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Index
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1: Let's Get Started
Basic Breath Meditation: It Doesn't Get Simpler Than This
On Motivation: Meditate as a Hobby, Not as a Career
Getting Started
What Meditation Isn't
Dedicating Your Practice
Finding Your “Breathing Room”: How to Create a Meditation Space
What's What
The Four Foundations of Mindfulness
Part 2: Cultivating Calm and Insight (and More)
How to Practice Shamatha Meditation
How to Practice Insight Meditation
Who Will Tame the Tamer?
A Mind Like Sky
Working with “Method 2”
Developing Insight
Getting Grounded through Walking Meditation
Compassion and Loving-Kindness Meditation
Part 3: A Taste of Zazen
This Life Which Is Wonderful and Evanescent
Sitting Zen
The Practices of Zen
Going Nowhere
The Power of Koan Practice
Study Yourself
Part 4: Indo-Tibetan Innovations
What the Practice Can Do
Relaxing with the Truth
Developing the Mind of Great Capacity
Looking Into Lojong, or Mind Training
You Can Do It!
Mahamudra and Dzogchen: Thought-Free Wakefulness
Part 5: Keep Your Practice Going
It's All in Your Mind
Bringing the Practice Home
My First Meditation Retreat: A Checklist
Sangha: Practicing in Community
Yoga Body, Buddha Mind
Stabilize Your Practice
Building Your Mental Muscles
Keeping It Real: Working with Boredom and without Self-Deception
Signs of Spiritual Progress
Glossary
Contributors
Credits
About the Editor
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