Contents

• Titlepage
• Contents
• Cover
• Copyright
• Introduction
  • Meditation: What & Why
  • What's in this Book
  • How to Read this Book
  • Basic Premises
  • Additional readings
  • Relevant talks
• Basic Instructions
  • I : Getting Ready to Meditate
  • Your Physical Situation
  • Your Posture
  • The State of Your Mind
  • II : Focusing on the Breath
  • III : Leaving Meditation
  • IV : Meditating in Other Postures
  • Walking Meditation
  • Standing Meditation
  • Meditation Lying Down
  • V : Becoming a Meditator
  • Additional readings
  • Relevant talks
• Common Problems
  • Pain
  • Wandering Thoughts
  • Drowsiness
  • Delusion Concentration
  • External Noises
  • Troubles with the Breath Itself
  • Unusual Energies & Sensations
  • Judging Your Progress
  • Maintaining Motivation
  • Disruptive Emotions
  • Visions & Other Uncanny Phenomena
  • Getting Stuck on Concentration
  • Random Insights
  • Additional readings
  • Relevant talks
• Meditation in Daily Life
  • I : Your Inner Focus
  • II : Your Activities
  • Moderation in Conversation
  • Precepts
  • Restraint of the Senses
  • III : Your Surroundings
  • Admirable Friends
  • Frugality
  • Seclusion
  • Additional readings
  • Relevant talks
• Advanced Practice
  • Jhana
  • Insight
  • Release
  • Additional readings
  • Relevant talks
• Finding a Teacher
  • Additional readings
  • Relevant talks
• Supplementary Meditations
  • Additional readings
• Acknowledgements