Table of Contents
Foreword Jon Kabat-Zinn ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1 The Revolutionary Art of Happiness 7
2 Relearning Loveliness 17
Exercise Remembering the Good within You 25
Exercise Phrases of Lovingkindness 26
3 Facets of Lovingkindness 29
Exercise The Benefits of Lovingkindness 39
Exercise The Benefactor 39
4 Hindrances to Lovingkindness 41
Exercise Reflection on Happiness 49
Exercise The Meaning of Friends 50
Exercise The Beloved Friend 50
Exercise The Neutral Person 51
5 Working with Anger and Aversion 53
Exercise Forgiveness 63
Exercise Seeing Goodness 65
Exercise The Difficult Person 66
Exercise Difficult Aspects of Oneself 69
6 Breaking Open the Loving Heart 71
Exercise Lovingkindness for All Beings 83
Exercise Lovingkindness toward Groups 84
Exercise Walking Meditation 85
Exercise The Ten Directions 85
7 Developing the Compassionate Heart 87
Exercise Meditation on Compassion 98
Exercise Compassion for Those Who Cause Pain 99
8 Liberating the Mind through Sympathetic Joy 101
Exercise Meditation on Sympathetic Joy 113
Exercise Skating Merit 114
9 The Gift of Equanimity 115
Exercise Equanimity 128
10 The Power of Generosity 131
Exercise Giving 142
11 Living Our Love 145
Exercise The Practice of Morality 160
Afterword to the 25th Anniversary Edition 165
For More Information 171
Credits 173
About the Author 175