MCTBMCTBhttps://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/103032024-03-29T08:57:22Z2024-03-29T08:57:22ZMCTB 2.5Daniel M. Ingramhttps://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/10303/MCTB?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=2.52009-09-22T09:37:03Z2009-05-13T11:05:50Z<p>MCTB is the abbreviation for the title of a book called <em>Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, an Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book</em> by <a href="">Daniel Ingram</a>. </p><p>It serves as a conceptual and terminological foundation and reference for a significant portion of the discussions on the DhO, and so reading it can be of value to understand what people are writing about and debating. </p><p>It is published by <a href="http://www.aeonbooks.co.uk/product.php?PID=27526">Aeon Publications</a> and can be ordered from your local independent bookseller or the standard mega-sites such as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Core-Teachings-Buddha-Unusually/dp/1904658407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242212556&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>. </p><p>A free version is also available on-line at <a href="http://www.interactivebuddha.com/mctb.shtml">Interactivebuddha.com</a> and here in chapter/wiki form. </p><h2 id="section-MCTB-Contents">Contents</h2><h3 id="section-MCTB-MCTB+Foreword+and+Warning"><a href="">MCTB Foreword and Warning</a></h3><h3 id="section-MCTB-MCTB+Part+I+The+Fundamentals">MCTB Part I The Fundamentals</h3><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Introduction to Part I</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Morality, The First and Last Training</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Concentration, The Second Training</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Wisdom, The Third Training</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Characteristics</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Impermanence</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Suffering</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB No-Self</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Five Spiritual Faculties</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Faith and Wisdom</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Energy and Concentration</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Mindfulness as Fifth Spiritual Faculty</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Seven Factors of Enlightenment</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Mindfulness as First Factor of Enlightenment</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Investigation of the Truth</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Energy</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Rapture</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Tranquility</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Concentration</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Equanimity</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Trainings Revisited</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Four Noble Truths</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number One, Suffering</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number Two, Desire</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number Three, The End of Suffering</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number Four, The Path</a></li></ul></li><li>MCTB Practical Meditation Considerations<ul><li><a href="">MCTB When, Where and for How Long?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Daily Life and Retreats</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Postures</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Objects for Insight Practices</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Resolve</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Teachers</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Summary of Part I</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Conclusion to Part I</a></li></ul></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+II:+Light+and+Shadows">Part II: Light and Shadows</h3><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Introduction to Parts II <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-0" previous="first-diff" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="added-diff-0">& </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-0" previous="removed-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-0" next="added-diff-1">And </span>III</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Buddhism vs. The Buddha</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Content and Ultimate Reality</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB What Went Wrong?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB A Clear Goal</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Harnessing the Energy of the "Defilements"</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Right Thought and the Augean Stables</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB From Content to Insight</a></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+III:+Mastery">Part III: Mastery</h3><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Concentration vs. Insight</a></li><li>MCTB The Concentration States (Samatha Jhanas)<ul><li><a href="">MCTB The First Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Second Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Third Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Fourth Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The "Psychic Powers"</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB No-self vs. True Self</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Formless Realms</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Boundless Space, The Fifth Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Boundless Consciousness, The Sixth Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Nothingness, The Seventh Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Neither Perception Nor Yet Non-Perception, The Eighth Jhana</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Progress of Insight</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB 1. MInd and Body</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 2. Cause and Effect</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 3. The Three Characteristics</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 4. The Arising and Passing Away</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 5. Dissolution, Entrance to the Dark Night</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 6. Fear</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 7. Misery</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 8. Disgust</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 9. Desire for Deliverance</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 10. Re-observation</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 11. Equanimity</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 12. Conformity</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 13. Change of Lineage</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 14. Path</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 15. Fruition</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 16. Review</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Vipassana Jhanas</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Bill Hamilton's Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Fractals</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB U Pandita's Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Inklings of One More Model</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB How the Maps Help</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Doors</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB "Was that Emptiness?"</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Beyond First Path ("What Next?")</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Models of the Stages of Enlightenment</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB The Non-Duality Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Sudden Schools of Awakening</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Fundamental Perception Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Specific Perception Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Emotional Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Theravada Four Path Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB A Revised Four Path Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB A Simple Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Action Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Power Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Tibetan Ten Bhumi Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The <span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-1" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff">Tibetan Five Path Model</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The </span>Energetic Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Specific Knowledge Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Psychological Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Thought Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The God Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Physical Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Radiance Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Karma Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Perpetual Bliss Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Kayas</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Immortality Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Transcendence Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Extinction Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Love Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Unity Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Social Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Yanas</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Ditching our "Stuff" vs. Ditching the Split</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The "Nothing to Do" and "You are Already There" Schools</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Final Points</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB So What's "Full Enlightenment"?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Integration</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB It is Possible!</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB More on the Mushroom Factor</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB So Who the Heck is Daniel M. Ingram?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Conclusion and Best Wishes</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Appendix: The Cessation of Perception and Feeling (Nirodha Samapatti)</a></li></ul><p>This work is the property of Daniel M. Ingram and all rights are reserved. Feel free to quote it so long as you do not quote it out of context or alter the quote. </p>Daniel M. Ingram2009-05-13T11:05:50ZMCTB 1.2Daniel M. Ingramhttps://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/10303/MCTB?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=1.22009-06-20T22:14:18Z2009-05-13T11:05:50Z<p>MCTB is the abbreviation for the title of a book called <em>Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, an Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book</em> by <a href="">Daniel Ingram</a>. </p><p>It serves as a conceptual and terminological foundation and reference for a significant portion of the discussions on the DhO, and so reading it can be of value to understand what people are writing about and debating. </p><p>It is published by <a href="http://www.aeonbooks.co.uk/product.php?PID=27526">Aeon Publications</a> and can be ordered from your local independent bookseller or the standard mega-sites such as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Core-Teachings-Buddha-Unusually/dp/1904658407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242212556&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>. </p><p>A free version is also available on-line at <a href="http://www.interactivebuddha.com/mctb.shtml">Interactivebuddha.com</a> and here in chapter/wiki form. </p><h2 id="section-MCTB-Contents">Contents</h2><h3 id="section-MCTB-Foreword+and+Warning++MCTB+Foreword+and+Warning"><a href=""><span class="diff-html-changed" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-MCTB+Foreword+and+Warning.</li><li>Moved to a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-Foreword+and+Warning++MCTB+Foreword+and+Wa<br/>rning.</li></ul>" previous="first-diff" changeId="changed-diff-0" next="changed-diff-1"> </span><span class="diff-html-changed" id="changed-diff-0" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-MCTB+Foreword+and+Warning.</li><li>Moved to a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-Foreword+and+Warning++MCTB+Foreword+and+Wa<br/>rning.</li></ul>" previous="first-diff" changeId="changed-diff-0" next="changed-diff-1">MCTB Foreword and Warning</span></a><span class="diff-html-changed" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-MCTB+Foreword+and+Warning.</li><li>Moved to a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-Foreword+and+Warning++MCTB+Foreword+and+Wa<br/>rning.</li></ul>" previous="first-diff" changeId="changed-diff-0" next="changed-diff-1"><!----></span></h3><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+I:+The+Fundamentals++MCTB+Part+1:+The+Fundamentals"><a href=""><span class="diff-html-changed" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-MCTB+Part+I+The+Fundamentals.</li><li>Moved to a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-Part+I:+The+Fundamentals++MCTB+Part+1:+The<br/>+Fundamentals.</li><li>Moved to a <b>link</b> with destination .</li></ul>" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="changed-diff-1" next="removed-diff-0"> </span><span 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Training</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Wisdom, The Third Training</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Three Characteristics</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Impermanence</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Suffering</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB No-Self</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Five Spiritual Faculties</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Faith and Wisdom</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Energy and Concentration</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Mindfulness as Fifth Spiritual Faculty</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Seven Factors of Enlightenment</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Mindfulness as First Factor of Enlightenment</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Investigation of the Truth</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Energy</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Rapture</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Tranquility</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Concentration</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Equanimity</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-1" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The Three Trainings Revisited</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The Four Noble Truths</span></a><ul><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB Truth Number One, Suffering</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB Truth Number Two, Desire</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB Truth Number Three, The End of Suffering</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB Truth Number Four, The Path</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li></ul></li><li><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB Practical Meditation Considerations</span><ul><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB When, Where and for How Long?</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB Daily Life and Retreats</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB Postures</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB Objects for Insight Practices</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB Resolve</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB Teachers</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB Summary of Part I</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB Conclusion to Part I</span></a><span 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Content and Ultimate Reality</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB What Went Wrong?</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB A Clear Goal</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB Harnessing the Energy of the "Defilements"</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB Right Thought and the Augean Stables</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB From Content to Insight</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+III:+Mastery"><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">Part III: Mastery</span></h3><ul><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB Concentration vs. Insight</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The Concentration States (Samatha Jhanas)</span><ul><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The First Jhana</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The Second Jhana</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The Third Jhana</span></a><span 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previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The Formless Realms</span></a><ul><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB Boundless Space, The Fifth Jhana</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB Boundless Consciousness, The Sixth Jhana</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB Nothingness, The Seventh Jhana</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB Neither Perception Nor Yet Non-Perception, The Eighth Jhana</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li></ul></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The Progress of Insight</span></a><ul><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB 1. MInd and Body</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB 2. Cause and Effect</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB 3. The Three Characteristics</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB 4. The Arising and Passing Away</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB 5. Dissolution, Entrance to the Dark Night</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB 6. Fear</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB 7. Misery</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB 8. Disgust</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB 9. Desire for Deliverance</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB 10. Re-observation</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB 11. Equanimity</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB 12. Conformity</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB 13. Change of Lineage</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB 14. Path</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB 15. Fruition</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB 16. Review</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li></ul></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The Vipassana Jhanas</span></a><ul><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB Bill Hamilton's Model</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB Fractals</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB U Pandita's Model</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB Inklings of One More Model</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li></ul></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB How the Maps Help</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The Three Doors</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" 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changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The Non-Duality Model</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The Sudden Schools of Awakening</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The Fundamental Perception Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The Specific Perception Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" 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next="last-diff">MCTB A Simple Model</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The Action Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The Power Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The Tibetan Ten Bhumi Model</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a 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changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The Radiance Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The Karma Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The Perpetual Bliss Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The Three Kayas</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The Immortality Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The Transcendence Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The Extinction Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The Love 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previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB Ditching our "Stuff" vs. Ditching the Split</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The "Nothing to Do" and "You are Already There" Schools</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB Final Points</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li></ul></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB So What's "Full Enlightenment"?</span></a><span 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changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB So Who the Heck is Daniel M. Ingram?</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB Conclusion and Best Wishes</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB Appendix: The Cessation of Perception and Feeling (Nirodha Samapatti)</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li></ul><p><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="last-diff">This work is the property of Daniel M. Ingram and all rights are reserved. Feel free to quote it so long as you do not quote it out of context or alter the quote. </span></p>Daniel M. Ingram2009-05-13T11:05:50ZMCTB 1.3Daniel M. Ingramhttps://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/10303/MCTB?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=1.32009-06-20T22:31:06Z2009-05-13T11:05:50Z<p>MCTB is the abbreviation for the title of a book called <em>Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, an Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book</em> by <a href="">Daniel Ingram</a>. </p><p>It serves as a conceptual and terminological foundation and reference for a significant portion of the discussions on the DhO, and so reading it can be of value to understand what people are writing about and debating. </p><p>It is published by <a href="http://www.aeonbooks.co.uk/product.php?PID=27526">Aeon Publications</a> and can be ordered from your local independent bookseller or the standard mega-sites such as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Core-Teachings-Buddha-Unusually/dp/1904658407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242212556&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>. </p><p>A free version is also available on-line at <a href="http://www.interactivebuddha.com/mctb.shtml">Interactivebuddha.com</a> and here in chapter/wiki form. </p><h2 id="section-MCTB-Contents">Contents</h2><h3 id="section-MCTB-Foreword+and+Warning++MCTB+Foreword+and+Warning"><a href=""> MCTB Foreword and Warning</a></h3><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+I:+The+Fundamentals++MCTB+Part+1:+The+Fundamentals"><a href=""> MCTB Part 1: The Fundamentals</a></h3><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Introduction to Part I</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Morality, The First and Last Training</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Concentration, The Second Training</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Wisdom, The Third Training</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Three Characteristics</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Impermanence</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Suffering</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB No-Self</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Five Spiritual Faculties</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Faith and Wisdom</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Energy and Concentration</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Mindfulness as Fifth Spiritual Faculty</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Seven Factors of Enlightenment</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Mindfulness as First Factor of Enlightenment</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Investigation of the Truth</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Energy</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Rapture</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Tranquility</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Concentration</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Equanimity</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-0" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff">MCTB The Three Trainings Revisited</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Four Noble Truths</span></a><ul><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Truth Number One: Suffering</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Truth Number Two: Desire</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Truth Number Three: The End of Suffering</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Truth Number Four: The Path</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li></ul></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Practical Meditation Considerations</span></a><ul><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB When, Where and for How Long?