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| The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology | 
 enlarge | Creator: Jack Kornfield
Publisher: Sounds True
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 73260
Format: Abridged
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Abridged
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Dimensions (in): 5.19999980927 x 5.09999990463 x 1.09999990463
ISBN: 1591796156
Dewey Decimal Number: 294.3422
EAN: 9781591796152
ASIN: 1591796156
Publication Date: January 19, 2008
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There's much more to psychology than we know in the West. A vast range of new possibilities, teaches Jack Kornfield, are found in the teachings of the Buddha, who pointed us toward a vision of radiant human dignity shared by all. On The Heart of Buddhist Psychology, this celebrated author and psychologist shows listeners how specific Buddhist insights and practices can go beyond "self-improvement" efforts--and lead us to unconditional freedom and joy as discovered by the Buddha. In the moving style of his bestseller A Path with Heart (Bantam, 1993), The Heart of Buddhist Psychology invites listeners to discover: * A psychology of love and compassion * Buddhist personality types and the methods for transcending the illusion of self * "Behaviorism with heart": Buddhist cognitive training * Interdependence and our individual responsibility to "tend the world" "A wise psychology teaches us how to love ourselves and others without prerequisites, in spite of the difficulties of life," explains Jack Kornfield. "Seeing with the eyes of love reveals the secret beauty of all those around us." Join this trusted voice to experience the transformational power of Buddhism's essential strategies for enlightened living. Abridged book-on-tape read by the author.
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Timeless wisdom made accessible May 1, 2008
97 out of 105 found this review helpful
This wonderful book makes the timeless teachings of Buddhist psychology explicable and accessible to all.
With explanations and exercises that are not culture specific and with a healthy helping of Jack's great stories that further illuminate the psychological wisdom of the Buddha, this book opens the deep understandings of Buddhist thought for all to use for their own benefit and for the benefit of all beings.
As the Dalai Lama says, "Buddhism isn't a religion. It is a science of mind"
and IMHO, a science of mind that can help bring healing to our own lives and to our wounded world.
Count on Jack Kornfield for Balanced Wisdom May 9, 2008
50 out of 56 found this review helpful
There's an irony that at times Buddhists can become stuck in ideology, clinging to their ideas of what they believe the Buddha intended as THE right way. Jack Kornfield avoids this. He has the soft touch, open heart and discerning wisdom that comes from his own struggles and decades of meditation, practicing therapy, and teaching. He knows there is no such thing as a formula for happiness. Kornfield generously quotes from a wide range of thinkers, mystics and disciplines, knowing Buddhists don't have a lock on insight.
Still, Kornfield is steeped in and dedicated to Buddhist practices; his goal is to transmit what may at times be difficult to discern insights from Buddhist psychology to a wide audience. As he writes:
"At this moment, a winter rainstorm is drenching my simple writer's cabin in the woods above Spirit Rock.On my desk are classic texts from many of the major historic schools of Buddhism: the Comprehensive Manual of Abhidhamma, the eight-thousand-verse "large version" of the Heart Sutra, with its teachings on form and emptiness, and a Tibetan text on consciousness by Longchenpa.
Over time, I have learned to treasure these texts and know that they are filled with jewels of wisdom. Yet the Abhidhamma (or Abhidharma in Sanskrit), considered the masterwork of the early Theravada tradition and the ultimate compendium of Buddhist psychology, is also one of the most impenetrable books ever written. What are we to make of passages such as, "The inseparable material phenomena constitute the pure octad; leading to the dodecad of bodily intimation and the lightness triad; all as material groups originating from consciousness"? And the Heart Sutra, revered as a sacred text of Mahayana Buddhism in India, China, and Japan, can sound like a mixture of fantastical mythology and nearly indecipherable Zen puzzles. In the same way, for most readers, analyzing the biochemistry of a lifesaving drug might be as easy as deciphering some of Longchenpa's teachings on self-existent empty primal cognition."
Happily, Kornfield succeeds at making the translation from traditional Buddhist texts accessible to everyone--from clinicians to those new to Buddhism. For those who are familiar with his previous books, they won't find this surprising.
Look at existence naked May 26, 2008
20 out of 26 found this review helpful
It is not often that the heart of the sun speaks. Why would it when it could just gaze in wonder at the extraordinary splendor and pure magic of its own being ... and look at existence naked.
Jack must have twisted the Buddha's arm to have gotten the Sky to spill all these grand goods. I think I will start meditating more, it sure seemed to work for JK.
I hope this exceptional book becomes required reading in many classrooms around the world. I bet that would make the gods happy.
Daniel Ladinsky
an international best-selling Penguin author of poetry
26 Gems of Psychotherapeutic Wisdom June 10, 2008
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
Jack Kornfield richly expounds on 26 principles of Buddhist psychology.
The first of these is: "See the inner nobility and beauty of all human beings" and the 26th being: "A peaceful heart gives birth to love. When love meets suffering it turns to compassion. When love meets suffering it turns to joy."
Jack Kornfield provides the reader with a philosophical discussion of each principle and the basis of it in the Buddha's teachings. These principle are demonstrated with numerous cases from Jack Kornfield's many years of practice. Several of these are followed by practices and practical exercises, such as loving-kindness meditations.
Buddhist teachings, which as the Dalai Lama describes as "a science of mind", have had a profound influence on modern cognitive behavioral psychotherapy. Neuroscience and evidence-based research increasingly validates the efficacy of Buddhist practices, such as mindfulness and forgiveness for mental health, happiness and well-being. This accessible guidebook will be of interest to any one who is interested not only in self-help, or clinical psychotherapy, but in better understanding the rich Buddhist traditions and ideas behind them.
The Wise Author June 18, 2008
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful meditation companion and history book rolled into one. Jack Kornfield compares and contrasts Buddhist and Western pyschology while giving a wealth of stories of meditations benefits and a guide to practice.
I read several of Jack's previous books and always find his writing style easy and understandable. Probably not the best book for someone just starting their path of meditation, I'd recommend "A Path with Heart" for that, but this is a good book for someone with a few years of practice under their belt who wants to have a deeper understanding of their practice.
Highly recommended.
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