Mastering the Core Teachings of Buddha - An Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book

fear of...............................................206

rigid adherence to................34, 85, 120

reflection on.......................................17

donations...............................................105

defilements..................................................

double-dip unknowing event 180, 206, 247,

as empty...........................................112

249

negative emotions.............................119

drugs............................................................

repressing.........................................124

abuse of by teachers.........................342

rights and rituals.................................96

fast or dangerous?............................116

delusion...................................................64

dry insight workers.................................134

delusion.......................................................

duality..........................................................

defined...............................................30

logic always assuming.......................332

depression....................................................

resolution of paradox.......................208

and the Dark Night..........................190

dyana......................................................133

in Re-observation.............................196

dzogchen................................................133

one cause of.......................................46

Fundamental Perception Models....270

desire...........................................................

mistaking formless realms for. 160, 161,

and compassion.................................62

164

as Second Noble Truth......................62

effort............................................................

compassion in..................................121

and non-effort..................................105

dangerous term..................................62

and surrender.....................................32

investigation of...................................28

applied and sustained.......................141

neurosis and.......................................62

applied and sustained ( factor of first

despair.........................................................

jhana)..........................................140

Index

heroic...............................................197

Energetic Models...................................292

heroic, defined.................................116

energy...........................................................

One Fortunate Attachment..............106

and investigation.................................44

thoughts of........................................122

and the A&P.....................................230

too much..........................................117

as Factor of Enlightenment................38

when it really pays off.......................174

as Spiritual Faculty.............................34

ego................................................................

balancing with concentration.............35

and desire...........................................62

blockage of.......................................174

and self-preservation........................341

effects of posture on...........................73

and suffering.......................................61

excess and deficiency.........................35

as filter for compassion......................63

frustration and..................................113

bruising of enlightened beings ........215

of emotional life...............................119

elimination of...................................154

resolutions and...................................79

flogging self with...............................276

skillful use of......................................65

Freudian definition..........................276

enlighenment...............................................

high mystical sense...........................276

formal definition................................56

pop psychology meaning..................275

three uses of term...............................55

process of...................................30, 112

enlightened..................................................

process of...............................................

technically vs. -action........................288

stopping

enlightened beings.................................248

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feeling fullness of humanity.............313

65

getting caught in false models..........322

strength.............................................276

strange stories about.........................330

three meanings of.............................275

enlightenment..............................................

egolessness...............................................28

a year and a day................................252

Eight Worldly Winds............................309

A&P mimicking................................231

embarrassment............................................

absolutely possible...........................337

of overrating attainments..................259