</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Daily Life and Retreats</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Postures</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Objects for Insight Practices</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Resolve</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Teachers</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Summary of Part I</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Conclusion to Part I</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li></ul></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+II:+Light+and+Shadows"><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff">Part II: Light and Shadows</span></h3><ul><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Introduction to Parts II & III</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Buddhism vs. The Buddha</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Content and Ultimate Reality</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB What Went Wrong?</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB A Clear Goal</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Harnessing the Energy of the "Defilements"</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Right Thought and the Augean Stables</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB From Content to Insight</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+III:+Mastery"><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff">Part III: Mastery</span></h3><ul><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Concentration vs. Insight</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Concentration States (Samatha Jhanas)</span></a><ul><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The First Jhana</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li></ul></li></ul>Daniel M. Ingram2009-05-13T11:05:50ZMCTB 1.4Daniel M. Ingramhttps://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/10303/MCTB?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=1.42009-06-20T22:49:56Z2009-05-13T11:05:50Z<p>MCTB is the abbreviation for the title of a book called <em>Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, an Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book</em> by <a href="">Daniel Ingram</a>. </p><p>It serves as a conceptual and terminological foundation and reference for a significant portion of the discussions on the DhO, and so reading it can be of value to understand what people are writing about and debating. </p><p>It is published by <a href="http://www.aeonbooks.co.uk/product.php?PID=27526">Aeon Publications</a> and can be ordered from your local independent bookseller or the standard mega-sites such as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Core-Teachings-Buddha-Unusually/dp/1904658407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242212556&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>. </p><p>A free version is also available on-line at <a href="http://www.interactivebuddha.com/mctb.shtml">Interactivebuddha.com</a> and here in chapter/wiki form. </p><h2 id="section-MCTB-Contents">Contents</h2><h3 id="section-MCTB-Foreword+and+Warning++MCTB+Foreword+and+Warning"><a href=""> MCTB Foreword and Warning</a></h3><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+I:+The+Fundamentals++MCTB+Part+1:+The+Fundamentals"><a href=""> MCTB Part 1: The Fundamentals</a></h3><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Introduction to Part I</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Morality, The First and Last Training</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Concentration, The Second Training</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Wisdom, The Third Training</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Three Characteristics</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Impermanence</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Suffering</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB No-Self</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Five Spiritual Faculties</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Faith and Wisdom</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Energy and Concentration</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Mindfulness as Fifth Spiritual Faculty</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Seven Factors of Enlightenment</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Mindfulness as First Factor of Enlightenment</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Investigation of the Truth</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Energy</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Rapture</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Tranquility</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Concentration</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Equanimity</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Three Trainings Revisited</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Four Noble Truths</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Truth Number One: Suffering</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Truth Number Two: Desire</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Truth Number Three: The End of Suffering</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Truth Number Four: The Path</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Practical Meditation Considerations</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB When, Where and for How Long?</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Daily Life and Retreats</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Postures</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Objects for Insight Practices</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Resolve</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Teachers</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Summary of Part I</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Conclusion to Part I</a></li></ul></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+II:+Light+and+Shadows">Part II: Light and Shadows</h3><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Introduction to Parts II & III</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Buddhism vs. The Buddha</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Content and Ultimate Reality</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB What Went Wrong?</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB A Clear Goal</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Harnessing the Energy of the "Defilements"</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Right Thought and the Augean Stables</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB From Content to Insight</a></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+III:+Mastery">Part III: Mastery</h3><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Concentration vs. Insight</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Concentration States (Samatha Jhanas)</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB The First Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-0" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff">MCTB The Second Jhana</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Third Jhana</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Fourth Jhana</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The "Psychic Powers"</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li></ul></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB No-self vs. True Self</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Formless Realms</span></a><ul><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Boundless Space, The Fifth Jhana</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Boundless Consciousness, The Sixth Jhana</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Nothingness, The Seventh Jhana</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Neither Perception Nor Yet Non-Perception, The Eighth Jhana</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li></ul></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff">The Progress of Insight</span></a><ul><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB 1. MInd and Body</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB 2. Cause and Effect</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB 3. The Three Characteristics</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB 4. The Arising and Passing Away</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB 5. Dissolution, Entrance to the Dark Night</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB 6. Fear</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB 7. Misery</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB 8. Disgust</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB 9. Desire for Deliverance</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB 10. Re-observation</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB 11. Equanimity</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB 12. Conformity</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB 13. Change of Lineage</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li></ul></li></ul>Daniel M. Ingram2009-05-13T11:05:50ZMCTB 1.5Daniel M. Ingramhttps://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/10303/MCTB?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=1.52009-06-20T23:00:59Z2009-05-13T11:05:50Z<p>MCTB is the abbreviation for the title of a book called <em>Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, an Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book</em> by <a href="">Daniel Ingram</a>. </p><p>It serves as a conceptual and terminological foundation and reference for a significant portion of the discussions on the DhO, and so reading it can be of value to understand what people are writing about and debating. </p><p>It is published by <a href="http://www.aeonbooks.co.uk/product.php?PID=27526">Aeon Publications</a> and can be ordered from your local independent bookseller or the standard mega-sites such as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Core-Teachings-Buddha-Unusually/dp/1904658407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242212556&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>. </p><p>A free version is also available on-line at <a href="http://www.interactivebuddha.com/mctb.shtml">Interactivebuddha.com</a> and here in chapter/wiki form. </p><h2 id="section-MCTB-Contents">Contents</h2><h3 id="section-MCTB-Foreword+and+Warning++MCTB+Foreword+and+Warning"><a href=""> MCTB Foreword and Warning</a></h3><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+I:+The+Fundamentals++MCTB+Part+1:+The+Fundamentals"><a href=""> MCTB Part 1: The Fundamentals</a></h3><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Introduction to Part I</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Morality, The First and Last Training</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Concentration, The Second Training</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Wisdom, The Third Training</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Three Characteristics</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Impermanence</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Suffering</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB No-Self</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Five Spiritual Faculties</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Faith and Wisdom</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Energy and Concentration</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Mindfulness as Fifth Spiritual Faculty</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Seven Factors of Enlightenment</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Mindfulness as First Factor of Enlightenment</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Investigation of the Truth</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Energy</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Rapture</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Tranquility</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Concentration</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Equanimity</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Three Trainings Revisited</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Four Noble Truths</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Truth Number One: Suffering</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Truth Number Two: Desire</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Truth Number Three: The End of Suffering</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Truth Number Four: The Path</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Practical Meditation Considerations</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB When, Where and for How Long?</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Daily Life and Retreats</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Postures</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Objects for Insight Practices</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Resolve</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Teachers</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Summary of Part I</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Conclusion to Part I</a></li></ul></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+II:+Light+and+Shadows">Part II: Light and Shadows</h3><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Introduction to Parts II & III</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Buddhism vs. The Buddha</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Content and Ultimate Reality</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB What Went Wrong?</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB A Clear Goal</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Harnessing the Energy of the "Defilements"</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Right Thought and the Augean Stables</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB From Content to Insight</a></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+III:+Mastery">Part III: Mastery</h3><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Concentration vs. Insight</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Concentration States (Samatha Jhanas)</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB The First Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Second Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Third Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Fourth Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The "Psychic Powers"</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB No-self vs. True Self</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Formless Realms</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Boundless Space, The Fifth Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Boundless Consciousness, The Sixth Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Nothingness, The Seventh Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Neither Perception Nor Yet Non-Perception, The Eighth Jhana</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">The Progress of Insight</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB 1. MInd and Body</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 2. Cause and Effect</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 3. The Three Characteristics</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 4. The Arising and Passing Away</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 5. Dissolution, Entrance to the Dark Night</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 6. Fear</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 7. Misery</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 8. Disgust</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 9. Desire for Deliverance</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 10. Re-observation</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 11. Equanimity</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 12. Conformity</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 13. Change of Lineage</a></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-0" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff">MCTB 14. Path</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB 15. Fruition</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB 16. Review</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li></ul></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Vipassana Jhanas</span></a><ul><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Bill Hamilton's Model</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Fractals</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB U Pandita's Model</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Inklings of One More Model</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li></ul></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB How the Maps Help</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Three Doors</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB "Was that Emptiness?"</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Beyond First Path ("What Next?")</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Models of the Stages of Enlightenment</span></a><ul><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Non-Duality Model</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Sudden Schools of Awakening</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Fundamental Perception Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Specific Perception Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Emotional Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Theravada Four Path Model</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB A Revised Four Path Model</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB A Simple Model</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Action Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Power Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Tibetan Ten Bhumi Model</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Energetic Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Specific Knowledge Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Psychological Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Thought Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The God Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Physical Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Radiance Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Karma Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Perpetual Bliss Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Three Kayas</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Immortality Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Transcendence Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Extinction Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Love Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Unity Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Social Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Three Yanas</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li></ul></li></ul>Daniel M. Ingram2009-05-13T11:05:50ZMCTB 1.6Daniel M. Ingramhttps://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/10303/MCTB?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=1.62009-06-20T23:01:18Z2009-05-13T11:05:50Z<p>MCTB is the abbreviation for the title of a book called <em>Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, an Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book</em> by <a href="">Daniel Ingram</a>. </p><p>It serves as a conceptual and terminological foundation and reference for a significant portion of the discussions on the DhO, and so reading it can be of value to understand what people are writing about and debating. </p><p>It is published by <a href="http://www.aeonbooks.co.uk/product.php?PID=27526">Aeon Publications</a> and can be ordered from your local independent bookseller or the standard mega-sites such as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Core-Teachings-Buddha-Unusually/dp/1904658407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242212556&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>. </p><p>A free version is also available on-line at <a href="http://www.interactivebuddha.com/mctb.shtml">Interactivebuddha.com</a> and here in chapter/wiki form. </p><h2 id="section-MCTB-Contents">Contents</h2><h3 id="section-MCTB-Foreword+and+Warning++MCTB+Foreword+and+Warning"><a href=""> MCTB Foreword and Warning</a></h3><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+I:+The+Fundamentals++MCTB+Part+1:+The+Fundamentals"><a href=""> MCTB Part 1: The Fundamentals</a></h3><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Introduction to Part I</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Morality, The First and Last Training</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Concentration, The Second Training</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Wisdom, The Third Training</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Three Characteristics</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Impermanence</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Suffering</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB No-Self</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Five Spiritual Faculties</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Faith and Wisdom</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Energy and Concentration</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Mindfulness as Fifth Spiritual Faculty</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Seven Factors of Enlightenment</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Mindfulness as First Factor of Enlightenment</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Investigation of the Truth</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Energy</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Rapture</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Tranquility</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Concentration</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Equanimity</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Three Trainings Revisited</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Four Noble Truths</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Truth Number One: Suffering</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Truth Number Two: Desire</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Truth Number Three: The End of Suffering</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Truth Number Four: The Path</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Practical Meditation Considerations</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB When, Where and for How Long?</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Daily Life and Retreats</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Postures</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Objects for Insight Practices</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Resolve</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Teachers</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Summary of Part I</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Conclusion to Part I</a></li></ul></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+II:+Light+and+Shadows">Part II: Light and Shadows</h3><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Introduction to Parts II & III</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Buddhism vs. The Buddha</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Content and Ultimate Reality</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB What Went Wrong?</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB A Clear Goal</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Harnessing the Energy of the "Defilements"</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Right Thought and the Augean Stables</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB From Content to Insight</a></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+III:+Mastery">Part III: Mastery</h3><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Concentration vs. Insight</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Concentration States (Samatha Jhanas)</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB The First Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Second Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Third Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Fourth Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The "Psychic Powers"</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB No-self vs. True Self</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Formless Realms</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Boundless Space, The Fifth Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Boundless Consciousness, The Sixth Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Nothingness, The Seventh Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Neither Perception Nor Yet Non-Perception, The Eighth Jhana</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">The Progress of Insight</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB 1. MInd and Body</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 2. Cause and Effect</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 3. The Three Characteristics</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 4. The Arising and Passing Away</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 5. Dissolution, Entrance to the Dark Night</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 6. Fear</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 7. Misery</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 8. Disgust</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 9. Desire for Deliverance</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 10. Re-observation</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 11. Equanimity</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 12. Conformity</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 13. Change of Lineage</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 14. Path</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 15. Fruition</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 16. Review</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Vipassana Jhanas</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Bill Hamilton's Model</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Fractals</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB U Pandita's Model</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Inklings of One More Model</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB How the Maps Help</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Three Doors</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB "Was that Emptiness?"