GIFT/INSPIRATION a h e a a heart r “This small book conveys with clarity and concision some t of the spiritual teachings and practices we urgently need f full of u to help balance the materialism of our age—compassion, l l love, kindness, a skillful mind, and a peaceful heart.” peace o —from the foreword by the Dalai Lama f p e a c e J O S E P H (cid:1) G OL D S T E I N G o l d s t e i n ISBN10:0-86171-542-x US$9.95 ISBN13:978-0-8617-1542-8 WisdomPublications•Boston www.wisdompubs.org wisdom AHeartFullofPeace A H E A R T FULL OF • • P EAC E Joseph Goldstein Wisdom Publications • Boston WisdomPublications ThisbookisbasedontheWitLectures 199ElmStreet given at the Harvard Divinity School in SomervilleMA02144USA 1993andpublishedatthetimebyPaulist www.wisdompubs.org Press.Inrevisingthemanuscriptforthis newedition,theauthorhasdrawnonother ©2007JosephGoldstein writings,includinganarticleintheSham- Allrightsreserved. bhalaSunmagazine. Nopartofthisbookmaybereproduced Excerptfrom“SaintFrancisandtheSow,” inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic fromMortalActs,MortalWords,byGalway or mechanical, including photography, Kinnell,Copyright©1980byGalwayKin- recording,orbyanyinformationstorage nell.ReprintedbypermissionofHoughton andretrievalsystemortechnologiesnow MifflinCompany. known or later developed, without permissioninwritingfromthepublisher. Coverandinteriordesignby Gopa&Ted2,Inc.SetinVillage9.8/18. LibraryofCongress Cataloging-in-PublicationData Wisdom Publications’ books are printed Goldstein,Joseph,1944- onacid-freepaperandmeettheguidelines Aheartfullofpeace/JosephGold- forpermanenceanddurabilityofthePro- stein.—[Newed.]. ductionGuidelinesforBookLongevityof p.cm. theCouncilonLibraryResources. BasedontheWitlecturesgivenatthe HarvardDivinitySchoolin1993. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Previouslypublished:Transformingthe mind,healingtheworld.NewYork: This book was produced with PaulistPress,c1994. Environmental Mindfulness. We ISBN0–86171–542–X(hardcover:alk. have elected to print this title on 50% paper) PCWrecycledpaper.Asaresult,wehave 1. Spirituallife—Buddhism. I.Gold- savedthefollowingresources:18trees,12 stein,Joseph,1944–Transformingthe millionBTUsofenergy,1,542lbs.ofgreen- mind,healingtheworld.II.Title. housegases,6,399gallonsofwater,and822 BQ5675.G6572007 lbs.ofsolidwaste.Formoreinformation, 294.3’444—dc22 please visit our website, 2007015533 www.wisdompubs.org 1110090807 5 4 3 2 ForSarah A truly gracious being, with a heart full of peace. Publisher’s Acknowledgment Thepublishergratefullyacknowledgesthegen- erous help of the Hershey Family Foundation in sponsoring the production of this book. Contents • • Foreword • ix A Heart Full of Peace • 1 The Practice of Freedom • 55 Foreword • • I n this small book Joseph Goldstein conveys with clarity and concision some of the spiritual teachings, beliefs, values, and practices we urgently need to help balance the materialism of our age—compassion, love, kindness, restraint, a skillful mind, and a peacefulheart.Josephoriginallypresentedthis teaching as part of Harvard Divinity School’s Wit Lectures on Living a Spiritual Life in the Contemporary Age. He reveals the need to combine faith with practice, freedom with responsibility, and action with contemplation. I, too, am firmly of the opinion that those