Beyond Mindfulness in Plain English

Further and Recommended Reading

Beyond Mindfulness in Plain English

Cover Page
Title Page
Contents
Preface
1 The Concentration Path
- HOW MUCH FAITH DO YOU NEED?
- WHY DEEP CONCENTRATION IS IMPORTANT
- FOLLOWING THE BUDDHA’S EXAMPLE
- THE JHANA ROADMAP
2 Concentration and the Jhanas
- HOW DO WE GET THERE?
- WHAT ARE THE JHANAS?
- RIGHT CONCENTRATION AND WRONG CONCENTRATION
- CONCENTRATION AND MINDFULNESS
- CLEAR COMPREHENSION
- THE BENEFITS OF JHANA
- THE POTENTIAL PITFALLS OF JHANA
3 Getting Ready for Jhana Meditation
- MORALITY
- CONTENTMENT
- RESTRAINING THE SENSES
- SECLUSION
- MINDFUL REFLECTION
- PRACTICING THE NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH
- MINDFULNESS
- THE FIVE SPIRITUAL FACULTIES
4 Wishing the Best for Yourself and Others
- LOVING-FRIENDLINESS IN THOUGHT AND ACTION
- CULTIVATING FRIENDLINESS TOWARD DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE
- WHY METTA IS IMPORTANT FOR JHANA
- MEDITATIONS ON LOVING-FRIENDLINESS
5 Breath Meditation
- VIPASSANA AWARENESS OF THE BREATH
- THE FOUR ELEMENTS
- DEVELOPING A DAILY MEDITATION PRACTICE
6 Why Can’t We Concentrate Strongly Right Now?
- HOW THE HINDRANCES ARE NOURISHED
- CONCENTRATION AND MINDFULNESS BLOCK HINDRANCES
- TECHNIQUES FOR OVERCOMING HINDRANCES
- BREATH COUNTING TO BLOCK HINDRANCES
- HOW THE HINDRANCES ARE ELIMINATED
- THE FETTERS
- DESTROYING IGNORANCE WITH JHANA
- SELF TALK
7 The Purpose of Practice
- IMPERMANENCE
- WHY IS SEEING IMPERMANENCE SO IMPORTANT?
- SEEING IMPERMANENCE WITH VIPASSANA AWARENESS
- SEEING IMPERMANENCE IN JHANA
- SUFFERING
- SELFLESSNESS
- THE NO-SELF EXPERIENCE
8 The Jhana States
- THE MATERIAL JHANAS
- THE IMMATERIAL JHANAS
- THE SUPRAMUNDANE JHANAS
9 Access Concentration
- CHOOSING A MEDITATION SUBJECT
- THE ENTRY POINT
- CONCENTRATION STRENGTHENS
- ACCESS CONCENTRATION AND THE BREATH
- APPROACHING THE FIRST JHANA
10 The First Jhana
- A DIFFERENT KIND OF JOY
- THE FIVE JHANIC FACTORS
- RIGHT THOUGHTS
- THE IMPORTANCE OF VITAKKA AND VICARA
- “THOUGHT” IN JHANA
- THE SEVEN FACTORS OF AWAKENING
11 The Second and Third Jhanas
- ATTAINING THE SECOND JHANA
- ATTAINING THE THIRD JHANA
- MASTERY OF JHANA
- THE STEPS OF MASTERY
- BEING IN JHANA
12 The Fourth Jhana
- JOINING BOTH
- COMING OUT OF JHANA TO PRACTICE VIPASSANA
- EQUANIMITY BASED ON DIVERSITY
- EQUANIMITY BASED ON UNITY
- LIGHT AND VISION
- SIGNLESSNESS, NON-STICKINESS, AND VOIDNESS
- USING THE FOURTH JHANA
13 The Immaterial Jhanas
- THE FOUR ARUPPAS
- THE FIRST ARUPPA: THE BASE OF BOUNDLESS SPACE
- THE SECOND ARUPPA: THE BASE OF BOUNDLESS CONSCIOUSNESS
- THE THIRD ARUPPA: THE BASE OF NOTHINGNESS (VOIDNESS)
- THE FOURTH ARUPPA: THE BASE OF NEITHER PERCEPTION NOR NON-PERCEPTION
14 The Supramundane Jhanas
- THE SUPRAMUNDANE NOBLE PATH
- DESTROYING DOUBT
- STAGES OF THE SUPRAMUNDANE NOBLE PATH
Glossary
Further and Recommended Reading
Index
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