The Living Masters/Jack Kornfield
Jack Kornfield, 2005
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The Living Masters

Jack Kornfield

Theravada·Thai Forest (Ajahn Chah) · Burmese-Indian vipassana
Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Woodacre, California
Born1945, Pennsylvania
Ordained
LanguagesEnglish · Thai
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Life and lineage

Jack Kornfield is the co-founder of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California and one of the principal architects of the Western Insight movement. Trained as a monk under Ajahn Chah and a clinical psychologist by training, he was the first major teacher to bring the conversation between Buddhist practice and Western psychotherapy into mainstream view. A Path with Heart is among the best-selling Western dharma books of the modern era.

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A Path with HeartBantam
1993
After the Ecstasy, the LaundryBantam
2000
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