A mind at home with itself how asking four questions can free your mind, open your heart, and turn your world around

"In A Mind at Home with Itself, Byron Katie illuminates one of the most profound ancient Buddhist texts, The Diamond Sutra (newly translated in these pages by distinguished scholar Stephen Mitchell) to reveal the nature of the mind and to liberate us from painful thoughts, using her revolutiona...

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Main Authors: Katie, Byron (Author), Mitchell, Stephen, 1943- (Author, Translator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins, [2017]
Edition: First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • About inquiry
  • About the Diamond Sutra
  • About this version of the Diamond Sutra
  • The cosmic joke
  • Bowing to a grain of sand
  • The radiant moment
  • Giving is receiving
  • The work in action: "Dave didn't acknowledge me"
  • Everyday Buddhas
  • Mind is everything, mind is good
  • At home in the ordinary
  • The ultimate generosity
  • Love comes back for itself
  • Living in inquiry
  • The gift of criticism
  • Teaching a cat to bark
  • The work in action: "My mother attacks me"
  • The world beyond names
  • Nothing belongs to us
  • Coming home
  • Everything happens for you, not to you
  • Life without separation
  • Freedom is not believing your thoughts
  • The work in action: "Sophia doesn't listen"
  • Inconceivable wealth
  • The perfect body
  • Nothing to lose
  • Picking up the garbage
  • Gratitude has no why
  • The cause of all suffering
  • The work in action: "Daniel doesn't keep his promises"
  • Equal wisdom
  • A Buddha in the house
  • The space between thoughts
  • "Brush your teeth!"
  • Being transparent
  • A world that's completely kind
  • The work in action: "Glenn is drinking again"
  • The true nature of everything
  • Loving the dream
  • Appendix: How to do the work.