Rituals & Practice, Theravada 

The liberating practice of mindfulness -- The art of awakening: the way of meditation -- A mind like sky: learning to rest in awareness -- Realizing our full potential: cultivating love and joy -- Make your heart a zone of peace: dharma and politics -- Our children will learn what they live: becoming more conscious parents -- The art of forgiveness -- Spiritual initiation: monastic rites of wholeness and commitment -- Perils, promises, and spiritual emergency on the path -- The near enemies of awakening: nonattachment is not indifference -- The bodhisattva way: tending to the suffering of all beings -- Samadhi: developing a steady, concentrated mind -- Spiritual maturity -- Natural freedom of the heart: the teachings of Ajahn Chah -- The inspiration of Dipa Ma Barua -- Holding the banner of Dharma: celebrating Chögyam Trungpa -- American Buddhism: preserving and adapting the dharma -- This fantastic, unfolding experiment: establishing the Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock -- Sex lives of the gurus -- Psychedelics, antidepressants, and spiritual practice -- Even the best meditators have old wounds to heal -- The sure heart's release: healing our personal pain -- Enlightenments -- Take the one seat: basic meditation practice -- Forgiveness meditation -- Loving-kindness meditation (metta). 

xv, 279 pages ; 24 cm 

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