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020 $a9781407060897 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
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100 1 $aKornfield, Jack $q(Jack Kornfield).
245 14 $aThe Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness and Peace$h[electronic resource].
260 $aLondon :$bEbury Publishing,$c2010.
500 $aTitle from eBook information screen.
520 $aOver the centuries, many people have kept commonplace books, or repositories of personally meaningful quotations and reflections. Not a diary or a journal, a commonplace book was an individual's means of engaging with the world through the ideas of others. Here, Kornfield (After the Ecstasy, the Laundry and A Path with Heart) offers an uncommonly specialized form of commonplace book, this one focusing on the issues of forgiveness and peacemakingOver the centuries, many people have kept commonplace books, or repositories of personally meaningful quotations and reflections. Not a diary or a journal, a commonplace book was an individual's means of engaging with the world through the ideas of others. Here, Kornfield (After the Ecstasy, the Laundry and A Path with Heart) offers an uncommonly specialized form of commonplace book, this one focusing on the issues of forgiveness and peacemaking. He casts his net wide, drawing spiritual wisdom from the expected sources (the Dhammapada, the Diamond Sutra, the teachings of the Buddha and various masters) as well as some surprising newcomers for a Buddhist book: Mother Teresa, Thomas Merton, Meister Eckhart, the Tao Te Ching, the New Testament and the Bhagavad Gita. Such eclecticism works well in its context; Kornfield strives to demonstrate that forgiveness is a process, and that it is possible for flawed and ordinary people to forgive others and themselves. A concluding section on inner peace is a humble and wise primer; Kornfield makes the point that true inner peace does not arise from withdrawal from the world but from greater connectedness with it. Each section includes actual rituals to encourage readers to forgive, practice lovingkindness and know peace. While the book mines well-trod territory, it does so with perception and grace.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
533 $aElectronic reproduction.$bLondon :$cEbury Publishing,$d2010.$nRequires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 324 KB).
538 $aRequires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 324 KB).
653 #0 $aNonfiction
653 #0 $aReligion & Spirituality
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