Editor’s Preface    vii
Acknowledgments    xi
Introduction    xiii

Part One: The Five Self-Centered Emotions

1. Self-Clinging: The Juice of Self-Centered Emotions    3
2. Guilty as Charged!: A Case against Jealousy    9
3. The Other Side of the Fence: A Case against Aggression    17
4. Invisible Strings: A Case against Attachment    29
5. Entering the Circle of Dogs: A Case against Arrogance    39
6. Connecting Seed and Fruit: A Case against Stupidity    47

Part Two: Working with Others

7. The Lenchak Dynamic: Not a Healthy Kind of Love    55
8. Part of the Equation: No Room for Indifference    65
9. Putting Others in the Center: The Fundamental Principle    69
10. Faith: Opening the Shutters    75
11. Working with a Teacher: Not a One-hand Clap    81
12. Devotion and Lineage: From the Womb of the Mother    89

Part Three: Teachings on Emptiness

13. Mere Appearance: Thinking like an Elephant    97
14. The Haunted Dominion of the Mind: Shaken from Within    103
15. The “Unfindability” of Phenomena: Disassembling Delusion    113
16. Light Comes Through: Potential and Entirety    119

Recommended Reading    123
Mangala Shri Bhuti Centers    125