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A Fearless Heart

How the Courage to Be Compassionate Can Transform Our Lives

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A Fearless Heart

By: Thupten Jinpa Ph.D.
Narrated by: Sanjiv Jhaveri
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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 audiobook, 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 listeners of The Art of Happiness and Wherever You Go, There You Are.

©2015 Thupten Jinpa Langri (P)2015 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Recorded by arrangement with Hudson Street Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, a Penguin Random House Company. Buddhism Meditation Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Spirituality Compassion Health Physical Exercise Mindfulness Mental Health
Inspiring Personal Stories • Practical Compassion Techniques • Excellent Job • Scientific Backing • Transformative Wisdom
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I keep listening over and over again. Very easy to understand, but not easy to apply my compassionate attitude to other's needs in daily basis in order to help myself to be happier. Until my mind and body get to the ultimate goal, I will continue to listen to this book. Compassion is the profound antidote for all of our mind and body health. Therefore, I highly recommend this book to whoever is suffering from the loss of life direction.

MUST READ NOW!!

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With today’s talent quality and tech innovation, I’m surprised to hear such annoying narration with such a great book.

Please re-produce this book with a new narrator!

Terrible narration but still worth it

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I have been listening to many books on this topic and they are starting to feel repetitive. That's a good thing I suppose. However, though this book has the same basic ideas as many others, there are very thoughtful steps and methods in this book that helped me. It's worth a listen for sure.

Unexpectedly good

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In the reviews several people complained about the narrators voice, there is nothing wrong with is voice and he did an excellent job. The people who were complaining obviously did not take to the lessons of compassion that are taught in this book.

A Fearless Heart

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A simple and thoroughly enjoyable listen on a topic which is universally important. Definitely not only for spiritual people. This is not a self-help book but a must read for everyone.

A must read for every single humanbeing

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What a joy and pleasure to listen to the scientific benefits of the mind of compassion. The specific techniques offered and the discussion of training the mind so that it can habitually respond with compassion were inspiring.

Inspiring with specific techniques

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I definitely recommend this book to anyone wishing to realate to others, community, society and the world in a more positive way. Dr. Jinpa has so much life experience, not to mention formal and professional training, to give authority to his bold claims, and backs up his words with other expert opinions and studies. Give it a try; it's a short read with tremendous impact.

Life Affirming

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This was a nice companion to the class on Compassion. Good information for those wanting to add compassion meditation to their practice or to help understand how it can be helpful.

Companion to Kara Compassion class

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Excellent book. Clear explanation of why and what to do to transform your life thru the power of compassion. Compassion for self and others. Taking it out of the realm of words and into practice. Inspiring stories and examples included.

Life changing

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This is an excellent book that I hope will inspire many to making compassion the base for all of their actions and their world view. This book will always be one of the most important in my library.

hope for humanity

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