Contents
Preface
Acknowledgment
Chapter 1 - Joining the Great We
Four Pure Insights
Releasing the Delusion of Separateness
Admitting Our Suffering, Opening to Community
Entering the Field in the Fellowship of Others
Mindfulness Practice for Step One: Resting in the Field of Awakened Ones
Chapter 2 - Coming To
Seeing Our Internal Response to Events
Awakened Beings Are Just like You and Me
Restored to Sanity by Touching Our “True Face”
Accessing Our True Nature through a Still Mind
Mindfulness Practice for Step Two: Prepare for Sitting
Mindfulness Practice for Step Two: Breathing and Noting Meditation
Chapter 3 - Taking Refuge
Step Three as Taking Refuge in the “Three Gems”
Taking Refuge in Awakening (Buddha)
Taking Refuge in the Path of Mindfulness, Understanding, and Love (Dharma)
Taking Refuge in Community (Sangha)
Mindfulness Practice for Step Three: Three Refuges Prayer
Chapter 4 - Entering the Green Dragon’s Cave
Three Sources of Shame
Entering the Dragon’s Cave—a Path beyond Shame
Facing Our Ambivalence about Step Four
The Eightfold Path as a Moral Inventory
Mindfulness Practice for Step Four: Inventory of the Eight Gates
Chapter 5 - Placing Ourselves: in the Cradle of Kindness
A Release from the Burden of Self
Step Five as Loving Kindness
Growing Loving Kindness through Meditation
The Ancient Structure of Call-and-Response
Mindfulness Practice for Step Five: Loving Kindness Meditation
Chapter 6 - Turning Over a New Leaf
Cutting through Confusion with Awareness
Seeing the Anatomy of a Character Defect
Defects as Delusions—the “Daughters of Mara”
The Delusion of Skandha-Mara—a Distorted Sense of Self
The Delusion of Klesha-Mara—Unskillful Responses to Emotions
The Delusion of Devaputra-Mara—Escaping into Pleasure
The Delusion of Yama-Mara—ThinkingWe’re in Control
Recognizing Our Delusions
Asking God to Remove Defects Starts with Mindfulness
Mindfulness Practice for Step Six: How Does Mara Hook You?
Chapter 7 - Vowing with the Help of All Beings
Hitting the Pause Button
Step Seven as Touching Our Buddha Nature
The Power of Aspiration
Aspiration and Determination Create Our Vow
Releasing Shortcomings through Vows
Examples of Vows
Mindfulness Practice for Step Seven: Write a Personal Vow
Chapter 8 - Finding Pearls in the Dust-Bin
Seeing Our Shadow, Ending Our Isolation
Just the Right Amount of Remorse
Starting with the Smallest Desire to Make Amends
Making Direct AmendsWherever Possible
Making Amends by Speaking Up
Experiencing the Grace of Forgiveness
Mindfulness Practice for Steps Eight and Nine
Chapter 9 - Standing on the Ground of Our Deeds
Three Times to Reflect on Our Actions
Taking an Evening Inventory with Naikan Practice
Mindfulness Practice for Step Ten: Taking a Naikan Inventory
Chapter 10 - Making Conscious Contact
Breathing into Prayer and Meditation
Going against the Grain of Unmindful Living
Watering the Seeds of Our Buddha Nature
Living from a Full Cup
No Striving—Just Sit
Conscious Contact Lets Our True Self Emerge
Mindfulness Practice for Step Eleven
Chapter 11 - Remembering Our True Face
Awakening the Mind of Love
Two Levels of Bodhichitta
Awakening in the Space between Thoughts
Notes
About The Author
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