Boundless heart : the Buddha's path of kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity

by Christina Feldman

Paperback, 2017

Publication

Imprint: Boulder, Colorado : Shambhala Publications, Inc., 2017. Responsibility: Christina Feldman. OCLC Number: 951753835. Physical: Text : 1 volume : 146 pages ; 22 cm. Features: Includes bibliography.

Call number

Love / Feldm

Barcode

BK-08206

ISBN

9781611803730

Collections

Your library, Adult Materials, Engaged Practices

CSS Library Notes

Description: Detailed instructions from the Buddhist tradition in cultivating mindfulness presented by a prominent Insight Meditation teacher. Compassion, kindness, equanimity, and joy are not only the fruits of the awakened life but also the path to it: attitudes of mind that can be cultivated by anyone willing to set the intention for doing so. Christina Feldman shows how these ennobling qualities?known in Buddhism as the brahma viharas (sublime abodes) or the Four Immeasurables--are far more than simply the "feel-good" states they are sometimes mistaken for. If we pursue them sincerely as spiritual practice, they work together, complementing and enhancing each other, to lead us to the kind of awakening that we are compelled to share with others. Thus through the practice of the brahma viharas we can become participants in the healing and liberation of our world. -- from back cover

Table of Contents:
Introduction: the landscape of embodiment of liberation --
Immeasurable kindness --
Compassion --
Joy --
Equanimity --
Conclusion: an awakened heart and awakened life.

FY2019 /

Physical description

146 p.; 22 cm

Description

The four sublime qualities (brahma viharas) that can be cultivated through practice and lead to a life lived with wisdom and love. Also known as the "four immeasurables," they are metta, karuna, mudita,and uppekha,or kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. Many people are familiar with metta,or lovingkindness, meditation, which has become very popular in the last couple decades. But, according to Christina Feldman, to focus on that quality--delightful as it is--is to leave the practice somewhat unbalanced. The four qualities in fact help and balance each other in a way that enhances them all. Christina presents teachings on the brahma viharas along with simple practices that can lead to a life infused with kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity, and to a way of being that promotes those qualities in the world at large.… (more)