Table of Contents
Foreword Robert K. Hall ix
Preface to the 2020 Edition xi
Introduction Ram Dass xiii
Acknowledgments xv
First evening-Opening and Beginning Instruction 1
Second evening-Noble Eightfold Path 7
Third morning-Instruction: Feelings 17
Fourth evening-Bare Attention 19
Fifth morning-Instruction: Thoughts 29
Fifth evening-Concepts and Reality 33
Sixth morning-Instruction: Sense Objects 45
Seventh afternoon-Stories 47
Eighth morning-Instruction: Intentions 51
Ninth morning-Instruction: Eating 53
Ninth evening-Hindrances 55
Tenth morning-Instruction: Consciousness 65
Tenth evening-Warrior 67
Eleventh morning-Concentration Game 75
Twelfth evening-Three Pillars of Dharma: Parami 77
Thirteenth Evening-St. John of the Cross/St. Francis de Sales 87
Fourteenth evening-Four Noble Truths 89
Fifteenth afternoon-Halfway Resolution 97
Sixteenth evening-Karma 101
Seventeenth afternoon-Instruction: Relaxing/Sinking Mind 109
Eighteenth evening-Purity and Happiness 111
Nineteenth afternoon-Devotion 119
Twenty-first evening-Dependent Origination 121
Twenty-second evening-Death and Lovingkindness 127
Twenty-fifth Evening-Tao 135
Twenty-Sixth evening-Factors of Enlightenment 145
Twenty-Ninth Evening-Buddhist Paths 155
Thirtieth morning-Closing 169
Credits 177
Suggested Reading List 179