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

and a cave in Tibet.............................65

emotional perfection...................................

and lineage transmission..................343

simple model and............................284

checklist for......................................248

emotions......................................................

completely unpractical.....................261

and scripting.....................................234

danger of describing.........................261

as fuel for practice............................119

desire for..........................................120

as It...................................................288

non-negotiable..................................330

dark, in 3rd insight stage..................173

one being, all beings?.......................332

investigation of.................................120

sudden and gradual..........................126

negative...................................................

synonyms for......................................15

models of eliminating

talking about.....................................339

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vs. omniscience................................104

323

envy............................................................8

perfection of.....................................273

equanimity...................................................

repressing.........................................273

and mindfulness.................................48

wasting power of...............................122

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

emptiness.................................................28

as factor of third jhana.....................142

as not 8th jhana................................163

culminating in fourth jhana..............143

as not nothingness....................162, 164

defined...............................................47

chapter on........................................245

in formless realms............................159

checklist for......................................247

in the Dark Night.............................231

defined...............................................28

vs. indifference...................................50

misuse of term..................................101

evangelism....................................................

shunyata............................................321

post A&P..........................................181

teachings of and myocardial infarctions

exercise........................................................

....................................................329

eliminating stuff vs. split...................323

Index

exercises.......................................................

on my third retreat...........................236

front and back of head.......................22

formless realms......................................159

investigating emotions......................120

and Nirodha samapatti.....................353

investigating thoughts.........................23

post fruition......................................130

investigation of breath........................23

Four Noble Truths......................................

investigation of suffering.....................27

defined...............................................60

our favorite half of reality.................310

desire, cause of suffering....................62

two fingers..........................................22

Noble Eightfold Path.........................66

existence.......................................................

Four Path Model.........................................

continuity of.......................................17

problems with...................................279

experiential reality........................................

fourth path...................................................

defined...............................................17

defilements and................................275

Extinction Models.................................316

fractals....................................................177

eyelids flickering....................................137

and Khabbala...................................227

faith..............................................................

and the Four Path Model................226

and the maps....................................169

obsession with..................................256

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

Twelfth Path and..............................256

balancing with wisdom.......................34

vipassana jhanas and........................225

excess and deficiency.........................34

Fruition........................................................

lack of...............................................110

attainments mimicking.....................246

fantasy..........................................................

post A&P..........................................255

getting lost in....................................190

sorting out from A&P Event............240

fantasy-land..................................................