Articles: The Ancient Heart of Forgiveness
By Jack Kornfield | August 23, 2011Jack Kornfield shares extraordinary stories of forgiveness--and explains how the next story could be yours.
Tag: Buddhism
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Videos and Podcasts: The Ancient Heart of Forgiveness
By Jack Kornfield | August 23, 2011Jack Kornfield shares extraordinary stories of forgiveness—and explains how the next story could be yours.
Videos and Podcasts: What Forgiveness Means
By Jack Kornfield | August 21, 2011The acclaimed teacher and author explains that forgiveness isn’t quick, easy, or sentimental. But it’s invaluable for your own well-being.
Videos and Podcasts: Forgive for You
By Jack Kornfield | August 14, 2011Jack Kornfield explains that we should forgive for the sake of our own dignity and fulfillment.
Videos and Podcasts: Forgiveness Meditation
By Jack Kornfield | August 7, 2011The acclaimed author and teacher leads a meditation to practice forgiveness of others and of oneself, and to seek forgiveness.
Videos and Podcasts: 12 Principles of Forgiveness
By Jack Kornfield | August 6, 2011The acclaimed author and teacher explains the principles that are integral to the process of forgiving, according to Buddhist philosophy.
Articles: The Neuroscience of Happiness
By Michael Bergeisen | September 22, 2010Best-selling author Rick Hanson explains how we can rewire our brains for lasting happiness—part of Greater Good's podcast series.
Videos and Podcasts: Rick Hanson on the Neuroscience of Happiness
By The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley | September 22, 2010The best-selling author and psychologist discusses how we can literally re-wire our brains to cultivate positive emotions, inner peace, and lasting happiness.
Videos and Podcasts: Stephen Batchelor on Buddhism and Science
By The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley | August 1, 2010The best-selling Buddhist author discusses the interplay between Buddhism and science, and the need to “re-think Buddhism from the ground up.”
Articles: Rethinking Buddhism
By Michael Bergeisen | July 29, 2010Best-selling Buddhist author Stephen Batchelor discusses the interplay between Buddhism and science—part of Greater Good's podcast series.
Raising Happiness: Rigging Kids’ Brains for Happy Memories
By Christine Carter | May 24, 2010By putting neuroscience into action, we can help our children experience—and remember—more good times than bad.
Articles: Improving Our Lives from the Inside Out: A Review of Buddha’s Brain
By Cjay Roughgarden | November 30, 2009
Articles: A Review: The Wise Heart
By Jill Suttie | Summer 2008The Wise Heart: A guide to the universal teachings of Buddhist Psychology
By Jack Kornfield, Bantam Books, 2008, 448 pages
Articles: Book Review: The Sutras of Abu Ghraib
By Alix Johnson | Winter 2007-08By Aidan Delgado
Beacon Press, 2007, 228 pages
Articles: Research on Buddhist Conceptions of Compassion: An Annotated Bibliography
By Jennifer Goetz | June 1, 2004How do Buddhist and Western notions of compassion differ? Read summaries of research comparing the two traditions.
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