An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life

The Dalai Lama (Author); Nicholas Vreeland (Edited by); Khyongla Rato; Richard Gere (Afterword by)

ISBN 10: 0316989797 / ISBN 13: 9780316989794

Published by Little Brown & Company, Boston, MA, New York, London, 2001

About this Item

191 pp. Nearly flawless book and dust jacket. Some highlighter marking in text. Minor shelf wear.

Seller Inventory # 2ivDb0027

Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life
• Publisher: Little Brown & Company, Boston, MA, New York, London
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0316989797
• ISBN 13: 9780316989794
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Elizabeth Paul Avedon (Book Design)
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Eastern & Far Eastern Studies, Philosphy, et al.
  • Academic, Scholarly, Research
  • Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism

About this title

Synopsis

The Dalai Lama shares some of his key teachings on the practice of compassion, presenting a collection of meditations designed to help readers open their hearts when dealing with others, and introduces the fundamental philosophy of Buddhism and its core concepts. 300,000 first printing.

Book Description

The first major book from the Dalai Lama since The Art of Happiness and the first on the central Buddhist theme of compassion