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Choosing compassion : how to be of benefit in a world that needs our love / Anam Thubten.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Shambhala, 2019Edition: First editionDescription: viii, 131 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781611807271
  • 1611807271
Subject(s):
Contents:
Circle of love -- Stop, pause, and open your heart -- One family -- The one you feed -- Widening the circle of love and compassion -- Be the lamp -- Walking in beauty -- Humility, surrender, and devotion -- A simple mudra -- Going beyond self-image -- Invoking peace -- Thank you to life -- Our heart already knows -- Countless blessings -- The ultimate awakening.
Summary: "We see so much pain and injustice in the world--from racial discrimination to environmental degradation. How can we make a positive difference? Beloved Buddhist teacher Anam Thubten invites us to deepen our practice of compassion. Through personal practices that expand our awareness of connectedness with the world, we will be able to act with courage for the benefit of all. With characteristic warmth, Anam Thubten shares reflections, meditations, and practices that any reader--whether Buddhist or not--can embrace. He writes, "If our hearts are open and we can bear witness to the suffering around us, we will be able to act from that and help relieve suffering in whatever small or big ways we can. It will not be insignificant, and our compassion will include all beings no matter how small they are. Each compassionate act will change us and will expand our boundaries and show us what transcendence means. Then, we will begin more and more to lose the feeling that we are separate from everybody else. In this way, we can widen the circle of love."-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 294.3567 T532 Available 33111009690880
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Beloved Tibetan Buddhist teacher Anam Thubten shares how, by cultivating our practice of compassion, we can open our hearts and benefit the world.

We see so much pain and injustice in the world-how can we make a positive difference? Beloved teacher Anam Thubten invites us to deepen our compassion. Through practices that open our hearts and expand our awareness of connectedness with the world, we will be able to act with courage for the benefit of all.

"We see so much pain and injustice in the world--from racial discrimination to environmental degradation. How can we make a positive difference? Beloved Buddhist teacher Anam Thubten invites us to deepen our practice of compassion. Through personal practices that expand our awareness of connectedness with the world, we will be able to act with courage for the benefit of all. With characteristic warmth, Anam Thubten shares reflections, meditations, and practices that any reader--whether Buddhist or not--can embrace. He writes, "If our hearts are open and we can bear witness to the suffering around us, we will be able to act from that and help relieve suffering in whatever small or big ways we can. It will not be insignificant, and our compassion will include all beings no matter how small they are. Each compassionate act will change us and will expand our boundaries and show us what transcendence means. Then, we will begin more and more to lose the feeling that we are separate from everybody else. In this way, we can widen the circle of love."-- Provided by publisher.

Circle of love -- Stop, pause, and open your heart -- One family -- The one you feed -- Widening the circle of love and compassion -- Be the lamp -- Walking in beauty -- Humility, surrender, and devotion -- A simple mudra -- Going beyond self-image -- Invoking peace -- Thank you to life -- Our heart already knows -- Countless blessings -- The ultimate awakening.

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