</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Beyond First Path ("What Next?")</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Models of the Stages of Enlightenment</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB The Non-Duality Model</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Sudden Schools of Awakening</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Fundamental Perception Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Specific Perception Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Emotional Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Theravada Four Path Model</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB A Revised Four Path Model</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB A Simple Model</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Action Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Power Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Tibetan Ten Bhumi Model</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Energetic Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Specific Knowledge Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Psychological Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Thought Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The God Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Physical Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Radiance Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Karma Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Perpetual Bliss Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Three Kayas</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Immortality Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Transcendence Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Extinction Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Love Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Unity Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Social Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Three Yanas</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB <span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-0" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="added-diff-1">Ditching our "Stuff" vs. Ditching the Split</span></a></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-1" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB The "Nothing to Do" and "You are Already There" Schools</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB Final Points</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li></ul></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB So What's "Full Enlightenment"?</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB Integration</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB It is Possible!</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB More on the Mushroom Factor</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB So Who the Heck is Daniel M. Ingram?</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB Conclusion and Best Wishes</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB Appendix: The Cessation of Perception and Feeling (Nirodha Samapatti)</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li></ul><p><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff">This work is the property of Daniel M. Ingram and all rights are reserved. Feel free to quote it so long as you do not quote it out of context or alter the quote. </span></p>Daniel M. Ingram2009-05-13T11:05:50ZMCTB 1.7Daniel M. Ingramhttps://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/10303/MCTB?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=1.72009-06-20T23:03:26Z2009-05-13T11:05:50Z<p>MCTB is the abbreviation for the title of a book called <em>Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, an Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book</em> by <a href="">Daniel Ingram</a>. </p><p>It serves as a conceptual and terminological foundation and reference for a significant portion of the discussions on the DhO, and so reading it can be of value to understand what people are writing about and debating. </p><p>It is published by <a href="http://www.aeonbooks.co.uk/product.php?PID=27526">Aeon Publications</a> and can be ordered from your local independent bookseller or the standard mega-sites such as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Core-Teachings-Buddha-Unusually/dp/1904658407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242212556&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>. </p><p>A free version is also available on-line at <a href="http://www.interactivebuddha.com/mctb.shtml">Interactivebuddha.com</a> and here in chapter/wiki form. </p><h2 id="section-MCTB-Contents">Contents</h2><h3 id="section-MCTB-Foreword+and+Warning++MCTB+Foreword+and+Warning"><a href=""> MCTB Foreword and Warning</a></h3><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+I:+The+Fundamentals++MCTB+Part+1:+The+Fundamentals"><a href=""> MCTB Part 1: The Fundamentals</a></h3><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Introduction to Part I</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Morality, The First and Last Training</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Concentration, The Second Training</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Wisdom, The Third Training</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Three Characteristics</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Impermanence</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Suffering</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB No-Self</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Five Spiritual Faculties</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Faith and Wisdom</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Energy and Concentration</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Mindfulness as Fifth Spiritual Faculty</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Seven Factors of Enlightenment</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Mindfulness as First Factor of Enlightenment</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Investigation of the Truth</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Energy</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Rapture</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Tranquility</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Concentration</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Equanimity</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Three Trainings Revisited</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Four Noble Truths</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Truth Number One: Suffering</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Truth Number Two: Desire</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Truth Number Three: The End of Suffering</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Truth Number Four: The Path</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Practical Meditation Considerations</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB When, Where and for How Long?</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Daily Life and Retreats</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Postures</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Objects for Insight Practices</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Resolve</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Teachers</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Summary of Part I</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Conclusion to Part I</a></li></ul></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+II:+Light+and+Shadows">Part II: Light and Shadows</h3><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Introduction to Parts II & III</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Buddhism vs. The Buddha</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Content and Ultimate Reality</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB What Went Wrong?</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB A Clear Goal</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Harnessing the Energy of the "Defilements"</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Right Thought and the Augean Stables</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB From Content to Insight</a></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+III:+Mastery">Part III: Mastery</h3><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Concentration vs. Insight</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Concentration States (Samatha Jhanas)</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB The First Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Second Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Third Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Fourth Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The "Psychic Powers"</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB No-self vs. True Self</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Formless Realms</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Boundless Space, The Fifth Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Boundless Consciousness, The Sixth Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Nothingness, The Seventh Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Neither Perception Nor Yet Non-Perception, The Eighth Jhana</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">The Progress of Insight</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB 1. MInd and Body</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 2. Cause and Effect</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 3. The Three Characteristics</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 4. The Arising and Passing Away</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 5. Dissolution, Entrance to the Dark Night</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 6. Fear</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 7. Misery</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 8. Disgust</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 9. Desire for Deliverance</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 10. Re-observation</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 11. Equanimity</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 12. Conformity</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 13. Change of Lineage</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 14. Path</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 15. Fruition</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 16. Review</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Vipassana Jhanas</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Bill Hamilton's Model</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Fractals</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB U Pandita's Model</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Inklings of One More Model</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB How the Maps Help</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Three Doors</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB "Was that Emptiness?"</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Beyond First Path ("What Next?")</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Models of the Stages of Enlightenment</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB The Non-Duality Model</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Sudden Schools of Awakening</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Fundamental Perception Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Specific Perception Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Emotional Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Theravada Four Path Model</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB A Revised Four Path Model</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB A Simple Model</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Action Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Power Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Tibetan Ten Bhumi Model</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Energetic Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Specific Knowledge Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Psychological Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Thought Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The God Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Physical Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Radiance Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Karma Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Perpetual Bliss Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Three Kayas</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Immortality Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Transcendence Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Extinction Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Love Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Unity Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Social Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Three Yanas</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Ditching our "Stuff" vs. Ditching the Split</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The "Nothing to Do" and "You are Already There" Schools</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Final Points</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB So What's "Full Enlightenment"?</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Integration</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB It is Possible!</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB More on the Mushroom Factor</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB So Who the Heck is Daniel M. Ingram?</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Conclusion and Best Wishes</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Appendix: The Cessation of Perception and Feeling (Nirodha Samapatti)</a></li></ul><p>This work is the property of Daniel M. Ingram and all rights are reserved. Feel free to quote it so long as you do not quote it out of context or alter the quote. </p>Daniel M. Ingram2009-05-13T11:05:50ZMCTB 1.8Daniel M. Ingramhttps://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/10303/MCTB?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=1.82009-06-20T23:13:25Z2009-05-13T11:05:50Z<p>MCTB is the abbreviation for the title of a book called <em>Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, an Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book</em> by <a href="">Daniel Ingram</a>. </p><p>It serves as a conceptual and terminological foundation and reference for a significant portion of the discussions on the DhO, and so reading it can be of value to understand what people are writing about and debating. </p><p>It is published by <a href="http://www.aeonbooks.co.uk/product.php?PID=27526">Aeon Publications</a> and can be ordered from your local independent bookseller or the standard mega-sites such as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Core-Teachings-Buddha-Unusually/dp/1904658407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242212556&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>. </p><p>A free version is also available on-line at <a href="http://www.interactivebuddha.com/mctb.shtml">Interactivebuddha.com</a> and here in chapter/wiki form. </p><h2 id="section-MCTB-Contents">Contents</h2><h3 id="section-MCTB-Foreword+and+Warning++MCTB+Foreword+and+Warning"><a href=""> MCTB Foreword and Warning</a></h3><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+I+The+Fundamentals++MCTB+Part+1+The+Fundamentals"><a href=""><span class="diff-html-changed" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-Part+I:+The+Fundamentals++MCTB+Part+1:+The<br/>+Fundamentals.</li><li>Moved to a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-Part+I+The+Fundamentals++MCTB+Part+1+The+F<br/>undamentals.</li></ul>" previous="first-diff" changeId="changed-diff-0" next="removed-diff-0"> </span><span class="diff-html-changed" id="changed-diff-0" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-Part+I:+The+Fundamentals++MCTB+Part+1:+The<br/>+Fundamentals.</li><li>Moved to a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-Part+I+The+Fundamentals++MCTB+Part+1+The+F<br/>undamentals.</li></ul>" previous="first-diff" changeId="changed-diff-0" next="removed-diff-0">MCTB Part 1 </span></a></h3><span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-0" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="changed-diff-1">: </span><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+I+The+Fundamentals++MCTB+Part+1+The+Fundamentals"><a href=""><span class="diff-html-changed" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-Part+I:+The+Fundamentals++MCTB+Part+1:+The<br/>+Fundamentals.</li><li>Moved to a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-Part+I+The+Fundamentals++MCTB+Part+1+The+F<br/>undamentals.</li></ul>" previous="removed-diff-0" changeId="changed-diff-1" next="removed-diff-1"> </span><span class="diff-html-changed" id="changed-diff-1" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-Part+I:+The+Fundamentals++MCTB+Part+1:+The<br/>+Fundamentals.</li><li>Moved to a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-Part+I+The+Fundamentals++MCTB+Part+1+The+F<br/>undamentals.</li></ul>" previous="removed-diff-0" changeId="changed-diff-1" next="removed-diff-1">The Fundamentals</span></a><span class="diff-html-changed" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-Part+I:+The+Fundamentals++MCTB+Part+1:+The<br/>+Fundamentals.</li><li>Moved to a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-Part+I+The+Fundamentals++MCTB+Part+1+The+F<br/>undamentals.</li></ul>" previous="removed-diff-0" changeId="changed-diff-1" next="removed-diff-1"><!----></span></h3><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Introduction to Part I</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Morality, The First and Last Training</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Concentration, The Second Training</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Wisdom, The Third Training</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Three Characteristics</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Impermanence</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Suffering</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB No-Self</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Five Spiritual Faculties</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Faith and Wisdom</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Energy and Concentration</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Mindfulness as Fifth Spiritual Faculty</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Seven Factors of Enlightenment</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Mindfulness as First Factor of Enlightenment</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Investigation of the Truth</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Energy</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Rapture</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Tranquility</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Concentration</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Equanimity</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Three Trainings Revisited</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Four Noble Truths</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Truth Number One<span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-1" previous="changed-diff-1" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-0">: </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-0" previous="removed-diff-1" changeId="added-diff-0" next="removed-diff-2">, </span>Suffering</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Truth Number Two<span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-2" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-2" next="added-diff-1">: </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-1" previous="removed-diff-2" changeId="added-diff-1" next="removed-diff-3">, </span>Desire</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Truth Number Three<span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-3" previous="added-diff-1" changeId="removed-diff-3" next="added-diff-2">: </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-2" previous="removed-diff-3" changeId="added-diff-2" next="removed-diff-4">, </span>The End of Suffering</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Truth Number Four<span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-4" previous="added-diff-2" changeId="removed-diff-4" next="added-diff-3">: </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-3" previous="removed-diff-4" changeId="added-diff-3" next="last-diff">, </span>The Path</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Practical Meditation Considerations</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB When, Where and for How Long?</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Daily Life and Retreats</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Postures</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Objects for Insight Practices</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Resolve</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Teachers</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Summary of Part I</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Conclusion to Part I</a></li></ul></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+II:+Light+and+Shadows">Part II: Light and Shadows</h3><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Introduction to Parts II & III</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Buddhism vs. The Buddha</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Content and Ultimate Reality</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB What Went Wrong?</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB A Clear Goal</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Harnessing the Energy of the "Defilements"</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Right Thought and the Augean Stables</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB From Content to Insight</a></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+III:+Mastery">Part III: Mastery</h3><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Concentration vs. Insight</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Concentration States (Samatha Jhanas)</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB The First Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Second Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Third Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Fourth Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The "Psychic Powers"</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB No-self vs. True Self</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Formless Realms</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Boundless Space, The Fifth Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Boundless Consciousness, The Sixth Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Nothingness, The Seventh Jhana</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Neither Perception Nor Yet Non-Perception, The Eighth Jhana</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">The Progress of Insight</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB 1. MInd and Body</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 2. Cause and Effect</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 3. The Three Characteristics</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 4. The Arising and Passing Away</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 5. Dissolution, Entrance to the Dark Night</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 6. Fear</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 7. Misery</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 8. Disgust</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 9. Desire for Deliverance</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 10. Re-observation</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 11. Equanimity</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 12. Conformity</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 13. Change of Lineage</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 14. Path</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 15. Fruition</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB 16. Review</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Vipassana Jhanas</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Bill Hamilton's Model</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Fractals</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB U Pandita's Model</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Inklings of One More Model</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB How the Maps Help</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Three Doors</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB "Was that Emptiness?"