<p><strong style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"><em>An inspiring and healing guide to immersive meditation in the ancient Buddhist heart practices-the </em>brahmavihāras</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">"A profound integration of clarity, heart, and grounded practice."</span></p><p><strong style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">-Rick Hanson, PhD, psychologist and <em>NYT</em> bestselling author of <em>Buddha's Brain</em></strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Informed by Snyder's experiential understanding, and suitable for those at any level of meditation practice, </span><em style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Buddha's Heart</em><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"> leads us step-by-step through</span></p><ul><li><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">traditional teachings on wholesomeness and concentration meditations to establish a supportive bedrock for our personal discovery;</span></li><li><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">guided, heart-opening meditations on loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy,</span><em style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"> </em><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">and equanimity;</span></li><li><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">further guided practices for deepening awareness, including gratitude, forgiveness, and&nbsp;</span></li><li><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">opening to the Oneness of Reality;</span></li><li><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">exploratory exercises for each meditation practice, illuminating the psychological blocks to accessing our deeper nature's heart qualities; and</span></li><li><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">embracing mindfulness and warm attunement in everyday life-opening our hearts to the profound depths of reality and the Absolute.</span></li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Buddha's Heart </em><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">teaches what seems counterintuitive but is undeniably true: the more we open our hearts, the more resilient and flexible we are. And the more authentically vulnerable we are, the safer and more protected we become.</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">"Stephen's original framing of classical Theravada teachings will inspire practitioners to explore unfathomed depths of their own tender hearts."</span></p><p><strong style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">-Karin Meyers, PhD, Academic Director, Mangalam Research Center for Buddhist Languages</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">"A deep dive into the heart of who we truly are."</span></p><p><strong style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">-Loch Kelly, meditation teacher, psychotherapist, and author of <em>The Way of Effortless Mindfulness</em></strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">"</span><em style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Buddha's Heart</em><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"> speaks to meditators at all levels with a grace, eloquence, and thoroughness seldom found."</span></p><p><strong style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">-Susie Harrington, meditation teacher, Desert Dharma</strong></p>