A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (880 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0553372114 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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If you only buy one book on Buddhism . let it be "A Path With Heart!" With wise and skillful words, Jack Kornfield is a master of teaching Buddhist practices including insight meditation (known as vipassanna) to Western students for over 20 years. Being a former Buddhist monk with a PHD in psychology, as well as a husband and father, he is able to communicate the pract. "A Manual to Grow With" according to Yours Truly. If you're familiar with Jack Kornfield's work, perhaps you'll find this a great manual for developing a meditative practice. I have been carrying it around with me for over a year, and I still am finding helpful suggestions as things come up. I bought it as a beginner, but I set it aside and came back to it once my practice was mo. Essential reading for Western Buddhist students, or people who are interested. M.E.Anderson I think any Western Buddhist would find this book extremely useful. Jack Kornfield is one of the major figures in the growth of Buddhism in the West. He translates some of the problems students have with the concepts into clear and readable prose.The book also contains meditation topics and advice on dealing with the kinds of emot
A guide to reconciling Buddhist spirituality with the American way of life addresses the challenges of spiritual living in the modern world and offers guidance for bringing a sense of the sacred to everyday experience.
Part of what makes this book so accessible is Kornfield's use of everyday metaphors to describe the elusive lessons of spiritual transformation. Since 1974 (long before it gained popularity in the 1990s), Kornfield has been teaching westerners how to integrate Eastern teaching into their daily lives. --Gail Hudson. Through generous storytelling and unmitigated warmth, Kornfield offers this excellent guidebook on living with attentiveness, meditation, and full-tilt compassion. In undertaking a spiritual life, we must make certain that our path is connected with our heart, according to author and Buddhist monk Jack Kornfield. For example, he opens with "the one seat" lesson taught to him by his esteemed teacher. On a spiritual level it means sticking "with one practice and teacher among all of the possibilities," writes Kornfield; "inwardly
He is founding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society and the Spirit Rock Center and lives with his wife and daughter in northern California. Jack also holds a PhD in clinical psychology. He is one of the key teachers to introduce Theravada Buddhist practice to the West, concentrating on bringing alive the great Eastern spiritual teachings for Western students. . Jack Kornfield was trained as a Buddhist monk in