Equanimity arises when we accept the way things are.
JACK KORNFIELDEquanimity arises when we accept the way things are.
JACK KORNFIELDTo live life is to make a succession of errors. Understanding this can bring us great ease and forgiveness for ourselves and others.
JACK KORNFIELDCompassion for ourselves gives rise to the power to transform resentment into forgiveness, hatred into friendliness, and fear into respect for all beings.
JACK KORNFIELDMost people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain.
JACK KORNFIELDAnger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.
JACK KORNFIELDMeet this transient world with neither grasping nor fear, trust the unfolding of life, and you will attain true serenity.
JACK KORNFIELDUse whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love.
JACK KORNFIELDKnowledge and achievements matter little if we do not yet know how to touch the heart of another and be touched.
JACK KORNFIELDThe heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?
JACK KORNFIELDThe willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.
JACK KORNFIELDLife is so hard, how can we be anything but kind?
JACK KORNFIELDAt the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
JACK KORNFIELDWithout integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.
JACK KORNFIELDIndifference is a misguided way of defending ourselves.
JACK KORNFIELDThe awakened heart and mind can be experienced as clarity itself, pure knowing.
JACK KORNFIELDEverything has a beginning and an ending. Make peace with that and all will be well…In life we cannot avoid change, we cannot avoid loss. Freedom and happiness are found in the flexibility and ease with which we move through change.
JACK KORNFIELD