Being Zen: Bringing Meditation To Life 9780834823402, 9781570628566, 9781590300138, 2001044166
A “straightforward, simple, and wise” guide to living an awakened life through mindfulness and meditation (Jack Kornfiel
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English Pages 144 Year 2012
Table of contents :
Contents
Foreword by Charlotte Joko Beck
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: The Basics of Practice
1. Skating on Thin Ice
2. Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control
3. Swiss Cheese
4. Experiencing and the Witness
5. The Eighty-Fourth Problem
6. Three Aspects of Sitting
Part II: Practicing with Emotional Distress
7. The Substitute Life
8. Practicing with Anger
9. Practicing with Fear
10. Practicing with Pain and Suffering
11. Practicing with Distress
12. Work and Practice
Part III: Awakening the Heart of Compassion
13. Hard and Soft
14. Letting Be
15. Loving-Kindness
16. Loving-Kindness Meditation
17. Awakening the Heart of Compassion
Epilogue: What Is Our Life About?
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Contents
Foreword by Charlotte Joko Beck
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: The Basics of Practice
1. Skating on Thin Ice
2. Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control
3. Swiss Cheese
4. Experiencing and the Witness
5. The Eighty-Fourth Problem
6. Three Aspects of Sitting
Part II: Practicing with Emotional Distress
7. The Substitute Life
8. Practicing with Anger
9. Practicing with Fear
10. Practicing with Pain and Suffering
11. Practicing with Distress
12. Work and Practice
Part III: Awakening the Heart of Compassion
13. Hard and Soft
14. Letting Be
15. Loving-Kindness
16. Loving-Kindness Meditation
17. Awakening the Heart of Compassion
Epilogue: What Is Our Life About?
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