One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps

Chapter headings: Preface Introduction Part One: Surrender(Step One; Meditation Exercise: Vipassana; Step Two; Step Three) Part Two: Investigation and responsibility(Step Four; Meditation exercise: noting the hindrances; Step Five; Step Six; Step Seven; Step Eight; Step Nine) Part Three: Fulfillment(Step Ten; Step Eleven; Meditation exercise: cultivating the wholesome: mudita and karuna; Step Twelve; Back to Step…

Natural Wakefulness: Discovering the Wisdom We Were Born With

Author BioGaylon Ferguson is a faculty member in both Religious Studies and Interdisciplinary Studies at Naropa University, in Boulder, Colorado. He is an acharya, or senior teacher, in the Shambhala International Buddhist community. After studying meditation and Buddhist philosophy with Tibetan master Chögyam Trungpa in the 1970s and 1980s, Ferguson became a Fulbright Fellow to…

Naikan: Gratitude, Grace, and the Japanese Art of Self-Reflection

School/perspective: Naikan (influenced by Pure Land Buddhism) Chapter headings: What Is Naikan? Gratitude and the Practice of Attention and Reflection in Everyday Life Giving to Others A Moral Self-Examination Mysteries and the Myths of Separation Intimate Attention The Practice of Naikan Self-Reflection and Service Selected excerpts: “Naikan is a Japanese word that means “looking inside”,…

Mindful Recovery

Chapter headings: Part One: Mindful Recovery Introduction: Getting to here and now The process of change Part Two: The Ten Doorways to Mindful Recovery Doorway One: Seeing the magic of the ordinary (Practices: Be aware of your breathing; reclaim the magic; establish moments of mindfulness; stop making hope an obstacle; recognize enough). Doorway Two: Telling…

Let Go: A Buddhist Guide to Breaking Free of Habits

hapter headings: Introduction Patterns Meditation Grasping Mental Habits Lost in Emotions Signals of the Body Recovering from Addiction Love Compassion Ethics A Creative Path Afterword Acknowledgements Bibliography Index Selected excerpts: “In England there is an association, The Prison Phoenix Trust, which is dedicated to teaching meditation and yoga to prisoners. This organization sends out a…