Chögyam Trungpa - Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

meditation, compassionate aspect of, ※ ※ ※; difficulty of, ※ ※; discovering awakened state by, ※ ※ ※ ※ ※; ego’s imitation of, ※; experiencing ego by, ※ ※; insignificance of, ※; misconceptions of, ※ ※; short-circuiting ego by, ※ ※; stages in practice of, ※. See also dhyana; disciplines, spiritual; Paramitas, Six; samadhi; and techniques, spiritual

meditations, types of: concentration, ※ ※ ※; mahavipashyana , ※ ※; shamatha , ※; vipashyana , ※ ※; Tantric, ※; upon impermanence, ※

“meeting of two minds”, ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※. See also abhisheka

“middle way”, ※ ※ ※. See also Buddhism, Madhyamika school of

Milarepa, ※ ※ ※ ※ ※

Mind, Lord of, ※ ※. See also Materialism, Three Lords of

“mind only” school. See Buddhism, Yogachara school and “one-mind” theory

mind, ordinary, ※. See also thamal-gyi-shepa and wisdom, ordinary

mind and matter, interrelation of, ※ ※

motivation, in the awakened state, ※. See also ambition

mukti , ※

mystery, belief in, ※ ※ ※; philosophical belief in, ※

Nagarjuna, ※ ※ ※

Nalanda University, ※

Naropa, ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※

nationalism, ※

neurosis, development of, ※ ※; working with, ※ ※ ※ ※. See also ego

Ngonagpa of Langru, ※

nihilism, ※ ※ ※

nirmanakaya , ※. See also Buddha, three “bodies” of

nirvana, ※ ※ ※ ※. See also enlightenment and samadhi,

non-duality, ※ ※. See also duality and shunyata

non-dwelling, ※ ※ ※ ※

non-striving, ※ ※ ※ ※. See also : “letting be”; struggle; surrender; and Truths, Four Noble

“one-mind” theory, ※ ※. See also Buddhism, Yogachara school

“open way”, ※ ※; compassion of, ※. See also Bodhisattva Path; Mahayana; and openness

openness, loss of, ※ ※; necessity of spiritual friend for, ※; pain of, ※; use of disappointment to achieve, ※ ※ ※ ※

openness and Bodhisattva Path, ※ ※; and Gautama Buddha, ※ ※ ※; and shunyata, ※; as surrender to spiritual friend, ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※. See also communication; “open way”; initiation; shunyata; space; and surrender

openness, transcendental. See dhyana and Paramitas, Six

ordinariness, as expression of basic sanity, ※ ※ ※ ※ ※. See also non-striving and wisdom, ordinary

ösel , ※. See also luminosity

Padma. See Buddha Families, Five

pain, ※ ※ ※ ※; origin of, ※ ※: of unmasking, ※ ※ ※ ※; as expression of guru, ※ ※. See also “hard way” and suffering

paramita , definition of, ※

Paramitas , Six, ※ ※; interdependence of, ※ ※

—discipline, ※ ※ ※. See also shila

—energy, ※ ※ ※ ※ ※. See also virya

—generosity, ※ ※. See also dana

—knowledge, ※ ※ ※ ※ ※. See also prajna

—meditation, ※ ※ ※. See also dhyana

—patience, ※ ※ ※. See also kshanti

See also Bodhisattva Path

paranoia, giving up one’s, ※ ※; of ego, ※ ※ ※ ※; of Karma Family, ※; after self-deception, ※. See also neurosis

passion, ※ ※. See also desire and emotions

path, spiritual. See dharma and meditation

path, truth of, ※ ※ ※. See also dharma and Truths, Four Noble

patience, ※ ※

patience, transcendental. See kshanti and Paramitas, Six

peace, invincible quality of, ※ ※ ※

perception, ※ ※ ※ ※ ※; symbolism of, ※ ※. See also conceptualization; self, sense of; and Skandhas, Five

philosophy as function of spiritual materialism, ※. See also eclecticism

pleasure, attitudes toward, ※; search for, ※ ※ ※; as expression of guru, ※. See also bliss and security

prabhasvara , ※. See also luminosity

prajna , cutting nature of, ※ ※; double nature of, ※; and compassion, ※, ※; as knowledge of situations, ※ ※ ※; as transitoriness of ego, ※. See also Paramitas, Six

Prajnaparamita scriptures, ※

Prajnaparamita-hridaya , ※. See also Heart Sutra

prayer, ※

precision, loss of, ※; meditation on, ※ ※ ※; of disappointment, ※; as quality of awakened state, ※ ※ ※ ※ ※

preconceptions, dwelling on, ※ ※; transcendence of, ※ ※ ※ ※: of guru, ※; of spiritual path, ※ ※

Preta Loka, ※ ※. See also Realms, Six

pride, spiritual, ※. See also ego and egohood

projections, ※ ※ ※; illusory union with, ※. See also Realms, Six

psychotherapy, ※ ※ ※

rakshasas , ※

Ratna. See Buddha Families, Five

reality, nature of, ※ ※ ※. See also “as it is”

realization, ※. See also enlightenment

Realms, Six, ※ ※ ※

—Animal, ※ ※ ※ ※

—God, ※ ※ ※ ※. See also Deva Loka

—Hell, ※ ※ ※ ※

—Human, ※ ※ ※ ※ ※

—Hungry Ghosts, ※ ※. See also Preta Loka

—Jealous Gods, ※ ※ ※. See also Asura Loka

Red Rock Jewel Valley, ※ ※

renunciation, living-quality of, ※ ※; as spiritual game, ※ ※ ※

rigidity, ※ ※. See also seriousness

rishi , ※

Rudra, ※

samadhi, ※ ※ ※ ※ ※. See also meditation

samadhi, vajra-like , ※ ※ ※

sambhogakaya , ※

samsara, circle of, ※ ※; nirvana in, ※ ※ ※. See also ego, development of

samsaric mind, ※; highest level of, ※

sangha , ※ ※

sanity, basic, ※ ※ ※

Sanskrit, ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※

satori, ※. See also enlightenment, instant

security, mechanisms of, ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※. See also ego, self-preservation quality of

self, the. See ego

self-acceptance, ※ ※ ※. See also “being as you are” and self-trust

self-consciousness, ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※; birth of, ※; in art, ※; and bodhisattva, ※. See also ego and self-watching

self-criticism, ※ ※ ※ ※

self-deception, ※ ※ ※ ※ ※

self-destruction, ※

self-luminous cognition, ※

self-trust, ※ ※. See also confidence

self-watching, ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※ ※; transmuted by prajna, ※. See also ego and evaluation

seriousness as aspect of spiritual materialism, ※ ※ ※. See also rigidity

shamatha meditation. See meditations

Shantideva, ※ ※

Shariputra, ※

shelter, search for, ※ ※. See also security

shila , ※ ※. See also Paramitas, Six

shopping, spiritual. See eclecticism

shunyata , ※; death of, ※; experiencing of, ※ ※ ※ ※ ※; and form, ※ ※ ※; relative to samsara, ※; in Tantric thought, ※ ※ ※. See also openness and space

simplicity, loss of, ※ ※ ※

Sitting Bull, ※

Skandhas, Five, ※ ※ ※. See also Realms, Six