Mastering the Core Teachings of Buddha - An Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book

19. From Content to Insight........................................................127

Part III: Mastery....................................................................................132

20. Concentration vs. Insight.......................................................133

21. The Concentration States (Samatha Jhanas) .......................139

The First Jhana...............................................................................................139

The Second Jhana...........................................................................................141

The Third Jhana.............................................................................................142

The Fourth Jhana............................................................................................143

The “Psychic Powers”.....................................................................................144

22. No-self vs. True Self .............................................................153

23. The Formless Realms ..........................................................159

Boundless Space, The Fifth Jhana..................................................................159

Boundless Consciousness, The Sixth Jhana...................................................160

Nothingness, The Seventh Jhana....................................................................161

Neither Perception Nor Yet Non-perception,

The Eighth Jhana............................................................................................163

24. The Progress of Insight ........................................................166

1. Mind and Body...........................................................................................171

2. Cause and Effect.........................................................................................172

3. The Three Characteristics..........................................................................173

4. The Arising and Passing Away....................................................................175

5. Dissolution, Entrance to the Dark Night....................................................181

6. Fear.............................................................................................................191

7. Misery..........................................................................................................191

8. Disgust.........................................................................................................192

9. Desire for Deliverance................................................................................192

10. Re-observation..........................................................................................193

11. Equanimity................................................................................................203

12. Conformity................................................................................................211

13. Change of Lineage....................................................................................211

14. Path...........................................................................................................211

15. Fruition......................................................................................................211

16. Review.......................................................................................................213

25. The Vipassana Jhanas...........................................................217

Bill Hamilton’s Model....................................................................................219

Fractals............................................................................................................225

U Pandita’s Model..........................................................................................227

Inklings of One More Model.........................................................................228

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26. How the Maps Help .............................................................229

27. The Three Doors..................................................................240

28. “Was That Emptiness?” .......................................................245

29. Beyond First Path (“What Next?”) ......................................252

30. Models of the Stages of Enlightenment *.............................261

The Non-Duality Model.................................................................................268

The Sudden Schools of Awakening...............................................................269

The Fundamental Perception Models............................................................270

The Specific Perception Models....................................................................271

The Emotional Models...................................................................................272

The Theravada Four Path Model...................................................................274