of techniques re......................................
sadness.........................................................
realization
compassion in..................................121
..................................................
in Misery..........................................191
287
saints............................................................
Shakespeare.....................................85, 153
enlightened action and.....................288
shamanic pathworking...........................149
sakadagami...................................................
shunyata.................................................321
sakadagami.......................................274
shunyata.......................................................
salvation.......................................................
Fundamental Perception Models....270
source of.............................................58
shushumna.............................................292
samadhi..............................................9, 133
siddhi bleedthrough...............................149
samatha......................9, 133, 204, 209, 246
siddhi hangover.....................................147
sambhogakaya........................................311
sila4
sample plan............................................238
silence..........................................................
Samsara........................................................
investigating......................................160
as Nirvana.........................................312
sitting............................................................
Sariputta.......................................................
for long periods................................115
my hero............................................218
Six Realms.............................................122
scholarship.............................................350
six sense doors.............................................
scripting........................................................
as nirmanakaya.................................309
a danger of the maps........................234
defined...............................................32
in the Dark Night.............................203
included in formations.....................207
second attention.....................................148
sleep.............................................................
second path..................................................
retreats and.......................................115
defilements and................................275
sleeping........................................................
revised model...................................280
reclining and.......................................73
self
standing and.......................................74
as refuge.............................................62
soapbox........................................................
desire and...........................................62
sectarianism........................................85
self-oppression...........................................8
social commentary.......................................
self-realized..................................................
dangers of...........................................vii
and arahats.......................................329
Social Models........................................318
sense of humor............................................
solidity..........................................................
insight and........................................131
and impermanence............................20
lack of.................................................59
as illusion............................................28
recovering.........................................255
sotapanna.....................................................
use of post-identification with
sotapanna.........................................274
realization...................................260
space............................................................
value of...............................................45
flickering.............................................33
Seven Factors of Enlightenment...3, 38, 44,
-case....................................................58
47, 66, 230
Specific Knowledge Models..................293
Seven Factors of Enlightenment..................
speech..........................................................
and Concentration.............................50
immoderate post insights.................215
and Morality.......................................50
spirit animals..........................................147
as pyramid..........................................38
spirit world.............................................148
cause for awakening...........................50
spiritual path................................................
correlation with the progress of insight
as Big Holy Deal..............................205
....................................................229
screwing up on.................................348
defined...............................................38
temptation on...................................313
imbalances of.....................................49
spiritual quest...............................................
sexuality.......................................................
and Desire for Deliverance..............193
issues and insight stages....................178
dangers of...........................................15
Index
spiritual trappings......................................2
motivation for practice.......................60
value of...............................................95
of fully realized beings.....................332
split...............................................................
ordinary..............................................54
ditching.....................................323, 330
overwhelming.....................................64
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj.......................317
rejection of insights into.....................61
stages of insight......................................166
Truth Number One...........................60
stiffness.........................................................
truth of................................................26
from insight stages............................174
Wheel of Suffering...........................267
stream entry...................................211, 236
suicide..........................................................
defilements and................................275
of highly realized beings...................332
how much practice until...................238
surrender.....................................................
revised model...................................280
and effort............................................32
stress.............................................................
table tennis...............................................23
samatha jhanas and..........................135
taboo secrets................................................
stuff. .11, 184, 203, 229, 296, 323, 333, 343
of Fruition........................................247
stuff..............................................................
tantra............................................................
and appropriateness ........................287
origins of...........................................205
and integration.................................333
Tantra..........................................................
as focus of practice.............................75
at its best...........................................150
as nirmanakaya.................................311
teacher.........................................................
bringing up.......................................135
danger of role...................................101
bubbling to the surface.....................255
teachers....................................................79
bubbling up in Dark Night...............185
advertising styles...............................339
dark, usefulness of ego strength and276
and psychic powers..........................150
elimination impossible.....................323
and role reversals.............................215
elimination of...................................266
asking question of..............................81
flickering.............................................29
dangerous paternalism and..............232
in the Dark Night.............................186
evaluators of.....................................341
insight into..........................................58
getting caught in false models..........322
insight oriented take on....................128
giving contradictory instructions......237
limits of insight and............................59
identifying attainments.....................252
models of eliminating.......................322
Jet Set...............................................345
out-of body experiences and............131
limits of...............................................85
psychic powers and..........................149
limits of bios.....................................339
teachers and.......................................99
lineage and.......................................344
whining about.....................................98
making a living as.............................344
working through in the Dark Night. 199
making selves redundant..................351
vs. Three Characteristics...................16
mastery threatening............................98
stupidity........................................................
minimum standards for....................344
and .................................................287
not hearing.........................................97
subsubjhanas..........................................226
reason to work with..........................168
suchness.................................................208
rogue teachers..................................219
suffering.......................................................
somewhat arbitrary term..................345
and concentration states.....................54
true teachers.....................................220
and duality..........................................54
underground....................................345
and no-self..........................................26
up and coming.................................343
As Second Characteristic...................26
value of...............................................77
door..................................................241
value of in Dark Night.....................198
end of, 3rd Noble Truth....................65
vs. psychotherapists..........................105
flip side of compassion?.....................61
with no insight..................................107
fundamental vs. psychological..........200
teaching........................................................
fundamental, defined.........................27
who you can reach...........................343
investigation of...................................27
Ten Bhumi Model................................290
Index
Ten Corruptions of Insight...................176
only three.........................................108
and U Pandita's model.....................227
Three Illusions......................................133
Ten Defilements..........................................
and the Three Doors.......................241
Four Path Model and.......................275
Three Kayas...........................................308
The Dark Night of The Soul.................168
Three Kayas.................................................
The Tibetan Book of the Dead............168
nirmanakaya.....................................309
The Vinaya..................................................
Three Trainings.........................................2
strange behavior of the enlightened. 330
one act play on...................................57
Theravada....................................................
revisited..............................................52
on side of arahats.............................329
summary.............................................84
thinking........................................................
talking with teachers and....................81
magicial............................................149
tensions between................................59
third path.....................................................
Three Ultimate Dharmas......................156
defilements and................................275
and the Three Kayas........................312
luminosity.........................................281
Three Yanas..........................................320
revised model...................................280
Tibetan Buddhism.......................................
Thought Models....................................297
as colorful and complex...................117
thoughts.......................................................
Tibetan Models.............................290, 291
and arahats.......................................309
Titmuss, Christopher.............................328
as five sense doors............................210
tranquility.....................................................
as not self............................................29
as Factor of Enlightenment................38
circular..............................................128
defined...............................................46
experience of......................................24
in Dissolution...................................231
formal investigation of........................23
teachers and.......................................80
getting lost in......................................77
Transactional Analysis...........................294
good and bad.....................................25
transcendence..............................................