The Great Path of Awakening: The Classic Guide to Using the Mahayana Buddhist Slogans to Tame the Mind and Awaken the Heart

Written by the nineteenth-century Tibetan scholar Jamgon Kongtrul, this book provides clear and concise instructions for working with fifty-nine traditional Buddhist maxims or slogans. This practice—made popular in such books as Start Where You Are by Pema Chödrön and Training the Mind by Chögyam Trungpa—is designed to awaken the heart and cultivate love and kindness toward oneself and others.