1. Sick as a Dog: Generating Our Motivation
2. The World We Swim In: The Buddhist Worldview
3. Brave Peacocks and Cowardly Crows: Assessing Our Worldview
4. The Wheel of Destructive Karma: Understanding and Transforming Difficulties
5. Woe Is Me: Dealing with Sickness, Laziness, and Distraction
6. Don’t Create Problems for Yourself: Overcoming Spiritual Obstacles
7. Seize the Enemy: Identifying Self-Grasping Ignorance and the Self-Centered Attitude
8. Dance and Trample: Overcoming the Internal Enemies
9. Integrity and Responsibility: Banishing Self-Centeredness
10. Pain in the Neck: Overcoming Attachment to Praise and Reputation
11. Safe at Last: Taking Refuge in the Three Jewels and Cultivating Strong Resolve
12. Compassionate Action: Becoming the Person We Want to Be
13. Growing Our Wisdom: Emptiness and Dependent Arising