Foreword ix
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction 1

1. The Revolutionary Art of Happiness 8
2. Relearning Loveliness 22
   Exercise: Remembering the Good within You 35
   Exercise: Phrases of Lovingkindness 36
3. Facets of Lovingkindness 41
   Exercise: The Benefits of Lovingkindness 56
   Exercise: The Benefactor 57
4. Hindrance to Lovingkindness 59
   Exercise: Reflection on Happiness 72
   Exercise: The Meaning of Friends 73
   Exercise: The Beloved Friend 73
   Exercise: The Neutral Person 74
5. Working with Anger and Aversion 77
   Exercise: Forgiveness 93
   Exercise: Seeing Goodness 97
   Exercise: The Difficult Person 98
   Exercise: Difficult Aspects of Oneself 103
6. Breaking Open the Loving Heart 105
   Exercise: Lovingkindness for All Beings 105
   Exercise: Lovingkindness toward Groups 125
   Exercise: Walking Meditation 126
   Exercise: The Ten Directions 127
7. Developing the Compassionate Heart 129
   Exercise: Compassion for Those Who Cause Pain 148
8. Liberating the Mind through Sympathetic Joy 150
   Exercise: Meditation on Sympathetic Joy 168
   Exercise: Sharing Merit 170
9. The Gift of Equanimity 171
   Exercise: Equanimity 190
10. The Power of Generosity 193
    Exercise: Giving 210
11. Living Our Love 215
    Exercise: The Practice of Morality 239

For More Information 245
Credits 247