Jack Kornfield

This insightful, easy-to-read handbook offers a non-traditional perspective on meditation. Written primarily for American insight meditation students, it delivers the Buddha's essential teachings clearly, straightforwardly, and without spiritual jargon, and helps make sense of practices often laden with traditional terminology. Practical explanations of the meditation process, its benefits and applicability to daily life, and warmly humorous advice and encouragement give new practitioners the help necessary to continue practicing meditation on a regular basis.

This biography of one of the few women in her generation to devote herself entirely to the pursuit of meditation also includes Dipa Ma's spiritual teachings, which have made her a major figure in contemporary Buddhism.

In seiner gewohnt offenen Art legt der Meditationslehrer und Bestsellerautor Jack Kornfield hier eine Anleitung zur Meditation vor. Unabhängig von Konfession oder Glauben erlaubt sie dem interessierten Leser, Schritt für Schritt innere Klarheit und Gelassenheit zu entwickeln ? Qualitäten, die bei der Meisterung unseres hektischen Alltags von unschätzbarem Vorteil sind. Ohne jeden Hang zur Mystifizierung beschreibt Kornfield in einfachen Worten, wie wir uns auf dem Königsweg der Meditation von zwanghaften Reaktionen befreien und Stück für Stück Glück und inneren Frieden gewinnen. Die beigefügte CD enthält sechs geführte Meditationen, die den Stufenweg des Buches begleiten.

Weisheitsgeschichten aus aller Welt - erzählt von zwei der bekanntesten westlichen Meditationslehrer. Aus gutem Grund vermitteln die großen Weisheitslehrer dieser Welt ihre tiefsten Einsichten in Form von Geschichten. Von leichter Hand erzählt, vermögen sie uns in den Alltag zu begleiten und sich so zutiefst in unsere Erinnerung einzugraben. Dies umso mehr, wenn sie mit einer derart humorvollen Leichtigkeit erzählt werden, wie es Jack Kornfield und Christina Feldman in Geschichten, die der Seele gut tun gelingt. Eine belebende Sammlung tiefgründiger Geschichten aus der Tradition des Christentums, des Zen, der Sufis, der Indianer und der chassidischen Tradition. Geschichten, die uns zeigen, dass Weisheiten und Wahrheiten religionsunabhängig sind und für jeden Bedeutung haben, der sie liest und versteht. Das ideale Buch für den Nachttisch, ein Wegbegleiter und ein idealer Geschenktipp.

Perhaps the most important book yet written on meditation, the process of inner transformation, and the integration of spiritual practice into our Western way of life, A Path With Heart brings alive the possibilities of inner peace, wholeness and the achievement of happiness.

Chah offers a thorough exploration of Theravadan Buddhism in a gentle, sometimes humorous, style that makes the reader feel as though he or she is being entertained by a story. He emphasizes the path to freedom from emotional and psychological suffering and provides insight into the fact that taking ourselves seriously causes unnecessary hardship. Ajahn Chah influenced a generation of Western teachers: Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg, Sylvia Boorstein, Joseph Goldstein, and many other Western Buddhist teachers were at one time his students. Anyone who has attended a retreat led by one of these teachers, or read one of their books, will be familiar with this master's name and reputation as one of the great Buddhist teachers of this century.

“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 the ecstasy—we are faced with the day—to-day task of translating that freedom into our imperfect lives. We are faced with the laundry.Drawing on the experiences and insights of leaders and practitioners within the Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Hindu, and Sufi traditions, this book offers a uniquely intimate and honest understanding of how the modern spiritual journey unfolds—and how we can prepare our hearts for awakening.

Drawing on discussions with abbots, lamas and Western meditation masters, Kornfield describes with refreshing honesty their different experiences of the moment of enlightenment and what life lessons they - and we - can learn from these - as each of us seeks to fulfil the true path of compassion on earth.

Just as the serene beauty of the lotus blossom grows out of muddy water, Buddha's simple instructions have helped people to find wholeness and peace amid life's crisis and distractions for more than 2,500 years. For this small handbook, a well-known American Buddhist teacher and psychologist has distilled and adapted an ancient teaching for the needs of contemporary life. Its practical reminders and six meditations can infuse smallest everyday action with insight and joy.

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 wisdom, verses from Tibetan masters on the enlightened mind, and songs in praise of meditation by Zen teachers. The book also includes traditional instruction on how to practice sitting meditation, cultivate calm awareness, and live with compassion. Jack Kornfield, one of the most respected American Buddhist teachers, has compiled these teachings to impart the essence and inspiration of Buddhism to readers of all spiritual traditions.

A guide to reconciling Buddhist spirituality with the American way of life addresses the challenges of spiritual living in the modern world and offers guidance for bringing a sense of the sacred to everyday experience