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Index
Foreword
Acknowledgments
1. INTRODUCTION TO TRANQUILLITY AND INSIGHT MEDITATION I
Why One Should Practice Meditation 3
The Essential Nature of Samatha and Vipasyana 7
Etymology of Samatha and Vipasyand 1 i
The Necessity of Both Samatha and Vispasyana 12
The Progressive Order of Meditation 13
PART ONE
2. SAMATHA: TRANQUILLITY MEDITATION
Categories of Samatha c9
Posture
Four Objects of Meditation 25
Four Obstacles to Meditation 29
The Specific Stages of Meditation
3. IDENTIFYING EXPERIENCES IN SAMATHA MEDITATION
The Eight Antidotes
The Six Powers, Nine Levels, and Four Engagements 46
The Tradition of Oral Instruction
The Accomplishment of Samatha
The Purpose of Accomplishing Samatha
PART Two
4. VIPA~YANA: INSIGHT MEDITATION
The Different Forms of Vipasyana
Categories of Vipasyana 84
Methods of Vipasyana 93
The Accomplishment of Vipasyana
PART THREE
5. THE UNION OF SAMATHA AND VIPASYANA III
The Time of the Union 1
The Result of the Union
Different Kinds of Samatha
Levels and Results of Meditation 135
Notes
Glossary 1
Transliteration and Pronunciation of Tibetan Terms
Bibliography
About the Author
Index
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