Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha
Front
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Credits
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Preface to the Second Edition
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Dedication
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Foreword and Warning
Part I
The Fundamentals
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Introduction to Part I
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Morality, The First and Last Training
3
Concentration, The Second Training
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Wisdom, The Third Training
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The Three Characteristics
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Impermanence
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Dissatisfactoriness
3
No-Self
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The Five Spiritual Faculties
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Faith and Wisdom
2
Energy and Concentration
3
Mindfulness
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The Seven Factors of Awakening
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Mindfulness
2
Investigation
3
Energy
4
Rapture
5
Tranquility
6
Concentration
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Equanimity
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The Three Trainings Revisited
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Happiness
2
Renunciation
3
Suffering
4
Awakening
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The Play
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The Four Noble Truths
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Truth Number One: There Is Suffering
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Truth Number Two: There Is the Cause of Suffering
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Truth Number Three: There Is the End of Suffering
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Truth Number Four: The Noble Eightfold Path
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Objects for Insight Practice
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When, Where, and For How Long?
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On Teachers
12
Daily Life and Retreats
13
A Few Odds and Ends About Retreats
14
Post-Retreat Advice
15
Postures
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Resolve
Part II
Light and Shadows
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Introduction to Parts Two through Five
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Buddhism versus The Buddha ⚡
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Content and Ultimate Reality ⚡
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What Went Wrong ⚡
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A Clear Goal
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Harnessing the Energy of the Defilements
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Right Thought and the Augean Stables
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From Content to Insight
Part III
The Samatha Jhanas
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Introduction to Part Three
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The Wide World of Jhana
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The First Jhana
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The Second Jhana
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The Third Jhana
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The Fourth Jhana
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The Concentration States (Shamatha Jhanas)
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The First Shamatha Jhana
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The Second Shamatha Jhana
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The Third Shamatha Jhana
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The Fourth Shamatha Jhana
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The Formless Realms
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The Fifth Jhana, Boundless Space
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The Sixth Jhana, Boundless Consciousness
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The Seventh Jhana, Nothingness
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The Eighth Jhana, Neither Perception Nor Non-Perception
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Kasina Practice
Part IV
Insight
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The Progress of Insight
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1. Mind and Body
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2. Cause and Effect
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3. The Three Characteristics
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4. The Arising and Passing Away
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5. Dissolution, Entrance to the Dark Night
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6. Fear
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7. Misery
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8. Disgust
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9. Desire for Deliverance
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10. Re-observation
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11. Equanimity
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12. Conformity
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13. Change of Lineage
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14. Path
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15. Fruition
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The Three Doors
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“What Was That?”
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Review
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The Vipassana Jhanas
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Bill Hamilton’s Model
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Fractals
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U Pandita’s Model
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One More Model
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How the Maps Help
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Beyond First Path (“What Next?”)
Part V
Awakening
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Models of the Stages of Awakening ⚡
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General Problems with Current Models
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Models that are Mostly Unhelpful
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The Non-Duality Models
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The Sudden Schools of Awakening
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The Direct Perception Models
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Time and Space Models
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The Fundamental Perception Models
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The Specific Perception Models
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The Emotional Models
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The Theravada Four Path Model
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A Revised Four Path Model
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The Bodhisattva Bhumi Model
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The Mahayana Five Path Model
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The Vajrayana Models
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The Concentration Models
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Nirodha Samapatti
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Back to the Vajrayana Story
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The Simple Model
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The Action Models
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The Perfect Speech Models
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The Perfect Internet Behavior Models
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The Powers Models
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The Sleep Models
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The Specific Knowledge Models
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The Psychological Models
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The No-Thought Models
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The God Models
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The Unity Models
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The True Self Models
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The Physical Models
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The Biological Models
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The Radiance Models
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The Karma Models
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The Perpetual Bliss Models
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The Three Kayas
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The Immortality Models
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The Transcendence Models
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The Extinction Models
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The Love Models
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The Equanimity Models
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The No-Preference Models
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The Special Models
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The Social Models
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The Ultimate Reality versus Unreality Models
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The Meaning Models
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The Three Yanas
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Ditching our “Stuff” versus Ditching the Split
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The “Nothing To Do” and “You Are Already There” Schools
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Depths of Realization and Integration
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Archetypes, Roles, Inspiration, and Becoming
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Dependent Origination
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Final Points
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Towards Contemporary Models
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Integration
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It Is Possible!
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More on the “Mushroom Factor” ⚡
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So, Who the Heck is Daniel M. Ingram?
Part VI
My Spiritual Quest
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Backstory
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The Early Years
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Bodysurfing
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College and Pre-Buddhist Exploration
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The Middle Years
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Thank U, India
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The First Bodh Gaya Retreat
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The First MBMC Retreat
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The Dark Night Gets Ugly
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The Second Bodh Gaya Retreat
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The Great Stream Enterer
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Dharma Power, Dharma Poison
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The Middle Paths
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Slam-Shifting Ñanas and Jhanas
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Luminosity
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Nirodha Samapatti
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Map Failure
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Wandering
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Kasinas, Powers, and Retreats
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Introduction to the Powers
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Are the Powers Real?
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Paradigm Fluency
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Crazy?
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Those Damn Fairies …
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Definitions of the Powers
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Ethics and the Powers
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How to Cultivate the Powers
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Made Pliant and Malleable
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Benefits of the Powers
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Magick and the Brahma Viharas
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Formal Definitions
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The Brahma Viharas
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Bodhicitta as Magick
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Vipassana as Magick
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Bhavana Society 2001 Retreat
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Fire Kasina Practice
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Morality and Magick
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Around the World and Finding Home
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The Second MBMC Retreat
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Untangling
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Agencylessness
4
Wobble and Fall
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Vimuttimagga
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More Practical Tidbits
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Describing Your Practice
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Dependent Origination Revisited
Appendices
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A
Final Wishes
B
Last Words of Wisdom
Part I The Fundamentals
1
Introduction to Part I
2
Morality, The First and Last Training
3
Concentration, The Second Training
4
Wisdom, The Third Training
5
The Three Characteristics
1
Impermanence
2
Dissatisfactoriness
3
No-Self
6
The Five Spiritual Faculties
1
Faith and Wisdom
2
Energy and Concentration
3
Mindfulness
7
The Seven Factors of Awakening
1
Mindfulness
2
Investigation
3
Energy
4
Rapture
5
Tranquility
6
Concentration
7
Equanimity
8
The Three Trainings Revisited
1
Happiness
2
Renunciation
3
Suffering
4
Awakening
5
The Play
9
The Four Noble Truths
1
Truth Number One: There Is Suffering
2
Truth Number Two: There Is the Cause of Suffering
3
Truth Number Three: There Is the End of Suffering
4
Truth Number Four: The Noble Eightfold Path
10
Objects for Insight Practice
1
When, Where, and For How Long?
11
On Teachers
12
Daily Life and Retreats
13
A Few Odds and Ends About Retreats
14
Post-Retreat Advice
15
Postures
16
Resolve