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A fearless heart : how the courage to be compassionate can transform our lives / Thupten Jinpa.

by Thupten Jinpa.

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Hudson Street Press, 2015.

Compassion -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.

Mind and body -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.

Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.

9781594632624 (hc.)

1594632626 (hc.)

xxx, 256 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-256).

"The Buddhist practice of mindfulness caught on in the west when we began to understand the everyday, personal benefits it brought us. Now, thought leader and longtime English translator of His Holiness the Dalai Lama shows us that compassion can bring us even more. Based on the course in compassion training Jinpa helped create at Stanford Medical School, this book shows us that we actually fear compassion. We worry that if we are too compassionate with others we will be taken advantage of, and if we are too compassionate with ourselves we will turn into slackers. Using science, insights from both classical Buddhist and western psychology, and stories both from others and from his own extraordinary life, Jinpa shows us how to train our compassion muscle to relieve stress, fight depression, improve our health, achieve our goals, and change our world. Practical, spiritual, and immediately relevant."--Provided by publisher.

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