Ocupation: Author
Life: b. 1945
Expressing gratitude to our benefactors is a natural form of love. In fact, some people find loving kindness for themselves so hard, they begin their practice with a benefactor. This too is fine. The rule in loving kindness practice is to follow the way that most easily opens your heart.
source: Jack Kornfield (2008). “The Wise Heart: Buddhist Psychology for the West”, p.398, Random House
topic: Gratitude, Kindness, Heart, Loving Kindness, Forms Of Love, Natural Forms