</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Beyond First Path ("What Next?")</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Models of the Stages of Enlightenment</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB The Non-Duality Model</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Sudden Schools of Awakening</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Fundamental Perception Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Specific Perception Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Emotional Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Theravada Four Path Model</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB A Revised Four Path Model</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB A Simple Model</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Action Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Power Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Tibetan Ten Bhumi Model</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Energetic Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Specific Knowledge Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Psychological Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Thought Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The God Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Physical Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Radiance Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Karma Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Perpetual Bliss Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Three Kayas</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Immortality Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Transcendence Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Extinction Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Love Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Unity Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Social Models</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Three Yanas</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Ditching our "Stuff" vs. Ditching the Split</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The "Nothing to Do" and "You are Already There" Schools</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Final Points</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB So What's "Full Enlightenment"?</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Integration</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB It is Possible!</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB More on the Mushroom Factor</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB So Who the Heck is Daniel M. Ingram?</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Conclusion and Best Wishes</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Appendix: The Cessation of Perception and Feeling (Nirodha Samapatti)</a></li></ul><p>This work is the property of Daniel M. Ingram and all rights are reserved. Feel free to quote it so long as you do not quote it out of context or alter the quote. </p>Daniel M. Ingram2009-05-13T11:05:50ZMCTB 1.9Daniel M. Ingramhttps://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/10303/MCTB?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=1.92009-06-20T23:13:40Z2009-05-13T11:05:50Z<p>MCTB is the abbreviation for the title of a book called <em>Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, an Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book</em> by <a href="">Daniel Ingram</a>. </p><p>It serves as a conceptual and terminological foundation and reference for a significant portion of the discussions on the DhO, and so reading it can be of value to understand what people are writing about and debating. </p><p>It is published by <a href="http://www.aeonbooks.co.uk/product.php?PID=27526">Aeon Publications</a> and can be ordered from your local independent bookseller or the standard mega-sites such as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Core-Teachings-Buddha-Unusually/dp/1904658407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242212556&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>. </p><p>A free version is also available on-line at <a href="http://www.interactivebuddha.com/mctb.shtml">Interactivebuddha.com</a> and here in chapter/wiki form. </p><h2 id="section-MCTB-Contents">Contents</h2><h3 id="section-MCTB-MCTB+Foreword+and+Warning"><a href=""><span class="diff-html-changed" id="changed-diff-0" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-Foreword+and+Warning++MCTB+Foreword+and+Wa<br/>rning.</li><li>Moved to a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-MCTB+Foreword+and+Warning.</li></ul>" previous="first-diff" changeId="changed-diff-0" next="changed-diff-1">MCTB Foreword and Warning</span></a><span class="diff-html-changed" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-Foreword+and+Warning++MCTB+Foreword+and+Wa<br/>rning.</li><li>Moved to a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-MCTB+Foreword+and+Warning.</li></ul>" previous="first-diff" changeId="changed-diff-0" next="changed-diff-1"><!----></span></h3><h3 id="section-MCTB-MCTB+Part+I+The+Fundamentals"><a href=""><span class="diff-html-changed" id="changed-diff-1" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-Part+I+The+Fundamentals++MCTB+Part+1+The+F<br/>undamentals.</li><li>Moved to a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-MCTB+Part+I+The+Fundamentals.</li></ul>" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="changed-diff-1" next="removed-diff-0">MCTB Part </span></a></h3><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-1" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="added-diff-0"> </span><span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-0" previous="changed-diff-1" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="added-diff-0">1 </span><h3 id="section-MCTB-MCTB+Part+I+The+Fundamentals"><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-0" previous="removed-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-0" next="changed-diff-2">I </span><span class="diff-html-changed" id="changed-diff-2" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-Part+I+The+Fundamentals++MCTB+Part+1+The+F<br/>undamentals.</li><li>Moved to a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-MCTB+Part+I+The+Fundamentals.</li></ul>" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="changed-diff-2" next="added-diff-1">The Fundamentals</span></a><span class="diff-html-changed" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-Part+I+The+Fundamentals++MCTB+Part+1+The+F<br/>undamentals.</li><li>Moved to a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-MCTB+Part+I+The+Fundamentals.</li></ul>" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="changed-diff-2" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></h3><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Introduction to Part I</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Morality, The First and Last Training</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Concentration, The Second Training</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Wisdom, The Third Training</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Characteristics</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Impermanence</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Suffering</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB No-Self</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Five Spiritual Faculties</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Faith and Wisdom</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Energy and Concentration</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Mindfulness as Fifth Spiritual Faculty</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Seven Factors of Enlightenment</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Mindfulness as First Factor of Enlightenment</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Investigation of the Truth</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Energy</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Rapture</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Tranquility</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Concentration</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Equanimity</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Trainings Revisited</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Four Noble Truths</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number One, Suffering</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number Two, Desire</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number Three, The End of Suffering</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number Four, The Path</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB Practical Meditation Considerations</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB When, Where and for How Long?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Daily Life and Retreats</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Postures</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Objects for Insight Practices</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Resolve</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Teachers</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Summary of Part I</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Conclusion to Part I</a></li></ul></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+II:+Light+and+Shadows">Part II: Light and Shadows</h3><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Introduction to Parts II & III</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Buddhism vs. The Buddha</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Content and Ultimate Reality</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB What Went Wrong?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB A Clear Goal</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Harnessing the Energy of the "Defilements"</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Right Thought and the Augean Stables</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB From Content to Insight</a></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+III:+Mastery">Part III: Mastery</h3><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Concentration vs. Insight</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Concentration States (Samatha Jhanas)</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB The First Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Second Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Third Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Fourth Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The "Psychic Powers"</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB No-self vs. True Self</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Formless Realms</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Boundless Space, The Fifth Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Boundless Consciousness, The Sixth Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Nothingness, The Seventh Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Neither Perception Nor Yet Non-Perception, The Eighth Jhana</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-1" previous="changed-diff-2" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff">MCTB </span>The Progress of Insight</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB 1. MInd and Body</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 2. Cause and Effect</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 3. The Three Characteristics</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 4. The Arising and Passing Away</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 5. Dissolution, Entrance to the Dark Night</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 6. Fear</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 7. Misery</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 8. Disgust</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 9. Desire for Deliverance</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 10. Re-observation</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 11. Equanimity</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 12. Conformity</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 13. Change of Lineage</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 14. Path</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 15. Fruition</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 16. Review</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Vipassana Jhanas</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Bill Hamilton's Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Fractals</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB U Pandita's Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Inklings of One More Model</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB How the Maps Help</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Doors</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB "Was that Emptiness?"</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Beyond First Path ("What Next?")</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Models of the Stages of Enlightenment</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB The Non-Duality Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Sudden Schools of Awakening</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Fundamental Perception Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Specific Perception Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Emotional Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Theravada Four Path Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB A Revised Four Path Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB A Simple Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Action Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Power Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Tibetan Ten Bhumi Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Energetic Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Specific Knowledge Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Psychological Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Thought Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The God Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Physical Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Radiance Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Karma Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Perpetual Bliss Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Kayas</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Immortality Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Transcendence Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Extinction Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Love Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Unity Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Social Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Yanas</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Ditching our "Stuff" vs. Ditching the Split</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The "Nothing to Do" and "You are Already There" Schools</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Final Points</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB So What's "Full Enlightenment"?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Integration</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB It is Possible!</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB More on the Mushroom Factor</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB So Who the Heck is Daniel M. Ingram?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Conclusion and Best Wishes</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Appendix: The Cessation of Perception and Feeling (Nirodha Samapatti)</a></li></ul><p>This work is the property of Daniel M. Ingram and all rights are reserved. Feel free to quote it so long as you do not quote it out of context or alter the quote. </p>Daniel M. Ingram2009-05-13T11:05:50ZMCTB 2.0Daniel M. Ingramhttps://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/10303/MCTB?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=2.02009-06-21T09:35:06Z2009-05-13T11:05:50Z<p>MCTB is the abbreviation for the title of a book called <em>Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, an Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book</em> by <a href="">Daniel Ingram</a>. </p><p>It serves as a conceptual and terminological foundation and reference for a significant portion of the discussions on the DhO, and so reading it can be of value to understand what people are writing about and debating. </p><p>It is published by <a href="http://www.aeonbooks.co.uk/product.php?PID=27526">Aeon Publications</a> and can be ordered from your local independent bookseller or the standard mega-sites such as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Core-Teachings-Buddha-Unusually/dp/1904658407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242212556&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>. </p><p>A free version is also available on-line at <a href="http://www.interactivebuddha.com/mctb.shtml">Interactivebuddha.com</a> and here in chapter/wiki form. </p><h2 id="section-MCTB-Contents">Contents</h2><h3 id="section-MCTB-MCTB+Foreword+and+Warning"><a href="">MCTB Foreword and Warning</a></h3><h3 id="section-MCTB-MCTB+Part+I+The+Fundamentals"><a href="">MCTB Part I The Fundamentals</a></h3><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Introduction to Part I</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Morality, The First and Last Training</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Concentration, The Second Training</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Wisdom, The Third Training</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Characteristics</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Impermanence</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Suffering</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB No-Self</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Five Spiritual Faculties</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Faith and Wisdom</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Energy and Concentration</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Mindfulness as Fifth Spiritual Faculty</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Seven Factors of Enlightenment</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Mindfulness as First Factor of Enlightenment</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Investigation of the Truth</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Energy</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Rapture</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Tranquility</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Concentration</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Equanimity</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Trainings Revisited</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Four Noble Truths</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number One, Suffering</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number Two, Desire</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number Three, The End of Suffering</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number Four, The Path</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB Practical Meditation Considerations</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB When, Where and for How Long?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Daily Life and Retreats</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Postures</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Objects for Insight Practices</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Resolve</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Teachers</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Summary of Part I</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Conclusion to Part I</a></li></ul></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+II:+Light+and+Shadows">Part II: Light and Shadows</h3><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Introduction to Parts II & III</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Buddhism vs. The Buddha</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Content and Ultimate Reality</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB What Went Wrong?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB A Clear Goal</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Harnessing the Energy of the "Defilements"</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Right Thought and the Augean Stables</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB From Content to Insight</a></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+III:+Mastery">Part III: Mastery</h3><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Concentration vs. Insight</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Concentration States (Samatha Jhanas)</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB The First Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Second Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Third Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Fourth Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The "Psychic Powers"</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB No-self vs. True Self</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Formless Realms</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Boundless Space, The Fifth Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Boundless Consciousness, The Sixth Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Nothingness, The Seventh Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Neither Perception Nor Yet Non-Perception, The Eighth Jhana</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Progress of Insight</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB 1. MInd and Body</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 2. Cause and Effect</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 3. The Three Characteristics</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 4. The Arising and Passing Away</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 5. Dissolution, Entrance to the Dark Night</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 6. Fear</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 7. Misery</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 8. Disgust</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 9. Desire for Deliverance</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 10. Re-observation</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 11. Equanimity</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 12. Conformity</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 13. Change of Lineage</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 14. Path</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 15. Fruition</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 16. Review</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Vipassana Jhanas</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Bill Hamilton's Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Fractals</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB U Pandita's Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Inklings of One More Model</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB How the Maps Help</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Doors</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB "Was that Emptiness?"</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Beyond First Path ("What Next?")</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Models of the Stages of Enlightenment</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB The Non-Duality Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Sudden Schools of Awakening</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Fundamental Perception Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Specific Perception Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Emotional Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Theravada Four Path Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB A Revised Four Path Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB A Simple Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Action Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Power Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Tibetan Ten Bhumi Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Energetic Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Specific Knowledge Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Psychological Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Thought Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The God Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Physical Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Radiance Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Karma Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Perpetual Bliss Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Kayas</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Immortality Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Transcendence Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Extinction Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Love Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Unity Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Social Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Yanas</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Ditching our "Stuff" vs. Ditching the Split</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The "Nothing to Do" and "You are Already There" Schools</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Final Points</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB So What's "Full Enlightenment"?