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Index
Publisher’s Acknowledgment
Title Page
Preface
CHAPTER 1 - The Concentration Path
HOW MUCH FAITH DO YOU NEED?
WHY DEEP CONCENTRATION IS IMPORTANT
FOLLOWING THE BUDDHA’S EXAMPLE
THE JHANA ROADMAP
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER 3 - Getting Ready for Jhana Meditation
MORALITY
CONTENTMENT
RESTRAINING THE SENSES
SECLUSION
MINDFUL REFLECTION
PRACTICING THE NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH
MINDFULNESS
THE FIVE SPIRITUAL FACULTIES
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER 5 - Breath Meditation
VIPASSANA AWARENESS OF THE BREATH
THE FOUR ELEMENTS
DEVELOPING A DAILY MEDITATION PRACTICE
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER 8 - The Jhana States
THE MATERIAL JHANAS
THE IMMATERIAL JHANAS
THE SUPRAMUNDANE JHANAS
CHAPTER 9 - Access Concentration
CHOOSING A MEDITATION SUBJECT
THE ENTRY POINT
CONCENTRATION STRENGTHENS
ACCESS CONCENTRATION AND THE BREATH
APPROACHING THE FIRST JHANA
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER 11 - The Second and Third Jhanas
ATTAINING THE SECOND JHANA
ATTAINING THE THIRD JHANA
MASTERY OF JHANA
THE STEPS OF MASTERY
BEING IN JHANA
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER 14 - The Supramundane Jhanas
THE SUPRAMUNDANE NOBLE PATH
DESTROYING DOUBT
STAGES OF THE SUPRAMUNDANE NOBLE PATH
Glossary
Further and Recommended Reading
Index
About the Author
About Wisdom Publications
More Books from Wisdom Publications by Bhante Gunaratana
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