Acknowledgments
Introduction: From Focused Concentration to Fearless Awakening
Part I: The Joy of the Focused Mind
1. Cultivating the Focused Mind
2. Joy of Seclusion
3. Happiness
4. Equanimity
Part II: Preparing the Mind for Absorption
5. The Wisdom of Letting Go
6. Dynamics of Emotion
7. Effort, Ease, and Intention
8. Calming the Restless Mind
Part III: How to Establish Meditative Absorption
9. Happiness and the Five Factors of Absorption
10. Access to Absorption: At the Threshold of Peace
11. Fearless AbidingsThe First Jhana
12. Drenched in DelightThe Second Jhana
13. Absorbed in JoyThe Third Jhana
14. Radiant CalmThe Fourth Jhana
15. How Deep Is Deep Enough?
16. Summary of Meditation Instructions
Part IV: Doing the Work of Insight
17. Three Doorways to Insight
18. A New Way of Seeing
Part V: Experiencing the Formless Dimensions
19. Without Boundaries: Exploring the Infinite
20. Realizing Emptiness
Epilogue: Fearless and Awake
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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