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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 294.3422 EAN: 9780553803471 ISBN: 0553803476 Label: Bantam Manufacturer: Bantam Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 448 Publication Date: April 29, 2008 Publisher: Bantam Release Date: April 29, 2008 Studio: Bantam Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: You have within you unlimited capacities for love, for joy, for communion with life, and for unshakable freedom—and here is how to awaken them. In The 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 orientation of most Western psychology and psychiatry, here is a vision of radiant human dignity, and a practical path for realizing it in our own lives. The Wise Heart is the fruit of a life’s work that includes such classics as A Path with Heart and After the Ecstasy, the Laundry. Filled with stories from Kornfield’s Buddhist psychotherapy practice and portraits of remarkable teachers, it also includes a moving account of his own recovery from a violence-filled childhood. For meditators and mental health professionals, Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike, The Wise Heart offers an extraordinary journey from the roots of consciousness to the highest expression of human possibility. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Very interestingI have read several Buddhist books, and listened to countless Dharma talks, and yet I have learned things in this book that I had never heard of. For example, Buddhist texts on Lucid dreaming, past life visions, Buddhist personality types, and thoughts on the unconscious. While not all of this is relevant to me at this point, it was interesting. The book has great wisdom throughout. Maybe a little too much on the stories, that's why I didn't give 5 stars. Rating: - Wonderfully Inspiring bookThe best buddhist book I read until now! Jack Kornfield writes very nicely, if you have heard him teach you see that is comes from a profound integrity. The book has some proposals for meditations, not even what you would expect, but sometimes more for making you understand what he's trying to tell you: When teaching you shouldn't cling to a "self", he tells you to write down every half hour how strong the feeling of self was related to how well/bad/neutral your feelings were. What accompanied these ... Read More Rating: - I love this book!I first borrowed this book from the library, but now I have to have it! Not only have I personally benefited from the practices recommended, but I have brought them into my psychotherapy sessions to use with clients. As a result, my sessions have quickly gone to a new depth of healing. I am so grateful! Rating: - Wonderful book !I just hope many have enough conditions to read and experience this book. It is the best present I have ever received. Rating:  - Not His Best BookI was disappointed and irked by The Wise Heart. My low rating comes from three sources: (1) Format (2) Content and (3) Peeves. My critical comments and poor rating come with hesitation because I have a a sincere appreciation of Jack Kornfield's work. I hope this book will be re-written. (1) Format. I have been fortunate to attend many Monday nights of Jack's dharma talks at Spirit Rock, and his powers as a presenter are unmatched. Unfortunately, the formula in this book fails to deliver ... Read More 
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