Introduction   ix

What Makes You Not a Buddhist   1
    Dzongsar Khyentse

Letting Go   21
    Judith Lief

Writers and the War against Nature   26
    Gary Snyder

Creating a Culture of Love   40
    bell hooks

He Had Me at Hello   50
    Perry Garfinkel

How to See Yourself as You Really Are   61
    His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Love without Limit: An Interview with Thich Nhat Hanh   67
    Thich Nhat Hanh

Our True Home   82
    Thich Nhat Hanh

There's No "I" in Happy   89
    Matthieu Ricard

On the Shores of Lake Biwa   103
    Natalie Goldberg

Wanting Enlightenment Is a Big Mistake   114
    Seung Sahn

Discovering the True Nature of Mind   124
    Thrangu Rinpoche

Momma Zen   137
    Karen Miller

Reflections on My Mother's Love   141
    Ajahn Amaro

Hardwired for Altruism   148
    Daniel Goleman

Impermanence Rocks!   164
    Daniel Dancer

Beautiful Snowflakes   168
    Norman Fischer

Eight Flashing Lances   176
    Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso

Reentry   192
    Jennifer Lauck

Birthing   195
    Nancy Bardacke

Through the Lens of Attention   200
    Michael Krasner

Five Reasons to Get Cancer   208
    John Tarrant

Married to the Guru   216
    Diana Mukpo and Carolyn Rose Gimian

My Life in Robes   239
    Poems by Leonard Cohen

Suffering Too Insignificant for the Majority to See   243
    Alice Walker

Turning Your Whole Way of Thinking Upside Down   259
    Pema Chödrön

Pitbull   265
    Jarvis Jay Masters

Are You Joining a Cult?   275
    Donna Lovong

What's Crazy, Really?   281
    Layla Mason

The Dharma of Social Transformation   287
    Charles Johnson

Healing the Earth   295
    Stephanie Kaza

Mindful Marriage   307
    Christopher Germer

Nirvana   312
    Gil Fronsdal, Anam Thubten Rinpoche, and Roko Sherry Chayat

Contributors   321
Credits   331