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Tables of Contents for An Open Heart
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
vii
Nicholas Vreeland
Introduction Central Park, New York City, August 15, 1999
3
24
The Desire for Happiness
27
16
Meditation, a Beginning
43
12
The Material and Immaterial World
55
8
Karma
63
10
The Afflictions
73
8
The Vast and the Profound: Two Aspects of the Path
81
8
Compassion
89
10
Meditating on Compassion
99
8
Cultivating Equanimity
107
10
Bodhicitta
117
10
Calm Abiding
127
12
The Nine Stages of Calm Abiding Meditation
139
8
Wisdom
147
14
Buddhahood
161
8
Generating Bodhicitta
169
12
Afterword
181
10
Khyongla Rato
Richard Gere
Photo Credits
191