Part 1 Let's Get Started 1 --
Basic Breath Meditation: It Doesn't Get Simpler Than This / Melvin McLeod McLeod, Melvin 3 --
On Motivation: Meditate as a Hobby, Not as a Career / Clark Strand Strand, Clark 5 --
Getting Started / Norman Fischer Fischer, Norman 8 --
What Meditation Isn't / Bhante Gunaratana Gunaratana, Bhante 14 --
Dedicating Your Practice / Sharon Salzberg Salzberg, Sharon 22 --
Finding Your "Breathing Room": How to Create a Meditation Space / Thich Nhat Hanh Hanh, Thich Nhat 24 --
What's What / Ajahn Chah Chah, Ajahn 26 --
Four Foundations of Mindfulness / Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche Rinpoche, Chögyam Trungpa 35 --
Part 2 Cultivating Calm and Insight (and More) 51 --
How to Practice Shamatha Meditation / Gen Lamrimpa Lamrimpa, Gen 53 --
How to Practice Insight Meditation / Sayadaw U Pandita Pandita, Sayadaw U 57 --
Who Will Tame the Tamer? / Tsoknyi Rinpoche Rinpoche, Tsoknyi 68 --
A Mind Like Sky / Jack Kornfield Kornfield, Jack 70 --
Working with "Method 2" / Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo Dhammadharo, Ajaan Lee 76 --
Developing Insight / Sylvia Boorstein Boorstein, Sylvia 80 --
Getting Grounded through Walking Meditation / Thich Nhat Hanh Hanh, Thich Nhat 86 --
Compassion and Loving-Kindness Meditation / Noah Levine Levine, Noah 95 --
Part 3 A Taste of Zazen 105 --
This Life Which Is Wonderful and Evanescent / Blanche Hartman Hartman, Blanche 107 --
Sitting Zen / John Daishin Buksbazen Buksbazen, John Daishin 113 --
Practices of Zen / James Ishmael Ford Ford, James Ishmael 118 --
Going Nowhere / Lewis Richmond Richmond, Lewis 133 --
Power of Koan Practice / John Tarrant Tarrant, John 140 --
Study Yourself / Shunryu Suzuki Roshi Roshi, Shunryu Suzuki 151 --
Part 4 Indo-Tibetan Innovations 155 --
What the Practice Can Do / John Powers Powers, John 157 --
Relaxing with the Truth / Pema Chödrön Chödrön, Pema 159 --
Developing the Mind of Great Capacity: The Fourteenth / Dalai Lama Lama, Dalai 167 --
Looking Into Lojong, or Mind Training / Judy Lief Lief, Judy 182 --
You Can Do It! / Pema Chödrön Chödrön, Pema 189 --
Mahamudra and Dzogchen: Thought-Free Wakefulness / Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche Rinpoche, Chökyi Nyima 192 --
Part 5 Keep Your Practice Going 201 --
It's AU in Your Mind / Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche Rinpoche, Sakyong Mipham 203 --
Bringing the Practice Home / Larry Rosenberg Rosenberg, Larry 207 --
My First Meditation Retreat: A Checklist / Karen Maezen Miller Miller, Karen Maezen 218 --
Sangha: Practicing in Community / Gaylon Ferguson Ferguson, Gaylon 220 --
Yoga Body, Buddha Mind / Cyndi Lee Lee, Cyndi, David Nichtern Nichtern, David 222 --
Stabilize Your Practice / Andy Karr Karr, Andy 235 --
Building Your Mental Muscles / Thanissaro Bhikkhu Bhikkhu, Thanissaro 237 --
Keeping It Real: Working with Boredom and without Self-Deception / Carolyn Rose Gimian Gimian, Carolyn Rose 244 --
Signs of Spiritual Progress / Pema Chödrön Chödrön, Pema 250.