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According to the Buddha, the path of kindness is the path of happiness. Now Sylvia Boorstein, nationally bestselling author ofIt's Easier Than You Think, has taken the 2500-year-old practice of developing the qualities of a compassionate heartthe core of the Buddha's own practiceand made it accessible to all.Pay Attention for Goodness' Sakeis the first book ever to guide Western readers on the path of the Buddha's Ten Paramitas, the Perfections of the Heart. Boorstein combines traditional Buddhist teachings and parables with stories from her own life, as well as easy-to-follow meditations, to show how the practice of Mindfulnesspaying attention in everyday lifecan lead to these perfections that all of us strive for, including Generosity, Morality, Wisdom, Energy, Patience, Determination, and Equanimity. When we take on this practice, Boorstein notes, "our vision becomes transformed. We see, with increasing clarity, the confusion in our own minds and the suffering in our own hearts. . . . And we also see the extraordinariness of life, how amazing it is that life exists." Boorstein's lively and practical lessons about everyday generosity, morality, making and mending mistakes, the bliss of blamelessness, and other human concerns and frailties, help to clarify our distractions and connect us with our own goodness, "the part of ourselves that wishes it had done differently." For Buddhist and non-Buddhist alike,Pay Attention for Goodness' Sakeis a cheerful, inspiring book that offers the possibility of a transformed life. From the Hardcover edition.

Sylvia Boorstein is a cofounding teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre and a senior teacher at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts. She has a Ph.D. in psychology and teaches and lectures widely. She is the author of It’s Easier Than You Think; Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There; and That’s Funny You Don’t Look Buddhist. She and her husband, Seymour, live in Sonoma county, California. From the Hardcover edition.

Preface: Promising Signs
Introduction: The Paramitas	p. 1
Generosity	p. 37
Morality	p. 57
Renunciation	p. 83
Wisdom	p. 103
Energy	p. 139
Patience	p. 159
Truthfulness	p. 183
Determination	p. 203
Lovingkindness	p. 221
Equanimity	p. 255
Epilogue: God and the Owls	p. 275
Acknowledgments	p. 283
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Pay Attention, for Goodness' Sake The Buddhist Path of Kindness

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