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
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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
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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
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intimacy........................................................
164
and transcendence...........................313
fourth jhana