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Integration</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB It is Possible!</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB More on the Mushroom Factor</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB So Who the Heck is Daniel M. Ingram?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Conclusion and Best Wishes</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Appendix: The Cessation of Perception and Feeling (Nirodha Samapatti)</a></li></ul><p>This work is the property of Daniel M. Ingram and all rights are reserved. Feel free to quote it so long as you do not quote it out of context or alter the quote. </p>Daniel M. Ingram2009-05-13T11:05:50ZMCTB 2.4Daniel M. Ingramhttps://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/10303/MCTB?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=2.42009-09-14T06:19:02Z2009-05-13T11:05:50Z<p>MCTB is the abbreviation for the title of a book called <em>Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, an Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book</em> by <a href="">Daniel Ingram</a>. </p><p>It serves as a conceptual and terminological foundation and reference for a significant portion of the discussions on the DhO, and so reading it can be of value to understand what people are writing about and debating. </p><p>It is published by <a href="http://www.aeonbooks.co.uk/product.php?PID=27526">Aeon Publications</a> and can be ordered from your local independent bookseller or the standard mega-sites such as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Core-Teachings-Buddha-Unusually/dp/1904658407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242212556&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>. </p><p>A free version is also available on-line at <a href="http://www.interactivebuddha.com/mctb.shtml">Interactivebuddha.com</a> and here in chapter/wiki form. </p><h2 id="section-MCTB-Contents">Contents</h2><h3 id="section-MCTB-MCTB+Foreword+and+Warning"><a href="">MCTB Foreword and Warning</a></h3><h3 id="section-MCTB-MCTB+Part+I+The+Fundamentals"><span class="diff-html-changed" id="changed-diff-0" changes="Moved out of a <b>link</b> with destination ." previous="first-diff" changeId="changed-diff-0" next="changed-diff-1">MCTB Part I The Fundamentals</span></h3><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Introduction to Part I</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Morality, The First and Last Training</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Concentration, The Second Training</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Wisdom, The Third Training</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Characteristics</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Impermanence</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Suffering</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB No-Self</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Five Spiritual Faculties</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Faith and Wisdom</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Energy and Concentration</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Mindfulness as Fifth Spiritual Faculty</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Seven Factors of Enlightenment</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Mindfulness as First Factor of Enlightenment</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Investigation of the Truth</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Energy</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Rapture</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Tranquility</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Concentration</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Equanimity</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Trainings Revisited</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Four Noble Truths</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number One, Suffering</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number Two, Desire</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number Three, The End of Suffering</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number Four, The Path</a></li></ul></li><li><span class="diff-html-changed" id="changed-diff-1" changes="Moved out of a <b>link</b> with destination ." previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="changed-diff-1" next="changed-diff-2">MCTB Practical Meditation Considerations</span><ul><li><a href="">MCTB When, Where and for How Long?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Daily Life and Retreats</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Postures</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Objects for Insight Practices</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Resolve</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Teachers</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Summary of Part I</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Conclusion to Part I</a></li></ul></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+II:+Light+and+Shadows">Part II: Light and Shadows</h3><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Introduction to Parts II & III</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Buddhism vs. The Buddha</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Content and Ultimate Reality</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB What Went Wrong?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB A Clear Goal</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Harnessing the Energy of the "Defilements"</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Right Thought and the Augean Stables</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB From Content to Insight</a></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+III:+Mastery">Part III: Mastery</h3><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Concentration vs. Insight</a></li><li><span class="diff-html-changed" id="changed-diff-2" changes="Moved out of a <b>link</b> with destination ." previous="changed-diff-1" changeId="changed-diff-2" next="added-diff-0">MCTB The Concentration States (Samatha Jhanas)</span><ul><li><a href="">MCTB The First Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Second Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Third Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Fourth Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The "Psychic Powers"</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB No-self vs. True Self</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Formless Realms</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Boundless Space, The Fifth Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Boundless Consciousness, The Sixth Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Nothingness, The Seventh Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Neither Perception Nor Yet Non-Perception, The Eighth Jhana</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Progress of Insight</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB 1. MInd and Body</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 2. Cause and Effect</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 3. The Three Characteristics</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 4. The Arising and Passing Away</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 5. Dissolution, Entrance to the Dark Night</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 6. Fear</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 7. Misery</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 8. Disgust</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 9. Desire for Deliverance</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 10. Re-observation</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 11. Equanimity</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 12. Conformity</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 13. Change of Lineage</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 14. Path</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 15. Fruition</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 16. Review</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Vipassana Jhanas</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Bill Hamilton's Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Fractals</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB U Pandita's Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Inklings of One More Model</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB How the Maps Help</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Doors</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB "Was that Emptiness?"</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Beyond First Path ("What Next?")</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Models of the Stages of Enlightenment</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB The Non-Duality Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Sudden Schools of Awakening</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Fundamental Perception Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Specific Perception Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Emotional Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Theravada Four Path Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB A Revised Four Path Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB A Simple Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Action Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Power Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Tibetan Ten Bhumi Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The <span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-0" previous="changed-diff-2" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff">Tibetan Five Path Model</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="changed-diff-2" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="changed-diff-2" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff">MCTB The </span>Energetic Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Specific Knowledge Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Psychological Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Thought Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The God Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Physical Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Radiance Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Karma Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Perpetual Bliss Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Kayas</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Immortality Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Transcendence Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Extinction Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Love Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Unity Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Social Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Yanas</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Ditching our "Stuff" vs. Ditching the Split</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The "Nothing to Do" and "You are Already There" Schools</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Final Points</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB So What's "Full Enlightenment"?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Integration</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB It is Possible!</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB More on the Mushroom Factor</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB So Who the Heck is Daniel M. Ingram?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Conclusion and Best Wishes</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Appendix: The Cessation of Perception and Feeling (Nirodha Samapatti)</a></li></ul><p>This work is the property of Daniel M. Ingram and all rights are reserved. Feel free to quote it so long as you do not quote it out of context or alter the quote. </p>Daniel M. Ingram2009-05-13T11:05:50ZMCTB 5.0Daniel M. Ingramhttps://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/10303/MCTB?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=5.02015-07-19T15:00:02Z2009-05-13T11:05:50Z<p>MCTB is the abbreviation for the title of a book called <em>Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, an Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book</em> by <a href="">Daniel Ingram</a>. </p><p>It serves as a conceptual and terminological foundation and reference for a significant portion of the discussions on the DhO, and so reading it can be of value to understand what people are writing about and debating. </p><p>It is published by <a href="http://www.aeonbooks.co.uk/product.php?PID=27526">Aeon Publications</a> and can be ordered from your local independent bookseller or the standard mega-sites such as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Core-Teachings-Buddha-Unusually/dp/1904658407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242212556&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>. </p><p>A free version is also available on-line at <a href="http://www.interactivebuddha.com/mctb.shtml">Interactivebuddha.com</a> and here in chapter/wiki form. </p><p><em><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-0" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="changed-diff-0">As of March, 2012, Daniel has begun to modify this version here to elaborate and expand on various points, so this version will begin to diverge from the original as it is worked on. It contains links to more wiki sections that expand on the original ideas and hopefully will make them more clear.</span></em><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="changed-diff-0"> </span></p><h2 id="section-MCTB-Contents"> Contents </h2><h3 id="section-MCTB-MCTB+Foreword+and+WarningMCTB+Foreword+and+Warning"><span class="diff-html-changed" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-MCTB+Foreword+and+Warning.</li><li>Moved to a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-MCTB+Foreword+and+WarningMCTB+Foreword+and<br/>+Warning.</li></ul>" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="changed-diff-0" next="removed-diff-0"> </span><a href=""><span class="diff-html-changed" id="changed-diff-0" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-MCTB+Foreword+and+Warning.</li><li>Moved to a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-MCTB+Foreword+and+WarningMCTB+Foreword+and<br/>+Warning.</li></ul>" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="changed-diff-0" next="removed-diff-0">MCTB Foreword and Warning</span></a><span class="diff-html-changed" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-MCTB+Foreword+and+Warning.</li><li>Moved to a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-MCTB+Foreword+and+WarningMCTB+Foreword+and<br/>+Warning.</li></ul>" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="changed-diff-0" next="removed-diff-0"> </span></h3><h3 id="section-MCTB-MCTB+Part+I+The+Fundamentals"> MCTB Part I The Fundamentals </h3><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Introduction to Part I</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Morality, The First and Last Training</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Concentration, The Second Training</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Wisdom, The Third Training</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Characteristics</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Impermanence</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Suffering</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB No-Self</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Five Spiritual Faculties</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Faith and Wisdom</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Energy and Concentration</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Mindfulness as Fifth Spiritual Faculty</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Seven Factors of Enlightenment</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Mindfulness as First Factor of Enlightenment</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Investigation of the Truth</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Energy</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Rapture</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Tranquility</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Concentration</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Equanimity</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Trainings Revisited</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Four Noble Truths</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number One, Suffering</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number Two, Desire</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number Three, The End of Suffering</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number Four, The Path</a></li></ul></li><li>MCTB Practical Meditation Considerations<ul><li><a href="">MCTB When, Where and for How Long?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Daily Life and Retreats</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Postures</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Objects for Insight Practices</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Resolve</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Teachers</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Summary of Part I</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Conclusion to Part I</a></li></ul></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+II:+Light+and+Shadows"> Part II: Light and Shadows </h3><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Introduction to Parts II <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-0" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="added-diff-1">& </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-1" previous="removed-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="removed-diff-1">And </span>III</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Buddhism vs. The Buddha</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Content and Ultimate Reality</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB What Went Wrong?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB A Clear Goal</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Harnessing the Energy of the "Defilements"</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Right Thought and the Augean Stables</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB From Content to Insight</a><span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-1" previous="added-diff-1" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-2"><!----></span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-2" previous="removed-diff-1" changeId="added-diff-2" next="changed-diff-1">===</span><span class="diff-html-changed" id="changed-diff-1" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-Part+III:+Mastery.</li><li>Moved to an <b>unordered list</b>.</li><li>Moved to a <b>list item</b>.</li></ul>" previous="added-diff-2" changeId="changed-diff-1" next="removed-diff-2">Part III: Mastery</span></li><li><a href="">MCTB Concentration vs. Insight</a></li><li>MCTB The Concentration States (Samatha Jhanas)<ul><li><a href="">MCTB The First Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Second Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Third Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Fourth Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The "Psychic Powers"</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB No-self vs. True Self</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Formless Realms</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Boundless Space, The Fifth Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Boundless Consciousness, The Sixth Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Nothingness, The Seventh Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Neither Perception Nor Yet Non-Perception, The Eighth Jhana</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Progress of Insight</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB 1. MInd and Body</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 2. Cause and Effect</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 3. The Three Characteristics</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 4. The Arising and Passing Away</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 5. Dissolution, Entrance to the Dark Night</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 6. Fear</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 7. Misery</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 8. Disgust</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 9. Desire for Deliverance</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 10. Re-observation</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 11. Equanimity</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 12. Conformity</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 13. Change of Lineage</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 14. Path</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 15. Fruition</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 16. Review</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Vipassana Jhanas</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Bill Hamilton's Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Fractals</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB U Pandita's Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Inklings of One More Model</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB How the Maps Help</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Doors</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-2" previous="changed-diff-1" changeId="removed-diff-2" next="removed-diff-3">"</span> Was that Emptiness?<span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-3" previous="removed-diff-2" changeId="removed-diff-3" next="removed-diff-4">"</span></a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Beyond First Path ("What Next?")</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Models of the Stages of Enlightenment</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB The Non-Duality Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Sudden Schools of Awakening</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Fundamental Perception Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Specific Perception Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Emotional Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Theravada Four Path Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB A Revised Four Path Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB A Simple Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Action Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Power Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Tibetan Ten Bhumi Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Tibetan Five Path Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Energetic Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Specific Knowledge Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Psychological Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Thought Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The God Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Physical Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Radiance Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Karma Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Perpetual Bliss Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Kayas</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Immortality Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Transcendence Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Extinction Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Love Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Unity Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Social Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Yanas</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Ditching our "Stuff" vs. Ditching the Split</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The "Nothing to Do" and "You are Already There" Schools</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Final Points</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB So What's "Full Enlightenment"?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Integration</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB It is Possible!</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB More on the Mushroom Factor</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB So Who the Heck is Daniel M. Ingram?