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The wise heart : a guide to the universal teachings of Buddhist psychology
Title:
The wise heart : a guide to the universal teachings of Buddhist psychology
Author:
Kornfield, Jack, 1945-
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Bantam Books, 2008.
Physical Description:
x, 429 pages ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
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.
ISBN:
9780553803471
Format :
Book