Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond by Brahm, Ajahn -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Praise Praise Title Page Foreword Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1 - The Happiness of Meditation

1 - The Basic Method of Meditation I

Stage One: Stage Two: Stage Three: Silent Present-Moment Awareness of the Breath Stage Four: Full Sustained Attention on the Breath

2 - The Basic Method of Meditation II

Stage Five: Full Sustained Attention on the Beautiful Breath Stage Six: Stage Seven: Jhāna The Great Vipassanā versus Samatha Debate

3 - The Hindrances to Meditation I

The First Hindrance—Sensory Desire The Second Hindrance—Ill Will

4 - The Hindrances to Meditation II

The Third Hindrance—Sloth and Torpor The Fourth Hindrance— The Fifth Hindrance—Doubt The Workshop of the Hindrances When the Hindrances Are Knocked Out

5 - The Quality of Mindfulness

Setting Up the Gatekeeper Instructing the Gatekeeper Samādhi—Attentive Stillness Arousing Energy Turning Up the Lights Building Up the Muscles of Insight The Different Levels of Mindfulness Revisited

6 - Using Variety to Freshen Up Our Meditation

Loving-Kindness Meditation Letting Be Walking Meditation Choosing the Right Meditation for the Right Time

7 - The Beautiful Breath

The Preliminaries The Sixteen Steps Emerging from a Jhāna

8 - The Four Focuses of Mindfulness

Preparing for Satipaṭṭhāna Body Contemplation Feeling Contemplation Mind Contemplation Mind Object Contemplation

Part 2 - To Bliss and Beyond

9 - The Jhānas I: Bliss

The Buddha’s Discovery Can One Be Attached to Jhāna? The Beautiful Breath: Pīti-sukha—Joy and Happiness The Way into Stillness

10 - The Jhānas II: Bliss upon Bliss

The Nimitta: The Home Stretch into Jhāna Entering the Jhāna

11 - The Jhānas III: Bliss upon Bliss upon Bliss

The Landmarks of All Jhānas The First Jhāna The Second Jhāna The Third Jhāna The Fourth Jhāna The Buddha’s Similes for the Four Jhānas Moving from Jhāna to Jhāna The Immaterial Attainments

12 - The Nature of Deep Insight

The Tenfold Path Perfect Wisdom— The Five Hindrances and Deep Insight Upacāra Samādhi— The Story of the Two Messengers The Gong Bonger The Most Beautiful Clump of Bamboo in the World The Flashlight Plus the Map

13 - The Deep Insight That Liberates

Remembering Past Lives Deep Insight into Dukkha Deep Insight into Anicca Deep Insight into Anattā The Buddha’s Word on the One Who Knows Deep Insight into the Citta Deep Insight and Satipaṭṭhāna

14 - Enlightenment: Entering the Stream

What Nibbāna Is Not Demystified Nibbāna The First Experience of Nibbāna—Stream Winning Causality and Some Consequences of Stream Winning

15 - Onward to Full Enlightenment

The Seven Shipwrecked Sailors The Vipallāsa and Purifying One’s Thought The Nonreturner The Arahant, or Fully Enlightened One The End of All Suffering How to Tell If Someone Is Enlightened

Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index About Wisdom Copyright Page