Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are

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We don't have to look to the East for the secrets of awakening-the wisdom and peace we seek is available right here, in our ordinary daily lives If you want to find inner peace and wisdom, you don't need to move to an ashram or monastery. Your life, just as it is, is the perfect place to be. Here Jack Kornfield, one of America's most respected Buddhist teachers, shares this and other key lessons gleaned from more than forty years of committed study and practice.Topics include- .How to cultivate loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity .Conscious parenting .Spirituality and sexuality .The way of forgiveness .Committing ourselves to healing the suffering in the world Bringing Home the Dharma includes simple meditation practices for awakening our buddha nature-our wise and understanding heart-amid the ups and downs of our ordinary daily lives.

Jack Kornfieldis one of the key teachers to have brought Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. He is the cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, and Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California. His books includeAfter the Ecstasy, the Laundry; The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace;Meditation for Beginners;andThe Wise Heart.

"One of Western Buddhism's wise elders, Jack Kornfield harvests a lifetime of experiences to create a masterful, clear, and moving picture of the human mind and heart."-Norman Fischer "Jack Kornfield brings to life a way to understand and cultivate mindfulness, compassion, lovingkindness, and true wisdom that penetrates to the core of what liberation is all about."-Jon Kabat-Zinn