The Four Immeasurables: Practices to Open the Heart

by B. Alan Wallace

2021-01-08 06:06:11

An engaging explanation of a fundamental Buddhist practice—including guided exercises and meditations—from a scientist and former Buddhist monkThe Four Immeasurables—the cultivation of loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, an... Read more
An engaging explanation of a fundamental Buddhist practice—including guided exercises and meditations—from a scientist and former Buddhist monkThe Four Immeasurables—the cultivation of loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity—is a rich suite of practices that open the heart, counter the distortions in our relationships to ourselves, and deepen our relationships to others.Alan Wallace presents a unique interweaving of teachings on the Four Immeasurables with instruction on meditative quiescence, or shamatha practice, to empower the mind. This book includes both guided meditations and lively discussions on the implications of these teachings for our life. Less

Book Details

File size8.4 X 5.5 X 0.55 in
Print pages192
PublisherShambhala
Publication date September 16, 2010
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781559393539
B. Alan Wallace is president of the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies. He trained for many years as a monk in Buddhist monasteries in India and Switzerland. He has taught Buddhist theo...

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