Awakening Love

Awaken the Capacity to Love, the True Purpose of Our Lives  Have you ever wanted to love and connect with others more deeply ' but felt that you could use a little help shedding the "emotional armor" and opening your heart? With Awakening Love, Pema Chödrön invites you to start wherever you are, amid any and all of the challenges, frustrations, or fears you may be facing, and to use them as the starting place to awaken the natural and boundless capacity to give and receive love more fully. This practice-centered program, recorded at Gampo Abbey, will teach you how to apply the insights of Buddhism's Four Limitless Ones—lovingkindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity—to even your most difficult obstacles. Your Obstacles to the Open Heart Are Your Most Valuable Allies Many students confess to Pema Chödrön that they cannot think of even one person to love during heart-centered meditation practice. This is what she tells them: "What if you could open to that frustration, just f