Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha

• 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
    • Impermanence
    • Dissatisfactoriness
    • No-Self
  • 6. The Five Spiritual Faculties
    • Faith and Wisdom
    • Energy and Concentration
    • Mindfulness
  • 7. The Seven Factors of Awakening
    • Mindfulness
    • Investigation
    • Energy
    • Rapture
    • Tranquility
    • Concentration
    • Equanimity
  • 8. The Three Trainings Revisited
    • Happiness
    • Renunciation
    • Suffering
    • Awakening
    • The Play
  • 9. The Four Noble Truths
    • Truth Number One: There Is Suffering
    • Truth Number Two: There Is the Cause of Suffering
    • Truth Number Three: There Is the End of Suffering
    • Truth Number Four: The Noble Eightfold Path
  • 10. Objects for Insight Practice
    • 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
• 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
    • The First Jhana
    • The Second Jhana
    • The Third Jhana
    • The Fourth Jhana
  • 27. The Concentration States (Shamatha Jhanas)
    • The First Shamatha Jhana
    • The Second Shamatha Jhana
    • The Third Shamatha Jhana
    • The Fourth Shamatha Jhana
  • 28. The Formless Realms
    • The Fifth Jhana, Boundless Space
    • The Sixth Jhana, Boundless Consciousness
    • The Seventh Jhana, Nothingness
    • The Eighth Jhana, Neither Perception Nor Non-Perception
  • 29. Kasina Practice
• Part IV. Insight
  • 30. The Progress of Insight
    • 1. Mind and Body
    • 2. Cause and Effect
    • 3. The Three Characteristics
    • 4. The Arising and Passing Away
    • 5. Dissolution, Entrance to the Dark Night
    • 6. Fear
    • 7. Misery
    • 8. Disgust
    • 9. Desire for Deliverance
    • 10. Re-observation
    • 11. Equanimity
    • 12. Conformity
    • 13. Change of Lineage
    • 14. Path
    • 15. Fruition
  • 31. The Three Doors
  • 32. “What Was That?”
  • 33. Review
  • 34. The Vipassana Jhanas
    • Bill Hamilton’s Model
    • Fractals
    • U Pandita’s Model
    • One More Model
  • 35. How the Maps Help
  • 36. Beyond First Path (“What Next?”)
• Part V. Awakening
  • 37. Models of the Stages of Awakening ⚡
    • General Problems with Current Models
    • Models that are Mostly Unhelpful
    • The Non-Duality Models
    • The Sudden Schools of Awakening
    • The Direct Perception Models
    • Time and Space Models
    • The Fundamental Perception Models
    • The Specific Perception Models
    • The Emotional Models
    • The Theravada Four Path Model
    • A Revised Four Path Model
    • The Bodhisattva Bhumi Model
    • The Mahayana Five Path Model
    • The Vajrayana Models
    • The Concentration Models
    • Nirodha Samapatti
    • Back to the Vajrayana Story
    • The Simple Model
    • The Action Models
    • The Perfect Speech Models
    • The Perfect Internet Behavior Models
    • The Powers Models
    • The Sleep Models
    • The Specific Knowledge Models
    • The Psychological Models
    • The No-Thought Models
    • The God Models
    • The Unity Models
    • The True Self Models
    • The Physical Models
    • The Biological Models
    • The Radiance Models
    • The Karma Models
    • The Perpetual Bliss Models
    • The Three Kayas
    • The Immortality Models
    • The Transcendence Models
    • The Extinction Models
    • The Love Models
    • The Equanimity Models
    • The No-Preference Models
    • The Special Models
    • The Social Models
    • The Ultimate Reality versus Unreality Models
    • The Meaning Models
    • The Three Yanas
    • Ditching our “Stuff” versus Ditching the Split
    • The “Nothing To Do” and “You Are Already There” Schools
    • Depths of Realization and Integration
    • Archetypes, Roles, Inspiration, and Becoming
    • Dependent Origination
    • Final Points
    • Towards Contemporary Models
  • 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
    • Slam-Shifting Ñanas and Jhanas
    • Luminosity
    • Nirodha Samapatti
  • 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
    • Formal Definitions
    • The Brahma Viharas
    • Bodhicitta as Magick
    • Vipassana as Magick
  • 69. Bhavana Society 2001 Retreat
    • Fire Kasina Practice
    • Morality and Magick
  • 70. Around the World and Finding Home
    • The Second MBMC Retreat
    • Untangling
    • Agencylessness
    • Wobble and Fall
    • Vimuttimagga
  • 71. More Practical Tidbits
    • Describing Your Practice
    • Dependent Origination Revisited
• Final Wishes
• Last Words of Wisdom