Knowing the Mind

Yau Yan Wong, Ph.D. (2022), Kasetsart University, is Head of the Well-being Development Program at an international school in Thailand. For over a decade, Wong has researched and published journals on mindfulness and emotional intelligence development in schools.

• Preface: Finding an Alternative Way of LivingYau Yan WongAcknowledgementsList of Figures and Tables1 Why Mindfulness?1 Reuniting with an Old Friend2 What Is Mindfulness?3 Why Mindfulness?4 First Awakening Experience5 An Overview of This Book2 What Is Mindfulness?1 Waking Up from Thoughts2 Thai Plum Village Monastery3 Jesus and Buddha as Brothers4 Understanding Mindfulness5 A Different Kind of Faith6 A Day of Mindfulness7 Waking Up8 Mindfulness in Daily Life9 Teaching Mindfulness to Children10 Mindfulness Practice and Emotional Intelligence3 A Simpler Form of Happiness1 Question about Renunciation2 First Vipassanā Retreat at Chom Tong Temple3 Many Teachers, Many Learners4 Concentration vs. Mindfulness5 Meeting Luang Phu Tong6 Lessons Learned from the First Retreat7 The Importance of Early Intervention4 Becoming an Observer1 Solving Problems with Mindfulness2 Meeting Venerable Suksan3 Roadblock to Meditation – Trying Too Hard4 Letting Go5 The Problem with Bullying6 Cultivating Wisdom7 Cultivating Compassion8 Transforming Anger9 Mindful Parenting10 Transformations in the Classroom11 Mindful Listening12 Mindfulness and the Five Faculties13 Ten Perfections14 Knowledge and Practice15 Problem with Laziness5 Another Level of Consciousness1 Exploring the Meaning of Success2 The Second Retreat3 Help Yourself First before Helping Others4 Dealing with Pain5 Balancing Five Strengths6 The Observer Is a Non-Self7 Separating Body and Mind8 Paradox of Jedi9 How to Deal with Physical Pain10 About Afterlife11 Special Phenomenon12 Suffering from Impermanence13 Attachment to Happiness14 Levels of Merit-Giving15 Meeting My Deceased Relatives16 Beginning of the Exam17 The Hardest Three Hours18 Defining Self19 Three Prerequisites of Practice20 Strategies to Survive21 The Power of Concentration22 Albert Einstein Was Right23 Four Kinds of Wealth24 The Final Assignment25 The Best Gifts26 Forgiveness27 The Final Challenge28 After the Retreat29 Combining Zen Buddhism and Theravada Buddhism6 Practicing Mindfulness in Parenting1 Embracing Imperfection2 Becoming a Parent3 Practicing Mindfulness in Delivery4 Mindfulness Practice for Busy Moms5 Transforming My Teaching Practice Again6 Teachers’ Discussions about Students’ Well-Being7 Does Learning Have to Be Painful?8 Mindfulness for Families9 A Few Shots of Mindful Parenting7 Nurturing a Mindful School Community1 The Secular Approach to Mindfulness2 Mindfulness Curriculum for Children3 Mindfulness Sessions for Teachers4 Mindfulness Professional Learning Community5 Mindful Living6 Hurrying Energy7 Working Meditation8 Nowhere to Go, Nothing to Do9 Not So Lazy Monday10 Walk with Me11 Hugging Meditation12 Combining Buddhist and Secular Mindfulness Practices13 Scaffolding Mindfulness Education8 Just Know So1 Sustained Attention vs. Mindfulness2 Meeting Luangpu Pramote3 A Boundless Mind4 International Vipassanā Retreat5 First Dhamma Talk6 It Is Okay to Feel Not Okay7 Be a Turtle, Not a Hare8 About Enlightenment9 Desire and the Five Precepts10 The Beginning of Wisdom Development11 Automatic Knower12 Mindfulness for Insight13 Free the Mind9 Understand Mindfulness through Science1 Developing a Stable Mind2 Mindfulness and Sustainable Development3 Mindfulness Defined by Psychologists4 Authentic Inquiry5 The Brain and the Mind6 The Purpose of Mindfulness Practice7 Understanding Non-Self8 Reorientation of Research10 Transcending Happiness and Suffering1 The Puppy Mind2 Dhamma Discussion with Monk Koffman3 The Nature of the Mind4 The Nature of Thoughts5 The Observation of Craving6 Finding a Temporary Home Base for the Mind7 Vipassanā and Samatha Practices8 Application of Mindfulness9 Suffering Is Our Teacher11 How to Cultivate a Stable Mind1 Find a Home for the Mind2 Venerable Nimmalo’s Story3 Beginning His Monastic Life4 Use Samatha to Lead Mindfulness5 Right Samādhi6 One Pointedness and a Stable Mind7 Mindfulness and Well-Being8 Mindfulness in Education9 The Story of Sariputta10 Can the Mind Be Measured?11 Separating the Five Aggregates12 Observing the Impermanence of a Phenomenon13 Imagine an Alternative Way of Teaching and Learning12 How to Cultivate an Equanimous Mind1 No Mud, No Lotus2 Ajahn Malee’s Story3 Joining Silent Retreats4 Using Her Home as the Temple5 First Awakening Moment6 Seeing the Dhamma7 Becoming a Dhamma Teacher8 Practitioners vs. Non-Practitioners9 Facing Crises with Mindfulness10 Observe Ourselves with Equanimity11 Experience of Vipassanā Moment13 Mindfulness in Daily Life Heuristics1 The Separation between the Body and the Mind2 The Basic Principles3 An Overview of Case Studies4 Reflection on the MiDL Program14 Facing Crises with Equanimity Forum1 Begin with the Idea of Sharing2 Online Informal Science Education for the Global Community3 Sharing in a Circle4 Managing Stress5 Ameliorating Intense Emotions6 Practicing Mindfulness in the Middle Way7 Anger Management8 The Path of Surrender9 Surrendering vs. Blind Faith15 Now, Present and Future1 Learning to Let Go2 Ongoing Projects3 Less Is More16 Developing a Mindful Lifestyle1 Mindfulness Is for Everyone2 Upholding the Five Precepts3 Find a Temporary Home4 Daily Meditation5 Metta Meditation6 Cultivating Wisdom in Daily Life7 Useful LinksGlossaryIndex