#533. A Self-Interested Case for Forgiveness | Jack Kornfield
The allure of resentment, of holding a grudge or nursing your rage can be super powerful.
In today’s episode, Jack Kornfield, one of the great western meditation masters, talks about Buddhist strategies for not holding grudges and the self-interested case for forgiveness. This episode is the first of a two-part series this week on forgiveness.
In this conversation we talk about:
- What forgiveness is and isn’t
- Whether forgiveness is a single act or an ongoing process
- The cost of not forgiving
- A forgiveness practice you can try in your meditation
- Whether it’s possible to respond to the misdeeds and transgressions of others with force and love at the same time
- Whether there are things that are unforgivable
- And Jack’s contention that forgiveness involves a shift in identity
Where to find Jack Kornfield online:
Website: jackkornfield.com
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Books Mentioned:
- No Time Like the Present: Finding Freedom, Love, and Joy Right Where You Are
- After the Ecstasy, the Laundry
Other Resources Mentioned:
- 12 Principles of Forgiveness
- The Uninnocent: Notes on Violence and Mercy by Katharine Blake
- The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu
- Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
- Sebene Selassie
- Alice Walker
- Cloud Sangha
- Sounds True
