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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction: Meditations on living | |
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| Meditations on young people | |
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| Meditations on adulthood | |
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| Meditations on growing old | |
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| Meditations on men and women | |
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| Meditations on the family | |
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| Meditations on being single | |
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| Meditations on community life | |
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| Meditations on living a life of plenty | |
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| Meditations on living in poverty | |
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| Meditations on sickness | |
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| Meditations on the disabled and their carers | |
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| Meditations on the dying and their carers | |
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| Meditations on working hard and having little spare time | |
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| Meditations on prison and prisoners | |
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| Meditations on homosexuality | |
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| Meditations on politics | |
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| Meditations on the legal system | |
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| Meditations on the future of the world | |
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| Meditations on education | |
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| Meditations on science and technology | |
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| Meditations on commerce and business | |
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| Meditations on writing and journalism | |
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| Meditations on farming and the environment | |
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| Meditations on war | |
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| Meditations on dedicating one's life to others | |
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| Meditations on happiness | |
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| Meditations on unhappiness | |
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| Meditations on pessimism | |
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| Meditations on fear | |
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| Meditations on suicide | |
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| Meditations on loneliness and isolation | |
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| Meditations on anger | |
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| Meditations on desire | |
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| Meditations on jealousy | |
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| Meditations on pride | |
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| Meditations on trauma and suffering | |
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| Meditations on shyness | |
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| Meditation on indecisiveness | |
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| Meditations on not loving yourself | |
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| Meditations on addiction to alcohol or drugs | |
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| Meditations on sexual desire | |
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| Meditations on speaking mindlessly | |
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| Meditations on criticizing others | |
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| Meditations on causing suffering to others | |
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| Meditations on indifference | |
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| Meditations on religious belief | |
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| Meditations on following no religion | |
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| Meditations on monasticism and priesthood | |
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| Meditation on leading a contemplative life | |
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| Meditations on faith | |
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| Meditations on sectarian prejudice | |
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| Meditations on becoming a Buddhist | |
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| Meditations on practising Buddhism | |