Jack Kornfield,Ph.D. is a meditation teacher,author,and psychotherapist. After returning in 1972 from Asia,where he lived as a Buddhist monk for five years,Jack Kornfield cofounded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre,Massachusetts,and obtained a doctorate in clinical psychology. His books include A Path with Heart; Seeking the Heart of Wisdom (with Joseph Goldstein); and Stories of the Spirit,Stories of the Heart (with Christina Feldman). Dr. Kornfield currently lives with his wife and daughter near California's Spirit Rock Center,where he is a guiding teacher.
