feelings.........................................................
first jhana as......................................140
extremes of in Dark Night...............196
in Review..........................................214
reacting to strong ones.....................202
unsatisfactoriness and.......................133
first bhumi.............................................290
future............................................................
Five Buddha Families....................121, 226
sensations of.....................................113
Five Path Model....................................291
-mind................................................114
five senses................................................18
Genesis 1.2............................................242
Five Spiritual Faculties.................................
goal...............................................................
alternate order....................................36
dangers of.........................................114
and The Three Trainings..................37
good vs. bad.....................................113
cause for awakening...........................37
lack of...............................................111
defined...............................................34
method vs. result..............................114
fork in the road......................................255
Western neuroses and.....................117
hard to find post A&P......................255
God..............................................................
formations..............................................206
and dharmakaya...............................313
and vipassana jhana maps................228
Fruition and......................................211
as gateway to the The Three Doors.208
God Models.....................................266
culmination of insight stages............208
God Models...........................................301
in the formless realms......................208
gold standard...........................................17
noting and........................................236
for Concentration...............................13
Index
for insight practices....................13, 127
similar to Theravada........................321
for morality.........................................13
hindrances...................................................
for progress in insight.......................170
and mindfulness.................................41
for reality............................................17
Hinduism.....................................................
golden chains.........................................164
as True Self Tradition......................153
good life.....................................................8
hot coal..................................................241
Grace.....................................................113
ignorance.....................................................
grandiosity..............................................258
and impermanence door.................242
about high ideals..............................328
cause of suffering................................26
in the Dark Night.............................196
formal definition................................63
investigation of...................................28
illusion of a separate self..............................
Great Sacred Neurotic Crap Wallow....294
debunking..........................................23
Great Spiritual Basket Case...................203
illusion of continuity....................................
Great Stream Enterer, The...................237
creation of..........................................18
greed........................................................64
debunking..............................22, 23, 25
eliminating........................................273
illusion of duality.........................................
fourth defilement.............................275
and the non-duality models.............274
grounding down...........................................
and True Self...................................157
after psychic powers.........................147
inherent pain of..................................26
guilt............................................................8
illusion of separate self................................
guru..........................................................79
creation of........................................112
not decorated by..............................215
illusion of solidity.........................................
gurus............................................................
concentration practice and...............133
plagued by scandal...........................342
foundation of concentration practice
habits............................................................
....................................................139
elimininating unskillful.....................330
Immortality models...............................314
Halfway Up the Mountain School.........286
impermanence.............................................
hallucinogens...........................................11
and suffering.......................................26
happiness.....................................................
defined...............................................16
all beings wanting.............................131
door..................................................241
as factor of second jhana..................141
indifference..................................................
factor of first jhana...........................140
vs. equanimity.....................................49
investigation of.................................141
insight...........................................................
plan for...............................................55
fundamental.......................................12
search for............................................64
insight meditation........................................
three causes of....................................52
defined...............................................16
Happy Place..........................................296
insight practices............................................
hatred.......................................................64
and The Seven Factors of
eliminating........................................273
Enlightenment..............................47
fifth defilement.................................275
basic assumptions of..........................26
healing..........................................................
basic instructions..............................171
ditching split and..............................323
Big Issue and....................................128
health...........................................................
difficult and disconcerting................133
wrecking in the Dark Night..............200
example of great skill in...................130
heart attacks.................................................
fucking up your life..........................185
teachings on emptiness and.............329
great practice......................................19
heat..............................................................
in afterglow of jhana.........................143
sensations of.....................................174
inertia of...........................................253
Hercules................................................126
investigation of no-self........................31
High Equanimity...................................163
irrelevance of object...........................19
higher paths.................................................
limits of...............................................14
and the Three Doors.......................244
not for everyone...............................110
Hinayana........................................109, 320
samatha jhanas as object of..............140
Index
slowing down....................................135
boundless space (5th jhana)
those who should not do them........187
..................................................
two-finger exercise..............................22
130, 159
used to break up siddhis..................147
Buddha's praise of
useful assumptions of.................17, 334
..................................................
value of retreats..................................68
135
vs. concentration practices.........41, 111
chapter on
vs. content........................................106
..................................................
when and where.................................67
139
zazen.................................................109
first jhana
integration....................................................
..................................................
chapter on........................................333
139
loving-kindness and............................65
first jhana:five factors of
intentions.....................................................
..................................................
walking meditation and......................74
140
interconnectedness....................................7
first jhana:importance of
and the Mahayana............................321
..................................................
interdependence..........................................
140
and karma..........................................64
formless realms:getting lost in
interviews.................................................81
..................................................
intimacy........................................................
164
and transcendence...........................313
fourth jhana
investigation.................................................
..................................................
and insight stage 3............................230
143
as Factor of Enlightenment................38
getting fooled by
defined...............................................40
..................................................
of certainty, confusion, etc...............257
142, 144
of comparison..................................258
getting stuck in
of hindrances......................................41
..................................................
of nothingness..................................162
140, 159, 162
of samatha jhanas.............................140
investigating
of space............................................160
..................................................
James Bond...........................................204
140
jealousy..................................................120
mimicking Fruition
jhana.............................................................
..................................................
confusing term..................................134
246
first....................................................134
neither perception nor yet non-
samatha......................................10, 133
perception (8th jhana)
avoiding like plague
..................................................
..................................................
163, 246
143
neither perception nor yet non-
basic pattern of progress
perception (8th jhana):pre-
..................................................
Nirodha samapatti
137
..................................................
being fooled by
354
..................................................
nothingness (7th jhana)
134
..................................................
benefits of
161, 162, 212, 246
..................................................
progress of insight in background of
134
..................................................
boundless consciousness (6th jhana)
249
..................................................
160, 161
Index
second jhana
as concentration object........................9
..................................................
kundalini......................................................
141, 230
and the A&P.....................................178
soft vs. hard
junkie................................................230
..................................................
spontaneous.....................................179
136
Kundalini...............................................292
third jhana
language.......................................................
..................................................
limits of.............................................153
142
Lao Tzu.......................................................
valid vacation
representing sambhogakaya.............312
..................................................
laundry.........................................................
135
post-enlightenment...........................321
vipassana..........................................217
leading onward.......................................254
Bill Hamilton's model of
let it go.........................................................
..................................................
and equanimity...................................48
219
limits and uses of................................16
first
literal vs. insight................................335
..................................................
talking about.....................................101
171
lights.............................................................
fourth
visions of..................................176, 205
..................................................
limited possible action models..............288
181
lineage..........................................................
fourth:formations
transmission.....................................343
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