Essays on Buddhist Mindfulness Practice. An inspiring and very accessible compilation of essays and edited talks on the Buddhist practice of mindfulness. As Gil Fronsdal states, "the search for the issue at hand is the search for what is closest at hand, for what is directly seen, heard, smelt, tasted, felt, and cognized in the present " Gil brings the practice of mindfulness not only to formal meditation but to all the varying aspects of every day life.

Issue At Hand: Essays On Buddhist Mindfulness Practice, Gil Fronsdal, Paperback, 162 pages, $16.00

Gil Fronsdal is a Norwegian-born, American Buddhist teacher, writer and scholar based in Redwood City, California. He has been practicing Buddhism of the Soto Zen and Vipassana sects since 1975, and is currently teaching the practice of Buddhism in the San Francisco Bay Area.