# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jack-kornfield
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:26:07.238Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/jack-kornfield"
name: "Jack Kornfield"
slug: "jack-kornfield"
description: "Jack Kornfield is an American psychologist, writer, and teacher in the Vipassana movement in American Theravada Buddhism. He trained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, Burma and India, first as a student of the Thai forest master Ajahn Chah and Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma. He has taught mindfulness meditation worldwide since 1974. In 1975, he co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein, and subsequently in 1987, Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California. Kornfield has worked as a peacemaker and activist, organized teacher training, and led international gatherings of Buddhist teachers including the Dalai Lama."
tagline: "American writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jack_Kornfield.jpg?width=1200"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1945-07-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump