I think let's start with, I mean, were there moments you wanted to quit? We all have moments when we want to quit where it seems like it's just impossible to keep going and I'm sure you had many of those moments. Oh, I did. I remember I got malaria, which was reasonably common in those forests, and I was lying on the floor of my hut - a tiny little hut in the forest with a tin roof and quite wretched. And he smiled that I just felt this transmission of somebody who'd lived in the jungle for years with malaria and tigers and things like that saying, Hey, go for it.
Author and Buddhist practitioner Jack Kornfield sits down for a candid, in-depth interview to help you suppress self-doubt and find inner calm. Calling on decades of experience as one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West, Kornfield offers valuable insights into how to best deal with conflict and stress in your life and how to handle harmful outside influences in healthy, constructive ways. Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India and Burma. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974, co-founding the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Mass., and the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California. His books have been translated into 20 languages and sold over a million copies.
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