Jack Kornfield
Here is a selection of books from the author Jack Kornfield. We have chosen specific authors, that we feel at spiritualitybookshop.com, warrant a section devoted only to their books.
Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India and Burma. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. He began his training after graduating from Dartmouth College in Asian Studies in 1967.
Then he joined the Peace Corps and was assigned to the Public Health Service in northeast Thailand, which is home to several of the world’s oldest Buddhist forest monasteries. He met and studied under the Buddhist master Ven. Ajahn Chah, as well as the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma. After returning to the United States, Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein.
He is also a founding teacher of the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California, where he currently lives and teaches. Over the years, Jack has taught in centers and universities worldwide, led International Buddhist Teacher meetings with the Dalai Lama and worked with many of the great teachers of our time. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and is a husband, father and an activist.
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After The Ecstasy, The Laundry by Jack Kornfield
$18.00 USD
Synopsis: “Enlightenment does exist,” internationally renowned author and meditation master Jack Kornfield assures us. ” Unbounded freedom and joy, oneness with the divine … these experiences are more common than you know, and not far away.” But even after achieving such realization, after…Read More
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The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace by Jack Kornfield
$15.00 USD
Synopsis: You hold in your hand an invitation: To remember the transforming power of forgiveness and lovingkindness. To remember that no matter where you are and what you face, within your heart peace is possible…Read More
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Buddha’s Little Instruction Book by Jack Kornfield
$11.00 USD
Synopsis: For both the general reader and the spiritual seeker who have tired of the repetitive nature of most self-help books, here is simple advice, gentle guidance, and humor, distilled and adapted for the needs of contemporary life. Just as the serene beauty of the lotus blossom grows out of muddy…Read More
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Meditation For Beginners by Jack Kornfield
$14.95 USD
Synopsis: Meditation for Beginners offers the central training and teachings found in the best Buddhist monasteries translated for western society. Jack Kornfield is perhaps the most gifted meditation teacher in the West. His humor, compassion, clarity and insight make this tape series a…Read More
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A Path With Heart by Jack Kornfield
$18.00 USD
Synopsis: In undertaking a spiritual life, we must make certain that our path is connected with our heart, according to author and Buddhist monk Jack Kornfield. Since 1974 (long before it gained popularity in the 1990s), Kornfield has been teaching westerners how to integrate Eastern teaching into their daily lives. Through generous storytelling…Read More
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Soul Food by Jack Kornfield
$16.99 USD
Synopsis: Jack Kornfield & Christina Feldman serve up a delicious banquet of wise tales from the world’s greatest spiritual guides, including Jesus, the Buddha, Ramakrishna, and the Taoist sages. They offer contemporary readers a feast rich with wisdom and filled with timeless moral and spiritual lessons. Gathering lively and inspiring parables from both Eastern and…Read More
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Teachings of the Buddha by Jack Kornfield
$18.95 USD
Synopsis: This treasury of essential Buddhist writings draws from the most popular Indian, Tibetan, Chinese, and Japanese sources. Among the selections are some of the earliest recorded sayings of the Buddha on the practice of freedom, passages from later Indian scriptures on the perfection of…Read More
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The Wise Heart by Jack Kornfield
$19.99 USD
Synopsis: A leading spiritual teacher offers this illuminating guide to Buddhism’s transformational psychology. Filled with stories from Kornfield’s Buddhist psychotherapy practice, it also includes a moving account of his own recovery from a violence-filled childhood. Experience the Transformational Power of Buddhism’s Psychology of the…Read More
