Prologue: The Moment Everything Changed ix
Introduction xi
Part I A Starting Point 1
1 The Basics 3
2 What Is MBSR? 23
3 Buddhist Roots of MBSR 41
4 Inspirations from Unlikely Sources 63
Part II the Three Fundamental Problems 87
5 Buddhist Entanglement 89
6 Beyond Black and White 109
7 Oligarchy: The Hidden Hand 133
Part III the Open MBSR Framework 157
8 The Open MBSR Manifesto 159
9 Open MBSR Teaching Essentials 177
10 Charting the Path Forward 201
A Personal Note to Readers 213
Notes 215
References 217
Acknowledgments 221
About the Author 223
Index 225