If it’s helpful, you can whisper in the back of your mind “ease” or “calm,” as suggested by Thich Nhat Hanh. Try to meet each breath with lovingkindness and loving awareness. Wish calm and peace for yourself and beings everywhere, far and near. Rest in stillness and love.

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The Forgiving Heart Meditation — Jack Kornfield

Rest in the reality of the present with mindful, loving awareness. Sit like a Buddha, steady and kind, with heart open, gracious and wise in the midst of it all. You are the loving witness; you are the steady one.

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This meditation was originally livestreamed by Spirit Rock on 6/27/22.

Centering Meditation — Jack Kornfield

The inner practice of liberation is not an individual matter. One of the deepest realizations that comes when we meditate, as we pay attention, as we live a life of care and loving awareness, is the growing sense of interdependence. There is no separation between our body and the body of the earth. The minerals of the soil make up our wheat and our bones, the storm clouds become our
drinks and our blood, the oxygen from the trees and forests is the air we breathe. 

The human community is equally interconnected. If we meet together in harmony and respect, care for the vulnerable among us, tend to the environment, and respect our citizens and neighbors, we will thrive and prosper. 


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This dharma talk was originally livestreamed by Spirit Rock on 7/25/22.

Wise Society Dharma Talk — Jack Kornfield

Let your body be present and also relaxed. As you let go, feel how the Earth completely supports you. Let the heart be soft to receive whatever arises with compassion. Begin to notice how the body is breathing itself, exchanging air with the leaves of the trees around you and with the breath of every other living being on Earth—we share this atmosphere.


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This meditation was originally livestreamed by Spirit Rock on 8/22/22.

Tree Of Enlightenment Meditation — Jack Kornfield

This dharma talk centers around teachings from The Mahāparinibbāṇa Sutta which is a story about the last year of the Buddha's life. 

This text has two main themes: 

1. The Buddha wanted to leave his teachings as guidance for his followers to empower them.
2. The Buddha wanted to encourage his followers to foster wise relationships to one another in the spiritual community and to the world.


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This dharma talk was originally livestreamed by Spirit Rock on 8/22/22.

The Buddha's Last Teachings Dharma Talk—Jack Kornfield

With your eyes closed, sense yourself seated here in the reality of the present, just now—be here now, in this moment. Feel a connection to the ground beneath you—you're held to Mother Earth by gravity. Feel the steadiness, groundedness of taking this seat half way between Heaven and Earth, under your own tree of enlightenment. Let the heart be soft to receive whatever arises in the spirit of kindness and compassion.


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This meditation was originally livestreamed by Spirit Rock on 9/12/22.

The Reality Of The Present Meditation—Jack Kornfield

Some of you may have your own way of practicing metta/lovingkindess meditation. Others may want to listen and follow along—but it's not a rigid practice. Do whatever most naturally opens the heart. For some people, the recitation of words—which we'll do—may be helpful. For others, it's more helpful to simply sit in a field of love and radiate kindness without a lot of words, specific language, or intention. Whatever floats your heart—follow that into goodness.

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This meditation was originally livestreamed by Spirit Rock on 10/3/22.

Beacon Of Love Meditation—Jack Kornfield

Inviting listeners into a soft, natural breathing amidst it all, Jack helps us flow through waves of thoughts, emotions, and sensations, in order to come to rest in loving awareness, the timeless witness indwelling in each of us as who we truly are.

"When you notice that a wave has pulled your attention from the breath, receive it. Let go of the attention to the breath, and receive it with the same loving awareness, as if to bow to it gently."

This meditation was originally livestreamed by Spirit Rock on 11/14/22.

Waves Of Experience Meditation – Jack Kornfield

Welcoming listeners into the gentle whisper of the breath, Jack helps us into a presence and ease beyond our anxieties, worries, and to-do lists.  From this place of deep relaxation, he invites us into an easy-come, easy-go mentality with our thoughts and emotions.

"Your breath is the Earth breathing herself through you." – Jack Kornfield

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This meditation was originally livestreamed by Spirit Rock on 12/19/22.

Breath of the Earth Meditation

Jack offers a flowing guided meditation helping us skillfully move past the thoughts, emotions, and images of the mind, and into a state of stillness, spacious loving awareness, and relaxed embodied presence.

"The invitation of meditation is to come into the present, to quiet the mind, to open the heart, to find an embodied presence and loving awareness." – Jack Kornfield

This meditation was originally live-streamed by Spirit Rock for the Monday Night Dharma Talk on 2/6/2023.

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Embodied Presence Meditation – Jack Kornfield

Jack shares a guided meditation focused around relaxing into the ocean of breath we find ourselves in when we open into the present moment.

“Notice how the body breathes itself in this ocean of air, feel it—the coolness of the nostrils, or the swirling-tingling in the back of the throat, or the rise and fall of the chest or belly.” – Jack Kornfield

“You become a connoisseur of breathing for this moment, attentive to this remarkable breathing in and out of the atmosphere, keeping you alive, exchanging with all.” – Jack Kornfield

This meditation was originally live-streamed by Spirit Rock for the Monday Night Dharma Talk on July 24, 2023

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Ocean of Air Meditation – Jack Kornfield

In this guided meditation, Jack invites us to meet whatever emotions, thoughts, and sensations arise with a rooted stillness, steadiness, and 
stability.

“Let yourself feel the steadiness of the earth, almost as if you have roots going down like you are a great tree—steady, rooted, and still, even when the wind blows through the branches.” – Jack Kornfield

This meditation was originally live-streamed by Spirit Rock for the Monday Night Dharma Talk on March 13, 2023

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Steadiness of Earth Meditation – Jack Kornfield

Big Sky Bell Meditation - Jack Kornfield

Grief is one of the heart’s natural responses to loss. When we grieve we allow ourselves to feel the truth of our pain, the measure of betrayal or tragedy in our life. By our willingness to mourn, we slowly acknowledge, integrate, and accept the truth of our losses. Sometimes the best way to let go is to simply grieve.

