INTRODUCTION ix IT'S UP TO YOU/ Dzigar Kongtrül 1 (10) THIS FLOATING WORLD/ Joan Sutherland 11 (9) SEARCHING FOR THE HEART OF COMPASSION/ Marc Ian Barasch 20 (15) HAIR-BRAIDING MEDITATION/ Polly Trout 35 (2) MAINTENANCE, SEEING, THE QUESTIONER/ Three short essays by Lin Jensen 37 (10) THE DRAGON'S MIND AND THE POWER OF NONSELF/ Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche 47 (6) SURPRISED BY JOY/ Sharon Salzberg 53 (4) WHAT IS DEATH, MOMMY?/ Anne Cushman 57 (7) EVERYTHING IS HOLY/ Katy Butler 64 (10) THE MYSTIC AND THE CYNIC/ Peter J. Conradi 74 (12) THE GREAT DOUBT/ Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede 86 (11) STUDYING MIND FROM THE INSIDE/ The Dalai Lama 97 (8) A SAINT BEYOND MY UNDERSTANDING/ George Crane 105 (9) SHE WHO HEARS THE CRIES OF THE WORLD/ Christina Feldman 114 (9) DEATH DON'T HAVE No MERCY: A MEMOIR OF MY MOTHER'S DEATH/ Mariana Caplan 123 (12) NO TIME TO LOSE/ Pema Chödrön 135 (14) THE THREE LORDS OF MATERIALISM/ Carolyn Rose Gimian 149 (11) WASH YOUR BOWLS/ Norman Fischer 160 (13) DR. KING'S REFRIGERATOR/ A short story by Charles R. Johnson 173 (7) COMING TO OUR SENSES/ Jon Kabat-Zinn 180 (14) JUST SITTING/ Tenshin Reb Anderson 194 (9) AFTER THE FLOOD/ Erik Hansen 203 (5) A LIFE CUT TO PIECES/ Diana Atkinson 208 (11) MURDER AS A CALL TO LOVE/ Judith Toy 219 (4) REMOVING THE THORN/ Frank Olendzki 223 (4) EGO GOES GLOBAL/ David Loy 227 (5) CONTEMPLATING EMPTINESS/ The Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche 232 (17) MY GURU/ Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche 249 (11) THE PERFECT LOVE WE SEEK, THE IMPERFECT LOVE WE LIVE/ John Welwood 260 (12) I'M BREATHING, ARE YOU?/ Nancy Hathaway 272 (10) PASSING IT ON/ Mark Magill 282 (3) TO DRINK A GLASS OF WATER/ Noelle Oxenhandler 285 (6) A CENTURY OF SPIRITUALITY/ Thich Nhat Hanh 291 (10) CONTRIBUTORS 301 (12) CREDITS 313
