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Jack Kornfield
Jack Kornfield is a renowned American author, psychotherapist and teacher of Vipassana meditation who has done much to bring Buddhism to Western audiences. After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1967, he joined the Peace Corps and was assigned to the public health service in northeast Thailand, home to some of the world's oldest Buddhist forest monasteries. There he trained as a Buddhist monk under the master Ajahn Chah, who became his teacher for many years; he later also studied with Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma. He holds a PhD in clinical psychology from the Saybrook Institute.
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Since 1974 he has taught meditation around the world and is one of the key teachers who introduced Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. In 1975 he co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein, and in 1987 he co-founded Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California, where he now lives and teaches. Jack has worked as a peacemaker and activist, led trainings for teachers and hosted international gatherings of Buddhist teachers, including the Dalai Lama.
His books include “Seeking the Heart of Wisdom,” “Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart” (1991), the national bestseller “A Path with Heart” (1993), “After the Ecstasy, the Laundry” (2001) and “The Wise Heart” (2008), along with many audio recordings on meditation and the Dharma.

Website: https://jackkornfield.com/
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