Through Contemplative Meditation we learn to investigate reality by looking carefully at our own mind and everyday life. We come to know ourselves very well--not only the negative habits we want to change, but our innate potential to find peace, happiness, and wisdom. In this practice we will discover that the secret to success lies in developing the right mental attitude, which is the wish to benefit others.

Your Mind Is Your Teacher: Self-Awakening through Contemplative Meditation, Khenpo Gawang, Shambhala Publications, Paperback, 240 Pages, $18.95

Khenpo Gawang Rinpoche is the founder and spiritual director of Pema Karpo Meditation Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Having completed twenty-seven years as a monk, twelve years of teaching experience, and nine years of study at the Buddhist University of Namdroling Monastery in South India, he holds a Khenpo degree, the Buddhist equivalent of a PhD. Gawang Rinpoche came to the United States in 2004 at the invitation of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and Shambhala International. He proudly became an American citizen in 2012.

Contents: Your Mind Is Your Teacher: Self-Awakening through Contemplative Meditation by Khenpo Gawang
About This Book	vii
Introduction: From Tibet to Tennessee	1
Part One: Contemplative Meditation
1. Happiness Is in Your Hands	11
2. The Thinker's Guide to Enlightenment	19
Part Two: Preliminary Steps
3. Precious Human Birth	33
4. Visualization	41
5. Seven Ways to Accumulate Merit	47
6. Bodhichitta, the Awakened Heart	57
Part Three: The Four Seals of the Dharma
7. The Seal of Impermanence	71
8. The Seal of Multiplicity	79
9. The Seal of Suffering	109
10. The Seal of Emptiness	125
Part Four: Contemplating the Four Seals
11. Preparing for Practice	133
12. The Four Contemplations	141
Contemplation of Impermanence	143
Contemplation of Multiplicity	144
Contemplation of Suffering	150
Contemplation of Emptiness	152
Conclusion	157
Part Five: Readings
The Heart Sutra	163
The Wheel of Analytical Meditation	207
Glossary	217
Biographical Notes	225
Shakyamuni Buddha	225
Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche	227
Acknowledgments	229
About Pema Karpo Meditation Center	230