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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Being Zen: Bringing Meditation To Life
 9780834823402, 9781570628566, 9781590300138, 2001044166

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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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