Jack Kornfield on "Inner Strength and Kindness: Practices for a Wise Life"

A part of Stanford's "Contemplation by Design" week, Jack Kornfield spoke in Stanford Memorial Church on November 10, 2015 about how a wise education includes the heart as well as the mind. It was an evening of stories, trainings and practices intended to foster emotional balance, increase focus, promote wellbeing and reduce stress.
The event was sponsored by the Health Improvement Program, BeWell, Ho Center for Buddhist Studies, Office for Religious Life, Department of Religious Studies.

[@larryprimeau7738]

Kornfield I never listened to him considering him to be typical new age author from marin. I've given up that judgement thankfully. Now I see Jack as an authentic Buddhist teacher. he never hesitates while teaching. IMO that's because he not only is living this for many years..more like he is what he's teaching. that's rare these days.

[@AM-es4mp]

Far from it!

[@erikasmith946]

Nice to be surprised isn't it

[@briangonzales9769]

17:24 Hatred never ceases by hatred, but by love alone is healed. This is the ancient and eternal law.

[@TheWorldTeacher]

Love and hate are either side of the SAME coin. ;)

[@JasonGafar]

It's a beautiful quote, however the actual quote is hatred never ceases by hatred but by non-hatred. This is the ancient and eternal love. That's the actual quote from the Dhammapada. Love isn't mentioned in it. Still, nice saying.

[@user-qp3yo9uz9r]

Brian Gonzales good~

[@ricardomirat7248]

Reverend Eslam opposite of love is FEAR.

[@daithiocinnsealach3173]

@@JasonGafar My version says "For hate is not conquered by hate; hate is conquered by love. This is a law eternal." That could just be a Westernization of the actual saying in the original Pali, as hatred/non hatred sounds far more Buddhist, and hate/love sounds far more Judeo-Christian.

[@chrisossa2022]

God, I so deeply and profoundly respect, and admire this man and his words of wisdom. One of my heroes, actually.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

Me too!

[@RamonaMcKean]

I feel the same way about Jack Kornfield. Tara Brach is very dear too. They are both so kind and generous with their compassionate and wise teachings.

[@TheirIAre]

Same.

[@amyvictoriamcewen3615]

@@RamonaMcKean Yes, I love Tara Brach and her satsang meetings on Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoons. I am finding that I am spending a good amount of time, nearly each day on KZbin, listening to past Buddhist teachings given by Jack Kornfield, and really growing to appreciate his wisdom, his humor and his humanity. Thank goodness for the presentation of these teachings, and those of Tara Brach, on KZbin. Take good care!

[@davidfarrell5607]

@@RamonaMcKean Know

[@lindamilne3166]

Hi I’m Soooooo Excited!! Magic!! Perfect Timing !Lucky 🍀 me!🎉

[@lindamilne3166]

Happy 🎵Love🎵 Joy🎶

[@kevinmiller6674]

Thank you Dr. Jack !☮️❤️🙂

[@khadijahdavies3817]

I could listen to this man for hours. Always a deep sense of peace while I am present with him here. 💕😊

[@lindamilne3166]

Thank You Beautiful Jack Kornfield for Your Love and Kindness.

[@ranjanpatel9344]

Thanks

[@omholmcox]

Thanks so much Jack Kornfield; many cloudy thoughts are gone away since this very moments.

[@carolannerobinson8351]

Jack Kornfield You are a gift

[@SylviateReh]

Wonderful lesson! And so “ Down to Earth!” Humorous and informative. Thank you very much🙏🏼

[@knabbob]

thankyou thankyou so this ************** There is no cure for the human condition ! and yet there is kindness - ____________ blessings

[@prasadmattipally]

This kind of speakers are need for learning human values

[@TheWorldTeacher]

Amazing - no less than NINETEEN persons gave your unintelligible comment a "thumbs-up". :-|

[@orangelo13]

Reverend, why the hostility?

[@c-doga9579]

@@orangelo13 Yes I doubt he's a reverend. A true reverend does not speak like this. Imposter.

[@vicj2141]

Teachers point the way, yes. But it doesn't matter unless we find the same intelligence and wisdom within ourselves to become what was spoken.

[@c-doga9579]

Good speaker. Clear and funny sometimes. Experienced traveler.

[@John83118]

This content is beyond compare. A book I read with a similar theme was irreplaceable. "Rising From Within: Unlocking Your Innate Power to Conquer Adversity" by Vincent Starling

[@claudelebel49]

What is incredibly moving opening story !?

