The Art of Disappearing

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The Art of Disappearing

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Contents
Preface
1 - The Big Picture
- Understanding Suffering Is the Motivation for Practice
- Disengagement
- “Not My Business”
- Solving the Problem
- The Messengers of Truth
- Moving toward Emptiness
- The Automatic Reaction
- Stillness
- Understanding Is the Key
2 - Bringing the Mind into the Present
- Mindfulness of the Body and Caring Attention
- Using Body Sweeping to Calm Restlessness
- The Importance of Joy
- The Faculty of Mindfulness
- Calming Down the Problems
- Getting the Results Changes Everything
- Understanding the Buddha
3 - Developing Mindfulness
- Understanding Mindfulness
- Establishing Mindfulness
- Getting Ready to Watch the Breath
- Overcoming Defilements
- Meditation Kamma
- Overcoming the Subtle Defilements
- The Nimitta Stage
- The Fruits of Mindfulness
4 - Medicines for the Mind
- Boredom
- Restlessness
- Be a Passive Observer
- Tiredness and Energy
- Overcoming Desire and Ill Will
- Allowing the “You” to Disappear
- Be Patient
5 - Wisdom Power
- Letting Go by Understanding Suffering
- Observe and Learn
- Investigate and Understand
- Replace Willpower with Wisdom Power
- Be Content with the Present Moment
- Be Free of the Past
- Give One Hundred Percent
6 - Pacification and the Insights that Follow
- Understanding Cause and Effect
- Pacify the Will and Reduce the Sense of Self
- Pacify Things and They Disappear
- Pacifying Time
- Pacifying Thought
- Pacifying Sensory Diversity
- The Radiant Mind
- The Jhānas: The Great Disappearing Act
- Pacify All Saṇkhāras and End All Suffering
7 - Appreciating the Bliss
- Feel Your Way into Stillness
- Cooling Down the Senses
- Recognizing the Bliss of a Still Mind
- Letting Go of the Desire for Bliss
- The Bliss of Things Disappearing
- The Bliss of Renunciation
- The Bliss of Cessation
8 - Recognizing True Wisdom
- The Effects of Wisdom
- Cause and Effect
- Recognizing and Avoiding the Snakes
- The Fault-Finding Mind
- Right Thought, Right Intention
9 - Happiness Comes from Disappearing
- Everything Is Conditioned
- The Nonself of the Five Senses
- Letting Go of Mind-Consciousness
- Suffering Is the Problem
- Your Sense of Self Is the Root Problem
- If You Want True Happiness, Disappear
- Calming the Will Completely
- The Full Experience of Nonself
10 - Make This the Last Time
- You’re Like a Cow Being Led to the Slaughterhouse
- Reflecting on Old Age, Sickness, and Death
- Learning How to Die
- Reflecting on Sensual Desires
- Reflecting on the Body
- Freedom from the Body
- The Door to the Deathless Is Open
11 - Climbing the Pyramid of Samādhi
- Keep It Simple
- The Happiness of Virtue and Restraint
- Be the Master of Your Desires
- The Pyramid of Samādhi and Insight
- The Beautiful Middle Way
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