xvii, 209 pages ; 18 cm; Wakefulness -- Luminous Mind -- Sage -- Dhammapada -- Metta Sutta -- Developing Loving-Kindness -- Harmlessness -- Virtue -- Great Discourse on Blessings -- Noble Friendship -- Awakened -- Hatred Never Dispels Hate -- Sand Castles -- No-Self -- Body and Mind -- Empty World -- Developing the Mind -- Joy -- Rain, O Sky! -- House Builder -- Parable of the Arrow -- Dharma as Medicine -- Four Noble Truths -- Sickness, Old Age, and Death -- Crossing the Stream -- Parable of the Mustard Seed -- Three Characteristics -- End of Clinging -- Sutra on Totality -- Fire Sermon -- Master Your Senses -- Nirvana -- Master Yourself -- Refinement of Mind -- Plowing -- Serenity and Joy -- Path of Mindfulness -- Pith of the Matter -- Radiant Presence -- Bahiya -- Sutra on Full Awareness of Breathing -- Heart -- Abandoning of Sorrow -- Parable of the Lute -- Inclination of Mind -- Inner Peace -- Abandoning All Hindrances -- Soma and Mara -- Songs of the Nuns -- Look Within -- Sharpest Sword -- Bamboo Acrobats -- Blessing Chant -- Parable of the Raft -- Kalamas's Dilemma -- Patience -- Criticism and Praise -- On Conflict and Concord -- Admonishing Others -- Conceit of Views -- Right Speech -- Value of Loving-Kindness -- Woman at the Well -- Treasure -- Commitment to Virtue -- Five Precepts -- Tending the Sick -- Wise Householders -- Advice for Sustaining the Community -- Knowing a Better Way to Live -- Free from All Opinion -- Do Not Grasp at Views -- On Knowing Karma -- Judging Another -- Self-Respect -- Lamp unto Yourself -- Living in the World -- Go Forth Over the Earth -- Like Milk and Water -- Sharing Blessings -- Dharma Is Like the Ocean -- Miracle of Awakening -- All Things Conditioned -- Eye of Wisdom -- Heart Sutra -- Dharma of the Heart -- Mirage -- Sariputra and the Goddess -- Fleeting World -- Mind of the Ancient Buddhas -- Verses on the Faith Mind -- Practice of Meditation -- Actualizing the Fundamental Point -- Natural Abiding -- Enlightenment Has No Form -- Song of Mahamudra -- Development of Mahamudra -- Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation -- Tibetan Book of the Dead -- Finding the Way -- Not Mixing Up Buddhism -- Bodhisattva -- Bodhicitta -- Diamond Sutra -- Perfection of Giving -- Sutra of Hui-neng -- Hyakujo and the Fox -- Between Birth and Death -- Birth and Death are Nirvana -- Teachings of Huang Po -- Mind Is Buddha -- Ordinary Mind Is the Way -- Parable of the Hidden Jewel -- Song of Zazen.; "This treasury of essential Buddhist writings draws from the most popular Indian, Tibetan, Chinese, and Japanese sources. Some of the earliest recorded sayings of the Buddha on the practice of freedom, passages from later Indian scriptures on the perfection of wisdom, verses from Tibetan masters on the enlightened mind, and songs in praise of meditation by Zen teachers are among the selections. The book also includes traditional instruction on how to practice sitting meditation, cultivate calm awareness, and live with compassion. Jack Kornfield, one of the most respected American Buddhist teachers, has compiled these teachings to impart the essence and inspiration of Buddhism to readers of all spiritual traditions."--Jacket.; 

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