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Conclusion and Best Wishes</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Appendix<span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-4" previous="removed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-4" next="added-diff-3">: </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-3" previous="removed-diff-4" changeId="added-diff-3" next="removed-diff-5">, </span>The Cessation of Perception and Feeling<span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-5" next="added-diff-4"> </span><span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-5" previous="added-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-5" next="added-diff-4">(</span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-4" previous="removed-diff-5" changeId="added-diff-4" next="removed-diff-6">, </span>Nirodha Samapatti<span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-6" previous="added-diff-4" changeId="removed-diff-6" next="last-diff">)</span></a></li></ul><p>This work is the property of Daniel M. Ingram and all rights are reserved. Feel free to quote it so long as you do not quote it out of context or alter the quote. </p>Daniel M. Ingram2009-05-13T11:05:50ZMCTB 5.2Daniel M. Ingramhttps://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/10303/MCTB?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=5.22017-08-26T08:07:29Z2009-05-13T11:05:50Z<p>MCTB is the abbreviation for the title of a book called <em>Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, an Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book</em> by <a href="">Daniel Ingram</a>. </p><p>It serves as a conceptual and terminological foundation and reference for a significant portion of the discussions on the DhO, and so reading it can be of value to understand what people are writing about and debating. </p><p>It is published by <a href="http://www.aeonbooks.co.uk/product.php?PID=27526">Aeon Publications</a> and can be ordered from your local independent bookseller or the standard mega-sites such as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Core-Teachings-Buddha-Unusually/dp/1904658407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242212556&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>. </p><p>A free version is also available on-line at <a href="http://www.interactivebuddha.com/mctb.shtml">Interactivebuddha.com</a> and here in chapter/wiki form.<br><span class="diff-html-changed" id="changed-diff-0" changes="Moved to a <b>break</b>." previous="first-diff" changeId="changed-diff-0" next="removed-diff-0"><!----></span></br></p><p><em>As of March, 2012, Daniel has begun to modify this version here to elaborate and expand on various points, so this version will begin to diverge from the original as it is worked on. It contains links to more wiki sections that expand on the original ideas and hopefully will make them more clear.</em> </p><h2 id="section-MCTB-Contents"> Contents </h2><h3 id="section-MCTB-MCTB+Foreword+and+WarningMCTB+Foreword+and+Warning"> <a href="">MCTB Foreword and Warning</a> </h3><h3 id="section-MCTB-MCTB+Part+I+The+Fundamentals"> MCTB Part I The Fundamentals </h3><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Introduction to Part I</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-0" previous="changed-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="added-diff-0">Morality, The </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-0" previous="removed-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-0" next="removed-diff-1">Morality The </span>First and Last Training</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-1" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">Concentration, The </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-1" previous="removed-diff-1" changeId="added-diff-1" next="removed-diff-2">Concentration The </span>Second Training</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-2" previous="added-diff-1" changeId="removed-diff-2" next="added-diff-2">Wisdom, The </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-2" previous="removed-diff-2" changeId="added-diff-2" next="removed-diff-3">Wisdom The </span>Third Training</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Characteristics</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Impermanence</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Suffering</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB No-Self</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Five Spiritual Faculties</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Faith and Wisdom</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Energy and Concentration</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Mindfulness as Fifth Spiritual Faculty</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Seven Factors of Enlightenment</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Mindfulness as First Factor of Enlightenment</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Investigation of the Truth</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Energy</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Rapture</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Tranquility</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Concentration</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Equanimity</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Trainings Revisited</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Four Noble Truths</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-3" previous="added-diff-2" changeId="removed-diff-3" next="added-diff-3">One, Suffering</span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-3" previous="removed-diff-3" changeId="added-diff-3" next="removed-diff-4">One Suffering</span></a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-4" previous="added-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-4" next="added-diff-4">Two, Desire</span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-4" previous="removed-diff-4" changeId="added-diff-4" next="removed-diff-5">Two Desire</span></a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-5" previous="added-diff-4" changeId="removed-diff-5" next="added-diff-5">Three, The </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-5" previous="removed-diff-5" changeId="added-diff-5" next="removed-diff-6">Three The </span>End of Suffering</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-6" previous="added-diff-5" changeId="removed-diff-6" next="added-diff-6">Four, The </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-6" previous="removed-diff-6" changeId="added-diff-6" next="removed-diff-7">Four The </span>Path</a></li></ul></li><li>MCTB Practical Meditation Considerations<ul><li><a href="">MCTB <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-7" previous="added-diff-6" changeId="removed-diff-7" next="added-diff-7">When, Where </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-7" previous="removed-diff-7" changeId="added-diff-7" next="changed-diff-1">When Where </span>and for How Long?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Daily Life and Retreats</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Postures</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Objects for Insight Practices</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Resolve</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Teachers</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Summary of Part I</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Conclusion to Part I</a></li></ul></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+II:+Light+and+Shadows"> Part II: Light and Shadows </h3><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Introduction to Parts II And III</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Buddhism vs. The Buddha</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Content and Ultimate Reality</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB What Went Wrong?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB A Clear Goal</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/MCTB Harnessing the Energy of thehttp://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main/MCTB+Harnessing+the+Energy+of+the+Defilements/en "Defilements""><span class="diff-html-changed" id="changed-diff-1" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>link</b> with destination .</li><li>Moved to a <b>link</b> with destination <br/>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/MCTB <br/>Harnessing the Energy of <br/>thehttp://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/M<br/>ain/MCTB+Harnessing+the+Energy+of+the+Defilements/en <br/>&#34;Defilements&#34;.</li></ul>" previous="added-diff-7" changeId="changed-diff-1" next="removed-diff-8">MCTB Harnessing the Energy of the "Defilements"</span></a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Right Thought and the Augean Stables</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB From Content to Insight</a><span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-8" previous="changed-diff-1" changeId="removed-diff-8" next="added-diff-8">===</span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-8" previous="removed-diff-8" changeId="added-diff-8" next="changed-diff-2"><!----></span></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-MCTB+From+Content+to+InsightPart+III:+Mastery"> <a href=""><!----></a><span class="diff-html-changed" id="changed-diff-2" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of an <b>unordered list</b>.</li><li>Moved out of a <b>list item</b>.</li><li>Moved to a <b>heading (level 3)</b> with id <br/>section-MCTB-MCTB+From+Content+to+InsightPart+III:+Mast<br/>ery.</li></ul>" previous="added-diff-8" changeId="changed-diff-2" next="changed-diff-3">Part III: Mastery </span></h3><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Concentration vs. Insight</a></li><li>MCTB The Concentration States (Samatha Jhanas)<ul><li><a href="">MCTB The First Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Second Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Third Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Fourth Jhana</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main/MCTB+The+Psychic+Powers/en"><span class="diff-html-changed" id="changed-diff-3" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>link</b> with destination .</li><li>Moved to a <b>link</b> with destination <br/>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main<br/>/MCTB+The+Psychic+Powers/en.</li></ul>" previous="changed-diff-2" changeId="changed-diff-3" next="removed-diff-9">MCTB The "Psychic Powers"</span></a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB No-self vs. True Self</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Formless Realms</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Boundless <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-9" previous="changed-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-9" next="added-diff-9">Space, The </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-9" previous="removed-diff-9" changeId="added-diff-9" next="removed-diff-10">Space The </span>Fifth Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Boundless <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-10" previous="added-diff-9" changeId="removed-diff-10" next="added-diff-10">Consciousness, The </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-10" previous="removed-diff-10" changeId="added-diff-10" next="removed-diff-11">Consciousness The </span>Sixth Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-11" previous="added-diff-10" changeId="removed-diff-11" next="added-diff-11">Nothingness, The </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-11" previous="removed-diff-11" changeId="added-diff-11" next="removed-diff-12">Nothingness The </span>Seventh Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Neither Perception Nor Yet Non-<span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-12" previous="added-diff-11" changeId="removed-diff-12" next="added-diff-12">Perception, The </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-12" previous="removed-diff-12" changeId="added-diff-12" next="removed-diff-13">Perception The </span>Eighth Jhana</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Progress of Insight</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB 1. <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-13" previous="added-diff-12" changeId="removed-diff-13" next="added-diff-13">MInd </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-13" previous="removed-diff-13" changeId="added-diff-13" next="removed-diff-14">Mind </span>and Body</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 2. Cause and Effect</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 3. The Three Characteristics</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 4. The Arising and Passing Away</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 5. <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-14" previous="added-diff-13" changeId="removed-diff-14" next="added-diff-14">Dissolution, Entrance </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-14" previous="removed-diff-14" changeId="added-diff-14" next="changed-diff-4">Dissolution Entrance </span>to the Dark Night</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 6. Fear</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 7. Misery</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 8. Disgust</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 9. Desire for Deliverance</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 10. Re-observation</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 11. Equanimity</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 12. Conformity</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 13. Change of Lineage</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 14. Path</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 15. Fruition</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 16. Review</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Vipassana Jhanas</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Bill Hamilton's Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Fractals</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB U Pandita's Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Inklings of One More Model</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB How the Maps Help</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Doors</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Was that Emptiness?</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main/MCTB+Beyond+First+Path+(What+Next)"><span class="diff-html-changed" id="changed-diff-4" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>link</b> with destination .</li><li>Moved to a <b>link</b> with destination <br/>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/dharma-wiki/-<br/>/wiki/Main/MCTB+Beyond+First+Path+(What+Next).</li></ul>" previous="added-diff-14" changeId="changed-diff-4" next="changed-diff-5">MCTB Beyond First Path ("What Next?")</span></a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Models of the Stages of Enlightenment</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB The Non-Duality Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Sudden Schools of Awakening</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Fundamental Perception Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Specific Perception Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Emotional Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Theravada Four Path Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB A Revised Four Path Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB A Simple Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Action Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Power Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Tibetan Ten Bhumi Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Tibetan Five Path Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Energetic Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Specific Knowledge Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Psychological Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Thought Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The God Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Physical Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Radiance Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Karma Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Perpetual Bliss Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Kayas</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Immortality Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Transcendence Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Extinction Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Love Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Unity Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Social Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Yanas</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/MCTB Ditching our "Stuff" vs. Ditching http://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main/MCTB+Ditching+our+Stuff+vs.+Ditching+the+Split/enthe Split"><span class="diff-html-changed" id="changed-diff-5" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>link</b> with destination .</li><li>Moved to a <b>link</b> with destination <br/>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/MCTB <br/>Ditching our &#34;Stuff&#34; vs. Ditching <br/>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main<br/>/MCTB+Ditching+our+Stuff+vs.+Ditching+the+Split/enthe <br/>Split.</li></ul>" previous="changed-diff-4" changeId="changed-diff-5" next="changed-diff-6">MCTB Ditching our "Stuff" vs. Ditching the Split</span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main/MCTB+The+Nothing+to+Do+and+You+are+Already+There+Schools/en"><span class="diff-html-changed" id="changed-diff-6" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>link</b> with destination .</li><li>Moved to a <b>link</b> with destination <br/>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main<br/><br/>/MCTB+The+Nothing+to+Do+and+You+are+Already+There+Schoo<br/>ls/en.</li></ul>" previous="changed-diff-5" changeId="changed-diff-6" next="changed-diff-7">MCTB The "Nothing to Do" and "You are Already There" Schools</span></a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Final Points</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="http://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main/MCTB+So+WhatS+Full+Enlightenment/en"><span class="diff-html-changed" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>link</b> with destination .</li><li>Moved to a <b>link</b> with destination <br/>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main<br/>/MCTB+So+WhatS+Full+Enlightenment/en.</li></ul>" previous="changed-diff-6" changeId="changed-diff-7" next="removed-diff-15"> </span><span class="diff-html-changed" id="changed-diff-7" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>link</b> with destination .</li><li>Moved to a <b>link</b> with destination <br/>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main<br/>/MCTB+So+WhatS+Full+Enlightenment/en.</li></ul>" previous="changed-diff-6" changeId="changed-diff-7" next="removed-diff-15">MCTB So What's </span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="changed-diff-7" changeId="removed-diff-15" next="changed-diff-8"> </span><span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-15" previous="changed-diff-7" changeId="removed-diff-15" next="changed-diff-8">"</span><a href="http://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main/MCTB+So+WhatS+Full+Enlightenment/en"><span class="diff-html-changed" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>link</b> with destination .</li><li>Moved to a <b>link</b> with destination <br/>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main<br/>/MCTB+So+WhatS+Full+Enlightenment/en.</li></ul>" previous="removed-diff-15" changeId="changed-diff-8" next="removed-diff-16"> </span><span class="diff-html-changed" id="changed-diff-8" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>link</b> with destination .</li><li>Moved to a <b>link</b> with destination <br/>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main<br/>/MCTB+So+WhatS+Full+Enlightenment/en.</li></ul>" previous="removed-diff-15" changeId="changed-diff-8" next="removed-diff-16">Full Enlightenment</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-16" previous="changed-diff-8" changeId="removed-diff-16" next="changed-diff-9">"</span><a href="http://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main/MCTB+So+WhatS+Full+Enlightenment/en"><span class="diff-html-changed" id="changed-diff-9" changes="<ul class='changelist'><li>Moved out of a <b>link</b> with destination .</li><li>Moved to a <b>link</b> with destination <br/>http://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main<br/>/MCTB+So+WhatS+Full+Enlightenment/en.</li></ul>" previous="removed-diff-16" changeId="changed-diff-9" next="removed-diff-17">?</span></a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Integration</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB It is Possible!</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB More on the Mushroom Factor</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB So Who the Heck is Daniel M. Ingram?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Conclusion and Best Wishes</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-17" previous="changed-diff-9" changeId="removed-diff-17" next="added-diff-15">Appendix, The </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-15" previous="removed-diff-17" changeId="added-diff-15" next="removed-diff-18">Appendix The </span>Cessation of Perception and <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-18" previous="added-diff-15" changeId="removed-diff-18" next="added-diff-16">Feeling, Nirodha </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-16" previous="removed-diff-18" changeId="added-diff-16" next="last-diff">Feeling Nirodha </span>Samapatti</a></li></ul><p>This work is the property of Daniel M. Ingram and all rights are reserved. Feel free to quote it so long as you do not quote it out of context or alter the quote. </p>Daniel M. Ingram2009-05-13T11:05:50ZMCTB 5.3Daniel M. Ingramhttps://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/10303/MCTB?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=5.32017-08-26T08:14:31Z2009-05-13T11:05:50Z<p>MCTB is the abbreviation for the title of a book called <em>Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, an Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book</em> by <a href="">Daniel Ingram</a>. </p><p>It serves as a conceptual and terminological foundation and reference for a significant portion of the discussions on the DhO, and so reading it can be of value to understand what people are writing about and debating. </p><p>It is published by <a href="http://www.aeonbooks.co.uk/product.php?PID=27526">Aeon Publications</a> and can be ordered from your local independent bookseller or the standard mega-sites such as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Core-Teachings-Buddha-Unusually/dp/1904658407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242212556&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>. </p><p>A free version is also available on-line at <a href="http://www.interactivebuddha.com/mctb.shtml">Interactivebuddha.com</a> and here in chapter/wiki form.<br><!----></br></p><p><em>As of March, 2012, Daniel has begun to modify this version here to elaborate and expand on various points, so this version will begin to diverge from the original as it is worked on. It contains links to more wiki sections that expand on the original ideas and hopefully will make them more clear.</em> </p><h2 id="section-MCTB-Contents"> Contents </h2><h3 id="section-MCTB-MCTB+Foreword+and+WarningMCTB+Foreword+and+Warning"> <a href="">MCTB Foreword and Warning</a> </h3><h3 id="section-MCTB-MCTB+Part+I+The+Fundamentals"> MCTB Part I The Fundamentals </h3><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Introduction to Part I</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Morality The First and Last Training</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Concentration The Second Training</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Wisdom The Third Training</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Characteristics</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Impermanence</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Suffering</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB No-Self</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Five Spiritual Faculties</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Faith and Wisdom</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Energy and Concentration</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Mindfulness as Fifth Spiritual Faculty</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Seven Factors of Enlightenment</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Mindfulness as First Factor of Enlightenment</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Investigation of the Truth</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Energy</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Rapture</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Tranquility</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Concentration</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Equanimity</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Trainings Revisited</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Four Noble Truths</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number One Suffering</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number Two Desire</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number Three The End of Suffering</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number Four The Path</a></li></ul></li><li>MCTB Practical Meditation Considerations<ul><li><a href="">MCTB When Where and for How Long?