Why Buddhism? WESTERNERS IN SEARCH OF WISDOM

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Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; Teaching Buddhism in prison ROBINA COURTIN Nun among gangsters ; From Sotheby’s to Dharamsala ALISON MURDOCH Buddhist and Christian ; A tremendous ripening effect THUBTEN GELEK Itinerant monk and pupil ; The cultivation of mindfulness SHARON SALZBERG Teacher of a way of seeing ; Something spoke to my heart BOB SHARPLES Counsellor and psychologist ; Digitising the Dharma MICHAEL ROACH Diamond merchant, meditator and scholar ; A place for the heart to rest TRACY MANN Actor ; Life as a question, not fact STEPHEN BATCHELOR Author, teacher and sceptic ; Being in the gateway INTA MCKIMM A dying person full of joy MIFFI MAXMILLION 185 Inta McKimm’s daughter ; Unencumbered by guilt CLIVE ARROWSMITH Photographer ; A deep shift inside me LAMA PALDEN DROLMA Teacher, mother and psychotherapist; Pie in the sky in your fridge PHILIP GLASS Composer; A vision of personal evolution ROBERT THURMAN Professor with presence ; Unfolding to new experience SISTER KOVIDA Alms pilgrim ; The vastness and power of the mind YVONNE RAND Zen priest and teacher/student ; Key Buddhistterms ; Furtherreading ;