PAY ATTENTION, FOR GOODNESS'(ISBN=) 英文原版

　　According to the Buddha, the path of kindness is the path of
happiness. Now Sylvia Boorstein, nationally bestselling author of
It’s Easier Than You Think, has taken the 2500-year-old practice of
developing the qualities of a compassionate heart—the core of the
Buddha’s own practice—and made it accessible to all. Pay Attention
for Goodness’ Sake is the first book ever to guide Western readers
on the path of the Buddha’s Ten Paramitas, the Perfections of the
Heart. Boorstein combines traditional Buddhist teachings and
parables with stories from her own life, as well as easy-to-follow
meditations, to show how the practice of Mindfulness—paying
attention in everyday life—can lead to these perfections that all
of us strive for, including Generosity, Morality, Wisdom, Energy,
Patience, Determination, and Equanimity.
　　When we take on this practice, Boorstein notes, “our vision
becomes transformed. We see, with increasing clarity, the confusion
in our own minds and the suffering in our own hearts. . . . And we
also see the extraordinariness of life, how amazing it is that life
exists.” Boorstein’s lively and practical lessons about everyday
generosity, morality, making and mending mistakes, the bliss of
blamelessness, and other human concerns and frailties, help to
clarify our distractions and connect us with our own goodness, “the
part of ourselves that wishes it had done differently.”
　　For Buddhist and non-Buddhist alike, Pay Attention for Goodness’
Sake is a cheerful, inspiring book that offers the possibility of a
transformed life.
　　From the Hardcover edition.

　　Sylvia Boorstein is a cofounding teacher at Spirit Rock
Meditation Center in Woodacre and a senior teacher at the Insight
Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts. She has a Ph.D. in
psychology and teaches and lectures widely. She is the author of
It’s Easier Than You Think; Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There; and
That’s Funny You Don’t Look Buddhist. She and her husband, Seymour,
live in Sonoma county, California
　　From the Hardcover edition.

　　?A beautiful, funny, wise book, full of understanding,
　　gentle direction, brilliance, and heart.?
　　?ANNE LAMOTT
　　?Sylvia Boorstein has written the definitive guide for Westerners
to the Buddhist practice of the Perfections of the Heart. Pay
Attention, for Goodness? Sake is delightfully clear, accessible,
and immediate, as wise teachings should be, and it is surely
destined to be a classic.?
　　?JACK KORNFIELD
　　From the Hardcover edition. — Review