Faith is a thorny subject these days. Its negative expressions cause many to dismiss it out of hand--but Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel urges us to reconsider, for faith is really nothing but our natural proclivity to find certainty in a world where certainty is hard to come by. And if we look carefully, we'll discover that the faith impulse isn't separate from reason at all--faith and logic in fact work together in a playful and dynamic relationship that reveals the profoundest kind of truth--a truth beyond the limits of "is" and "is not." Using the traditional Buddhist teachings on dependent arising, Elizabeth leads us on an experiential journey to discover the essential interdependence of everything--and through that thrilling discovery to open ourselves to the whole wonderful range of human experience.
The Logic of Faith: A Buddhist Approach to Finding Certainty Beyond Belief and Doubt, Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, Shambhala Publications, Paperback, 134 pp, $16.95

Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel has studied and practiced Mahayana Buddhism, as well as the Vajrayana tradition of the Longchen Nyingthik, for over 30 years under the guidance of her teacher and husband, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. She has been intimately involved with Rinpoche's work in bringing Buddhist wisdom to the West, in particular the development of Mangala Shri Bhuti, an organization dedicated to the study and practice of the Longchen Nyingthik lineage. She is also a founding member and teacher of the Wilderness Dharma Movement and on the advisory boards of Prison Mindfulness Network and the Buddhist Arts and Film Festival.

Elizabeth has an academic background in anthropology and Buddhist studies. After many years of solitary retreat, Rinpoche appointed Elizabeth as Retreat Master at Longchen Jigme Samten Ling, Mangala Shri Bhuti's retreat center in southern Colorado. Elizabeth is the author of The Power of an Open Question and The Logic of Faith. She has edited Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche's two books, It's Up to You and Light Comes Through, and teaches the Buddhadharma throughout the United States and Europe. When she is not traveling, she enjoys riding her horse through the vast planes of the San Luis Valley in Crestone, Colorado.

CONTENTS: Logic of Faith
	Foreword by Thupten Jinpa	ix
	Foreword by Dziga Kongtrul Rinpoche	xv
	Preface	xvii
	Acknowledgments	xxi
	INTRODUCTION: THE F-WORD	1
	The End of Faith?	2
	Pratityasamutpada	3
	Open Questioning	4
1.	WHAT DO I KNOW?	7
	Less Right, More Informed	7
	Grace in Relationship	10
	Everything Leans	13
	Emerging from Not Noticing	17
	Delusion, Realness, and Illusion	21
	Life outside Our Story	26
	Beyond Appearances	29
2.	INVESTIGATING THINGS	33
	Poising the Mind for Insight	33
	Loosening Practice	39
	Don't Make It a Thing!	44
	Searching for a Permanent or Impermanent Self	49
	From Scratch: Investigating Autonomy	58
	Emptiness	62
	The Two Truths: Not Two or True	66
3.	FAITH: BEYOND BELIEF AND DOUBT	73
	Faithing	73
	Belief	76
	Doubt	82
	Eternalism: Getting to the Bottom of Things	86
	Nihilism: Is That All There Is?	91
	The Viewless View	96
4.	CITIZENSHIP	101
	Perfect	101
	Burning with Love in a World We Can't Fix	105
	Choice	109
5.	LIVING TRADITION	113
	Customized Spirituality	113
	The Logic of Faith	118
	Notes	123
	Index	125
	About the Author	135