Jack Kornfield
Jack Kornfield (born 1945) is an American writer and teacher in the
Vipassana movement in American
Theravada Buddhism. He trained as a Buddhist
monk in
Thailand,
Burma and
India, first as a student of the Thai forest master
Ajahn Chah and
Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma. 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 in 1987,
Spirit Rock Meditation Center in
Woodacre, California. Kornfield has worked as a peacemaker and activist, organized teacher training, and led international gatherings of Buddhist teachers including the Dalai Lama.
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