Buddhist practitioner and scholar Sharon Salzberg's latest work, "The Force of Kindness," is an in-depth look at the Buddhist metta meditation. Metta is a practice in which one starts by wishing love, joy and mental peace for one's self and then expands the circle out to family, friends, strangers and enemies in turn. The premise here is to practice mindful kindness.Salzburg examines various ways to incorporate kindness into one's life through the metta, with discussions about intention, compassion, avoiding cruelty and so on. She provides specific tasks at the end of each chapter that allow the reader to put the lesson into practice.The book is brief and interesting, and provides some useful tools. The included CD, with guided meditations, is particularly nice.(Review based on uncorrected advance proof, with companion meditation CD.)
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