dharmakaya...........................................312
to insight...........................................127
and transcendence...........................313
value of...............................................56
Dharmakaya.....................................325
couch potato stage.................................190
sticking around.................................330
crash.............................................................
Dipa Ma.................................................303
post A&P..........................................178
disappointment............................................
craving......................................................62
nirmanakaya and..............................309
Crazy Wisdom School..........................286
over reality of enlightenment...........288
Crimson and Clover................................24
discipline......................................................
crisis.............................................................
value of...............................................78
of identity.................................185, 200
disempowerment.........................................
Crowley, Aleister...........................150, 226
high standards and...........................328
cult leaders.............................................198
dishonesty....................................................
culture..........................................................
about realization...............................322
limiting ...........................................287
dissatisfaction...............................................
cushion.........................................................
and suffering.......................................28
on the, defined...................................73
divine apathy..........................................210
Damnitall...............................................232
divorce.........................................................
Daniel M. Ingram........................................
in the Dark Night.............................196
bio346
dogma..........................................................
don't believe me!..............................349
and religion........................................92
favorite movie...................................346
as practice...........................................95
dark comedy..........................................312
Buddhism as......................................92
death............................................................
Christianity as.....................................92
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
..................................................
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
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
..................................................
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..................................................
vs. Nirodha samapatti.......................355
and models of enlightenment as......322
Fruitions.......................................................
fasting.....................................................115
unavoidability of in enlightened beings
fear...............................................................
....................................................248
and arahats.......................................310
frustration...............................................120
as insight stage..................................191
compassion in..................................121
as motivation....................................113
in Desire for Deliverance.................193
compassion in..................................121
in Dissolution...................................190
investigation of...................................28
fun8, 24
of madness and death......................206
concentration states and.............58, 133
relating to Paths................................257
epicureanism and.............................125
feelings.........................................................
