Wakeful by Shibuya Subhuti

Table of Contents

Foreword
    Editor's Preface
    Author's Preface
    Prologue

I. How Can We Be Wakeful?
    A. True Nature
    B. Human Nature
    C. Confrontation
    D. Wakefulness
        1. Mundane Mentality
        2. The Middle Path

II. What is Meditation?
    A. Self-observation
    B. The Breathing-meditation

III. The Practical Aspects of Breathing-meditation
    A. Nice Breathing!
    B. The Four Tetrads
        1. The First Tetrad: Posture and Breath
        2. The Second Tetrad: Feelings
        3. The Third Tetrad: Mind
        4. The Fourth Tetrad: Dhamma

IV. Practice
    A. Preliminary Practices
    B. Regulation of the Posture
        1. Sitting
        2. Standing
        3. Walking
        4. Lying
    C. Subtle and Deep Respiration
        1. Posture and Breaths
        2. Regulations of Breaths
    D. Transcending Feelings
        1. Confidence
        2. Effort
        3. Mindfulness
    E. Purification of Mind
        1. Mental Defilements
        2. Concentration
        3. The Six Virtues of Concentration
        4. The Nine Stages of Concentration
    F. Awakening
        1. Wisdom
        2. Change of Lineage

V. Deathlessness
    A. The Awakened
    B. The Noble Eightfold Path

VI. The Conclusion
    A. An Anecdote
    B. Epilogue
    C. Appendix (Anapanasati)


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