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Opening Credits
1/1/2025

Volume One
1/1/2025

Epigraph to The New Middle Way
1/1/2025

Introduction to The New Middle Way
1/1/2025

Slicing and Dicing
1/1/2025

Kleshas, the Pāramitās, the Brahmaviharas, and Karma
1/1/2025

Woo-Woo World
1/1/2025

Becoming Enlightened in This Lifetime
1/1/2025

The Pure Land
1/1/2025

Is It All About the Ego?
1/1/2025

Moses, Tablets, Words, and the Kingdom of God
1/1/2025

Masculinity and Femininity in Buddhism
1/1/2025

Saints, Bodhisattvas, Yidams, and Poisons
1/1/2025

My Journey—Roots
1/1/2025

My Journey—Trauma
1/1/2025

My Journey—Dharma
1/1/2025

How to Find a Teacher and Sangha—Part One
1/1/2025

How to Find a Teacher and Sangha—Part Two
1/1/2025

Your Journey
1/1/2025

Meditations and Contemplations
1/1/2025

Words and Phrases
1/1/2025

Volume Two
1/1/2025

Epigraph to A Buddhist Path to Joy
1/1/2025

Introduction to A Buddhist Path to Joy
1/1/2025

Severance, Me, Impermanence, Resilience, and Maybe Amitabha
1/1/2025

Awakening to Joy with Vajra Pride
1/1/2025

If You're Goal Is Enlightenment, You Won't Make It
1/1/2025

Lessons in the Ever-Changing Self
1/1/2025

Seven Tips From Science, Buddhism, and Me on Being Happy
1/1/2025

Karma, Victimhood, and Stupidity
1/1/2025

The Tower of Labels
1/1/2025

Seeking Answers to the Unknowable Creation Questions
1/1/2025

Amor Fati and Other Compatible Teachings
1/1/2025

Meet Me at the Intersection of Samadhi and Awareness
1/1/2025

Equanimity and Emptiness
1/1/2025

AI, Sentience, and Buddha Nature--Deep Questions for Claude, Us, and Generations to Come (AI Part One)
1/1/2025

We'll Start Again With a Quote About Humor and Mortality (AI Part Two)
1/1/2025

A Deeper Dive into Mahamudra and Tibetan Buddhism
1/1/2025

A Review in Short Takes
1/1/2025

Afterword
1/1/2025

Acknowledgements
1/1/2025

About the Author
1/1/2025

A Final Word from Mel
1/1/2025

Closing Credits
1/1/2025