of Monastic Life

1990-05-27 The Joys of Monastic Life, Part 7 34:03 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Joys of Monastic Life

1990-05-26 The Joys of Monastic-Life, Part 1 31:48 Download Listen Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Joys of Monastic Life

1990-04-23 No Self/True Self 58:15 Download Listen Understanding the development of true self and the awakening of no self. Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Yucca Valley)

1990-03-01 Non-Greed and Abundance 45:25 Download Listen date estimated

1989-12-01 Peace 50:58 Download Listen What does it mean to be at peace in our hearts, with oneself, and with nature? Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1989-11-01 The Inspiration Of Dipa Ma 43:31 Download Listen a loving, heart-felt story of Dipa Ma, a great Indian yogi who lived the teachings of loving kindness and simplicity Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1989-09-01 Co-Dependence And Compassion 44:25 Download Listen honoring the importance of disharmony within the circle of caring compassion Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1989-07-01 Teachers And Cults 59:58 Download Listen understanding that the sacred space a teacher creates is full of irony, metaphor, and complexity Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1989-06-01 I Am Not 39:29 Download Listen date estimated

1989-04-29 How to Bring the Practice into Everyday Life 59:26 Download Listen mastered off video 9-89

1989-04-23 The Life Of Expansion And Contraction 56:58 Download Listen Making peace with the cycles of life. Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1989-03-13 Let It Be 50:40 Download Listen fulfilling our capacity to live fully by relinquishing all that is not useful to our spiritual practice Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1989-01-01 Awareness And Intimacy 50:42 Download Listen identifying intimacy as the process of becoming awake; paying attention to the joy that contains loss and the sorrow that contains birth Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1989-01-01 Introduction To Meditation: Integrating Meditation Into Your Life 1:11:52 Download Listen Week Four: Techniques for overcoming inevitable distractions and obstacles. Week Five-Tape One: How meditation can enhance every waking moment of your life. USED TO BE 7 Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks In collection Introduction To Meditation

1989-01-01 Freeing Ourselves From Views 60:43 Download Listen letting go of our point of view so the moment can come out of our hearts Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1989-01-01 Introduction To Meditation 1:11:52 Listen to tracks Show 1 Tracks  Listening to this comprehensive study course in insight meditation is like attending a beginner’s meditation group for five weeks. Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

1988-12-28 The Sacred Journey 62:09 Download Listen

1988-10-25 Working With Beginnings And Endings 61:21 Download Listen waking up to the endless cycle of change and how we bring our hearts and minds to trust in this unchanging truth Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1988-10-10 Expectations 47:37 Download Listen recognizing expectations as the smoke screen in front of what is really happening Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center

1988-09-01 Wisdom And The Seasons Of Life 36:58 Download Listen discovering how a spiritual practice allows us to live with change from a place of truth Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center

1988-06-30 Buddhist-Christian Dialogue On Death 68:39 Download Listen with Brother David Steindl-Rast

1988-06-30 Buddhist and Christian Dialog on Death with Brother David 1:19:00 Download Listen

1988-06-01 The Universal and the Personal Wedding of the Heart 46:02 Download Listen date estimated

1988-04-01 Clouds Of The Mind 52:04 Download Listen true practice turns difficulties into The Path Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1988-01-01 Training The Inner Child 62:01 Download Listen seeing the connection between raising children, our own inner child and practicing meditation Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1988-01-01 The Importance Of Being Aware Of Feelings 63:25 Download Listen seeing how nourishing ourselves on all levels–body, mind, emotions, and spirit–leads to awareness Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1988-01-01 Asking The Hard Questions 61:13 Download Listen Is this the right path for me? Should I practice longer–or look deeper? …examining the practice of meditation through the questions that come up Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1988-01-01 Connecting Practice With Your Deepest Love 67:05 Download Listen understanding the roles of joy, sorrow, and emptiness as we learn to ask the heart which way to go Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1987-12-05 Nature of Dharma 45:10 Download Listen

1987-04-01 Trungpa Rinpoche 57:43 Download Listen a tribute to the late Rinpoche and a look at his teachings Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1987-02-01 Spirituality And Sexuality 44:54 Download Listen A thought-provoking look at our attitudes toward sexuality. Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1987-02-01 Sexuality And Relationships 40:48 Download Listen Encouraging us to incorporate sexuality and our relationships into our practice; to deeply explore the physical, emotional, psychological and interpersonal aspects. Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1987-02-01 On Forgiveness 55:12 Download Listen Seeing anger as a distortion of love, fear of forgiveness, grieving, nurturing the opening of the heart, guided meditation. Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1987-02-01 On Hunger 58:36 Download Listen how to relate to the hunger in our lives: hunger of the body, of the mind, for contact, to do, to be something, to grow Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1986-12-31 Using The Practice For Healing 57:10 Download Listen healing ourselves and our earth by opening to our own difficulties Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1986-04-01 Guiding Your Own Practice 55:37 Download Listen making peace with the many styles of meditation practice, deciding for oneself the appropriate practice for where one is at now Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1986-04-01 Happiness And Joy In Practice 58:03 Download Listen living in the present, knowing, the joys of caring for everything, of giving, of steadying the mind, and of wisdom Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1986-03-23 A Wise Heart 30:37 Download Listen finding a place in our being that really wants to understand what life and death are about; listening to our heart as we act in life Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1986-03-03 Finding Your Own Goodness 41:48 Download Listen taking refuge in our Buddha-nature, our basic goodness; having faith in the human heart that can overcome suffering Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1986-01-04 with Steven Levine 2:03:54 Download Listen date unknown

