Mind in Harmony will interest anyone who is curious to know what Buddhism has to say about the mind and how to live an ethical life. Subhuti describes the mind from the Buddhist point of view, and shows how such knowledge can help us live a more satisfactory life. This is also a handbook for those who are seriously interested in the long-established Buddhist system of "mind training," and offers some of the tools needed to construct a system of mind training for oneself.

Subhuti has led meditation retreats in Europe, the United States, and India on the Buddhist texts of the Yogacara Abhidharma, the source of this system of mind training. This book represents the crystallization of that teaching experience. Subhuti uses the perennial wisdom of the Abhidharma to illuminate mental patterns, and so draws a map of the mind that helps us first to recognize and then to transform our inner world and our lives.

Mind in Harmony: The Psychology of Buddhist Ethics, Subhuti, Windhorse Publications, Paperback, 272 pages, $19.95

Subhuti was born in Chatham England in 1947 and was known as Alex Kennedy until his ordination into the Triratna Buddhist Order in 1973. As a devoted disciple of the movement�s founder Urgyen Sangharakshita he has played an outstanding role in the movement�s development through his writing and teaching, his frequent talks, through his work and influence on many of its institutions and through the personal effect he has had on many individuals, not least those he has personally ordained. Subhuti played a major role in the establishment of the London Buddhist Centre and remains its President. He was also intimately involved in the establishment of Guhyaloka, the men�s retreat centre in Spain where he lived for a number of years and which has become a focal point for ordination for many men . For many years he was based at Padmaloka, the retreat centre in Norfolk where he helped develop the present ordination training for men, including writing much of the study material. He has also been Chairman of the College of Public Preceptors, president of the Valencia centre and a key figure in the establishment of the men�s ordination process in the United States.