num_pages: 216
description: If you are inspired to take up his challenge the Karmapa offers a path for participating in a global community that is based on compassion. In these chapters he shares his vision for bringing social action into daily life on a scale we can realistically manage through the choices we make every daywhat to buy what to eat and how to relate honestly and bravely with our friends and family and coworkers. His fresh and encouraging perspective shows us that we have the strength to live with kindness in the midst of the many challenges we face as socially and environmentally conscious beings. Because he sees the world through the lens of the interdependence of all beings he sees that humans can change social and environmental problems by changing their attitudes and actions. And so he shows ways that we can change our world by changing ourselvesby examining our own habits of consumption and by being willing to look into how our food reaches our table and how the products we buy are made. In his chapter on gender he points out that we dont have to label others according to a social construct. If his viewpoint seems optimistic it isand its also demanding. The Karmapa calls on us to open our mind and heart to the innumerable connections we share with othersin our families communities social systems and on our planet. Thanks to the depth of his spiritual training and the breadth of his curiosity about the world and his love for it he presents a relevant framework for understanding what it means to be human nowand why its imperative that we concern ourselves with the well-being of all others. He points to a world we can create through our own effort using a resource we already have in abundancethe basic nobility of our human heart.
language: English
title: The Heart Is Noble: Changing the World from the Inside Out
publisher: Shambhala