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Opening the Heart of Compassion: Transform Suffering Through Buddhist Psychology and Practice
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Buddhist insight on transforming personal suffering.
If you're looking to navigate through life's difficulties with a sense of inner peace, this book might just be your guide. It offers a perspective rooted in Buddhist psychology that helps you understand your pain and transform it into compassion. For anyone interested in personal growth or mindfulness, it could be a soothing balm for the soul.
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Opening the Heart of Compassion: Transform Suffering Through Buddhist Psychology and Practice
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ISBN: 9780804819855
Publisher: Tuttle Pub
Date of Publication: 1993-01-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.52
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In this intriguing book, Martin Lowenthal and Lar Short explain how Buddhism uses the practice of compassion as a way to transcend everyday suffering. They present a helpful and friendly introduction to Buddhist teachings on the habitual ways of thinking and feeling which characterize the six realms of experience. They integrate this ancient knowledge with modern psychological insights to guide readers in their quest for freedom from unnecessary pain. Included are many meditative exercises that will help the reader to achieve a greater understanding of self and of others, and to cultivate joy in daily life. This is a remarkable book that presents a path of spiritual development rooted in creative action guided by compassion.
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Buddhist insight on transforming personal suffering.
If you're looking to navigate through life's difficulties with a sense of inner peace, this book might just be your guide. It offers a perspective rooted in Buddhist psychology that helps you understand your pain and transform it into compassion. For anyone interested in personal growth or mindfulness, it could be a soothing balm for the soul.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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