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Buddha Walks into a Bar, The:

224 pages

This isn’t your grandmother’s book on meditation. It’s about integrating that “spiritual practice” thing into a life that includes beer, sex, and a boss who doesn’t understand you. It’s about making a difference in yourself and making a difference in your world—whether you’ve got everything figured out yet or not. Lodro Rinzler is a bright and funny young teacher with a knack for showing how the Buddhist teachings can have a positive impact on every little nook and cranny of your life—whether you’re interested in being a Buddhist or not.




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Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements   ix
Introduction   xi
Part One:  FIrst, Get Your Act Together
   1.  Your Life Is a Playground   3
   2.  Laugh at the Display of Your Mind   11
   3.  Manifesting the Qualities of the Tiger   18
   4.  Discerning Your Own Mandala   24
   5.  Being Gentle with Your Incredible Hulk Syndrome   32
   6.  This Moment Is the Occasion   40
   7.  Attending to the Details of Your Life   46
Part Two:  How to Save The World
   8.  A Society Based On an Open Heart   57
   9.  Manifesting the Qualities of the Snow Lion   67
  10. Sex, Love, and Compassion   75
  11. How to Apply Discipline, Even When Your Head Gets Cut Off   84
  12. Riding the Waves of Your Life   91
  13. Bringing Light to a Dark World   103
Part Three:  Letting Go Into Space
  14. Pluck the Arrow from Your Eye and See the World More Clearly   113
  15. The Fearless Flight of the Garuda   122
  16. Studying for Your Buddhist Bar Mitzvah   130
  17. Rejoicing in Coconuts of Wakefulness   137
  18. Tearing Apart the Papier-Mache You   143
  19. Bringing a Spacious Mind to Subtle Acts   150
Part Four:  Relaxing Into Magic
  20. Singing a Vajra Song (in the Shower)  161
  21. The Authenticity of the Dragon   168
  22. Doing the Milarepa   177
  23. Joining Heart and Mind in a Genuine Way   185
  24. Making the Ordinary Magical   192
  25. Relaxing into Your Life   199
Notes   209
Resources   210

About the author:
Lodro Rinzler is a meditation practitioner and teacher in the Shambhala tradition of Vajrayana Buddhism.  Over the last decade, he has taught numerous workshops at meditation centers and college campuses across the US.  His column What Would Sid Do (Sid = Siddhartha, the Buddha) has appeared regularly on Beliefnet.com since 2009, and his posts there have also appeared in the Huffington Post.   He lives in New York City

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