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          Integrating Buddhist practices with western psychology is vital, Jack Kornfield says, because the latter is traditionally pathology-oriented whereas....

          Jack Kornfield

          American writer and Buddhist teacher

          Jack Kornfield

          Jack Kornfield, 2005

          TitleVipassana Meditation Teacher
          Born1945 (age 79–80)

          U.S.

          SpouseLiana Kornfield (first wife, divorced), Trudy Goodman (current wife)
          ReligionBuddhism
          SchoolTheravada
          Websitejackkornfield.com

          Jack Kornfield (born 1945) is an American writer and teacher in the Vipassana movement in American Theravada Buddhism.[1] He trained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, Burma and India,[2] first as a student of the Thai forest master Ajahn Chah and Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma.

          Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India and Burma.

        1. Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India and Burma.
        2. Would you like to find out how you may experience more well-being in your life?
        3. Integrating Buddhist practices with western psychology is vital, Jack Kornfield says, because the latter is traditionally pathology-oriented whereas.
        4. Also in New York City in October, Omega hosted.
        5. He completed a four-year teacher training at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and the Insight Meditation Society led by Jack Kornfield.

          6. He has taught mindfulness meditation worldwide since 1974. In 1975, he co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein, and subsequently[clarification needed] in 1987, Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California.

          Kornfield has worked as a peacemaker and activist, organized teache