"A good heart always gives good results"
– Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, oral teaching

Most of us know what it is to find that our heart has closed a little. Usually it
happens without a decision. Something goes wrong in a relationship, or someone at
work behaves badly and gets away with it, and a few months later we notice we are
more guarded than we used to be.

This series is about the opposite movement. It is not about becoming passive, or
about letting people treat us badly. An open heart is a kind of strength, and like
any strength it can be trained.

Buddha taught that beneath our conflicts and our loneliness lies a mind that has
quietly put itself at the centre of everything. Buddhism calls this habit
self-cherishing. While we are caught in it we are easily hurt, and oddly distant
from the people we love most.

The antidote is love: a sincere wish for others to be happy. Through guided
meditations and plain explanations, we learn to extend that wish beyond the small
circle it usually reaches, and to keep extending it when other people make it hard.

What changes is not only our relationships. Anger loses some of its grip, and old
resentments weigh less. We find we can meet the world without so much armour.

In this series you will discover how to:

• Reduce anger, resentment and the distance they create
• Develop genuine love and care for others, including the difficult ones
• Keep your heart open without being taken advantage of