Foreword    ix
Acknowledgments   xi
Introduction   1

1. The Revolutionary Art of Happiness    8

2. Relearning Loveliness    22
    Exercise: Remembering the Good within You    36
    Exercise: Phrases of Lovingkindness 37

3. Facets of Lovingkindness    41
    Exercise: The Benefits of Lovingkindness    57
    Exercise: The Benefactor    57

4. Hindrances to Lovingkindness    60
    Exercise: Reflection on Happiness    73
    Exercise: The Meaning of Friends    74
    Exercise: The Beloved Friend    75
    Exercise: The Neutral Person    75

5. Working with Anger and Aversion    78
    Exercise: Forgiveness     95
    Exercise: Seeing Goodness     98
    Exercise: The Difficult Person     100
    Exercise: Difficult Aspects of Oneself     105

6. Breaking Open the Loving Heart     106
    Exercise: Lovingkindness for All Beings     125
    Exercise: Lovingkindness toward Groups     126
    Exercise: Walking Meditation     128
    Exercise: The Ten Directions     128

7. Developing the Compassionate Heart     130
    Exercise: Meditation on Compassion 148
    Exercise: Compassion for Those Who Cause Pain 149

8. Liberating the Mind through Sympathetic Joy     151
    Exercise: Meditation on Sympathetic Joy     170
    Exercise: Sharing Merit     172

9. The Gift of Equanimity     173
    Exercise: Equanimity     193

10. The Power of Generosity     196
    Exercise: Giving     213

11. Living Our Love     218
    Exercise: The Practice of Morality     243

For More Information     247
Credits     249