Mountains are Mountains and Rivers are Rivers : Applying Eastern Teachings to Everyday Life

by Rabinowitz, Ilana

• ISBN13: 9780786864768
• ISBN10: 0786864761
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-07-28
• Publisher: Hyperion

Summary

Mountains are Mountains and Rivers are Rivers deals with such subjects as achieving peace of mind, coping with stress, accepting lifes disappointments, enhancing creativity,finding meaningful work, and improving relationships with your family members. There is also a useful dictionary of the terms, such as zazen, dharma, and sartori, used in the readings, along with concepts such as attentiveness, simplicity, and acceptance. This is an excellent and accessible guide for anyone wishing to slow down lifes frantic pace and develop a more peaceful lifestyle.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xiii
Foreword	xv
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Introduction: Mindfulness and the Art of Living	1	(14)
Openness
``Prologue'' from Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind	15	(2)
Shunryu Suzuki
``On Questioning''	17	(4)
Zoketsu Norman Fischer
``The Wise Leader'' from Real Power	21	(3)
James A. Autry
Stephen Mitchell
``Beginner's Mind'' from The Dancing Wu Li Masters	24	(3)
Gary Zukav
``A Cure for Education'' from Talking Zen	27	(3)
Alan Watts
``Jack and the Beanstalk'' from Everyday Blessings	30	(2)
Myla Kabat-Zinn
Jon Kabat-Zinn
``Airplane First Aid II: The Correction'' from It's Easier Than You Think	32	(7)
Sylvia Boorstein
Awareness
``Attention Means Attention'' from Nothing Special: Living Zen	39	(5)
Charlotte Joko Beck
``Awareness'' from Buddhism Without Belief	44	(5)
Stephen Batchelor
``Bare Attention'' from The Experience of Insight	49	(4)
Joseph Goldstein
``The Heart of Practice'' from A Heart as Wide as the World	53	(3)
Sharon Salzberg
``Vait a Minute, Vait a Minute'' from Don't Just Do Something, Sit There	56	(2)
Sylvia Boorstein
``Softball Breaks Through the Gloom'' from Everyday Blessings	58	(3)
Myla Kabat-Zinn
Jon Kabat-Zinn
``The Listening Mind'' from How Can I Help?	61	(8)
Ram Dass
Paul Gorman
``When the Student Is Ready, the Teacher Bites'' from Breath by Breath	69	(3)
Larry Rosenberg
``Three Wondrous Answers'' from The Miracle of Mindfulness	72	(9)
Thich Nhat Hanh
Acceptance
``This Is It'' from Wherever You Go, There You Are	81	(2)
Jon Kabat-Zinn
``Judging'' from A Heart as Wide as the World	83	(3)
Sharon Salzberg
``Discover What Is Asking for Acceptance'' from A Path with Heart	86	(2)
Jack Kornfield
``Loving Whatever Is Incomplete'' from The Light Inside the Dark	88	(2)
John Tarrant
``The Limited Menu of Disturbing Mind States'' from It's Easier Than You Think	90	(2)
Sylvia Boorstein
``Restlessness'' from It's Easier Than You Think	92	(2)
Sylvia Boorstein
``The Broccoli Phenomenon'' from Don't Just Do Something, Sit There	94	(2)
Sylvia Boorstein
``How to Cook'' from Instructions to the Cook	96	(9)
Bernard Glassman with
Rick Fields
Letting Go
``True Nature'' from Zen at Work	105	(6)
Les Kaye
``Giving Up Control'' from Real Power	111	(3)
James A. Autry
Stephen Mitchell
``Drifting Clouds, Flowing Water'' from Zen in the American Grain	114	(5)
Kyogen Carlson
``Meditation'' from Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart	119	(2)
Mark Epstein
Zen in the Art of Archery	121	(5)
Eugen Herrigel
``Suffering Ends by Letting Go of Attachment to Desire: Learning to Let Things Be'' from The Zen of Eating: Ancient Answers to Modern Weight Problems	126	(11)
Ronna Kabatznick
Tranquility
``Managing Stress'' from Moment by Moment: The Art and Practice of Mindfulness	137	(3)
Jerry Braza
``Cat Food Lessons'' from Wherever You Go, There You Are	140	(3)
Jon Kabat-Zinn
``Working with Anger and Aversion'' from Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness	143	(10)
Sharon Salzberg
``Poison as Medicine'' from Start Where You Are	153	(5)
Pema Chodron
``Responding to Pressure'' from Nothing Special: Living Zen	158	(11)
Charlotte Joko Beck
Harmony
``Enjoyment and the Quality of Life'' from Flow	169	(12)
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
``Harmony'' from Wherever You Go, There You Are	181	(2)
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance	183	(4)
Robert M. Pirsig
``The No-Boundary Moment'' from No Boundary	187	(3)
Ken Wilber
``The Knitting Sutra'' from The Knitting Sutra	190	(7)
Susan Gordon Lydon
Meditation
``Can Anybody Meditate?'' from Wherever You Go, There You Are	197	(2)
Jon Kabat-Zinn
``What Practice Is'' from Everyday Zen: Love and Work	199	(6)
Charlotte Joko Beck
``Training the Puppy: Mindfulness of Breathing'' from A Path with Heart	205	(10)
Jack Kornfield
``Meditation Training'' from Awakening the Buddha Within	215	(3)
Lama Surya Das
``Opening Pandora's Box'' from Everyday Zen: Love and Work	218	(11)
Charlotte Joko Beck
``Classes of Delusion'' from Taking the Path of Zen	229	(8)
Robert Aitken
``Venturing into the Here and Now'' from Sacred Hoops	237	(2)
Phil Jackson
``Mindfulness Versus Concentration'' from Mindfulness in Plain English	239	(7)
Venerable Henepola Gunaratana
``An Eighteen-Year Retreat'' from Everyday Blessings	246	(8)
Myla Kabat-Zinn
Joh Kabat-Zinn
``Meditation: Research and Practical Application'' from The Meditative Mind	254	(6)
Daniel Goleman
``We Wash Our Bowls in This Water'' from Mountains and Rivers Without End	260	(3)
Gary Snyder
About the Contributors	263	(6)
Glossary	269	(4)
Permissions	273