Jack Kornfield Quotes

Acceptance is not passivity. It is a courageous step in the process of transformation.

~ Jack Kornfield

The words of the Buddha offer this truth: ∼ Hatred never ceases by hatred but by love alone is healed.

~ Jack Kornfield

The path of awakening begins with a step the Buddha called right understanding.

~ Jack Kornfield

Built on the foundation of concentration is the third aspect of the Buddha’s path of awakening: clarity of vision and the development of wisdom.

~ 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.

~ Jack Kornfield