Buddha's Little Instruction Book by Jack Kornfield

Written by a teacher, psychologist, and meditation master of international renown, this warm, inspiring, and expert book touches on a wide range of essential issues including many rarely addressed in spiritual books. And the language he uses is as simple and as lovely as our breath.-Natalie Goldberg Perhaps the most important book yet written on meditation, the process of inner transformation, and the integration of spiritual practice into our American way of life, A Path with Heart brings alive one by one the challenges of spiritual living in the modern world. Jack Kornfield is a wonderful storyteller and a great teacher.-Thich Nhat Hanh Jack is helping to pave the path for American Buddhism, bringing essential basics into our crazy modern lives. Book Synopsis This important guidebook shows in detail and with great humor and insight the way to practice the Buddhas universal teachings here in the West.

You are called upon to witness this pain-in yourself and others-with compassion.About the Book Beloved Western Buddhist master Kornfield makes known his personal, practical wisdom, garnered from 25 years of practicing and teaching the path of awakening, as he guides self-searchers to a simplicity of perception that brings alive spiritual practice, peace, and truth in their daily lives. You and everyone you meet are sharing in some measure of the pain present on the planet. We can see that we are all carrying our own burden of tears.

With mindfulness, our natural compassion grows. Kornfield says, “Just as we are hard on others we are even harder on ourselves. It’s essential to be mindful of the practical ways we can infuse small everyday action with insight and joy. As a well-known American Buddhist teacher and psychologist, his lessons are very applicable to life as a caregiver. Just as the serene beauty of the lotus blossom grows out of muddy water, Jack Kornfield emphasizes the need to find wholeness and peace amid life’s crisis and distractions. YOU must be made a priority! Go easy on yourself and treat yourself kindly. Jack Kornfield, Buddha’s Little Instruction BookĪs a caregiver, don’t make the mistake of not thinking of yourself.

“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.” –

Buddha's Little Instruction Book by Jack Kornfield