THE CRAFT OF THE HEART

Dedication Sabbe sattā sadā hontu Avera sukha-jīvino Kataṁ puñña-phalaṁ mayhaṁ Sabbe bhāgī bhavantu te May all beings always live happily,

Glossary This glossary contains Pali terms that aren’t translated when they first appear in the translations, as well as terms

Saṅgaha-Diṭṭhi Now I would like to describe the virtues of the arahants, those who have clearly known the world and

The Path to Arahantship The path to arahantship takes the fruition of non-returning as its basis. In other words, those

The Path to Non-Returning The path to non-returning takes the fruition of once-returning as its basis. In other words, those

The Path to Once-Returning The path to once-returning takes the fruition of stream entry as its basis. In other words,

Turning the Mundane Path into the Transcendent Path The path of the noble ones—beginning with the path to stream entry—is

The Nine Stages of Liberating Insight a. Contemplation of arising and passing away (udayabbayānupassanā-ñāṇa): seeing the arising of physical and mental phenomena

The Seven Stages of Purification 1. Purification of virtue (sīla-visuddhi): Cleanse your virtues—in thought, word, and deed—in line with your station in

Exercises for Insight Meditation These are techniques for giving rise to knowledge and insight, via the mind, into the natural

The Four Forms of Acumen 1. Attha-paṭisambhidā: acumen with regard to meaning. 2. Dhamma-paṭisambhidā: acumen with regard to mental qualities. 3. Nirutti-paṭisambhidā: acumen with regard to

The Eight Skills 1. Vipassanā-ñāṇa: clear insight into the elements (dhātu), the aggregates (khandha), and the sense media (āyatana). 2. Manomayiddhi: the ability to project mind-made images. 3. Iddhividhi: supernormal powers.

The Three Skills 1. Pubbenivāsānussati-ñāṇa: the ability to remember past lives. 2. Cutūpapāta-ñāṇa: the ability to know where living beings are reborn after death.

Jhāna The highest level of concentration—fixed penetration—follows on threshold concentration. If mindfulness and alertness arise while you are in threshold

Two Kinds of Vision 1. Acquired images (uggaha nimitta): Sometimes when the mind settles down, a vision of one sort or another

The Five Forms of Rapture 1. Minor rapture (khuddakā pīti): Your hair stands on end, and tears come to your eyes, either

On the Meditation Syllable The meditation syllable used as a preliminary basis for concentration—buddho, arahaṁ or whatever—is something that eventually should