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Index
Praise for The Mind Illuminated
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
An Overview of the Ten Stages
First Interlude: Conscious Experience and the Objectives of Meditation
Stage One: Establishing A Practice
Second Interlude: The Hindrances and Problems
Stage Two: Interrupted Attention and Overcoming Mind-Wandering
Stage Three: Extended Continuity of Attention and Overcoming Forgetting
Third Interlude: How Mindfulness Works
Stage Four: Continuous Attention and Overcoming Gross Distraction and Strong Dullness
Fourth Interlude: The Moments of Consciousness Model
Stage Five: Overcoming Subtle Dullness and Increasing Mindfulness
Fifth Interlude: The Mind-System
Stage Six: Subduing Subtle Distractions
Sixth Interlude: The Stages of an Adept
Stage Seven: Exclusive Attention and Unifying the Mind
Seventh Interlude: The Nature of Mind and Consciousness
Stage Eight: Mental Pliancy and Pacifying the Senses
Stage Nine: Mental and Physical Pliancy and Calming the Intensity of Meditative Joy
Stage Ten: Tranquility and Equanimity
Final Thoughts
Appendix A: Walking Meditation
Appendix B: Analytical Meditation
Appendix C: Loving-Kindness Meditation
Appendix D: The Jhānas
Appendix E: Mindful Review
Appendix F: Insight and the “Dark Night”
Glossary
Index
Notes
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