[@lisaho1492]

Thank you. Calming. Just want to clarify...no the church does not say the body is bad(if some do, I am sorry) It is the temple of God to be cared for.

[@Jessica-ih9xd]

Timeless ❤

[@claudelebel49]

If you cannot be with yourself no matter what, how can you possibly be there for anyone else ?

[@AM-es4mp]

BRING MINDFULLNESS TO OUR CHILDREN !! THEYLL GET IT INSYANTLY ! IMAGINE THE BEXT GEN !!

[@wayofspinoza2471]

Jack Kornfield has given us much wisdom; however, there is more. Meditation is great to quiet the mind during meditation, however, it has its limitations. Spinoza, a 17th-century philosopher, gives us a method to strengthen our mind and live in clarity and truth. The power of understanding thyself leads to freedom from childhood trauma, negative emotions and can become a new reality.

[@marjonbisenberger2847]

Thank You Jack Kornfield,you come in.

[@govbop]

Its not about the future of humanity its about the presence of eternity

[@carolinehart1966]

Thank you, Jack. It is always a moving experience to listen to your words of wisdom.

[@sunitabhandari7700]

Very wise advise n in very soft n in peaceful way presented,loved it.

[@TheirIAre]

God help me to be like Jack

[@mrswang1158]

Thank you so much for sharing. This is precious!

[@marianpaintal9334]

Gratitude fills my heart & Mind. May each take away the essence of the need of our being.

[@c-doga9579]

What you said really gave me peace.

[@esterquade]

thank u thank u thank uuuuu !

[@johannesp.3745]

Awesome energy. thumbs up!

[@chenjuan2266]

Not about the future of humanity but the presence of eternity

[@irenamangone]

Thank you and blessings

[@AleksandraGros]

Very inspiring, thank you!

[@daithiocinnsealach3173]

He said that this supreme court justice guy goes on 90% how he feels about something. He said that's humourous. More like terrifying. Our lives are in the hands of men (and women) with immense power who decide our fate based on how they feel about it at the time.

[@edfridovich9707]

Voluntaryism is the evolution of humanity

[@fernandoorozco5968]

Thank you

[@selmo750]

After so long I still suffering some resentment specially towards family. In times of elections this feeling gets stronger due to the fascism going on here for a good amount of time. Resentment towards what I was thought in the school about a certain country in the middle east that I found out did the exact opposite in history...anyway...I wonder what a budhist wiseman would tell me to help me appease, relief from this negative affect.

[@MindfulLifeMindfulWorkInc]

Jack's clarifications around how to live a wise life and practice mindful leadership are welcome additions to the field. Here'e a brief reading that we've done from his book: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6C5eYSFiMyYh5Y

[@Nonahsbeans]

At 40:00 minutes in, guided meditation

[@Nonahsbeans]

At 53:00 minutes guided practice - inner reflection, loving kindness meditation

[@larryprimeau7738]

He's focusing on the same idea as Maharishi concerning modern day education or lack there of. what we have now is killing many young people.

[@selmo750]

I wonder if I could perform the loving kindness meditation for my torturer ... eventually look into his eyes and find a beautiful soul behind it... I'm not being sarcastic and/or ironic here... I'm dam serious. I've been practicing meditation and studying many diferent streams of budhism along the last years and still not found an answer for that. Cause we know that in some cases people doing something realy terrible they are not actually mentally , so to speak, disturbed but on the contrary, they believe they are doing something for the good and well being of their country, family, whatever. And in the same day someone can do something so terrible with another human being, they arrive at home at night and tenderly kiss their kids, wife and dog,,,like a nazi - or any other ideology and denomination at a concentration camp ... So I was thinking aloud while listening to Jack and decided to share this thought. Thanks if you feel like comenting. ( sorry the mistakes cause english is not my native language )

[@mare2947]

Thank you for this Selmo. How very generous of you to have this wish. I grant it. You will find a way.

[@amberc3728]

People who torture are narcissistic or psychopaths. You need to protect yourself,get help and get away if possible. Use your energy for yourself sweetheart...love yourself. ❤

[@daniel-san836]

love sometimes feels like a big old lie. a myth. sometimes for a long time

[@Eflodur]

So stockmarket is the tempel and successful broker have to be mindful. When successful economical leaders are mindful then why is our world such a mess?

