
The Buddhist on Death Row
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Jarvis Jay Masters's early life was a horror story whose outline we know too well. Born in Long Beach, California, his house was filled with crack, alcohol, physical abuse, and men who paid his mother for sex. He and his siblings were split up and sent to foster care when he was five, and he progressed quickly to juvenile detention, car theft, armed robbery, and ultimately San Quentin. While in prison, he was set up for the murder of a guard?a conviction which landed him on death row, where he's been since 1990.
At the time of his murder trial, he was held in solitary confinement, torn by rage and anxiety, felled by headaches, seizures, and panic attacks. A criminal investigator repeatedly offered to teach him breathing exercises which he repeatedly refused. Until desperation moved him to ask her how to do "that meditation shit." With uncanny clarity, David Sheff describes Masters's gradual but profound transformation from a man dedicated to hurting others to one who has prevented violence on the prison yard, counseled high school kids by mail, and helped prisoners?and even guards?find meaning in their lives.
Along the way, Masters becomes drawn to the principles that Buddhism espouses?compassion, sacrifice, and living in the moment?and he gains the admiration of Buddhists worldwide, including many of the faith's most renowned practitioners. And while he is still in San Quentin and still on death row, he is a renowned Buddhist thinker who shows us how to ease our everyday suffering, relish the light that surrounds us, and endure the tragedies that befall us all.
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Author's Note
- Epigraph
- Introduction
- Part One: The First Noble Truth
- Chapter 1: Born Useless
- Chapter 2: Breathing, Sitting
- Chapter 3: Scars
- Part Two: The Second Noble Truth
- Chapter 4: Condemned
- Chapter 5: Awakening
- Chapter 6: Taking Refuge
- Chapter 7: The Only Way Out
- Chapter 8: Karma
- Chapter 9: Kill The Buddha
- Part Three: The Third Noble Truth
- Chapter 10: Connection
- Chapter 11: Forgiveness
- Chapter 12: Another Way
- Chapter 13: Warrior
- Chapter 14: Compassion
- Chapter 15: Walking on the Grass
- Chapter 16: Presence
- Chapter 17: The Sound of Life
- Part Four: The Fourth Noble Truth
- Chapter 18: Hope
- Chapter 19: Letting Go
- Chapter 20: Enlightenment
- Epilogue: Living with an Open Heart
- Postscript
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Copyright
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