Buddhism

I've just finished reading An Open Heart Practising Compassion in Everyday Life. Actually, I have read this book thrice. This book is amazing that tells about all the little good things in life and teaches the value of compassion and kindness. It always puts me at ease and brings me a lot of peace when I read it.

Here is an excerpt of this book from printsasia:

"When His Holiness the Dalai Lama came to New York City in 1999, he spoke simply and powerfully on the everyday Buddhist practice of compassion, and showed that the pathway to compassion is a series of meditations. An Open Heart lays out this course of meditations, from the simplest to the most challenging, describing the mental training techniques that will enable anyone of any Faith to change their minds and open their hearts. In this Book, the path begins with simple and clear ruminations on the advantages of virtuous life and moves on to practices that can temper destructive and impulsive emotions. Such practices can be undertaken at odd moments of the day, at once transforming the aimless or anxious mind into a disciplined and open mind. Gradually, the book introduces the more challenging and sustained Meditation practices. In these meditations the deepest and most profound insights of Buddhist practice become part of one's way of knowing and experiencing the world."