Introduction

PART ONE: THE SPIRIT OF MEDITATION

'I Have What You Need'
Coming Alive
For the Love of a Buddha
Transforming Suffering
Natural Caring
The Blessing of Right Effort
In the Beginning
Reclaiming Our Power
Happy to Concentrate
The Awareness of Breath
The Heavenly Abodes
Just the Way it Is
Returning Home
The Heart of Practice
Drop by Drop
The Object of Our Desire
Anger
Waiting to Live
Restlessness
Self-Forgiveness
Seeing Our Way Through Doubt
Resting the Exhausted Mind
The Torment of Continuity
Daily Liberation

PART TWO - THE PRACTICE OF TRANSFORMATION
Like the Presence of the Sky
Never Alone
Seeing Pain
Judging
Personality Types
Tidal Wave
The Greatest of Powers
Your Last Apple
Moments of Liberation
The Web of Connection
Changing Seasons
One Thing Only
Facing Suffering
Faith - to Place the Heart Upon
Selflessness
The Bridge of Empathy
No Pizza in Nirvana
Practicing for Dying
The Transparent World
Chili Peppers
Knowing the Deathless
Compassion Is a Verb

PART THREE - LIVING WITH WISDOM AND COMPASSION
The Buddha's Revolution
Caught Up
The Mistake
Greedy, Grumpy, Sleepy, Anxious, and/or Dubious
The Middle of the Middle Way
Prayers at the Western Wall
Somkething and Nothing
Precepts for Smart People
Joyful Compassion
The Opportunity of Imprisonment
The Heart of Forgiveness
The Blessing of Presence
Truth-Telling
The End of the Path
Responsibility
Ready to Die
Step by Step
Seeing Deeply
Very Happy
The Presence of Patience
The Happiness of Giving
Wonderment
Going Forward