- Beyond Distraction
- Cover Page
- Advance Praise for Beyond Distraction
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction: Lost in Thought
- 1. Knowing Your Own Mind: Many Kinds of Thoughts
- 2. Thoughts That Help and Thoughts That Hurt: What Intentions Do You Nurture?
- 3. Antidotes and Alternatives: Strategy #1 — Replace Unwholesome Thoughts with Wholesome Thoughts
- 4. Weighing the Costs: Strategy #2 — Examine the Dangers of Distracting Thoughts
- 5. Withdrawing the Fuel: Strategy #3 — Avoid It, Ignore It, Forget It
- 6. Unraveling the Causes: Strategy #4 — Investigate the Causes of Distraction
- 7. Saying No and Meaning It!: Strategy #5 — Apply Determination and Resolve
- 8. Applying the Five Strategies: A Complete Training Sequence
- 9. Mastering Your Mind: Moving toward Liberation
- Appendix 1: Dvedhāvitakka Sutta: Two Kinds of Thought
- Appendix 2: Vitakkasaṇṭhāna Sutta: The Removal of Distracting Thoughts
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index of Exercises
- General Index
- About the Author
- What to Read Next from Wisdom Publications
- Copyright
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