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
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