Wise Heart A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology

Name: Wise Heart A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology
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ISBN: 9780553382334

ISBN-10: 0553382330

ISBN-13: 9780553382334

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Authors: Jack Kornfield

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You have within you unlimited capacities for love, for joy, for communion with life, and for unshakable freedomand here is how to awaken them. InThe Wise Heart, one of the leading spiritual teachers of our time offers the most accessible and illuminating guide to Buddhism's transformational psychology ever published in the West. Trained as a monk in Thailand, Burma, and India, Jack Kornfield experienced at first hand the life-changing power of Buddhist teachings: the emphasis on the nobility and sacredness of the human spirit, the fine-grained analysis of emotion and thought, the precise techniques for healing, training, and transforming the mind and heart. In contrast to the medical…

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List price: $22.00
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/19/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.16" long x 0.93" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Jack Kornfield was trained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand, Burma, and India and has taught around the world since 1974. He also holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. He is a co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society and of the Spirit Rock Center. He lives in northern California.



Introduction


Who Are You Really?


Nobility: Our Original Goodness


Holding the World in Kindness: A Psychology of Compassion


Who Looks in the Mirror? The Nature of Consciousness


The Colorings of Consciousness


The Mysterious Illusion of Self


From the Universal to the Personal: A Psychology of Paradox


Mindfulness: The Great Medicine


The Liberating Power of Mindfulness


This Precious Human Body


The River of Feelings


The Storytelling Mind


The Ancient Unconscious


Transforming The Roots Of Suffering


Buddhist Personality Types


The Transformation of Desire into Abundance


Beyond Hatred to a Non-Contentious Heart


From Delusion to Wisdom: Awakening from the Dream


Finding Freedom


Suffering and Letting Go


The Compass of the Heart: Intention and Karma


Sacred Vision: Imagination, Ritual, and Refuge


Behaviorism with Heart: Buddhist Cognitive Training


Concentration and the Mystical Dimensions of Mind


Embodying The Wise Heart


A Psychology of Virtue, Redemption, and Forgiveness


The Bodhisattva: Tending the World


The Wisdom of the Middle Way


The Awakened Heart


Related Readings


Permissions


Acknowledgments


Index