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Home » Books by Phillip Moffitt » Dancing with Life

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

Dancing with Life

  • Introduction
  • Table of Contents
  • Reviews and Interviews
  • Endorsements for Dancing with Life
  • Excerpt from Dancing with Life
  • Study Dancing with Life
  • Summation of the Four Noble Truths
  • What Readers Are Saying

Phillip Moffitt

At the peak of his career, former CEO and Editor-in-chief of Esquire magazine, Phillip Moffitt, traded in his worldly aspirations to explore the inner life. He subsequently founded the Life Balance Institute and now teaches vipassana meditation with an emphasis on living the dharma in daily life. Phillip is a co-guiding teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and the author of Emotional Chaos to Clarity and Dancing with Life.

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Emotional Chaos to Clarity

How to Live More Skillfully, Make Better Decisions, and Find Purpose in Life

Emotional Chaos to Clarity can be purchased in bookstores and on the Internet. It is available in hardcover, paperback, e-book, and audiobook.

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Buddhist Insights for Finding Meaning and in Everyday Life.

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