Preface | p. xv |
Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
Joining the Great We | p. 1 |
Four Pure Insights | p. 4 |
Releasing the Delusion of Separateness | p. 6 |
Admitting Our Suffering, Opening to Community | p. 9 |
Entering the Field in the Fellowship of Others | p. 10 |
Mindfulness Practice for Step One: Resting in the Field of Awakened Ones | p. 11 |
Coming To | p. 15 |
Seeing Our Internal Response to Events | p. 17 |
Awakened Beings Are Just like You and Me | p. 20 |
Restored to Sanity by Touching Our "True Face" | p. 21 |
Accessing Our True Nature through a Still Mind | p. 22 |
Mindfulness Practice for Step Two: Prepare for Sitting | p. 24 |
Mindfulness Practice for Step Two: Breathing and Noting Meditation | p. 25 |
Taking Refuge | p. 27 |
Step Three as Taking Refuge in the "Three Gems" | p. 29 |
Taking Refuge in Awakening (Buddha) | p. 31 |
Taking Refuge in the Path of Mindfulness, Understanding, and Love (Dharma) | p. 34 |
Taking Refuge in Community (Sangha) | p. 36 |
Mindfulness Practice for Step Three: Three Refuges Prayer | p. 40 |
Entering the Green Dragon's Cave | p. 43 |
Three Sources of Shame | p. 45 |
Entering the Dragon's Cave-a Path beyond Shame | p. 48 |
Facing Our Ambivalence about Step Four | p. 49 |
The Eightfold Path as a Moral Inventory | p. 53 |
Mindfulness Practice for Step Four: Inventory of the Eight Gates | p. 55 |
Placing Ourselves in the Cradle of Kindness | p. 63 |
A Release from the Burden of Self | p. 65 |
Step Five as Loving Kindness | p. 67 |
Growing Loving Kindness through Meditation | p. 70 |
The Ancient Structure of Call-and-Response | p. 71 |
Mindfulness Practice for Step Five: Loving Kindness Meditation | p. 72 |
Turning Over a New Leaf | p. 77 |
Cutting through Confusion with Awareness | p. 78 |
Seeing the Anatomy of a Character Defect | p. 79 |
Defects as Delusions-the "Daughters of Mara" | p. 82 |
The Delusion of Skandha-Mara-a Distorted Sense of Self | p. 83 |
The Delusion of Klesfia-Mara-Unskillful Responses to Emotions | p. 84 |
The Delusion of Devaputra-Mara-Escaping into Pleasure | p. 87 |
The Delusion of Yama-Mara-Thinking We're in Control | p. 88 |
Recognizing Our Delusions | p. 89 |
Asking God to Remove Defects Starts with Mindfulness | p. 93 |
Mindfulness Practice for Step Six: How Does Mara Hook You? | p. 93 |
Vowing with the Help of All Beings | p. 97 |
Hitting the Pause Button | p. 98 |
Step Seven as Touching Our Buddha Nature | p. 99 |
The Power of Aspiration | p. 100 |
Aspiration and Determination Create Our Vow | p. 102 |
Releasing Shortcomings through Vows | p. 103 |
Examples of Vows | p. 104 |
Mindfulness Practice for Step Seven: Write a Personal Vow | p. 106 |
Finding Pearls in the Dust-Bin | p. 109 |
Seeing Our Shadow, Ending our Isolation | p. 111 |
Just the Right Amount of Remorse | p. 113 |
Starting with the Smallest Desire to Make Amends | p. 116 |
Making Direct Amends Wherever Possible | p. 118 |
Making Amends by Speaking Up | p. 120 |
Experiencing the Grace of Forgiveness | p. 121 |
Mindfulness Practice for Steps Eight and Nine | p. 122 |
Standing on the Ground of Our Deeds | p. 125 |
Three Times to Reflect on Our Actions | p. 126 |
Taking an Evening Inventory with Naikan Practice | p. 132 |
Mindfulness Practice for Step Ten: Taking a Naikan Inventory | p. 139 |
Making Conscious Contact | p. 143 |
Breathing into Prayer and Meditation | p. 145 |
Going against the Grain of Unmindful Living | p. 146 |
Watering the Seeds of Our Buddha Nature | p. 147 |
Living from a Full Cup | p. 148 |
No Striving-Just Sit | p. 152 |
Conscious Contact Lets Our True Self Emerge | p. 153 |
Mindfulness Practice for Step Eleven | p. 155 |
Remembering Our True Face | p. 163 |
Awakening the Mind of Love | p. 164 |
Two Levels of Bodhichitta | p. 166 |
Awakening in the Space between Thoughts | p. 167 |
Notes | p. 171 |
About the Author | p. 183 |
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