Turning the Mind Into an Ally
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Strengthening, calming, and stabilizing the mind is the essential first step in accomplishing nearly any goal. Growing up American with a Tibetan twist, Sakyong Mipham talks to Westerners as no one can: in idiomatic English with stories and wisdom from American culture and the great Buddhist teachers. Turning the Mind Into an Ally makes it possible for anyone to achieve peace and clarity in their lives.
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One: Why Meditate? 1. The Rock and the Flower 2. Bewilderment and Suffering 3. Peaceful Abiding
Two: The Art of Peacefully Abiding 4. Taking Our Seat 5. Mindfulness and Awareness 6. How to Gather a Scattered Mind 7. The Virtues of Boredom 8. Laziness 9. Forgetting the Instructions 10. Not Too Tight, Not Too Loose 11. Nine Stages of Training the Mind
Three: Turning the Mind Into An Alley 12. Turning the Mind 13. The Joy of Being Human 14. The Unchanging Truth of Change 15. First We Got Old 16. And Then We Die 17. Samsara and Karma 18. Jumping into the Heart of the Buddha
Four: Warrior in the World 19. Rousing Motivation 20. Wisdom and Emptiness 21. Warrior in the World
Appendixes A. Preparing to Practice B. The Posture of Meditation C. Instructions for Contempletive Meditation
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