Jack Kornfield is the author of A Path With Heart and was one of the founders of the Insight Meditation Society. This little paperback is beautifully designed throughout with the bottom half of each page devoted to a piece of a Lotus handscroll by Ch'en Shun. In the open spaces above the art, Kornfield presents the essential teachings of the Buddha and the meditation masters who have interpreted his instructions. Here are explanations of the path of moderation, compassion, letting go, karma ("Karma means that you don't get away with anything"), forgiveness, body awareness, and conscious living ("Wherever you live is your temple if you treat it like one"). Kornfield concludes the book with six meditations for "awakening a clear mind and a wise and open heart."

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