Daily Zen - Friday, November 17

The heart is like a garden;

it can grow compassion or

fear, resentment or love. 

What seeds will you plant?

~ Jack Kornfield

Daily Zen - Tuesday, October 24

There is a sign outside a casino 

in Las Vegas that says, "You must

be present to win." The same is 

true in meditation. If we want to 

see the nature of our lives, we must

actually be present, aware, awake.

~ Jack Kornfield

Daily Zen - Thursday, June 1

May all beings far and near,

all beings young and old, 

beings in every direction,

be held in great loving-kindness.

May they be safe and protected.

May they be healthy and strong.

May they be truly happy.

~ Jack Kornfield

Daily Zen - Friday, March 3

The basic principle of spiritual life

is that our problems become the very

place to discover wisdom and love.

~ Jack Kornfield

Daily Zen - Monday, February 13

No matter how 

difficult the past,

you can always 

begin again today.

~ Jack Kornfield

Daily Zen - Wednesday, January 18

When we get too caught up

in the busyness of the world, 

we lose connection with one

another –– and ourselves.

~ Jack Kornfield

Daily Zen - Monday, December 5

Peace requires us to surrender our illusions 

of control. We can love and care for others,

but we cannot possess our children, lovers, 

family, or friends. We can assist them, 

pray for them, and wish them well, yet in 

the end their happiness and suffering depend 

on their thoughts and actions, not our wishes.

~ Jack Kornfield

Weekend Zen, September 10-11

Everything that has a beginning

has an ending. Make your peace

with that and all will be well. 

~ Jack Kornfield

Weekend Zen, August 6-7

Let go of the battle. 

Breathe quietly, 

and let it be...

Let your heart be soft.

Open to whatever you 

experience without fighting.

~ Jack Kornfield 

Daily Zen - Friday, July 15

No matter how difficult 

the past, you can always

begin again today.

~ Jack Kornfield

Daily Zen - Thursday, April 14

Meditation helps us look deeply at the 

sorrow that exists now in our world, 

and to look at our individual and collective

relationship to it, to bear witness to it, to

acknowledge it instead of running away. 

Without mindfulness and compassion, 

the suffering is too great to bear.

~ Jack Kornfield

Weekend Zen, February 19-20

We must look at ourselves 

over and over again

 in order to learn to love, 

to discover what has

kept our hearts closed,

and what it means 

to allow our hearts to open.

~ Jack Kornfield

Daily Zen - Monday, September 20

The basic principle of spiritual life

is that our problems become the very

place to discover wisdom and love.

~ Jack Kornfield

Daily Zen - Tuesday, March 23

No matter how difficult

the past, you can always

begin again today.

~ Jack Kornfield

Daily Zen - Wednesday, February 24

There is a sign outside a 

casino in Las Vegas that says, 

"You must be present to win." 

The same is true in meditation. 

If we want to see the nature of 

our lives, we must actually

be present, aware, awake.

~ Jack Kornfield

Weekend Zen, December 12-13

The trouble is,

you think you have time.

~ Jack Kornfield

Daily Zen - Tuesday, November 10

No matter how 

difficult the past,

you can always

begin again today.

~ Jack Kornfield 

Daily Zen - Friday, September 13

Everything that has a beginning

has an ending. Make your peace

with that and all will be well.

~ Jack Kornfield

Weekend Zen, July 20-21

Let go of the battle.

Breathe quietly and

let it be. Let your body

relax and your heart soften.

Open to whatever you

experience without fighting.

~ Jack Kornfield

Daily Zen - Tuesday, May 28

Problems, possibilities, joys,

and sorrows come and go like 

clouds in the clear sky of the mind.

~ Jack Kornfield