[@alisuroor8962]

Moral practice is a right guaranteed in all the laws of humanity that seek to ripen the fruits of actions until they become wise and able to manage all the commands of the word in all internal and external forums without confusion, fear or anxiety from others،whenever we are able to transfer crises to later opportunities and make them tolerant symbiotic standards, all doors for good will open, no matter how the traitors try to close them in the face of the benefactors. There is no planting without the presence of water, as well as all the elements of tolerance must be available and we must be skilled in overcoming the mistakes of the oppressors and transferring them to justice headed by a living conscience before the law of the human condition. If we consciously turn away from life experiences to everything that would form the nucleus of compassion, we will also be able to lead the train of love to the stations of forgiveness and continuity towards building the human being. ALI SUROOR

[@doellt4753]

This a gem of words and wisdom and a delight.

[@lysergiklich8205]

1:49 skips the intro

[@TwoWorldsOfPeace]

51:00

[@janetorres2298]

⁷⁷ the Chamber and they said they had been in Bangor today for a long

[@monaw6484]

Hello’s

[@garypuckettmuse]

Raise your hand if you believe the story from the train . . .

[@oscarinterprises]

27:31

[@bingliu1172]

Just wondering how he thinks of Ang San Suu Kyi today? talking about "icons" does not sound very Buddhist to me.

[@peteradaniel]

He probably greatly disapproves and is disappointed with her leadership as we all are. What’s your point, Bing?

[@alisuroor8962]

O deep wound in the body of martyr literature. Have the wolves of ignorance recovered from your vulnerability, or are they still bent on harming you more?! You unleashed your ewes of spontaneity over the poisonous herb of the treacherous, And you became like the unknown deceased. You have from me the hymns of the wandering song over a jasmine perfume. My eldest teacher I know that the hidden map of your chest carries burdens that your hands did not commit. But the poet's destiny is like a ship that was thrown out by all the ports, and it is destined to remain sailing without rest. I will recline on the sofa of concentration to rest from the weariness of intrepid toil, Let your contemplative teeth devour the fruits of your words I also find it palatable, As long as you are upright, you are not afraid of the wrath of the absurd winds. Alittle brother Ali Suroor

[@kelderecgraugnom8201]

I read one book of him and liked it. But I saw today two videos of him about "meditation in progress" and I was not really impressed. He is not really a good meditationteacher.

[@ramoesgaston9966]

When he said our beloved sage Albert Einstein I lost interest just because he wasn't the father of physics egyptians were. I don't consider him my teacher because I don't have a PHD in science that is not relative and caucasians are in my lineage. An I am a buddhist !!!

[@bigdaddyfilmmaker]

Lost me at ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

[@DavidAKZ]

That's the point.

[@tomc8942]

He seems extremely fidgety and nervous.. constantly picking up the pen for no reason, taking off his watch for no reason, constantly stroking his fingers etc... you'd have thought for someone so experienced he'd be more at ease and still at this point, be interesting to get his insight on to how he's feeling during this talk

[@vicj2141]

I believe many Buddhist teachers would say that there are no guarantees of results of meditation. I have sat with teachers in North America and in temples in Asia, all with different actions, movements, tics, etc. All are teachers that are human, inseparable from the causes and conditions of their births and social context. Also, who knows what is happening there in that auditorium that is affecting the flow of words, and Kornfield's response, as they arise in that moment? All of these may indicate the aliveness of the teachings rather than a memorized, canned speech about a commodified cure-all, as many portray meditation.

[@Peony25001]

He has Parkinson's disease.

[@GnosisMan50]

Jack knows a lot but, to me, he does not go deep enough.

[@c-doga9579]

read the transparency of things....great book

[@JoelFountain]

make your own damn sandwiches

[@doellt4753]

It's impossible for the obvious not to be deep!

[@windigo000]

what a load of bull...

[@psilocybin5675]

+Teresa Joudrey strong reply

[@antonskippy5376]

Adopt your son's murderer; what abject stupidity.

[@stevenbursey9624]

It's profound forgiveness and love, which conquers all.

[@lisaklozenberg6408]

Boring...Thich Naht Hahn is best

[@skrig1987]

I love both of them, they are talking about the same thing in a different way, I think Thay would love Kornfield's talk. I know Thich Nhat Hanh wrote about Jack's The wise heart book (that I relly like just like Thay's books)- "Jack Kornfield is a wonderful storyteller and a great teacher." Peace

[@c-doga9579]

I disagree. I like them both the same.

[@c-doga9579]

@UniworldCityGGaon Well said.