Contents

• Cover
• Titlepage
• Copyright
• Introduction
• The Pursuit of Excellence
• Joy in Getting It Right
• Because the Mind Is Purposeful
• Wearing the Breath
• The Committee of the Mind
• Whole-Hearted Concentration
• All Eye
• Ironclad Technique vs. No Technique
• A Divine Seat
• The Flamethrowing Mind
• The Radiant Mind
• The Dhamma Is in the Method
• Think
• To Be Debt Free
• Honest & Observant
• Wise About Mistakes
• Non-Reactive Judgment
• A Tradition of Ingenuity
• The Need for Agency
• A Good Independent Self
• Attahi Attano Natho
• Swept Downstream
• Surveying the World
• The World of Conviction
• Infinity
• Metta Math
• Tough Goodwill for a Tough World
• Bringing Daily Life into the Practice
• The Long-Distance Meditator
• Stake Out
• Discipline Is a Choice
• Moods Are Not-Self
• When Things Regress
• Self-Starting
• Not the Predictable Thing
• Think Outside the Ruts
• Ugly Body, Happy Mind
• Sense Pleasures & Sensuality
• Smart About Lust
• Nobility Is the Best Policy
• The Graduated Discourse
• Fourth Truth, First Duty
• Attention & Intention
• Thoughts About Thinking
• The Desire for Things to Be Different
• Shoulds & Desires
• Location, Location
• Realizing Cessation
• The Not-Self Discourse
• Getting Your Head Around the Goal
• Glossary