Dancing with Life Table of Contents
Preface by Ajahn Sumedho
Introduction: My Dance with Life
Chapter 1 - Dancing Lessons: How to Use This Book
Chapter 2 - Mindfulness and Compassion: Tools for Transforming Suffering into Joy
BOOK ONE: THE FIRST NOBLE TRUTH
Chapter 3 Your Life is Inseparable from Suffering
Chapter 4 How Suffering Got a Bad Name
Chapter 5 Feeling the “Ouch” of Your Suffering
Chapter 6 The Call to Know that You Know
Chapter 7 The Opposite of Suffering is Not Happiness
BOOK TWO: THE SECOND NOBLE TRUTH
Chapter 8 There is a Cause of Your Suffering
Chapter 9 Why Do You Suffer?
Chapter 10 Imprisoned by Desire
Chapter 11 You're No Longer a Victim
Chapter 12 The Paradox of Desire
BOOK THREE: THE THIRD NOBLE TRUTH
Chapter 13 You Can End Your Suffering
Chapter 14 Tasting the Joy of Life’s Impermanence
Chapter 15 When the Dance Ends, Freedom Begins
Chapter 16 It’s Nothing Personal
Chapter 17 You Are Not Your Self
BOOK FOUR: THE FOURTH NOBLE TRUTH
Chapter 18 The Way to End Your Suffering
Chapter 19 An Integral Approach to Practice
Chapter 20 Developing Intention, Your Ally on the Path
Chapter 21 Now that You Know, What is It That You Know?
Chapter 22 The Courage to be Happy
Epilogue: The Call To Surrender Your Innocence
Appendix 1 The Twelve Insights of The Four Noble Truths
Appendix 2 Glossary
Appendix 3 Resources and Meditation Retreats
Acknowledgments
Index
