Jack Kornfield Quotes about Meditation

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Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.

Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control.

Jack Kornfield

Meditation, Illusion Of Control, Surrender

Twitter post from Jan 26, 2015

If we are engaged in actions that cause pain and conflict to ourselves and others, it is impossible for the mind to become settled, collected, and focused in meditation; it is impossible for the heart to open.

Jack Kornfield

Pain, Heart, Meditation

Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield (2001). “Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation”, p.8, Shambhala Publications

Meditation is a vehicle for opening to the truth of this impermanence on deeper and deeper levels.

Jack Kornfield

Meditation, Levels, Impermanence

Joseph Goldstein, Jack Kornfield (2001). “Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation”, p.26, Shambhala Publications

The best of modern therapy is much like a process of shared meditation, where therapist and client sit together, learning to pay close attention to those aspects and dimensions of the self that the client may be unable to touch on his or her own.

Jack Kornfield

Inspirational, Self, Meditation

Breathing meditation can quiet the mind, open the body, and develop a great power of concentration.

Jack Kornfield

Breathing, Meditation, Mind

Twitter post from Jun 09, 2015

The focusing of attention on the breath is perhaps the most universal of the many hundreds of meditation subjects used worldwide.

Jack Kornfield

Meditation, Attention, Used

Jack Kornfield (2012). “Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are”, p.13, Shambhala Publications

In Buddhist practice, the outward and inward aspects of taking the one seat meet on our meditation cushion.

Jack Kornfield

Buddhist, Practice, Meditation

In sitting on the meditation cushion and assuming the meditation posture, we connect ourselves with the present moment in this body and on this earth.

Jack Kornfield

Meditation, Sitting, Body

Jack Kornfield (2008). “A Path With Heart: The Classic Guide Through The Perils And Promises Of Spiritual Life”, p.35, Random House