Shambhala dragon editions. 

xii, 195 pages ; 23 cm.; Includes index.; Understanding practice. Discovering the heart of meditation -- Exercise : learning from the precepts -- Why meditate? -- Exercise : concepts and reality -- Meditation instructions -- Difficulties and hindrances -- Exercise : making the hindrances part of the path -- Deepening levels of practice -- Exercise : moving from content to process -- Training the heart and mind. The seven factors of enlightenment -- Exercise : awareness of the seven factors of enlightenment -- The life of the Buddha -- Exercise : recollection of the Buddha -- The freedom of restraint -- Exercise : restraint -- Suffering : the gateway to compassion -- Exercise : cultivating compassion -- The growth of wisdom. Understanding karma : cause and effect -- Exercise : equanimity meditation -- Understanding karma : liberation -- Exercise : observing intention -- The five spiritual faculties -- The three basic characteristics -- Exercise : Observing discomfort in our conditioned response -- Perspectives on reality -- The path of service -- Exercise : the heart of service -- Integrating practice -- Exercise : strengthening mindfulness.; Covers hindrances to meditation, the need for compassion, reconciliation between responsible action and a life of nonattachment, and the law of karma.; 

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