The Four Immeasurables

Practices to Open the Heart

By B. Alan Wallace
Edited by Zara Houshmand
Read by Vanessa Kettering

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Shambhala Publications

02/18/2021

Pages: 456

ISBN: 9781645470410

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The Four Immeasurables—the cultivation of loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity—is a rich suite of practices that open the heart, counter the distortions in our relationships to ourselves, and deepen our relationships to others. Alan Wallace presents a unique interweaving of teachings on the Four Immeasurables with instruction on meditative quiescence, or shamatha practice, to empower the mind. This audiobook includes both guided meditations and lively discussions on the implications of these teachings for our life.

Running time: 7 hours, 36 minutes

Four Immeasurables

Introductions to Buddhism

Shamatha

Author Bio

B. Alan Wallace

B. Alan Wallace has authored, translated, edited, and contributed to more than forty books on Tibetan Buddhism, science, and culture. With fourteen years as a Buddhist monk, he earned a BA in physics and the philosophy of science and then a PhD in religious studies. After teaching in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, he founded the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies to explore the integration of scientific approaches and contemplative methods.

Zara Houshmand

Zara Houshmand is an Iranian-American writer. She is active in modern Iranian theater as well as traditional Balinese puppetry, and her own plays have been produced in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York. She cooks compulsively for friends and especially enjoys cooking for retreats.