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  • Published: 2 September 2002
  • ISBN: 9780712657808
  • Imprint: Rider
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $29.99

A Path With Heart

The Classic Guide Through The Perils And Promises Of Spiritual Life




This award-winning classic by a great Western Buddhist master offers wise advice to help you achieve a deeper, more satisfying existence in the world

Perhaps the most important book yet written on meditation, the process of inner transformation, and the integration of spiritual practice into our Western way of life, A Path With Heart brings alive the possibilities of inner peace, wholeness and the achievement of happiness. Written by a teacher, psychologist and meditation master of international renown, this is a warm, inspiring and, above all, practical book. Its gentle Buddhist wisdom will guide you through the ups and downs of contemporary living, such as addiction, psychological and emotional healing, problems with relationships and the difficulties of achieving a balanced life of simplicity.

  • Published: 2 September 2002
  • ISBN: 9780712657808
  • Imprint: Rider
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $29.99

About the author

Jack Kornfield

Jack Kornfield, PhD, is a psychologist and founder of two of the largest Buddhist centres in America. His books are classics, selling well over a million copies, and have been translated into twenty-one languages. In addition he teaches to large crowds all over the world.

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Praise for A Path With Heart

A warm, inspiring and, above all, practical book

Pride Magazine

It's encouraging to find Westerners who've sufficiently assimilated the traditions of the East to be able to share them with others as Jack is doing. May such efforts further the peace of all beings.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

This important guidebook shows in detail and with great humour and insight the way to practise the Buddha's universal teachings here in the West. Jack Kornfield is a wonderful storyteller and a great teacher.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Jack Kornfield is a remarkable and thoughtful teacher.

Sogyal Rinpoche