"An ordinary being cannot even begin to fathom the infinite compassionate action of a bodhisattva, so only a bodhisattva can provide such guidance. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, in my opinion, was a true bodhisattva who worked tirelessly to eliminate suffering in many different parts of the world. I rejoice that his teachings have been compiled into this book, and it is my aspiration that every single word of his will be put into practice."--Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

"Chagdud Rinpoche was an outstanding Buddhist master. In Change of Heart he hands us an extraordinary gift--a wise and gentle guide to the compassionate path of the bodhisattvas. Confronting directly the dilemmas and uncertainty facing people today, Rinpoche shows how anyone at all can follow this training and use its methods to discover inner peace, reduce suffering, deal with violence and aggression, awaken the Good Heart, and so live in the world in such a way as to benefit all those around them." --Sogyal Rinpoche

Change of the Heart, Chagdud Tulku RInpoche & Lama Shenpen Drolma, Padma Publishing, Paperback, 273 pp., $16.95

Lama Shenpen Drolma, an American woman, was ordained in 1996 as a lama (or Buddhist teacher) by her teacher, Tibetan meditation master H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche (1930-2002.) She worked with him as he developed the Bodhisattva Peace Training (BPT), an innovative format to bring to a secular audience the Mahayana Buddhist training of the bodhisattva- the awakened warrior. Since becoming authorized by him in 1991 to teach the BPT, and drawing on her feminist and battered women's activism in the 1960s and '70s, she has offered this training extensively, working with students, educators, community activists, and those in the helping professions.Lama Shenpen compiled and edited Chagdud Rinpoche's BPT teachings into Change of Heart: The Bodhisattva Peace Training of Chagdud Tulku (2003), which incorporates many dialogues that took place between Chagdud Rinpoche and participants from a variety of religious, political, and occupational backgrounds.In 1999, Lama Shenpen established Iron Knot Ranch retreat center in southern New Mexico, where she currently serves as resident lama and has developed the Bodhisattva Peace Institute to bring to fruition Chagdud Rinpoche's vision of making the BPT widely available throughout the world. In 2019, she established Iron Knot Institute to address a growing need among educational and non-profit organizations for training and practice materials for the cultivation of wisdom and compassion in the face of adversity. Iron Knot Institute is also home to Iron Knot Press, established to publish teaching and training curriculums to support the work of Iron Knot Institute. Bibliographic information

List of Meditations	ix
Editor's Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xvii
A Change of Heart
The Bodhisattva Peace Training	3
Pure Motivation	9
Equanimity	29
Transforming an Angry Heart	47
Awakening Compassion	69
Loving Kindness and Rejoicing	85
The Heart of Parenting	101
Bringing People Together	111
Walking the Bodhisattva Path	121
A Change of Course
The Roots of Happiness and Suffering	135
Mind and Meditation	153
Precious Human Birth	177
Impermanence	185
Karma	197
Working with Karma in Daily Life	213
Purifying Karma	225
The Path of Change
The Six Perfections	241
The Radiant Heart	263