It takes courage to grieve, to honor the pain we carry. We can grieve in tears or in meditative silence, in prayer or in song. In touching the pain of recent and long-held griefs, we come face to face with our genuine human vulnerability, with helplessness and hopelessness. These are the storm clouds of the heart.

Meditation On Grief - Jack Kornfield

Walking meditation is another way to develop calm, connectedness, and embodied awareness. It can be practiced regularly, before or after sitting meditation, or any time on its own, such as after a busy day at work or on a lazy Sunday morning. Using the movement of walking can help cultivate mindfulness and a wakeful presence.

Walking Meditation - Jack Kornfield

In this meditative practice, you will take time to reflect inwardly,
with kindness and with courage, on how and when you are 
living true to yourself. When you live fully and honestly,
it can change your life and all around you.

Being True To Yourself - Jack Kornfield

The gate to human well-being and transformations swings open when we practice living with a grateful heart. When we find gratitude, we find freedom and love.

Gratitude Meditation - Jack Kornfield

The art of living wisely requires us to learn to let go. But how can we do so?  Sometimes we need more love or forgiveness. This teaching and meditation will help show the way.

Letting Go - Jack Kornfield

The beautiful truth is that love can be awakened, cultivated, and invited to grow in our hearts. The practice of metta or lovingkindness taught here is a simple, timeless way  to open the heart and to move through the world with a loving spirit.

Loving Kindness Meditation - Jack Kornfield

When great loss comes, the heart needs to grieve.
We need to find a way to honor and tend our grief, 
to respect its deep feelings, its time and rhythms. 
This teaching and meditation can help.

Meditation On Grief 2 - Jack Kornfield

Waves arise naturally on the surface of the vast ocean without troubling its depth. This meditation is an invitation to make your mind like the vast ocean.

Mind Like Ocean - Jack Kornfield

Peace is possible. We can step out of the struggle with ourselves, with our judgments and fears and inner conflicts. We can learn to live in peace and with a kind heart, without believing the reactive mind.

Stopping The War Within - Jack Kornfield

If there is one thing this world needs, it is more compassion. With tenderness and courage we can learn compassion for ourselves and others.

The Practice Of Compassion - Jack Kornfield

We are always in transition, each new day is a rebirth. This pith instruction from the Tibetan Book of the Dead invites us to let go into our luminous true nature.

Meditation from the Tibetan Book Of The Dead - Jack Kornfield

“Enlightenment is one with the trusting heart.”- Zen proverb

You can learn to trust the big picture, you can learn to trust your inner knowing,  you can be inspired by trust. These simple meditations invite you to find in yourself a trusting heart.

Meditations On Trust - Jack Kornfield

Eternity is always here. It is always Now.

In this simple meditation, we are invited to become "The One Who Knows," the spacious witness to all things. We can take a breath, come to rest, step outside of time, let go of making and doing and planning, and remember the vast openness outside of thoughts and the entanglements of time.  

Let’s meet there.

Open To Timelessness - Jack Kornfield

Remember, wherever you are, spaciousness is always available. We know this, but we often forget. Yet spaciousness is not far away. With this simple meditation we are invited to allow the deep spaciousness of loving awareness to arise.

Spacious Awareness - Jack Kornfield

In this guided meditation, we will explore how to transform the difficult emotions that arise in our lives. Practicing with the power of loving awareness and interested attention to these intense states in body and heart, we can create a field of deep understanding and transformation.

Transforming Difficult Emotions - Jack Kornfield

We need compassion to help us be tender with our difficulties and not close off to them in fear. This is how healing takes place. This meditation and visualization can help.

Wisdom In The Midst Of Difficulties - Jack Kornfield

Here is a 13-minute practice to steady your heart in the time of
coronavirus.

A Steady Heart in the Time of Coronavirus #1 - Jack Kornfield

This is a guided, healing energy meditation and metta (lovingkindness) practice. However difficult the times, suffering is not the end of the story—love is. May your spirit be strong. May you be safe and protected. May you be filled with deep healing. May you be held by love.

Worldwide Healing of Love - Jack Kornfield

Do this grounding practice for 3-5 minutes at different times of the day to steady yourself. With each breath, exhale tension. Let yourself imagine that you have roots that go deep into the soil of the earth, to steady and nurture you. If images help, let yourself remember a wonderful tree from your life—an old tree, a strong tree. Imagine that you are standing in front of the tree, meditating together. Just as this great tree has a strong trunk that has weathered storms and the changing of the seasons, feel your own body steady like the trunk of that tree.

Grounding Practice - Jack Kornfield

In times of stress, it’s important to discover ways to quiet our minds and tend our hearts. This meditation and visualization can help us cultivate an inner refuge that can guide us through difficult times.

Refuge in Difficult Times - Jack Kornfield

Sitting like a great tree, imagine you have roots that extend deep into the earth. Let calm and ease grow with each breath.

Quiet Mind, Peaceful Heart Meditation - Jack Kornfield

Meditation is an invitation in this moment’s practice to turn our attention to our body, heart and mind. Begin to pay attention to this mysterious human incarnation. Feel how your body is breathing itself… you don’t have to do anything. Add metta or lovingkindness to each breath. With each breath in, fill your body and being with lovingkindness for yourself. With each breath out, sense you are sending love out to the world.

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Breathe Love In, Breathe Love Out Meditation — Jack Kornfield

Jack Kornfield is an American Buddhist teacher. He is a founder of the Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Marin County, Calif., where he lives & teaches.

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