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MASTERING THE CORE TEACHINGS OF THE BUDDHA AN UNUSUALLY HARDCORE DHARMA BOOK REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION BY THE ARAHANT DANIEL M. INGRAM AEON First published in 2018 by Aeon Books Ltd 12 New College Parade Finchley Road London NW3 5EP Copyright © 2018 by Daniel M. Ingram The right of Daniel M. Ingram to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with §§ 77 and 78 of the Copyright Design and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A C.I.P. for this book is available from the British Library ISBN-13: 978-1-91159-710-0 Typeset by Medlar Publishing Solutions Pvt Ltd, India Printed in Great Britain www.aeonbooks.co.uk This book is dedicated to the memory of the late Bill Hamilton. His relentless dedication to the cultivation and promotion of wisdom, despite all the consequences, made him a truly great teacher. CONTENTS Preface to the Second Edition Foreword and Warning Part I: The Fundamentals 1. Introduction 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 Practices 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 Shamatha 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 Limitations of Concentration Practice 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 Model 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 The Cessation of Perception and Feeling (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 Energetic 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-Preferences 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 The Arising and Passing Away 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, The Path of Freedom 71. More Practical Tidbits Describing Your Practice Dependent Origination Revisited 72. Conclusion and Best Wishes Index
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