An open-hearted life : transformative methods for compassionate living from a clinical psychologist and a Buddhist nun / Russell Kolts & Thubten Chodron.
By: Kolts, Russell L [author.]
Contributor(s): Thubten Chodron [author.]Material type: 
TextPublisher: Boston : Shambhala, [2015]Copyright date: ©2013Edition: First editionDescription: xxviii, 322 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781611802115 (paperback)Uniform titles: Living with an open heart Subject(s): Spiritual life -- Buddhism | Psychotherapy -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism | Compassion -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism | RELIGION / Buddhism / Tibetan | RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist) | | DDC classification: 294.3444 LOC classification: BQ5612 | .K65 2015Other classification: REL007050 | REL007000 Online resources: Cover image Summary: "A beloved Buddhist teacher and a psychologist specializing in Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) provide practical methods for living a life filled with compassion. A life overflowing with compassion. It sounds wonderful in theory, but how do you do it? This guide provides practical methods to living with this wonderful quality, based on traditional Buddhist teachings and on methods from modern psychology particularly a technique called Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT). The methods presented by the two authors--a psychotherapist and a Tibetan Buddhist nun--turn out to have a good deal in common. In fact, they complement each other in wonderful ways. Each of the 64 short chapters ends with a reflection or exercise for putting compassion into practice in various life situations"-- Provided by publisher.
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Previously published: London : Constable & Robinson Ltd., 2013 under the title "Living with an open heart".
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"A beloved Buddhist teacher and a psychologist specializing in Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT) provide practical methods for living a life filled with compassion. A life overflowing with compassion. It sounds wonderful in theory, but how do you do it? This guide provides practical methods to living with this wonderful quality, based on traditional Buddhist teachings and on methods from modern psychology particularly a technique called Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT). The methods presented by the two authors--a psychotherapist and a Tibetan Buddhist nun--turn out to have a good deal in common. In fact, they complement each other in wonderful ways. Each of the 64 short chapters ends with a reflection or exercise for putting compassion into practice in various life situations"-- Provided by publisher.
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