1. The Great Way is Not Difficult by JOHN Tarrant10. Recognizing our Natural State by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche with David R. Shlim, M.D.16. Touching the Earth by Thich Nhat Hanh27. The Flame at the Tip of the Candle by Claude Anshin Thomas40. The Anthropology of Myself by Faith Adiele59. The True Spirit of the Grain by Edward Espe Brown63. Nothing Holy: A Zen Primer by Norman Fischer75 The Great Failure by Natalie Goldberg95. The Path of Mahamudra by Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche103. If You Depict a Bird, Given It Space to Fly by Eleanor Rosch119. The Future of Ice by Gretel Ehrlich129. Exploring the Great Indoors by Jeff Greenwald143. Sunset Boulevard by Erik Hansen146. Waking Up at Work by Michael Carroll157. Making Friends With Ourselves by Gaylon Ferguson163. Awakening the Mind of the Buddha by Gehlek Rimpoche175. Listen to the Cries of the Universe by Barbara Rhodes178. Meeting Myself in the Cell House by Scott Darness189. The Great Love by Lewis Richmond198. Daughter Time by Rick Bass204. Drink and a Man by Joan Duncan Oliver210. Cultivating Wisdom by His Holiness the Dalai Lama227. The Infinite Dot Called Mind by the Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche244. Intimate Distances by Francisco J. Varela255. Rucksack Poetry: How Haiku Found a Home in America by Andrew Schelling267. Have a Cup of Tea by John Daido Loori 276. Danger on Peaks by Gary Snyder276. Almost Okay Now 277. For Philip Zenshin277. For Carole278. Steady, They Say279. Experiments in Consciousness by Sam Harris293. The Politics of Interdependence by Peter Coyote296. Three Means to Peace by Joseph Goldstein303. Contributors315. Credits321. About the Author