For the many people searching for ways to improve the quality of their lives, "Openness Mind" clearly explains the value of meditation and how to proceed with its practice. Defining meditation as a way of opening our minds to the richness of experience, this book emphasizes a practical approach that anyone can apply to develop awareness, transcend the limitations of self-image, improve concentration, and effect positive changes in their way of being. The chapters on Thoughts, Patterns, the Moving Tapestry of Dreams, and the Dream Lotus exercise offer ways to expand our understanding of reality and the nature of mind; Dimensions of Meditation engages questions commonly asked by beginning meditators.
Openness Mind, Tarthang Tulku, Dharma Publishing, 160 pages, $14.95

Tarthang Tulku, Rinpoche is Tibetan lama born in Golok, in Eastern Tibet. He left Tibet for exile in India in 1958. While a refugee in India Rinpoche taught at Sanskrit University, Varanasi, and began reprinting endangered Tibetan texts. In 1968 he moved to the United States where he has lived and worked ever since. Rinpoche has founded more than 20 organizations, preserving and promoting Buddhist wisdom both in Asia and in the West. Tarthang Tulku is the author of more than two dozen books, including Gesture of Balance; Time, Space, and Knowledge- A New Vision of Reality; Kum Nye Tibetan Yoga; Skillful Means, Revelations of Mind, and Caring.

Foreword	vii
Preface	xi
PART ONE: OPENNESS
Learning through Experience	2
The Self-Image	12
Self-Change	17
Transforming Fear	22
Meditation: Let It Be	31
PART TWO: DEEPENING THROUGH MEDITATION
The Deepening Stream	40
Opening to Feeling	44
Transcending Emotions	50
Fascination and Anxiety	65
PART THREE: REALITY AND ILLUSION
Reality and Illusion	70
Moving Tapestry of Dreams	74
Dream Lotus	87
The Ground of Being	92
PART FOUR: BEYOND MEANINGS
Dimensions of Mediation	96
Thoughts	103
Beyond Meanings	111
Awareness	117
The Illusion of Now	125
PART FIVE: THE LIVING DHARMA
The Dharma Within	134
Refuge	141
Love and Compassion	146
The Seed of Enlightenment	152
Index	157