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…
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”,…
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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…
Chapter 29 pp. 137-1471990 essay by Katy Butler Selected excerpts: “As a member of San Francisco Zen Center in the 1980s, I was mystified by my own failure – and the failure of my friends – to challenge the behavior of our teacher, Richard Baker-roshi, when it seemed to defy common sense. Since then, friends…
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…
Chapter headings: Foreword: Paul Hawken Introduction: Stephanie Kaza Part One Getting Hooked: Desire and Attachment 1. Desire, delusion and DVDs: Joseph Goldstein 2. How we get hooked, how we get unhooked: Pema Chödrön 3. The inner pursuit of happiness: Ruben L.F. Habito 4. Young Buddhists in shopping Shangri-la: Sumi Loundon 5. Marketing the Dharma: Thubten…
Chapter headings: Acknowledgments Preface Aging Reverie: Oblivion No Escape Two Truths The Downward Slope Old Is Good We Are Addicts The God of Time The End Naked Burial Remembering Story/Memory Interlude Memory/Story Interlude Growing Down Interlude The Mind of my Grandmother Interlude Rocking Chair Forgetting Silence Big Mind Resurrection Transfiguration Communion Reverie: The Mind of…