THE DIRECT ROAD TO AWAKENING
The Accumulation Stage
Return
Why Practice?
The 5 Stages:
1 - Accumulation Stage
2 - Preparation Stage
3 - Insight Stage
4 - Meditation Stage
5 - Perfection Stage
Tantra
Table of Contents
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The Basic Requirements
Developing Intention, Confidence, Enthusiasm & Alertness
Developing Intention
The Desire to Eliminate Suffering
The Desire to Master Reality
The Desire to Help Others
Developing Confidence
Our True Nature is BuddhaNature
Making Progress Through The Levels on the Path
Developing Enthusiasm
Benefits at the Various Levels
Overall Benefits of Spiritual Practice
Developing Alertness/Awareness
The Tools (Study, Contemplation & Meditation)
Developing Focus,
Presence & Awareness
Calming or Mindfulness Meditation (Shamata)
Introduction
Placing the Mind
Keeping Focus
Dealing with Dullness
The Controlled Mind
Dealing with Agitation
The Pacified Mind
Single-Pointed focus
A Balanced Mind
Complete Achievement of Shamata
After Shamata?
Getting Help
The Importance of Prayer & Ritual
Seeking Refuge & Guidance in Buddhist Practice
The Dangers of Routine
Practicing Alertness
(The Four Foundations
of Mindfulness)
Perfecting Awareness of The Body & Forms
Impermanence of The Body & Forms
Mindfulness of the Body
The Momentary Impermanence of Forms
The Interdependence of the Body & Forms
Compositeness & Interdependence
The Earth Element
The Water Element
The Fire Element
The Wind Element
The Space Element
Sources of Suffering within the Body & Forms
Suffering within the Body & Forms
The Importance of Contemplating Death
So Why Continue?
The Benefits of Human Birth
Perfecting Awareness of Feelings
The Impermanence of Feelings
Mindfulness of Feelings
The Interdependence of Feelings
Interdependence & Feelings
Sources of Suffering within Feelings
Viewing Feelings as Permanent
Viewing Feelings as a Source of Satisfaction
Viewing Feelings as Independent
Viewing Feelings as Self
The Path to the Elimination of Suffering
Perfecting Awareness of the Mind
The Impermanence of the Mind
Mindfulness of the Mind
The Interdependence of the Mind
Describing The Five Wisdoms
The Five Buddha Wisdoms - Image
Mindfulness & the 5 Wisdoms
Vajra - Resolving
- Patience & Intelligence vs Anger & Superiority
Ratna - Nourishing
- Generosity & Equanimity vs Attachment & Selfishness
Padma - Attracting & Uniting
- Morality & Compassion vs Obsession & Manipulation
Karma - Transforming
- Perseverance & Skillfulness vs Jealousy, Depression & Restlessness
Buddha - Experiencing
- Concentration, Insight & Awareness vs Dullness, Indifference & Self-Absorbtion
The Five Buddha Wisdoms - Diagrams
Sources of Suffering within the Mind
Karma
Why Worry About Karma?
Types of Karma
The Importance of Individual Karma
How We Create Our Own Suffering
How Karma Works
Understanding Phenomenal Creation
Completing Karma
The Situations We Find Ourselves In
Partial Views Versus Complete View
The Mandala - Creating Our Own World
Environmental Effects
The Buddhist Cosmos
Group Karma
The Buddhist Cosmic Timeline
How the World is Created
Escape within the Buddhist View of the Cosmos
Taking Back Control
Throwing Karma
Frequently Asked Questions about Karma
Leaving The Realms of Suffering
Developing Virtue & Abandoning Non-Virtue
Completing the Accumulation Stage of Buddhist Spiritual Practice
