Why Is Buddha Smiling,9781592330195

Why Is Buddha Smiling

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ISBN13: 9781592330195
ISBN10: 1592330193
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-08-01
Publisher(s): Fair Winds Pr
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Summary

In this inspired and accessible guide, author Mark Magill shows you how to root out sources of distraction and tune in to only that which is truly meaningful. Leading you through a series of practical exercises, guided meditations, ancient parables, and everyday scenarios, he challenges you to face down the daily meanderings of your mind -- not by ignoring the distractions, but by observing them from a place of stillness, the Buddhist place of peace. By following his plan to achieve mindfulness, you will increase your "center of gravity" and discover a life that is wholly more fulfilling. And in the process, you will come to understand why the Buddha is smiling. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Mark Magill is the co-author of the best-selling Good Life, Good Death: Tibetan Wisdom on Reincarnation (Riverhead Books, 2001). He has served on the board of advisors of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review. He is also a filmmaker whose work is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. He lives in New York.

Table of Contents

preface 8(2)
introduction 10(6)
part one discovering mindfulness
1. The Deer at the Watering Hole
16(6)
2. Last Day, Last Breath
22(6)
3. The Forest and the Trees
28(6)
4. Touched to the Heart
34(6)
5. Paying Attention
40(6)
6. Glimpsing the Thief
46(6)
7. Can You Get There from Here?
52(8)
part two developing mindfulness
8. Eh? Hmm...ah!
60(6)
9. Grass in the Wind
66(6)
10. Center of Gravity
72(6)
11. The Compassionate Gaze
78(6)
12. The Need for Practice
84(8)
13. Going the Distance
92(8)
14. The Tools at Hand
100(8)
part three practicing mindfulness
15. Always Present
108(6)
16. Raising a Joyful Sound
114(6)
17. Taming the Wild Horse
120(6)
18. The Three Poisons and Their Antidotes
126(8)
19. Suspending Judgment
134(6)
20. Chasing the Thief on His Own Horse
140(8)
21. Why Is the Buddha Smiling?
148(4)
afterword daily practice 152(6)
appendix the four noble truths 158

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