To understand ourselves and our life is the point of insight meditation: to understand and to be free.
JACK KORNFIELDTo understand ourselves and our life is the point of insight meditation: to understand and to be free.
JACK KORNFIELDBuddhists were actually the first cognitive-behavioral therapists.
JACK KORNFIELDIf you put a spoonful of salt in a cup of water it tastes very salty. If you put a spoonful of salt in a lake of fresh water the taste is still pure and clear. Peace comes when our hearts are open like the sky, vast as the ocean.
JACK KORNFIELDHave respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.
JACK KORNFIELDWhen we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves.
JACK KORNFIELDUse whatever has come to awaken patience, understanding, and love.
JACK KORNFIELDYou need a community. They remind you when you forget, and you remind them when they forget.
JACK KORNFIELDIf your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
JACK KORNFIELDAt the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?
JACK KORNFIELDMost people discover that when hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with their own pain.
JACK KORNFIELDWhen we let go of our battles and open our hearts to things as they are, then we come to rest in the present moment. This is the beginning and the end of spiritual practice.
JACK KORNFIELDLife without forgiveness is unbearable.
JACK KORNFIELDAnger shows us precisely where we are stuck, where our limits are, where we cling to beliefs and fears.
JACK KORNFIELDThe goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.
JACK KORNFIELDIn 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 KORNFIELDThe only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.
JACK KORNFIELD