Buddha's Heart: Meditation Practice for Developing Well-being Love and Empathy

An inspiring and healing guide to immersive meditation in the ancient Buddhist heart practices-the brahmavihārasA profound integration of clarity heart and grounded practice.-Rick Hanson PhD psychologist and NYT bestselling author of Buddhas BrainInformed by Snyders experiential understanding and suitable for those at any level of meditation practice Buddhas Heart leads us step-by-step throughtraditional teachings on wholesomeness and concentration meditations to establish a supportive bedrock for our personal discovery;guided heart-opening meditations on loving-kindness compassion empathetic joy and equanimity;further guided practices for deepening awareness including gratitude forgiveness and opening to the Oneness of Reality;exploratory exercises for each meditation practice illuminating the psychological blocks to accessing our deeper natures heart qualities; andembracing mindfulness and warm attunement in everyday life-opening our hearts to the profound depths of reality and the Absolute.Buddhas Heart teaches what seems counterintuitive but is undeniably true: the more we open our hearts the more resilient and flexible we are. And the more authentically vulnerable we are the safer and more protected we become.Stephens original framing of classical Theravada teachings will inspire practitioners to explore unfathomed depths of their own tender hearts.-Karin Meyers PhD Academic Director Mangalam Research Center for Buddhist LanguagesA deep dive into the heart of who we truly are.-Loch Kelly meditation teacher psychotherapist and author of The Way of Effortless MindfulnessBuddhas Heart speaks to meditators at all levels with a grace eloquence and thoroughness seldom found.-Susie Harrington meditation teacher Desert Dharma