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Daily Life and Retreats</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Postures</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Objects for Insight Practices</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Resolve</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Teachers</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Summary of Part I</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Conclusion to Part I</a></li></ul></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+II:+Light+and+Shadows"> Part II: Light and Shadows </h3><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Introduction to Parts II And III</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Buddhism vs <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-0" previous="first-diff" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="removed-diff-1">. </span>The Buddha</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Content and Ultimate Reality</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB What Went Wrong?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB A Clear Goal</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/MCTB Harnessing the Energy of thehttp://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main/MCTB+Harnessing+the+Energy+of+the+Defilements/en "Defilements"">MCTB Harnessing the Energy of the "Defilements"</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Right Thought and the Augean Stables</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB From Content to Insight</a></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-MCTB+From+Content+to+InsightPart+III:+Mastery"> <a href=""><!----></a>Part III: Mastery </h3><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Concentration vs <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-1" previous="removed-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="removed-diff-2">. </span>Insight</a></li><li>MCTB The Concentration States (Samatha Jhanas)<ul><li><a href="">MCTB The First Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Second Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Third Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Fourth Jhana</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main/MCTB+The+Psychic+Powers/en">MCTB The "Psychic Powers"</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB No-self vs <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-2" previous="removed-diff-1" changeId="removed-diff-2" next="last-diff">. </span>True Self</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Formless Realms</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Boundless Space The Fifth Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Boundless Consciousness The Sixth Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Nothingness The Seventh Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Neither Perception Nor Yet Non-Perception The Eighth Jhana</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Progress of Insight</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB 1. Mind and Body</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 2. Cause and Effect</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 3. The Three Characteristics</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 4. The Arising and Passing Away</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 5. Dissolution Entrance to the Dark Night</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 6. Fear</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 7. Misery</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 8. Disgust</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 9. Desire for Deliverance</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 10. Re-observation</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 11. Equanimity</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 12. Conformity</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 13. Change of Lineage</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 14. Path</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 15. Fruition</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 16. Review</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Vipassana Jhanas</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Bill Hamilton's Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Fractals</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB U Pandita's Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Inklings of One More Model</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB How the Maps Help</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Doors</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Was that Emptiness?</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main/MCTB+Beyond+First+Path+(What+Next)">MCTB Beyond First Path ("What Next?")</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Models of the Stages of Enlightenment</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB The Non-Duality Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Sudden Schools of Awakening</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Fundamental Perception Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Specific Perception Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Emotional Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Theravada Four Path Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB A Revised Four Path Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB A Simple Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Action Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Power Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Tibetan Ten Bhumi Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Tibetan Five Path Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Energetic Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Specific Knowledge Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Psychological Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Thought Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The God Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Physical Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Radiance Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Karma Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Perpetual Bliss Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Kayas</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Immortality Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Transcendence Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Extinction Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Love Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Unity Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Social Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Yanas</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/MCTB Ditching our "Stuff" vs. Ditching http://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main/MCTB+Ditching+our+Stuff+vs.+Ditching+the+Split/enthe Split">MCTB Ditching our "Stuff" vs. Ditching the Split</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main/MCTB+The+Nothing+to+Do+and+You+are+Already+There+Schools/en">MCTB The "Nothing to Do" and "You are Already There" Schools</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Final Points</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="http://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main/MCTB+So+WhatS+Full+Enlightenment/en"> MCTB So What's Full Enlightenment?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Integration</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB It is Possible!</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB More on the Mushroom Factor</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB So Who the Heck is Daniel M. Ingram?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Conclusion and Best Wishes</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Appendix The Cessation of Perception and Feeling Nirodha Samapatti</a></li></ul><p>This work is the property of Daniel M. Ingram and all rights are reserved. Feel free to quote it so long as you do not quote it out of context or alter the quote. </p>Daniel M. Ingram2009-05-13T11:05:50ZMCTB 5.1 (Minor Edit)Gwern Branwenhttps://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/10303/MCTB?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=5.12015-09-13T01:06:33Z2009-05-13T11:05:50Z<p>MCTB is the abbreviation for the title of a book called <em>Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, an Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book</em> by <a href="">Daniel Ingram</a>. </p><p>It serves as a conceptual and terminological foundation and reference for a significant portion of the discussions on the DhO, and so reading it can be of value to understand what people are writing about and debating. </p><p>It is published by <a href="http://www.aeonbooks.co.uk/product.php?PID=27526">Aeon Publications</a> and can be ordered from your local independent bookseller or the standard mega-sites such as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Core-Teachings-Buddha-Unusually/dp/1904658407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242212556&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>. </p><p>A free version is also available on-line at <a href="http://www.interactivebuddha.com/mctb.shtml">Interactivebuddha.com</a> and here in chapter/wiki form.<br><!----></br></p><p><em>As of March, 2012, Daniel has begun to modify this version here to elaborate and expand on various points, so this version will begin to diverge from the original as it is worked on. It contains links to more wiki sections that expand on the original ideas and hopefully will make them more clear.</em> </p><h2 id="section-MCTB-Contents"> Contents </h2><h3 id="section-MCTB-MCTB+Foreword+and+WarningMCTB+Foreword+and+Warning"> <a href="">MCTB Foreword and Warning</a> </h3><h3 id="section-MCTB-MCTB+Part+I+The+Fundamentals"> MCTB Part I The Fundamentals </h3><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Introduction to Part I</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-0" previous="first-diff" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="added-diff-0">Morality The </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-0" previous="removed-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-0" next="removed-diff-1">Morality, The </span>First and Last Training</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-1" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">Concentration The </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-1" previous="removed-diff-1" changeId="added-diff-1" next="removed-diff-2">Concentration, The </span>Second Training</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-2" previous="added-diff-1" changeId="removed-diff-2" next="added-diff-2">Wisdom The </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-2" previous="removed-diff-2" changeId="added-diff-2" next="removed-diff-3">Wisdom, The </span>Third Training</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Characteristics</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Impermanence</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Suffering</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB No-Self</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Five Spiritual Faculties</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Faith and Wisdom</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Energy and Concentration</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Mindfulness as Fifth Spiritual Faculty</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Seven Factors of Enlightenment</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Mindfulness as First Factor of Enlightenment</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Investigation of the Truth</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Energy</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Rapture</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Tranquility</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Concentration</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Equanimity</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Trainings Revisited</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Four Noble Truths</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-3" previous="added-diff-2" changeId="removed-diff-3" next="added-diff-3">One Suffering</span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-3" previous="removed-diff-3" changeId="added-diff-3" next="removed-diff-4">One, Suffering</span></a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-4" previous="added-diff-3" changeId="removed-diff-4" next="added-diff-4">Two Desire</span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-4" previous="removed-diff-4" changeId="added-diff-4" next="removed-diff-5">Two, Desire</span></a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-5" previous="added-diff-4" changeId="removed-diff-5" next="added-diff-5">Three The </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-5" previous="removed-diff-5" changeId="added-diff-5" next="removed-diff-6">Three, The </span>End of Suffering</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Truth Number <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-6" previous="added-diff-5" changeId="removed-diff-6" next="added-diff-6">Four The </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-6" previous="removed-diff-6" changeId="added-diff-6" next="removed-diff-7">Four, The </span>Path</a></li></ul></li><li>MCTB Practical Meditation Considerations<ul><li><a href="">MCTB <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-7" previous="added-diff-6" changeId="removed-diff-7" next="added-diff-7">When Where </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-7" previous="removed-diff-7" changeId="added-diff-7" next="added-diff-8">When, Where </span>and for How Long?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Daily Life and Retreats</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Postures</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Objects for Insight Practices</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Resolve</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Teachers</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Summary of Part I</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Conclusion to Part I</a></li></ul></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+II:+Light+and+Shadows"> Part II: Light and Shadows </h3><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Introduction to Parts II And III</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Buddhism vs<span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-8" previous="added-diff-7" changeId="added-diff-8" next="added-diff-9">. </span>The Buddha</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Content and Ultimate Reality</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB What Went Wrong?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB A Clear Goal</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/MCTB Harnessing the Energy of thehttp://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main/MCTB+Harnessing+the+Energy+of+the+Defilements/en "Defilements"">MCTB Harnessing the Energy of the "Defilements"</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Right Thought and the Augean Stables</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB From Content to Insight</a></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-MCTB+From+Content+to+InsightPart+III:+Mastery"> <a href=""><!----></a>Part III: Mastery </h3><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Concentration vs<span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-9" previous="added-diff-8" changeId="added-diff-9" next="added-diff-10">. </span>Insight</a></li><li>MCTB The Concentration States (Samatha Jhanas)<ul><li><a href="">MCTB The First Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Second Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Third Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Fourth Jhana</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main/MCTB+The+Psychic+Powers/en">MCTB The "Psychic Powers"</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB No-self vs<span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-10" previous="added-diff-9" changeId="added-diff-10" next="removed-diff-8">. </span>True Self</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Formless Realms</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Boundless <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-8" previous="added-diff-10" changeId="removed-diff-8" next="added-diff-11">Space The </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-11" previous="removed-diff-8" changeId="added-diff-11" next="removed-diff-9">Space, The </span>Fifth Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Boundless <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-9" previous="added-diff-11" changeId="removed-diff-9" next="added-diff-12">Consciousness The </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-12" previous="removed-diff-9" changeId="added-diff-12" next="removed-diff-10">Consciousness, The </span>Sixth Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-10" previous="added-diff-12" changeId="removed-diff-10" next="added-diff-13">Nothingness The </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-13" previous="removed-diff-10" changeId="added-diff-13" next="removed-diff-11">Nothingness, The </span>Seventh Jhana</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Neither Perception Nor Yet Non-<span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-11" previous="added-diff-13" changeId="removed-diff-11" next="added-diff-14">Perception The </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-14" previous="removed-diff-11" changeId="added-diff-14" next="removed-diff-12">Perception, The </span>Eighth Jhana</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Progress of Insight</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB 1. Mind and Body</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 2. Cause and Effect</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 3. The Three Characteristics</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 4. The Arising and Passing Away</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 5. <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-12" previous="added-diff-14" changeId="removed-diff-12" next="added-diff-15">Dissolution Entrance </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-15" previous="removed-diff-12" changeId="added-diff-15" next="added-diff-16">Dissolution, Entrance </span>to the Dark Night</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 6. Fear</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 7. Misery</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 8. Disgust</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 9. Desire for Deliverance</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 10. Re-observation</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 11. Equanimity</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 12. Conformity</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 13. Change of Lineage</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 14. Path</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 15. Fruition</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB 16. Review</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Vipassana Jhanas</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB Bill Hamilton's Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Fractals</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB U Pandita's Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Inklings of One More Model</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="">MCTB How the Maps Help</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Doors</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Was that Emptiness?</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main/MCTB+Beyond+First+Path+(What+Next)">MCTB Beyond First Path ("What Next?")</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Models of the Stages of Enlightenment</a><ul><li><a href="">MCTB The Non-Duality Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Sudden Schools of Awakening</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Fundamental Perception Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Specific Perception Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Emotional Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Theravada Four Path Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB A Revised Four Path Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB A Simple Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Action Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Power Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Tibetan Ten Bhumi Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Tibetan Five Path Model</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Energetic Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Specific Knowledge Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Psychological Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Thought Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The God Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Physical Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Radiance Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Karma Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Perpetual Bliss Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Kayas</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Immortality Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Transcendence Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Extinction Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Love Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Unity Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Social Models</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB The Three Yanas</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/MCTB Ditching our "Stuff" vs. Ditching http://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main/MCTB+Ditching+our+Stuff+vs.+Ditching+the+Split/enthe Split">MCTB Ditching our "Stuff" vs. Ditching the Split</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main/MCTB+The+Nothing+to+Do+and+You+are+Already+There+Schools/en">MCTB The "Nothing to Do" and "You are Already There" Schools</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Final Points</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="http://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main/MCTB+So+WhatS+Full+Enlightenment/en"> MCTB So What's <span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-16" previous="added-diff-15" changeId="added-diff-16" next="added-diff-17">"</span>Full Enlightenment<span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-17" previous="added-diff-16" changeId="added-diff-17" next="removed-diff-13">"</span>?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Integration</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB It is Possible!</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB More on the Mushroom Factor</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB So Who the Heck is Daniel M. Ingram?</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB Conclusion and Best Wishes</a></li><li><a href="">MCTB <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-13" previous="added-diff-17" changeId="removed-diff-13" next="added-diff-18">Appendix The </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-18" previous="removed-diff-13" changeId="added-diff-18" next="removed-diff-14">Appendix, The </span>Cessation of Perception and <span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-14" previous="added-diff-18" changeId="removed-diff-14" next="added-diff-19">Feeling Nirodha </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-19" previous="removed-diff-14" changeId="added-diff-19" next="last-diff">Feeling, Nirodha </span>Samapatti</a></li></ul><p>This work is the property of Daniel M. Ingram and all rights are reserved. Feel free to quote it so long as you do not quote it out of context or alter the quote. </p>Gwern Branwen2009-05-13T11:05:50ZMCTB 3.0 (Minor Edit)Daniel M. Ingramhttps://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/10303/MCTB?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=3.02012-04-04T07:24:15Z2009-05-13T11:05:50Z<p>MCTB is the abbreviation for the title of a book called <em>Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, an Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book</em> by <a href="">Daniel Ingram</a>. </p><p>It serves as a conceptual and terminological foundation and reference for a significant portion of the discussions on the DhO, and so reading it can be of value to understand what people are writing about and debating. </p><p>It is published by <a href="http://www.aeonbooks.co.uk/product.php?PID=27526"><span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-0" previous="first-diff" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="added-diff-0">Aeon Publications</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="first-diff" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="added-diff-0"> </span><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-0" previous="removed-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-0" next="removed-diff-1">http://www.aeonbooks.co.uk/product.php?PID=27526</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="removed-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-0" next="removed-diff-1"> </span>and can be ordered from your local independent bookseller or the standard mega-sites such as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Core-Teachings-Buddha-Unusually/dp/1904658407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242212556&sr=8-1"><span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-1" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">Amazon</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">. </span></p><p><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">A free version is also available on-line at </span><a href="http://www.interactivebuddha.com/mctb.shtml"><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">Interactivebuddha.com</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"> and here in chapter/wiki form.