Following in the footsteps of two millennia of Buddhist practitioners, author-teacher Joseph Goldstein leads Forest Refuge programs, lengthy retreats in which seekers develop “the practice of awakening.” A Heart Full of Peace distills those teachings into breezy, entertaining lessons on peacefulness and positivity that all readers can learn from and enjoy. Like the songlines that bring sacred aboriginal paths to life, Goldstein’s evocative words bring the concept of metta, or loving kindness, to life for Western readers. Grounded in the basic trainings of body, speech, and mind, this mini-retreat is illuminated by the kind of humor and personal insights that inspire even seasoned travelers, while pithy practice guidelines keep the journey on track.
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JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN has been leading insight and lovingkindness meditation retreats worldwide since 1974. He is a cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society in Massachusetts, where he is one of the resident guiding teachers. In 1989, together with several other teachers and students, he established the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, and later, The Forest Refuge. He lives in Barre, Massachusetts
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Peace is where the rubber hits the road.,
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First, a disclaimer. Joseph Goldstein has been my meditation teacher since 1992. If he wasn't any good, I still wouldn't be practing. I am.
This book is a revision of the Witt lectures which Joseph gave at Harvard, originally entitled "Transforming the Mind, Healing the World". The book is not just a reprint. There are some changes. The book is reorganized around some key concepts which are useful for a discursive reflection about one's own practice. These concepts are radical and wholly transformative. The revisions are towards the end of recognizing the importance of the key concepts. The most important of these concepts is peace. Rather than speak of Enlightenment, Joseph raises the bottom line of our practice and our current world situation-- the absence of peace. Peace is an active moral category in which the tension of a mind out of control, or mostly out of control, is healed. Peace is the ground in which healing arises and the ground or the clearing in which Enlightenment occurs. Peace speaks both to an internal state and a social state. Peace is the practical goal of a mature practice and the measure of its "success." Joseph argues that it is not possible to sincerely and accurately help others without peace. The ageold inner and outer dialectic of "reality" is addressed by saying that peace is worked on concurrently in both realms, i.e. inner and outer, and it is expressed through deeds which are genuinely reflective of lovingkindness. Several well known teachers are quoted in bold face type to underline the points made in these lectures. There are two kinds of "Dharma" books: those which speak to how to practice meditation and those which speak to the values which inform that practice. In that sense this book is a book about what others are calling the "core" values of daily practice. It is a book which is literally a portable Dharma talk and will serve one's practice well. I recommend it without reservation.
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This 110-page little book fits in a man's back pocket, but provides insight of much larger books. Goldstein writes in a very readable style. The book tackles subjects including love, compassion, peace, kindness, happiness, selflessness, mindfulness, and meditation.
It's a light read full of wisdom and interesting quotes from a variety of sources. My favorites are "compassion is a verb" and "some of the worse things in my life never happened." I recommend this book to people who are interested in practicing spirituality and doing rather than just knowing. This is a great little book to spark interest into deeper thought processes. Buy it. You'll like it.
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This small book offers a process for making Buddhist practices a part of your life. You can easily take it with you and dip into it regularly.
Clearly written, it offers what the title suggests: a heart full of peace.
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