Home Books A Path with Heart
A Path with Heart cover
Book · recommended on 4 episodes

A Path with Heart

Jack Kornfield ISBN 1564555577

Find it on Amazon

Affiliate link — we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

This book by Jack Kornfield has come up 4 times on Tim Ferriss. One of those mentions was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Jack Kornfield, Tim Ferriss, Willoughby Britton. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2022-06-22 and the most recent from 2024-07-03. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.

Every time it came up

Guest's own workTim Ferriss

Elizabeth Gilbert and Jack Kornfield

“then you could look at one of my bigger books like a path with heart or the wise heart the guide to the principles of Buddhist psychology”— Jack Kornfield

The guest here is Elizabeth Gilbert and Jack Kornfield: Elizabeth Gilbert is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, Big Magic, and City of Girls. Jack Kornfield is a founding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock, one of the key figures who brought mindfulness practice to the West and author of 16 books. A 10th-anniversary super-combo episode pairing Elizabeth Gilbert on grief, intuition, and saying no with Jack Kornfield on meditation and compassion.

02:55:092024-07-03
RecommendedTim Ferriss

The Hidden Risks of Meditation — Dr. Willoughby Britton | The Tim Ferriss Show

“that became my Bible for the next, probably, decade”
“my dad sent me A Path with Heart by Jack Kornfield, and that became my Bible for the next, probably, decade”— Willoughby Britton

The guest here is Dr. Willoughby Britton: Clinical psychologist and associate professor of psychiatry at Brown University Medical School, director of Brown's Clinical and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory, and founder of Cheetah House, a nonprofit supporting meditators in distress. Best known for research on meditation's adverse effects. Neuroscientist Willoughby Britton explains how meditation can backfire, the symptoms it triggers, and how to practice and recover safely.

00:03:132023-11-22
Guest's own workTim Ferriss

Jack Kornfield - How to Reduce Anxiety and Polish the Lens of Consciousness | The Tim Ferriss Show

“the wise heart a guide to the universal teachings of Buddhist psychology a path with heart after the Ecstasy in the laundry”— Tim Ferriss

The guest here is Jack Kornfield: Buddhist teacher and former monk trained in Thailand, India, and Burma; co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock Center; author of many books on mindfulness; co-founder of Cloud Sangha. Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield on reducing anxiety, the nature of consciousness, love over enlightenment, and finding community.

00:06:452023-07-31
Guest's own workTim Ferriss

Jack Kornfield — How to Overcome Apathy and Find Beautiful Purpose

“They include The Wise Heart, subtitle, A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology; A Path with Heart”— Tim Ferriss

The guest here is Jack Kornfield: Buddhist teacher trained as a monk in Thailand, India, and Burma; co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock Center; holds a PhD in clinical psychology and helped introduce mindfulness practice to the West. Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield guides Tim Ferriss through working with anger, hypervigilance, despair, death, and cultivating joy.

00:02:482022-06-22