Awakening the Mind, Lightening the Heart by His Holiness the Dalai Lama Book

Contents: Editor’s foreword. Introduction. 1. Motive and aspiration. 2. Source and qualities of the instruction. 3. The meditation session. 4. Creating the perspective for practice. 5. The awakening mind. 6. Calling the awakened to witness. 7. Transforming trouble into fortune. 8. The awakening view of reality verses for training the mind.

"Awakening the Mind, Lightening the Heart is His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s gentle and profoundly eloquent instruction for developing the basis of the spiritual path: a compassionate motive.

With extraordinary grace and insight, His Holiness shows how the Tibetan Buddhist teachings on compassion can be practiced in our daily lives through simple meditations that relate to past and present relationships.

This illuminating and highly accessible guide offers techniques for deepening and heightening compassion in our lives and the world around us."