Introductionix

Meeting the Chinese in St. Paul 1
Natalie Goldberg

The Natural State of Happiness 12
Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche

A Heart Full of Peace 19
Joseph Goldstein

My Marital Status 28
James Kullander

Learning True Love 43
Sister Chan Khong

Nothing to Do, Nowhere to Go: Practices Based on the Teachings of Master Linji 54
Thich Nhat Hanh

A Little Lower than the Angels: How Equanimity Supports Kindness 69
Sylvia Boorstein

Cave with a View 79
Kate Wheeler

The Joy of Living 88
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

Always Turn Toward, Never Turn Away 97
Rigdzin Shikpo

The Great Way 104
John Daido Loori

Why I Have to Write 112
Norman Fischer

The Sutras of Abu Ghraib 116
Aidan Delgado

Hitting the Streets 131
Lin Jensen

Gratitude 137
Joanna Macy

Learning Forgiveness 148
Noah Levine

The Practice of Lojong: Cultivating Compassion through Training the Mind 154
Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche

Grasping 173
Martine Batchelor

Mind in Comfort and Ease 186
His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Why Bother with Meditation? 202
Steve Hagen

The Mindful Leader 205
Michael Carroll

Natural Abundance 220
Frances Moore Lappé

Above the Fray 226
R. J. Eskow

Choosing Peace 235
Pema Chödrön

Retreat at Plum Village 245
Cameron Barnett

Grandmother Mind 247
Susan Moon

Yoga Body, Buddha Mind 253
Cyndi Lee and David Nichtern

Emotions: What They Really Are 267
The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche

Not Our Bodies, Not Ourselves: Life Lessons from a Cadaver 281
Hannah Tennant-Moore

Pain But Not Suffering 286
Bhikkhu Bodhi, Darlene Cohen, Shinzen Young, and Reginald Ray

Washing Out Emptiness 300
Sallie Tisdale

Prince of the Ascetics: A Short Story 308
Charles Johnson

Contributors 317

Credits 327