Quotes from Jack Kornfield

Sense the blessings of the earth in the perfect arc of a ripe tangerine, the taste of warm, fresh bread, the circling flight of birds, the lavender color of the sky shining in a late afternoon rain puddle, the million times we pass other beings in our cars and shops and out among the trees without crashing, conflict, or harm.

The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is to release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our spirit.

The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.

When you rest in presence and pure awareness, sometimes everything is experienced as love because you're connected with all that is, and love is simply the nature of being.

Live in joy, luminosity, and peace even among the troubles of the world. Remember who you are.

Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.

Only in the reality of the present can we love, can we awaken, can we find peace and understanding and connection with ourselves and the world.

Attention to the human body brings healing and regeneration. Through awareness of the body we remember who we really are.

Embodied courage chooses not to wait until illness or notice of death demands attention.

To undertake a genuine spiritual path is not to avoid difficulties but to learn the art of making mistakes wakefully, to bring them to the transformative power of our heart.

Though outer events may be difficult, the key to our happiness is how our mind responds to them.

Virtue and integrity are necessary for genuine happiness. Guard your integrity with care.

Whenever we forgive, in small ways at home, or in great ways between nations, we free ourselves from the past.

When we have for so long been judged by everyone we meet, just to look into the eyes of another who does not judge us can be extraordinarily healing.

No matter how difficult the past, you can always begin again today.

It is our commitment to wholeness that matters, the willingness to unfold in every deep aspect of our being.

In the end, just three things matter:How well we have livedHow well we have lovedHow well we have learned to let go

To begin to meditate is to look into our lives with interest in kindness and discover how to be wakeful and free.

A second quality of mature sirituality is kindness. It is based on a fundamental notion of self-acceptance.

It does not matter whether you have religion or are an agnostic believe in nothing, You can only appreciate (without knowing or understanding) the mysteries of life.

Religion and philosophy have their value, but in the end all we can do is open to mystery and live a path with heart

Have respect for yourself, and patience and compassion. With these, you can handle anything.

Compassion for ourselves gives rise to the power to transform resentment into forgiveness, hatred into friendliness, and fear into respect for all beings.

With mindfulness, we are learning to observe in a new way, with balance and a powerful disidentification.