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Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha
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Front
Credits
Preface to the Second Edition
Dedication
Foreword and Warning
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
6. The Five Spiritual Faculties
7. The Seven Factors of Awakening
8. The Three Trainings Revisited
9. The Four Noble Truths
10. Objects for Insight Practice
11. On Teachers
12. Daily Life and Retreats
13. A Few Odds and Ends About Retreats
14. Post-Retreat Advice
15. Postures
16. Resolve
Part II. Light and Shadows
17. Introduction to Parts Two through Five
18. Buddhism versus The Buddha ⚡
19. Content and Ultimate Reality ⚡
20. What Went Wrong ⚡
21. A Clear Goal
22. Harnessing the Energy of the Defilements
23. Right Thought and the Augean Stables
24. From Content to Insight
Part III. The Samatha Jhanas
25. Introduction to Part Three
26. The Wide World of Jhana
27. The Concentration States (Shamatha Jhanas)
28. The Formless Realms
29. Kasina Practice
Part IV. Insight
30. The Progress of Insight
31. The Three Doors
32. “What Was That?”
33. Review
34. The Vipassana Jhanas
35. How the Maps Help
36. Beyond First Path (“What Next?”)
Part V. Awakening
37. Models of the Stages of Awakening ⚡
38. Integration
39. It Is Possible!
40. More on the “Mushroom Factor” ⚡
41. So, Who the Heck is Daniel M. Ingram?
Part VI. My Spiritual Quest
42. Backstory
43. The Early Years
44. Bodysurfing
45. College and Pre-Buddhist Exploration
46. The Middle Years
47. Thank U, India
48. The First Bodh Gaya Retreat
49. The First MBMC Retreat
50. The Dark Night Gets Ugly
51. The Second Bodh Gaya Retreat
52. The Great Stream Enterer
53. Dharma Power, Dharma Poison
54. The Middle Paths
55. Map Failure
56. Wandering
57. Kasinas, Powers, and Retreats
58. Introduction to the Powers
59. Are the Powers Real?
60. Paradigm Fluency
61. Crazy?
62. Those Damn Fairies …
63. Definitions of the Powers
64. Ethics and the Powers
65. How to Cultivate the Powers
66. Made Pliant and Malleable
67. Benefits of the Powers
68. Magick and the Brahma Viharas
69. Bhavana Society 2001 Retreat
70. Around the World and Finding Home
71. More Practical Tidbits
Final Wishes
Last Words of Wisdom
Repository
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Index