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BOUNDLESS HEART: The Cultivation of the Four Immeasurables

by B. Alan Wallace, ed. by Zara Houshmand

The cultivation of the Four Immeasurables, or "divine abidings," is a core practice of early Buddhism and an invaluable complement to insight meditation. "Citta" refers to both the heart and mind, and their integrated cultivation is crucial to balanced spiritual practice. Developing these four qualities of loving kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity is the indispensable foundation for realizing bodhicitta, the spirit of awakening that animates the Bodhisattva way of life and inspires Vajrayana practice as a whole. Alan Wallace draws on early Buddhist sources and contemporary oral tradition to present accessible meditations on the four immeasurables, together with instructions on meditative quiescence. These teachings were originally offered during a group retreat and includes lively discussions with the participants.

"Well worth reading for its thorough treatment of mindfulness of breathing and loving-kindness meditations."--Dharma Life

"Inspiring."--John Tigue, Ph.D., for Explorations

"This unique combination of traditional Buddhist knowledge and modern psychology allows the author to present teachings of the Four Immeasurables and instruction on quiescence in the most appreciable way." "I really enjoyed this book thanks to its unique style of presentation, which is very vivid, on the one hand, and absolutely analytic and profound, on the other hand. Discussions with hearers (readers) make the book even more interesting for everybody who world like to cultivate Boundless Heart. -- Alexander Fedotoff for Tibet Journal

"These four immeasurables are underlying essentials on the path of freedom. Any person on a spiritual path, Buddhist or not, will find in this book fresh, practical insights for "cultivating a boundless heart. A thought-provoking, useful, encouraging read."--Foreword Magazine

Alan Wallace is the president of the Santa Barbara Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Consciousness (http://sbinstitute.com).

For more information on Alan, visit his website at http://www.alanwallace.org.



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