</span><br><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></br></p><p><em><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">As of March, 2012, Daniel has begun to modify this version here to elaborate and expand on various points, so this version will begin to diverge from the original as it is worked on. It contains links to more wiki sections that expand on the original ideas and hopefully will make them more clear.</span></em><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"> </span></p><h2 id="section-MCTB-Contents"><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"> Contents </span></h2><h3 id="section-MCTB-MCTB+Foreword+and+WarningMCTB+Foreword+and+Warning"><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"> </span><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Foreword and Warning</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"> </span></h3><h3 id="section-MCTB-MCTB+Part+I+The+Fundamentals"><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"> MCTB Part I The Fundamentals </span></h3><ul><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Introduction to Part I</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Morality, The First and Last Training</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Concentration, The Second Training</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Wisdom, The Third Training</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Three Characteristics</span></a><ul><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Impermanence</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Suffering</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB No-Self</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li></ul></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Five Spiritual Faculties</span></a><ul><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Faith and Wisdom</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Energy and Concentration</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Mindfulness as Fifth Spiritual Faculty</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li></ul></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Seven Factors of Enlightenment</span></a><ul><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Mindfulness as First Factor of Enlightenment</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Investigation of the Truth</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Energy</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Rapture</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Tranquility</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Concentration</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Equanimity</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li></ul></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Three Trainings Revisited</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Four Noble Truths</span></a><ul><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Truth Number One, Suffering</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Truth Number Two, Desire</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Truth Number Three, The End of Suffering</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Truth Number Four, The Path</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li></ul></li><li><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Practical Meditation Considerations</span><ul><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB When, Where and for How Long?</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Daily Life and Retreats</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Postures</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Objects for Insight Practices</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Resolve</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Teachers</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Summary of Part I</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Conclusion to Part I</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li></ul></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+II:+Light+and+Shadows"><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"> Part II: Light and Shadows </span></h3><ul><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Introduction to Parts II And III</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Buddhism vs. The Buddha</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Content and Ultimate Reality</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB What Went Wrong?</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB A Clear Goal</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href="http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/MCTB Harnessing the Energy of thehttp://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main/MCTB+Harnessing+the+Energy+of+the+Defilements/en "Defilements""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Harnessing the Energy of the "Defilements"</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Right Thought and the Augean Stables</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB From Content to Insight</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li></ul><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">Part III: Mastery </span><ul><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Concentration vs. Insight</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Concentration States (Samatha Jhanas)</span><ul><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The First Jhana</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Second Jhana</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Third Jhana</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Fourth Jhana</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href="http://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main/MCTB+The+Psychic+Powers/en"><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The "Psychic Powers"</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li></ul></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB No-self vs. True Self</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Formless Realms</span></a><ul><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Boundless Space, The Fifth Jhana</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Boundless Consciousness, The Sixth Jhana</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Nothingness, The Seventh Jhana</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Neither Perception Nor Yet Non-Perception, The Eighth Jhana</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li></ul></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Progress of Insight</span></a><ul><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB 1. Mind and Body</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB 2. Cause and Effect</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB 3. The Three Characteristics</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB 4. The Arising and Passing Away</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB 5. Dissolution, Entrance to the Dark Night</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB 6. Fear</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB 7. Misery</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB 8. Disgust</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB 9. Desire for Deliverance</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB 10. Re-observation</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB 11. Equanimity</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB 12. Conformity</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB 13. Change of Lineage</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB 14. Path</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB 15. Fruition</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB 16. Review</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li></ul></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Vipassana Jhanas</span></a><ul><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Bill Hamilton's Model</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Fractals</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span 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previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Was that Emptiness?</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href="http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main/MCTB+Beyond+First+Path+(What+Next)"><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Beyond First Path ("What Next?")</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Models of the Stages of Enlightenment</span></a><ul><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Non-Duality Model</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Sudden Schools of Awakening</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Fundamental Perception Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Specific Perception Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Emotional Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Theravada Four Path Model</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB A Revised Four Path Model</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB A Simple Model</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Action Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Power Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Tibetan Ten Bhumi Model</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Tibetan Five Path Model</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Energetic Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Specific Knowledge Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Psychological Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Thought Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The God Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Physical Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Radiance Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Karma Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Perpetual Bliss Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Three Kayas</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Immortality Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Transcendence Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Extinction Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Love Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Unity Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Social Models</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The Three Yanas</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href="http://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/MCTB Ditching our "Stuff" vs. Ditching http://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main/MCTB+Ditching+our+Stuff+vs.+Ditching+the+Split/enthe Split"><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Ditching our "Stuff" vs. Ditching the Split</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href="http://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main/MCTB+The+Nothing+to+Do+and+You+are+Already+There+Schools/en"><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB The "Nothing to Do" and "You are Already There" Schools</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Final Points</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li></ul></li><li><a href="http://www.dharmaoverground.org/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/Main/MCTB+So+WhatS+Full+Enlightenment/en"><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"> MCTB So What's "Full Enlightenment"?</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Integration</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB It is Possible!</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB More on the Mushroom Factor</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB So Who the Heck is Daniel M. Ingram?</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Conclusion and Best Wishes</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">MCTB Appendix, The Cessation of Perception and Feeling, Nirodha Samapatti</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"><!----></span></li></ul><p><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">This work is the property of Daniel M. Ingram and all rights are reserved. Feel free to quote it so long as you do not quote it out of context or alter the quote</span><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-1" previous="removed-diff-1" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff">http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Core-Teachings-Buddha-Unusually/dp/1904658407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242212556&sr=8-1</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="removed-diff-1" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff">. </span></p><p><span class="diff-html-added" previous="removed-diff-1" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff">A free version is also available on-line at </span><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="removed-diff-1" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> http://www.interactivebuddha.com/mctb.shtml</span></a>. </p>Daniel M. Ingram2009-05-13T11:05:50ZMCTB 3.1 (Minor Edit)Daniel M. Ingramhttps://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/10303/MCTB?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=3.12012-04-04T07:24:15Z2009-05-13T11:05:50Z<p>MCTB is the abbreviation for the title of a book called <em>Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, an Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book</em> by <a href="">Daniel Ingram</a>. </p><p>It serves as a conceptual and terminological foundation and reference for a significant portion of the discussions on the DhO, and so reading it can be of value to understand what people are writing about and debating. </p><p>It is published by <a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="first-diff" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="added-diff-0"> </span><span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-0" previous="first-diff" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="added-diff-0">http://www.aeonbooks.co.uk/product.php?PID=27526</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="first-diff" changeId="removed-diff-0" next="added-diff-0"> </span><a href="http://www.aeonbooks.co.uk/product.php?PID=27526"><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-0" previous="removed-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-0" next="removed-diff-1">Aeon Publications</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="removed-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-0" next="removed-diff-1"> </span>and can be ordered from your local independent bookseller or the standard mega-sites such as <a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1"> </span><span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-1" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Core-Teachings-Buddha-Unusually/dp/1904658407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242212556&sr=8-1</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="removed-diff-1" next="added-diff-1">. </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Core-Teachings-Buddha-Unusually/dp/1904658407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242212556&sr=8-1"><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-1" previous="removed-diff-1" changeId="added-diff-1" next="removed-diff-2">Amazon</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="removed-diff-1" changeId="added-diff-1" next="removed-diff-2">. </span></p><p>A free version is also available on-line at <a href=""><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-1" changeId="removed-diff-2" next="added-diff-2"> </span><span class="diff-html-removed" id="removed-diff-2" previous="added-diff-1" changeId="removed-diff-2" next="added-diff-2">http://www.interactivebuddha.com/mctb.shtml</span></a><span class="diff-html-removed" previous="added-diff-1" changeId="removed-diff-2" next="added-diff-2">. </span><a href="http://www.interactivebuddha.com/mctb.shtml"><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-2" previous="removed-diff-2" changeId="added-diff-2" next="last-diff">Interactivebuddha.com</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="removed-diff-2" changeId="added-diff-2" next="last-diff">. </span></p>Daniel M. Ingram2009-05-13T11:05:50ZMCTB 3.2 (Minor Edit)Daniel M. Ingramhttps://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/10303/MCTB?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=3.22012-04-04T07:24:15Z2009-05-13T11:05:50Z<p>MCTB is the abbreviation for the title of a book called <em>Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, an Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book</em> by <a href="">Daniel Ingram</a>. </p><p>It serves as a conceptual and terminological foundation and reference for a significant portion of the discussions on the DhO, and so reading it can be of value to understand what people are writing about and debating. </p><p>It is published by <a href="http://www.aeonbooks.co.uk/product.php?PID=27526">Aeon Publications</a> and can be ordered from your local independent bookseller or the standard mega-sites such as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Core-Teachings-Buddha-Unusually/dp/1904658407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242212556&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>. </p><p>A free version is also available on-line at <a href="http://www.interactivebuddha.com/mctb.shtml">Interactivebuddha.com</a> <span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-0" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="added-diff-1">and here in chapter/wiki form</span>. </p><h2 id="section-MCTB-Contents"><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-1" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff">Contents</span></h2><h3 id="section-MCTB-Foreword+and+Warning++MCTB+Foreword+and+Warning"><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB Foreword and Warning</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></h3><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+I:+The+Fundamentals++MCTB+Part+1:+The+Fundamentals"><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB Part 1: The Fundamentals</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></h3><ul><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB Introduction to Part I</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB Morality, The First and Last Training</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB Concentration, The Second Training</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB Wisdom, The Third Training</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Three Characteristics</span></a><ul><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB Impermanence</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB Suffering</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB No-Self</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li></ul></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Five Spiritual Faculties</span></a><ul><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB Faith and Wisdom</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB Energy and Concentration</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB Mindfulness as Fifth Spiritual Faculty</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li></ul></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Seven Factors of Enlightenment</span></a><ul><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB Mindfulness as First Factor of Enlightenment</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB Investigation of the Truth</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB Energy</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB Rapture</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB Tranquility</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB Concentration</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"> MCTB Equanimity</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="added-diff-0" changeId="added-diff-1" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li></ul></li></ul>Daniel M. Ingram2009-05-13T11:05:50ZMCTB 3.3 (Minor Edit)Daniel M. Ingramhttps://www.dharmaoverground.org/web/guest/dharma-wiki/-/wiki/10303/MCTB?_com_liferay_wiki_web_portlet_WikiPortlet_version=3.32012-04-04T07:24:15Z2009-05-13T11:05:50Z<p>MCTB is the abbreviation for the title of a book called <em>Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, an Unusually Hardcore Dharma Book</em> by <a href="">Daniel Ingram</a>. </p><p>It serves as a conceptual and terminological foundation and reference for a significant portion of the discussions on the DhO, and so reading it can be of value to understand what people are writing about and debating. </p><p>It is published by <a href="http://www.aeonbooks.co.uk/product.php?PID=27526">Aeon Publications</a> and can be ordered from your local independent bookseller or the standard mega-sites such as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Core-Teachings-Buddha-Unusually/dp/1904658407/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1242212556&sr=8-1">Amazon</a>. </p><p>A free version is also available on-line at <a href="http://www.interactivebuddha.com/mctb.shtml">Interactivebuddha.com</a> and here in chapter/wiki form. </p><h2 id="section-MCTB-Contents">Contents</h2><h3 id="section-MCTB-Foreword+and+Warning++MCTB+Foreword+and+Warning"><a href=""> MCTB Foreword and Warning</a></h3><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+I:+The+Fundamentals++MCTB+Part+1:+The+Fundamentals"><a href=""> MCTB Part 1: The Fundamentals</a></h3><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Introduction to Part I</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Morality, The First and Last Training</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Concentration, The Second Training</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Wisdom, The Third Training</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Three Characteristics</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Impermanence</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Suffering</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB No-Self</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Five Spiritual Faculties</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Faith and Wisdom</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Energy and Concentration</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Mindfulness as Fifth Spiritual Faculty</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""> MCTB The Seven Factors of Enlightenment</a><ul><li><a href=""> MCTB Mindfulness as First Factor of Enlightenment</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Investigation of the Truth</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Energy</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Rapture</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Tranquility</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Concentration</a></li><li><a href=""> MCTB Equanimity</a></li></ul></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> </span><span class="diff-html-added" id="added-diff-0" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff">MCTB The Three Trainings Revisited</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Four Noble Truths</span></a><ul><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Truth Number One: Suffering</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Truth Number Two: Desire</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Truth Number Three: The End of Suffering</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Truth Number Four: The Path</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li></ul></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Practical Meditation Considerations</span></a><ul><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB When, Where and for How Long?</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Daily Life and Retreats</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Postures</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Objects for Insight Practices</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Resolve</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Teachers</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Summary of Part I</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Conclusion to Part I</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li></ul></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+II:+Light+and+Shadows"><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff">Part II: Light and Shadows</span></h3><ul><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Introduction to Parts II & III</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Buddhism vs. The Buddha</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Content and Ultimate Reality</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB What Went Wrong?</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB A Clear Goal</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Harnessing the Energy of the "Defilements"</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Right Thought and the Augean Stables</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB From Content to Insight</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li></ul><h3 id="section-MCTB-Part+III:+Mastery"><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff">Part III: Mastery</span></h3><ul><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB Concentration vs. Insight</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The Concentration States (Samatha Jhanas)</span></a><ul><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span><li><a href=""><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"> MCTB The First Jhana</span></a><span class="diff-html-added" previous="first-diff" changeId="added-diff-0" next="last-diff"><!----></span></li></ul></li></ul>Daniel M. Ingram2009-05-13T11:05:50Z