TY - BOOK AU - The Dalai Lama AU - Nicholas Vreeland TI - An Open Heart SN - 9780316930932 AV - BQ7935.B774 U1 - 294.3444 PB - Back Bay Books KW - Religion-Spirituality KW - Psychology N2 - Compassion-sympathy for the suffering of others and the desire to free them from it-is wrestled with in all spiritual traditions. Yet how does one actually become a compassionate person? What are the mechanisms by which a selfish heart is transformed into a generous heart? In this acclaimed bestseller, His Holiness the Dalai Lama writes simply and powerfully about the everyday Buddhist practice of compassion, offering a clear, practical, inspiring introduction to the Buddhist path to enlightenment ER -