A Fearless Heart - by Thupten Jinpa (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"The Buddhist practice of mindfulness caught on in the west when we began to understand the everyday, personal benefits it brought us. Now, in this extraordinary book, the highly acclaimed thought leader and longtime English translator of His Holiness the Dalai Lama shows us that compassion can bring us even more. Based on the landmark course in compassion training Jinpa helped create at Stanford Medical School, A Fearless Heart shows us that we actually fear compassion. We worry that if we are too compassionate with others we will be taken advantage of, and if we are too compassionate with ourselves we will turn into slackers. Using science, insights from both classical Buddhist and western psychology, and stories both from others and from his own extraordinary life, Jinpa shows us how to train our compassion muscle to relieve stress, fight depression, improve our health, achieve our goals, and change our world. Practical, spiritual, and immediately relevant, A Fearless Heart will speak to readers of The Art of Happiness and Wherever You Go, There You Are"--Provided by publisher.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The highly acclaimed thought leader and English translator of the Dalai Lama shows us how compassion works as a powerful inner resource that can yield surprising and compelling benefits--not just for others, but for ourselves.</b> <p/> The Buddhist practice of mindfulness first caught on in the West when we began to understand its many practical benefits. Now Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D., introduces a practice with even greater life-changing power: compassion. Based on the revolutionary course in Compassion Cultivation Training at Stanford that Jinpa helped to create, <i>A Fearless Heart </i>shows us that compassion can be a path through suffering, a key to robust health, and even an effective way to reach our goals. <p/> Yet we fear compassion. We worry that if we are too compassionate with others, they will take advantage of us, and too much self-compassion will make us slackers. Pulling from the latest Western research as well as traditional Buddhist psychology, Jinpa offers simple daily practices that will help readers train their compassion muscle for a greater meaning, connection, and fulfillment.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"An inspirational read that not only demonstrates the power of compassion, but also reveals how kindness and self-compassion are within our reach."<br><b>--Kelly McGonigal, author, <i>The Upside of Stress</i> and <i>The Willpower Instinct</i></b> <p/> "Embracing compassion enables us to step into our own natural capacity for creativity and empathy. I highly recommend this extraordinary book and this path to anyone who seeks to have more meaningful connections to people and the world." <br><b>--David Kelley, Founder of IDEO, co-author, <i>Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All</i></b> <p/> "<i>A Fearless Heart </i>is a rare book that shows how the meeting of contemplative insights and practices with modern science can lead to offerings that are beneficial for everyone interested in deeper personal spiritual transformation. The book shows how such practices can have positive impact in our daily lives. I applaud my long-time English translator Thupten Jinpa for writing this timely book on compassion and its cultivation." <br><b>--His Holiness the Dalai Lama</b> <p/> "I love Jinpa's sense of the practical, of bringing compassion down from the pedestal of high ideals and into the messy reality that is every day human life. <i>A Fearless Heart</i> may prove to be one of the important books of these difficult times." <br><b>--Richard Gere</b> <p/> Brilliantly clear and heartfelt, a potentially life changing work offering inspiring training. <i>A Fearless Heart</i> is personally moving, eminently practical and visionary in scope.<br> <b>--Jack Kornfield, author, <i>The Wise Heart </i><br> </b> <br> "Jinpa shows why compassion is not a given within some yet not possible for others, but rather is a quality of the heart that we all can cultivate and expand. If we do that, our lives transform, our families and relationships transform, and our world transforms." <br><b>--Sharon Salzberg, author of <i>Loving Kindness</i> and <i>Real Happiness</i><br> </b><i> </i><br> "Firmly grounded in the latest scientific studies, and hugely invitational and convincing in its inspiration, its reasoning, its heartfulness, and its guidance in a broad range of powerful practices, A<i> Fearless Heart </i>is the bravest, clearest, and most engaging book I know on why we need to<i> cultivate</i> compassion, and on how to bring it more widely and deeply into our lives and into the world." <b>--Jon Kabat-Zinn Founder of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction; Author of <i>Full Catastrophe Living</i></b><br> <i> </i><br> "Thupten Jinpa speaks from his expertise as a monk turned family man, and a topflight scholar, who draws on his remarkable background and range of knowledge to offer each one of us a practical tool kit for becoming a better human being. <i>A Fearless Heart</i> can help anyone nurture the compassion that lies within every heart."<br> <b>--Daniel Goleman, author, <i>Emotional Intelligence</i><br> </b> <br> "Part autobiography, part a training manual for a wholesome life and part a beautiful tapestry woven between ancient Buddhist thought and modern science, this book has something for everyone. At its fundamental core, it makes the case for why compassion is so essential for the modern world and offers detailed helpful advice on how it can be cultivated."<br> <b>--Richard J. Davidson, co-author, <i>The Emotional Life of Your Brain</i>, Founder, Center for Investigating Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison</b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Thupten Jinpa</b> is a former monk and holds a Ph.D. from Cambridge University, where he also worked as a research fellow. Jinpa has been the principal English translator to H. H. the Dalai Lama for more than twenty-five years and has translated and edited numerous books by the Dalai Lama. Jinpa is an adjunct professor at the Faculty of Religious Studies at McGill University, Montreal, and Chairman of the Mind and Life Institute, which is dedicated to promoting dialogues and collaborations between the sciences and contemplative knowledge, especially Buddhism.
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