1986-01-03 with Steven Levine 2:04:53 Download Listen date unknown

1986-01-02 All We Need To Know 60:13 Download Listen beyond “all knowing” there is wisdom, freedom and compassion to be found in every heart Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1986-01-02 with Steven Levine 1:13:12 Download Listen date unknown

1986-01-01 with Steven Levine 2:04:07 Download Listen date unknown

1985-04-18 Characteristics of Life 46:38 Download Listen

1985-04-06 Five Hindrances 57:12 Download Listen

1985-03-01 Practice In Daily Life: Right Understanding 55:28 Download Listen Knowing the possibility of awakening, in this very life of ours our journey begins. Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1984-10-01 Practice In Daily Life: Right Concentration 57:27 Download Listen The art of steadying our attention brings an ease of well-being and leads to deeper levels of insight and connectedness. Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1984-09-01 Practice In Daily Life: Right Effort 40:55 Download Listen Right effort means directing the energy of our lives to cultivate those states of mind that lead to happiness. Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1984-08-01 Practice In Daily Life: Right Speech 41:10 Download Listen Lovingly refining our speech, we discover the freedom of relating in truth and in trust. Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1984-08-01 Practice In Daily Life: Right Action 43:06 Download Listen Who we are is what we do and how we act; right action is aligning our actions with our understanding. Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1984-08-01 Practice In Daily Life: Right Livelihood 44:37 Download Listen Right livelihood is integrity in the arena of work – expressing our wish to not harm, abuse or exploit. Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1984-07-01 Practice In Daily Life: Right Attitude 41:40 Download Listen Cultivating right attitude gives us the resolve to use every opportunity to overcome our limiting beliefs and behaviors. Spirit Rock Meditation Center

1984-03-18 The Heart & The Mind, Wholeness And Emptiness 44:16 Download Listen Jack’s farewell talk at IMS; open-hearted, personal accounts of the changes in his life and his view of the dharma practice; encouragement to feel life fully before seeking detachment Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center

1983-12-31 Don Juan & The Buddhist Way Of Knowledge 45:34 Download Listen the factors of enlightenment and Don Juan’s path for men and women of knowledge Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center

1983-11-19 Q&A 58:41 Download Listen with Joseph Goldstein Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center

1983-10-29 The Way Buddha Answered Questions 45:54 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center

1983-10-23 The Way Buddha Answered Questions 44:58 Download Listen an inspiration to connect us with the ancient and timeless endeavor of practice and awakening, and the ways human beings over the centuries have worked with the development of their understanding Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center

1983-10-23 Discovery Love of Meditation – Balance & Dying 52:40 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center

1983-10-16 Opening the Heart 36:34 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center

1983-10-15 Untitled 18:15 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center

1983-10-09 Deepening Levels Of Practice 54:28 Download Listen Getting quiet, observing, opening, and letting be. Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center

1983-09-29 Simplicity 36:23 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center

1983-09-22 Dharma Talk and Initial Instructions – Sutta on Loving Kindness 1:18:34 Download Listen

1983-06-03 Buddhist Psychology and Western Psychotherapy, Tape 1 61:17 Download Listen with Roger Walsh, at the California Institute of Integral Studies

1983-06-03 Buddhist Psychology and Western Psychotherapy, Tape 2 61:21 Download Listen with Roger Walsh, at the California Institute of Integral Studies

1983-06-03 Buddhist Psychology and Western Psychotherapy, Tape 2 59:49 Download Listen with Roger Walsh, at the California Institute of Integral Studies

1983-06-03 Buddhist Psychology and Western Psychotherapy, Tape 1 60:06 Download Listen with Roger Walsh, at the California Institute of Integral Studies

1982-06-16 Factors of Enlightenment 57:10 Download Listen

1981-06-07 Stories Of Practice In The Forest 56:36 Download Listen the spirit of the teachings of Achaan Chah, Jack’s Thai teacher Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center

1978-10-07 About Retreat 23:02 Download Listen Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center

1977-12-09 Wisdom, Power, And Knowledge 44:43 Download Listen a discussion of the many kinds of knowledge and power and of the wisdom of being present [Missing Original] JK055 Insight Meditation Society – Retreat Center

1977-04-10 Way of the Bodhisattva 46:00 Download Listen given in Julian CA at a 2 week meditation retreat